COPY.
Enclosure
6.8.
10013
NECR
Rec'd 18 JUL 39
Government Laboratory,
Hong Kong,
May, 16th. 1899.
726
Sir,
I have the honour to report that as far as can be seen at present the British Pharmacopoeia of 1898 contains all that is needed here from a pharmaceutical point of view. The alternative preparations sanctioned for use in India and the Colonies as described in Appendix XI of the Pharmacopoeia are a welcome addition as the insertion of such has legalized those alterations in formulae that conditions of climate and situation have compelled pharmacists to make in a Colony such as this.
2. Although not official, Extract of Malt is largely used here and frequently the samples submitted for approval are received in a fermented condition. A suggestion is therefore made that it would save manufacturers' time if to similar preparations a fermentation test could be applied, as probably were such preparations to be submitted to a temperature of about 80° F for ...
The Principal Civil Medical Officer.
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COPY.
Enclosure
6.8.
10013
NECR
Rea? 18 JUL 39
Government Laboratory,
HongKong,
May, 16th. 1899.
726
Sir,
I have the honour to report that as far as can be
seen at present the British Pharmacopaeia of 1898 contains all
that is needed here from a pharmaceutical point of view. The
alternative preparations sanctioned for use in India and the
Colonies as described in Appendix X1 of the Pharmacopaeia are
a welcome addition as the insertion of such has legalized those
alterations in formulae that conditions of climate and situa-
tion have compelled pharmacists to make in a Colony such as
this.
2. Although not official, Extract of Malt is largely used here
and frequently the samples submitted for approval are received
in a fermented condition. A suggestion is therefore made that
it would save manufacturers' time if to similar preparations
a fermentation test could be applied,as probably were such pre- parations to be submitted to a temperature of about 80° F for
The Principal Civil Medical Officer.
B
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