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printed thus in the preparations, and once, at page 65, Oleum 
Cinnamomi ; and Oleum Anisi, Oleum Carui, Oleum 
Lavandulae, Oleum Menthse Piperita, Oleum Rosmarini,' 
and Oleum Succini, the recognised titles of these oils as dis- 
tinct preparations, are expressed, in the body of some of the 
formulae, with the words in the reverse order. A similar 
slight discrepancy obtains in regard to solution of ammonia, 
which is recognised under the title of Liquor Ammonias, 
and recited in two formulae, pages 55 and 61, as Ammonias 
Liquor. The error in regard to galls leads to a mistake in 
the title of two preparations ; for if Gallae, in the plural, is 
the name of the medicine, we should expect to have Tine- 
turn Gallarum, and Unguentum Gallarum Compositum, 
instead of Tinctura Gallai, and Unguentum Gallae Compo- 
siium. Again, if Piper Cubeba is to be the name of cubebs, 
then the London College should call the tincture, Tinctura 
Piperis Cubebse, instead of Tinctura Cubebse; on the same 
principle that they have Confectio Piperis Nigri. Objec- 
tion may be made to the title Syrupus Aurantii, for a syrup 
made with orange peel ; for, as the College recognises the 
fruit and the rind of the fruit, under the names of Aurantium 
and Aurantii Cortex, "Syrupus Aurantii" would seem more 
appropriately to designate a syrup made from the juice of 
the fruit, than from the peel. 
The errors here pointed out in the London Pharmacopoeia, 
consist in a want of consistency of the work with itself. The 
nomenclature of the Materia Medica, and of the preparations 
must be assumed to have the preference of the College, and 
should have been carefully adhered to throughout the work. 
But the nomenclature, even if consistently carried out, still 
presents some defects, which we shall briefly point out. 
The plan of having the names of the substances in the sin- 
gular number, as had been previously done in the U. S. Phar- 
macopoeia, is carried out to a considerable extent by the Lon- 
don College, in the last revision of their Pharmacopoeia. In 
obedience to this plan they now have Amygdala , Caryophyl- 
luSy Cornu 9 and Uva, for Amygdalae, Caryophylli, Cornua, 
