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Give the equivalents of the weights and measures employed in the British Pharmacopœia, in French weights and measures.

Explain the principle of Volumetric Analysis.

What is the temperature at which Linseed, Mustard, Charcoal, and Yeast Poultices are to be made ?

What classes of medicines are fitted for preparation by means of decoction and of infusion respectively ? How are liquid extracts made ?

What are the preparations of Iron in the British Pharmacopœia ? For what purpose is Ferri Peroxidum Hydratum used ? How is it ordered to be made ?

Name the medicines which impart colouring matter to the excretions.

What is the composition of the Pulvis Jalapæ compositus, of the Pilula Scillæ composita, of the Liquor Morphiæ hydrochloratis, and of the Liquor Strychniæ of the British Pharmacopœia ?

Enumerate the “mixtures” for which directions are given in the British Pharmacopœia and state their composition.

Mention the chief Diuretics used in England, and give the doses of their several preparations.

What officinal preparations of the British Pharmacopœia contain Opium, and in what proportions ?

Can you state any diseases which make butchers' meat wholly unfit for human food ?

Under what conditions is drinking water usually contaminated by Lead?

How is Typhoid Fever said to be propagated ?

What impurities have been detected in the air of sick rooms ?

What are the several ways by which a room, or a ward, may be ventilated ?

What evidence would satisfy you that an infant found dead had not breathed ?

What are the symptoms of poisoning by Oxalic Acid, and what the post mortem appearances ?

What are the symptoms of a poisonous dose of Belladonna and of Hydrocyanic Acid ?

How would you proceed for the purpose of testing the contents of the stomach of a person suspected of having been poisoned by Arsenic ?

By what symptoms would you seek to form a diagnosis between intoxication from alcoholic drinks, and concussion of the brain ?