270  Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations,  {^'-l^;^11^' 
what  names  is  Chloroform  official  ?  Name  two  official  preparations  of  Chloro- 
form. What  liquid  does  the  United  States  pharmacopoeia  use  to  preserve  it  ? 
What  per  cent,  of  absolute  Chloroform  does  the  purest  official  form  contain  ? 
What  is  the  effect  of  light  upon  Chloroform  ? 
G — Name  the  active  principles  of  the  following  drugs  :  State  whether  they 
are  alkaloids,  glucosides,  resins,  etc.,  and  give  a  good  solvent  for  each  prin- 
ciple ;  Podophyllum,  Santonica,  Pilocarpus,  Piper,  Sinapis,  Opium. 
H — If  the  following  prescription  was  received  by  you,  and  consultation  with 
the  writer  was  impossible,  what  would  be  the  proper  course  to  pursue  in  dispens- 
ing^: ?  Write  a  correct  label  for  it : 
R.    Strych.  sulph., 
Sodii  arseniat.,  gr.  j. 
Ferri  reduct, 
Quin.  sulphat.,  aa  gr.  xxxij. 
M.  Ft.  Pil.  No. 
SiG.-"IQ.  S  A  As.  TV 
One  after  each  meal.    Copy  on  box. 
Criticise  this  prescription  ;  write  it  out  properly,  substituting  official  names, 
avoiding  abbreviations,  and  translate  the  directions. 
R.    Quin.  disulph.,  gr.  xl. 
Cinchonin  bisulph.,  gr.  xxx. 
Morph.  chlor.  hyd.,  gr.  ij. 
Ext.  dat.  stram.,  gr.  v. 
M.    Ft.  Pil.  No.  xx. 
S. — Pil.  una  et  rept.  in  hor.  quat. 
/ — How  would  you  prepare  this  prescription  ?    Would  you  dispense  it  ? 
R,    Menthol.,  gr.  xxxvi. 
Ac.  boric, 
Sodii  borat.,  aa  3  ij . 
Glycerin., 
Aq.  acidi  carbolici,  aa  f  ^  iv. 
M.  Sec.  art. 
SiG. — Use  in  atomizer. 
Criticise  this  prescription,  and  state  how  you  would  compound  it. 
R .  Rhei, 
Ext.  cascarae,  aa  9j. 
Aloin., 
Ext.  nucis  vom.,  gr.  v. 
M.    Ft.  mass,  et  div.  in  pil.  No.  xx. 
SiG. — One  at  bedtime. 
K—  Write  correctly,  using  full  official  names,  a  metric  prescription  to  contain 
the  following  ingredients  : 
R.    Blue  pill,  two  hundred  centigrammes. 
Powdered  opium,  two  decigrammes. 
Watery  extract  of  aloes,  two  and  a  quarter  grammes. 
Make  into  twenty  pills. 
SiG. — Take  two  pills  at  bedtime. 
