Am  jour,  Pharm.  ?     m e diced  and  Pharmaceutical  Notes. 
August,  1921.  ) 
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This  is  an  illustration  of  the  variety  met  with  in  American  pre- 
scriptions and  the  number  of'capsules,  etc.,  ordered. 
Scandinavian  scripts  are  usual,  and  as  they  are  written  in  Latin, 
and  usually  in  very  good  and  legible  caligraphy,  they  are  easy  to 
make  out. 
Danish. — 
Bromidi  natrici 
Tinctura  Valerianae  
Phosphatis  natrici  
Aquae  .•  
i  spisestre  3-4  gauge  i  dognet. 
(§  ss.  three  or  four  times  a  day.) 
Aqua  ophthalmicae  boratae  
Fiat  solutio. 
This  is  sodii  biboratis  gr.  3. 
Aquae  foeniculi  gr.  297. 
French. — 
This  one  typical  example  of  French  prescribing  in  general  will 
give  a  notion  of  what  is  ordinary. 
Grammes. 
Benzoate  de  soude   2. 
Terpene    1. 
Sirop  codeine   30. 
*Eau  de  laurier  cerise   15. 
f  Julep  gommeux   150. 
JTeinture  d'aconit  >.   xxx  gouttes 
Faire  deaux  fois  cette  potion.  (Send  double  this  quantity.) 
Note. — All  ingredients  in  French  prescriptions  are  weighed,  liquids  and 
solids,  unless  otherwise  stated. 
*Cherry  laurel  water  is  often  used  in  cough  mixtures  in  France  for  the 
flavour  mainly  and  also  as  a  sedative. 
tjulep  gommeux,  or  potion  gommeuse,  consists  of  orange  flower 
water,  gum  acacia,  and  syrup,  see  "B.  P.  C."  and  also  "Squire." 
^Tincture  of  aconite  30  drops  means  30  drops  measured  by  a  calibrated 
pipette,  such  as  is  ordered  in  the  French  Codex. 
Gramm. 
aa  15. 
.  .  10. 
ad  300. 
Gramm. 
. ..  300 
