Examination Prescriptions

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This section is from the book "The Art Of Dispensing", by Peter MacEwan. See also: Calculation of Drug Dosages.

Examination Prescriptions

Those who use this volume preparatory to entering for a qualifying pharmaceutical examination will find the following prescriptions useful for practice. They have been given by the Boards of Examiners in Edinburgh and London since 1898. We do not comment upon these prescriptions, the object of printing them here being to make them exercises for students. It will be noticed that four to six articles are generally given to each candidate, including a British Pharmacopoeia galenical to make, and three hours is allowed in which to do the work. That is at least an hour longer than should be taken by a competent dispenser.1

I


Inj. morph. hypoderm.
(B.P. process.) mxij.	1 gr.
Ext. belladon. ................	gr. j.
Fiat suppos. Mitte vj.
One to be used when required.
Acid. boric. ....................	2%
Zinci oxid. ..................
Pulv. tragacanth. .............	gr. x.
Glycerin.. ....................	3ij.
Aq. ................................	ad

Fiat pigment.

To be used with a camel-hair brush.

Ferri sulph. exsic. . . gr. iij. Fiat pil. Mitte xij. Silver. One night and morning.

Mist. ol. ricini (B.P.)

II


Mist, ferri co.....................
twice daily.

Ung. hyd. co., B.P. qty., in drachms.

'The Ointment.'

Creosoti ....	mj.
Pulv. capsici .....................	gr. ss.
Ft. pil. Mitte xxiv. Varnish.
j. t.d.s.
Ext. opii....	gr. vj.
Ext. bellad. .........................	gr. ij.
Ol. theobrom........................	q.s.

Ft. suppos. vj.

For other sets of prescriptions, see ' Minor Experiences,' published at the Offices of The Chemist and Druggist, price 2s. 6d.

III


Make 4 fl. oz. syr. calcis
lactophosph.
Ferri et quin. cit.	gr. ij.
Inf. calumbae ad
Mitte

Sig.: To be taken after dinner daily.

Quin. sulph. . . . gr. ij. Ft. pil. Mitte vj. Sig.: One when the pain recurs.

Pot. chlor.	3j.
Ac. hydrochlor.	MXV.
Syr. aurantii .	.
Aq.	ad"

Sig.: The chlorinated gargle. Make 2 fl. oz. syr. aromat.

IV

Linimentum terebinth., 1/4 B. P. quantity.

Hyd. perchlor.	gr. 3/8
Tr. tolu. .	3j.
Aq.	ad

Fiat lotio.

Ferri arsenatis .	gr.1/10
Quin. sulph.	gr.j.
Ft. pil. Mitte xxiv. Silver.

Sulphonal.	3j.
Pulv. tragacanth.	. gr. xx.
Inf. aurant.	ad

Fiat mistura.

Emp. picis . .6x4 inches Spread on leather.

V


Hyd. c creta .	gr. iij.
M. Ft. pil. Mitte vj.
Hyd. iodid. rub.	gr.j.
Morph. mur. .	gr. ij.
M. Ft. suppos. vj.

Send a belladonna-plaster, the size of the prescription-paper, with an adhesive margin.

Send quite coldOss. liq. plumbi.

VI


Tr. opii .	3j.
Tr. catechu	3ij.
Mist, cretae	ad
1/6 4tis horis.
Ferri arsenat. .	gr. 1/5
Ext. nuc. vom.	gr. 1/3
Quinin. sulph. .	gr j.

Fiat pil. Mitte xij. Varnish.

Emp. bellad. 6 inches diam. for the breast.

Santonin.	. gr. x.
O1. ricini
Muc. acac.
Aq.	ad
1/2 pro dose.
Aloin.	gr. ij.
Ext. bellad.	gr. j.
O1. theobrom. .	. q.s.
Fiat suppos. Mitte vj.

VII

Make 1/8th B.P. quantity syr. ferri iodid.

Menthol plaster. Spread one 4"*4".

Ferri sulph.	gr. 1/2
Ext. belladon..	gr. 1/2
Ext. nucis vomic.	gr. 1/2
Pil. rhei co.	gr. 2
Misce. Fiat pilula. Mitte xij.
Silver.
One night and morning.
Olei ricini
Pulv. acaciae .	q.s.
Aquam .	ad
1/4th part for a dose. Divide bottle.
Pulv. opii	gr. 1/6
Sacch. lact.	gr.j.
Ft. pulv. Mitte vj. One every night.

VIII


Lotio. plumbi fort. .	Oss.
Blaud's pill	gr. iv.
Mitte xxiv. Varnish.
Pot. iod. .	3j.
Mist, ferri co. .	ad
Emp. bellad. .	5x4

IX.
Sol. hyd. perchlor. .	1/4%
Mitte
Emp. menthol.	4X3
Menthol.	2%
Adip. prsep.	ad
Inj. morph. hypoderm.
Pot. iod. .	3j.
Liq. Donovani
Liq. strychnin.	3j.
Liq. hyd. perchlor. .	3j.
Syr. aurant.	3iv.
Inf. aurant. co.	ad

You have to make . liq. Donovani, and your own inf. auran-tii co.

X.
Bismuth, subnit.	gr. iss.
Pepsin. .	gr. iss.
Quin. sulph.	gr. j.
Strych. .	gr. 1/40
M. et ft. pil. Mitte tales xxiv. Sig.: j. nocte et mane.
Acid, salicylic.	12%
Zinci oxid.	8%
Acid, boric.	9%
P. cret. gall. .	ad
M.
Bismuth, cit. .	gr. 160
Liq. ammon. .	. q.s.
Aq.	ad
M.
Sig.: 3j. more dicto.
Quin. sulph.	gr. iss.
Antifebrin.	gr. x.
Ft. pulv. Mitte xij. Cachets.
Ext. opii.	gr. 1/4
01. theobrom. .	q.s.
Ft. sup. Mitte sex.