THE  AMERICAN- 
JOURNAL  OF  PH^M  A  C  Y 
JULY,  i9o9    \  : 
SOME  OF  THE  SYRUPS  OF  THE  U.  S.  PHARMACOPOEIA 
During  the  past  year  the  writers  have  been .  engaged  upon  a 
series  of  experiments  upon  some  of  the  official  syrups,  and  while 
our  work  on  several  is  not  yet  completed  it  is  deemed  advisable 
to  present  and  record  a  number  of  the  results  already  obtained. 
These  investigations  were  undertaken  with  several  points  in  view. 
First,  to  critically  examine  the  formulas  now  official  and  the 
products  of  the  same. 
Second,  to  see  if  these  could  not  be  simplified  and  improved 
upon  and  formulas  established  by  which  the  pharmacist  can  pre- 
pare all  of  his  syrups  in  his  own  store,  preferably  direct  from  the 
drugs,  without  being  dependent  upon  manufacturers.  If  one  ex- 
amines the  foreign  Pharmacopoeias  he  will  see  how  this  point  is 
continuously  in  mind.  Under  the  existing  laws  the  pharmacist  is 
made  responsible  for  the  purity  of  the  products  he  dispenses.  The 
first  effect  of  the  food  and  drug  laws  has  been  largely  to  the  benefit 
of  the  manufacturers,  because  a  large  number  of  the  druggists  of 
the  country  were  not  prepared  to  carry  out  the  official  processes 
of  manufacture  and  assay  and  these  have  adopted  a  system  of 
purchasing  assayed  fluidextracts,  tinctures,  etc.,  in  place  of  preparing 
them  themselves.    The  pharmacists  must  awaken  to  the  fact  that 
AND  NATIONAL  FORMULARY.* 
By  George  M.  Beringer  and  George  M.  Beringer,  Jr. 
*  Presented  to  the  New  Jersey  Pharmaceutical  Association  meeting, 
Lake  Hopatcong,  June  10,  1909. 
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