'^'ocSe'i  ign.""'}  Content  of  Drugs.  477 
In  view  of  the  fact  that  it  is  the  air-dry  drug  that  appears  in 
commerce  and  is  generally  used  in  the  making  of  galenical  prepara- 
tions as  well  as  dispensing  it  would  appear  preferable  to  base  phar- 
Table  Showing  the  Maximum  Ash  Content  of  Some  Well  Known  Drugs 
Included  in  10  of  the  Recently  Published  Pharmacopceias. 
Title  of  Drug. 
o  ! 
III. 
Acacia   5  •  o  1 
Adepslanae  j   o  .i 
Aloe  I    1 .5 
Althaea  I   ...  1 
Amylum  }    i .  o  i 
Anisum  ]  lo 
Asafoetida  ,  liS.o 
Belladonna  folia   15.0 
Benzoimum  
Calumba  "  
Cantharis  j  ».o 
Capsicum  j  6.5 
Carbo  ligni   5.0 
Cardamomum  i  ... 
Carum  |  8.0 
Caryphyllus  i  8.0 
Cinchona   ... 
Cinnamomum  zeylanicum  I  5.0 
Coccus  !  ... 
Cubeba  |  8.0 
Digitalis  
Ergota  
Foeniculum  I  lo.o 
Gelatina   2.0 
Gentiana   ... 
Glycyrrhiza  j  ... 
Gossypium  purificatum  {  0.3 
Granatum  
Hydrastis  !  ... 
Hyoscyamus  I  24.0 
Ipecacuanha  j  ... 
Jalapa   6.5 
Linum  I  5.0 
Lupulinum   ... 
Lycopodium   3.0 
Manna   3.0 
Mel  \  0.8 
Myrrha  i  7.0 
Nux  vomica  j  3.0 
Opium  }  ... 
Rhamnus  purshiana   6.0 
Rheum   12.0 
,  Saccharum   o  .  i 
Saccharum  lactis   0.25 
Scilla   5.0 
Senna  112.0 
Sinapis   I  ... 
Stramonium   20.0 
Valeriana  
Zingiber  
5  -o 
o  .05 
7.0 
III. 
I    CO     :  K 
IX. 
IV. 
4.0 
0.5 
6.0 
6.0 
o.S 
10  .0 
20  .0 
IS  .0 
1  -5 
8.0 
8.0 
6.5 
2  .0 
7.0 
6.0 
S-o 
6.0 
8.0 
10  .0 
2  .0 
6.0 
6.0 
0.5 
15  -S 
6.0 
S  -o 
t2  .0 
5  o 
VIII.I  III. 
IV.  Iviii. 
1 .0 
6.0 
O.S 
10  .0 
10  .0 
iS-o 
2  .0 
6.0 
8.0 
6.5 
7.0 
8.0 
6.0 
5  -o 
9.0 
10  .0 
5  -o 
10  .0 
2  .0 
5  -o 
6.0 
o.S 
10  .0 
6.0 
S  -o 
S  -o 
5  -o 
10  .0 
3  -o 
4.0 
0.4 
6.0 
3  o 
6.0 
o  .05 
7-5 
I  .0 
12.0 
10  .0 
4.0 
o  .30 
12.0 
2  .0 
7.0 
7-5 
0.3 
I  .5 
7  .0 
I  .0 
10  .0  j  15  .0 
2.0  2.0 
9.0 
2  .0 
8.0 
'6.0 
8.0 
8.0 
10  .0 
S  -o 
3  -o 
6.0 
6.0 
0.3 
IS  .0 
6.0 
6.0 
4  -o 
8.0 
8.0 
4.0 
6.0 
ro  .0 
S  -o 
S  -o  '  S-o 
to  .0  j 
8.0 
8.0 
8.0 
macopoeial  requirements  on  the  commercial  drug  and  to  add  such 
other  restrictions  as  may  be  found  necessary  to  limit  the  percentage 
of  contained  moisture. 
