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Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
I       May,  1903. 
Make  twenty-five  pills  ;  coat  twelve  of  them  with  silver  leaf ;  put  the  coated 
and  uncoated  pills  in  separate  boxes,  labelling  each  box. 
X.  B. — The  silver  leaf  will  be  found  in  the  pill-box. 
(2)  PRESCRIPTION. 
R    Salolis   . 
Creosoti  
Olei  Amygdal.  Exp  
Acacia,  q.  s. 
Aq.  Cinnam.  ad.  ,  
M.  ft.  mist,  secundum  artem. 
(3)  AECOHOEMETRIC  TEST. 
Estimate  the  amount  of  alcohol  in  the  sample  of  White  Wine  ;  put  all  calcula. 
tions  on  the  sheet  of  paper,  with  your  name,  examination  number,  and  the 
letter  of  the  sample  estimated. 
(4)  P EASTER. 
Spread  a  breast  'plaster  about  6  inches  in  diameter.  Soap  plaster  will  be 
found  in  the  dipper.  Write  your  name  and  examination  number  on  the  margin. 
(5)  Fill  six  soluble  elastic  capsules  with  Cod  Liver  Oil,  seal  them  with  gelatin 
and  put  them  in  the  box. 
COMMERCIAL  TRAINING. 
A — Obtaining  Positions. — (1)  State  briefly  the  method  that  you  would  con- 
sider most  effective  in  obtaining  a  position  with  either  a  retail  druggist,  a 
wholesale  house  or  a  manufacturing  firm,  selecting  one  of  them.  (2)  Write  a 
business  letter,  using  the  name  of  any  retail  druggist,  wholesale  house,  or 
manufacturing  firm  that  you  choose  in  making  application  for  a  position.  Fold 
the  letter  properly  and  place  it  in  an  envelope  suitably  addressed. 
B — Going  into  Business. — Describe  briefly  under  the  following  heads  how 
you  would  enter  the  drug  business  as  a  proprietor.  (1)  Buying  out  an  old  stand. 
(2)  Selecting  a  new  location.  (3)  Arranging  the  terms.  (4)  Providing  for  the 
payment.    (5)  Establishing  credit. 
C — Mercantile  Agencies. — (1)  What  is  the  object  of  a  mercantile  agency?  (2) 
How  do  they  obtain  their  information?  (3)  Is  it  best  to  furnish  correct  infor- 
mation about  your  business  standing  ?    Why  ? 
D —Selecting  the  Business  Houses  from  Which  to  Purchase  Your  Goods. — 
(1)  State  briefly  the  class  of  business  houses  that  you  would  select  in  buying 
your  stock,  giving  reasons.  (2)  Write  out  an  order,  upon  the  letterhead  fur- 
nished, to  a  wholesale  drug-house,  being  careful  to  use  proper  forms,  abbrevia- 
tions and  details,  for  ten  articles  that  you  would  be  apt  to  need,  each  repre- 
senting a  different  class  of  goods  ;  say  one  chemical,  one  drug,  one  fluid 
extract,  etc.  Write  the  order  in  such  form  that  the  drug-house  would  not  be  in 
doubt  on  a  single  point,  fold  it  properly  and  place  it  in  an  envelope  correctly 
addressed. 
E — Insurance.  —  (1)  Define  insurance.  (2)  Of  what  value  is  insurance  in 
business  ?    (3)  How  does  life  insurance  benefit  a  business  man's  standing  ?  (4) 
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