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treated  with  water,  and  the  aqueous  solution  agitated  with  chloroform ; 
the  residue  obtained  on  evaporating  the  chloroform  was  redissolved  in 
water  and  evaporated  in  a  desiccator,  when  a  substance  was  left, 
having  a  strong  vanilla-like  odor,  and  which  did  not  respond  to  tests 
for  either  alkaloids  or  glucosides. 
KEFEHENCE  TABLE  OF  DOSES. 
By  Joseph  W.  England,  Ph.  G. 
{Concluded  from  page  343.) 
In  conclusion,  the  writer  would  distinctly  state,  that  he  does  not 
claim  perfection  for  this  table,  but  he  has  earnestly  striven,  in  its  com- 
position, to  give  not  the  highest  possible  dose,  nor  the  lowest,  but  a 
fair  and  accurate  expression  of  average  doses,  based  upon  such  authori- 
ties as  Wood,  Stille,  Pepper,  Bartholow,  Squire,  and  others,  together 
with  data  obtained  in  the  annual  compounding  of  100,000  prescrip- 
tions in  the  Philadelphia  Hospital.  He  presents  his  results  with  the 
hope  that  they  may  serve  as  a  basis  for  more  enlarged  work,  in  this 
direction,  by  the  Revision  Committee,  in  the  coming  decennial  re- 
vision of  our  Pharmacopoeia. 
The  name  of  the  drug  is  given  in  latin,  while,  for  facility  of  refer- 
ence, the  dose  is  expressed  in  numerals  instead  of  roman  figures,  which 
would  doubtless  be  more  consistent,  but  not  nearly  as  ready  of  access. 
DRUG.  DOSE. 
Acetanilidum   3-5-15  gr. 
Acet.  Lobeliae,  Expect...  i-J-1  fl.  dr. 
Nauseant  1-1 J-2  fl.  dr. 
"    Opii   5-10-15  m. 
Maximum   15-20  m. 
"    Sanguinar,  Expect.  5-10-15  m. 
Emetic  J-1-2  fl.  dr. 
"    Scill^   10-15-30  m. 
Acid.  Acetic.  Dilut          2-3-4  fl.  dr. 
"    Arsenics   ^Wf-xV  gr- 
Max   gr. 
"    Benzoic   10-15-30  gr. 
"    Boric   10-15-30  gr. 
"    Carbolic   1-2-3  gr. 
"    Citric   10-15-30  gr. 
DRUG.  DOSE. 
Acid.  Gallic   5-15-30  gr. 
"    Hydrobrom.  Dilut.  i-1-2  fl.  dr. 
Max.  2-4  fl.  dr. 
"    Hydrochlor.  Dilut.  10-15-30  m. 
Max.  30-60  m. 
Hydrocyan.  Dilut.      1-2-3  m. 
Max.         3-5  m. 
"    Lactic.   i-1-2  fl.  dr. 
"    Nitric.  Dilut   5-15-30  m. 
Max.  30-60  m. 
"     Nitrohydrochlor..      2-3-5  m. 
Max.  5-10  m. 
"      Dilut.  10-15-20  m. 
Max.  20-30  m. 
"    Phosphoric.  Dilut.  10-30-60  m. 
