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mate  constituents,  giving  also  some  characteristics  of  the  more  important  prin- 
ciples. What  are  the  medical  properties  and  the  dose  of  the  drug?  How  may 
the  drug  be  distinguished  from  savine? 
I). —  Yellow  and  Red  Cinchona. — Give  for  each  drug  the  botanical  name  of  the 
tree,  the  country  where  each  is  indigenous,  and  the  altitude  of  the  native  dis- 
tribution of  each  tree.  Describe  the  two  drugs,  dwelling  more  particularly  upon 
the  characteristic  differences  of  their  physical  appearance  and  structure.  Men- 
tion the  structural  characteristics  of  cuprea  bark. 
E.  — Eucalyptus. — Give  the  botanical  name,  the  natural  order,  and  the  habitat 
of  the  tree.  Describe  the  drug,  and  also  its  important  constituent.  Name 
other  plants  of  the  same  natural  order,  and  state  in  each  case  which  parts  of 
these  plants  yield  officinal  drugs. 
F.  — Cubeh. — Name  the  plant,  the  natural  order,  its  native  country,  and  the 
time  of  collection  of  the  drug.  Describe  the  drug,  and  point  out  the  differences 
from  officinal  drugs  of  similar  size  and  appearance,  and  from  false  cubebs 
sometimes  met  with.  What  is  the  percentage  of  the  chief  medicinal  princi- 
ples of  cubebs,  and  what  are  the  medical  properties  of  these  constituents  ? 
G.  — Seeds  with  curved  embryo. — Name  the  pharmacopoeial  seeds  having  a  curved 
embryo,  and  state  in  each  case  whether  the  seed  contains  albumen  (perisperm) 
or  not;  also  give  for  each  seed  the  principal  constituents,  some  of  the  charac- 
ters of  the  medicinally  important  principles,  and  the  medicinal  dose  of  each 
seed. 
H.  — Saffron. — What  is  saffron  ?  From  what  plant  and  from  what  natural  or- 
der is  it  obtained  ?  Describe  the  drug  in  the  state  of  purity,  and  mention  its 
proximate  constituents.  Enumerate  the  different  substances  used  for  adulter- 
ating saffron,  and  state  how  each  adulterant  differs  from  saffron,  and  how  it 
may  be  detected. 
J. — Lactucarium. — Name  the  plant,  and  state  when  and  how  lactucarium  is 
prepared.  Describe  the  drug,  and  indicate  the  effect  of  simple  solvents  upon 
it.  What  proximate  principles  does  the  drug  contain?  Which  of  these  prin- 
ciples have  a  bitter  taste,  and  what  effect  have  alkalies  upon  them  ?  Give  the 
medical  properties  and  the  dose  of  lactucarium. 
K. — Give  the  characteristic  reactions  of  the  following  proximate  princi- 
ples:  Quinine;  Hy oscy amine ;  Colchicine;  Meconic  Acid;  Gallotannic  Acid. 
THEORY  AND  PRACTICE  OP  PHARMACY. 
A.  — A  wholesale  druggist  desires  to  use  five  pint  bottles  for  sending  out  the 
following  liquids.  Commercial  Chloroform,  Glycerin,  Solution  of  Chloride  of  Iron. 
Show  by  a  specific  gravity  calculation,  (putting  down  all  the  figures),  how 
many  avoirdupois  pounds  he  would  put  in  each,  after  allowing  an  air  space 
equal  to  half  a  pound  in  each. 
B.  — Give  the  unabbreviated  officinal  names,  ingredients,  brief  outlines  of 
process  and  describe  the  appearance  of  Donovan's  Solution,  Fluid  E:i:tract  of 
Senna,  Syrup  of  Wild  Cherry,  Tincture  of  Ignatia,  Compound  Decoction  of  Sarsapa- 
rilla,  Vinegar  of  Squill,  Iodized  Starch. 
C — Give  the  English  names,  ingredients,  brief  outlines  of  process,  and  de- 
scribe the  appearance  of  Extractum  Taraxaci,  Vinum  Rhei,  Infusum  Digitalis, 
Emplastrum  Opii,  Tinctura  Ferri  Chloridi,  Massa  Hydrargyri,  A  loe  Purificata. 
D. — Give  the  reasons  for  the  following — Why  is  Soap  used  as  an  excipient  in 
making  officinal  pills  containing  aloes  ? 
What  was  the  object  of  introducing  Stronger  White  Wine  into  the  Pharmaco- 
poeia ? 
Why  is  Glycerin  used  in  the  menstrua  for  exhausting  the  fluid  extract  and 
tinctures  of  Cinchona  f 
