Am.  Tour.  Pharm 
May,  1895. 
Examination  Questions. 
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When  is  it  permissible  to  make  an  addition  to  a  prescription  without  the  con- 
sent of  the  prescriber?  Give  reasons  for  your  answer.  (4)  Is  it  desirable, 
when  renewing  a  prescription,  to  follow  the  order  of  mixing  the  ingredients 
originally  used  ?    If  so,  why  ? 
H— Pills.  (1)  What  physical  properties  are  essentially  required  in  forming 
a  good  pill  mass?  (2)  Give  reasons  for  each  requirement.  (3)  What  is  a  pill 
excipieut  ?  (4)  Give  reasons  (and  illustrate  by  a  practical  example)  for  select- 
ing either  of  the  following  excipients  :  water,  syrup  of  acacia,  glycerin,  glucose, 
soap,  confection  of  rose. 
/—Criticise  and  translate  the  following  prescriptions.  Write  out  the  English 
names  of  each  ingredient,  with  quantities.    State  how  you  would  compound 
each,  and  if  any  incompatibility  would  be  developed  in  either,  state  what  it  is, 
and  what  would  be  the  proper  procedure: 
&       Hyd.  Bichlor.,  gr.  j. 
Pot.  Iod. 
Fer.  et  Am.  Cit.,  aa  ^iij. 
Tinct.  Cinch.  Co.,  f^iss. 
Y^.  ft.  Sumat  drachmam  ter  in  die.  S. 
R       Ext.  Secale  Cornut.  Fid.,  fgi. 
Vin.  Ejusdem,  fji. 
Sacch.  Alb.,  gss. 
ttV  S. — One  teaspoonful  every  two  or  four  hours,  as  needed.  C. 
A*1— Criticise  and  translate  the  following  prescriptions.  Write  out,  with 
English  names,  the  ingredients  and  quantities.  State  whether  you  would 
compound  them  as  written,  or  what  course  you  would  pursue  upon  receiving 
them : 
B,       Mist.  Digitalis  Comp.,  fgij. 
Tinct.  Gentian  Comp. 
Tinct.  Cinchon.  Comp.,  aa  f  Ji, 
Morph.  Sulphat,  gr.  x. 
TT^.  S. — Two  teaspoonfuls  three  times  a  day  (in  water). 
R  Colchicine. 
Aconitine. 
Emetine. 
Sulph.  Calcium,  aa  gr.  x. 
tfV  ft.  in  Caps.,  No.  x.    Sig. — One  every  three  hours. 
CHEMISTRY. 
A— (1)  Give  the  official  name  and  chemical  formula  for  nitre,  (2)  State  the 
sources  of  nitre,  and  describe  how  it  is  made  commercially.  (3)  State  the 
physical  and  chemical  characters  and  tests  by  which  nitre  can  be  recognized. 
(4)  Give  the  uses  of  nitre,  whether  in  medicine,  in  the  arts,  or  for  general 
purposes. 
B — (1)  Give  the  proper  chemical  name  and  formula  of  sodii  hyposulphis. 
(2)  How  is  the  salt  made  commercially?  (3)  State  the  physical  and  chemical 
tests  by  which  it  can  be  distinguished  from  sodii  sulphis.  (4)  What  are  the 
most  important  applications  of  this  compound  ? 
