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and  chemical  changes  which  take  place  in  it  from  exposure  to  air  and  moisture. 
What  effect  has  alteration  or"  temperature  upon  the  solubility  of  lime? 
H.  What  are  the  antidotes  for  Arsenic?    State  the  mode  in  which  they  act. 
J.  What  tests  are  capable  of  distinguishing  from  each  other  the  Salts  of  Potassium, 
Sodium  and  Ammonium  ? 
K.  Which  of  the  elementary  bodies  is  now  considered  essential  to  all  acids?  What 
relation  does  the  number  of  atoms  of  this  element  bear  to  the  basicity  of  the  acid  ? 
QUESTIONS  IN   MATERIA  MED1CA. 
A.  From  which  plant  or  plants,  and  from  which  natural  order,  is  sarsaparilla 
obtained  ?  Give  a  general  description  of  its  physical  and  of  its  structural  character- 
istics. Name  the  principal  commercial  varieties,  and  state  briefly  in  what  respects 
'they  differ.  Which  constituents  of  sarsaparilla  are  of  medical  and  pharmaceutical 
jnterest  ? 
B.  What  is  squill?  Give  the  name,  natural  order  and  habitat  of  the  plant  yield- 
ing it.  Describe  the  drug,  its  varieties  and  its  affinity  for  moisture.  What  causes 
•irritation  of  the  skin  on  handling  the  drug  ?  Name  its  medicinal  properties,  the  doses 
in  which  it  is  given  and  the  principles  to  which  its  remedial  properties  are  due. 
C.  Give  the  source  of  guaiacum  <wood  as  to  the  plant  or  plants,  natural  order  and 
•country  producing  it.  Give  a  concise  description  of  the  drug.  State  which  portion 
of  the  wood  is  richest  in  the  medicinal  principle,  how  this  principle  is  obtained  in 
.^he  native  courftry  of  the  drug,  and  what  are  its  characteristic  chemical  reactions. 
What  medical  virtues  are  attributed  to  guaiacum  ? 
D.  Describe  the  physical  and  structural  characteristics  of  each  of  the  following 
varieties  of  Cinchona  barks:  quilled  calisaya  bark,  flat  calisaya  bark,  quilled  red 
bark,  flat  red  bark  and  pale  bark. 
E.  Name  the  plants,  with  their  native  country,  of  the  natural  order  of  Solanacea, 
yielding  officinal  leaves.  State  how  these  leaves  maybe  distinguished  from  one 
another,  and  upon  which  principles  their  medical  properties  chiefly  depend. 
F.  Describe  the  principal  properties  and  reactions  of  eugenic  acid ;  state  in  which 
officinal  drugs  the  acid  is  found  ;  name  the  plants  and  the  natural  order  from  which 
these  drugs  are  obtained,  and  briefly  describe  each  one  of  the  drugs. 
G.  Give  the  name,  the  natural  order  and  the  habitat  of  the  plant  yielding  poppy, 
and  state  when  the  drug  should  be  collected.  Describe  the  principal  physical  and 
structural  characteristics  of  the  drug,  and  state  in  what  respect  the  varieties  of  the 
<drug  differ  from  one  another.    What  are  its  medical  properties? 
H.  Name  those  officinal  drugs  which  naturally  occur  in  the  state  of  po-vuder,  and 
give  of  each  the  name  of  the  plant  and  the  part  yielding  it.  Describe  briefly  the 
structural  characteristics  of  each  drug. 
/.  What  is  storax?  From  what  plant,  natural  order  and  country  is  it  obtained  ? 
'What  is  the  cause  of  its  opaqueness?  Name  its  principal  constituents,  and  state 
which  indigenous  product  resembles  it  in  composition. 
K.  Give  the  name,  class,  order  and  habitat  of  the  animal  yielding  castor.  Explain 
the  location  of  the  latter  in  the  body  of  the  animal.  Describe  the  drug,  and  name 
■its  medical  properties  and  dose. 
QUESTIONS  IN  PHARMACY. 
A.  What  proximate  principles  are  usually  present  in  Fixed  Oils?  Express  in  words 
the  chemical  composition  of  the  proximate  principles  present  in  Olive  Oil.  What 
•change  takes  place  in  these  principles  when  Olive  Oil  is  heated  with  Oxide  of  Lead 
and  water?  Name  the  liquid  soluble  in  water  produced  by  this  reaction.  How 
many  grams  of  this  liquid  would  a  bottle  hold  which  contains  29^53  cc.  of  pure  water 
at4°C? 
B.  Give  the  ingredients  and  unabbreviated  officinal  names  of  the  following  pre- 
parations: Aromatic  Spirit  of  Ammonia,  Syrup  of  Ginger,  Tincture  of  Bella- 
donna, Mercurial  Ointment,  Wine  of  Rhubarb,  Fluid  Extract  of  Ergot,  Green 
