12  The  Canadian  Formulary.  {^Sy.wST' 
charge  was  made  with  reference  to  the  1906  edition  of  the  N.  F., 
when  it  appeared,  in  connection  with  the  formulas  taken  from  the 
foreign  Pharmacopoeias. 
The  Canadian  Formulary  contains  149  formulas,  of  which  fifty- 
four  have  been  taken  from  the  U.  S.  P.  and  N.  F.  Of  these 
fifty-four,  eighteen  have  been  altered  in  some  respect,  not  always  in 
a  manner  leading  to  any  vital  difference  in  the  finished  preparation, 
but  deviations  of  any  kind  in  formulas  which  are  given  as  coming 
from  another  authority  are  not  warranted,  unless  such  deviation  is 
stated  in  a  footnote.  Several  other  preparations  merit  criticism  in 
some  respects,  and  a  brief  synopsis  will  be  given  of  such  formulas 
as  seem  worthy  of  comment. 
Formula  No.  2  is  for  Alcohol  Deodoratum,  and  the  process  given 
is  that  of  the  N.  F.  1896  edition,  in  which  alcohol  is  deodorized  by 
the  use  of  quicklime,  alum,  spirit  of  nitrous  ether  and  animal  char- 
coal. The  formula  is  correctlv  gfiven  and  attention  is  called  to  it 
only  because  of  its  questionable  utility  and  the  probability  of  its 
being  misbranded  under  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act. 
Under  Formula  No.  7.  Ceratum  Galeni,  is  given  the  synonym 
"  Cold  Cream."  This  formula  calls  for  a  preparation  differing 
materially  from  the  cold  cream  as  used  in  the  United  States,  espe- 
cially in  that  it  contains  liquid  paraffin  to  the  extent  of  about  60 
per  cent,  and  resembles  what  is  commonly  called  "  Theatrical  Cold 
Cream."  The  use  of  the  term  t(  Cold  Cream  "  for  a  preparation 
containing  paraffin  oil  is  hardly  justifiable,  as  the  preparation  does 
not  have  the  same  cooling  effect  as  one  made  from  vegetable  oils. 
In  No.  13,  Elixir  of  Ammonium  Bromide,  which  is  claimed  to 
have  the  same  strength  as  the  N.  F.  preparation,  we  find  91.5  Gm. 
of  the  salt  in  1000  c.c..  and  the  statement  that  each  fluidrachm  con- 
tains 5  grains  of  ammonium  bromide.  As  the  N.  F.  formula  also 
makes  the  statement  that  each  fluidrachm  contains  5  grains  of 
ammonium  bromide,  and  differs  in  containing  85  Gm.  to  the  1000 
c.c,  it  would  seem  that  there  is  a  difference  in  the  number  of  cubic 
centimetres  calculated  to  the  fluidrachm  on  the  other  side  of  the 
Canadian  border.  The  calculation  made  from  this  formula  would 
indicate  that  instead  of  4  c.c.  to  the  fluidrachm,  as  is  ordinarily 
considered  the  equivalent  in  this  country,  the  Canadian  formula  has 
3.8  c.c.  to  the  fluidrachm. 
Formula  14,  Elixir  Anisi,  has  the  synonym  Anise  Seed  Cordial 
and  while  no  definite  reference  is  made  to  the  N.  F.  preparation,  it 
