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No. 307.
Regulations made by the Governor in Council under the provisions of Section 6 of the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance, 1916, (Ordinance No. 9 of 1916), on the 18th day of July, 1916.
[Sec. 6 (a).]
Course of Study and Examination for Applicants for Registration.
1. The applicant must have attained the full age of 21 years and must produce a certified declaration that for three years he has been engaged practically in the transla- tion and dispensing of prescriptions.
2. The applicant must be able to pass an examination in Pharmaceutical and General Chemistry and Physics as applied to Chemistry. He must understand chemical theory, the general characters of the non-metals and their methods of preparation, the general characters, classification, and extraction of the metals, and the general methods of forming oxides and salts.
He must have a knowledge of carbon, its oxides, of cyanides, oxalic acid, of the chief methods of preparing methane, ethane, ethylene, acetylene, methyl and ethyl alcohols, formic and acetic aldehydes and acids, glycerol, beuzene, phenol, chloral hydrate, chloro- form, iodoform, and ether, and of the principal properties, reactions and mutual relations of these compounds.
The applicant must be able to determine the specific gravities of liquids and solids, to analyse a mixture containing not more than two metals and two acid radicles, to re- cognise by chemical tests the more important non-metallic elements and compounds, and the more important metals and their salts, to recognise by their physical properties those which possess well defined characteristics and to identify by chemical tests, hydrocyanie acid, cyanides, oxalates, acetates, cane sugar, grape sugar, salicin, quinine, morphine, strychnine, and their salts.
He must be able to prepare and use the volumetric solutions described in the British Pharmacopoeia.
3. In Botany and Materia Medica he must have a general knowledge of the external form of plants and a general acquaintance with the elements of plants anatomy, any must be able to recognise specimens of any crude drugs mentioned in the British Pharmacopoeia.
4. In Pharmacy the applicant is required to show a general knowledge of the pro- cesses, and understand the principles of the processes by which the official preparations belonging to the following classes are made:-collodions, confections, decoctions, dilute aris, extracts (solid and liquid), glycerines, infusions, juices, liniments, lotions, mixtures, ointments, pill masses, plasters, powders (simple and compound), solutions, spirits, sup- positories, syrups, tinctures, vinegars, waters and wines. A knowledge of the proportion of active ingredient or crnde material in official preparations containing aconite, antimony, arsenic, belladonna, calabar bean, cantharides, chloral hydrate, chloroform, caustic potash and soda, colchicum, digitalis, elaterinum, ergot, iodine, iodoform, ipecacuanha, lead, mercury, nux vomica, opiun, phosphorus, scammony, stramonium, squill, alkaloids and alkaloidal salts.
He must have also a knowledge of the law relating to the sale of poisons.
5. In Dispensing the applicant must be able to weigh, measure, and compound medicines; to write the directions in concise language in a neat and distinct hand; to finish and properly direct each package.
6. In Prescriptions he must be able to trauslate autograph prescriptions into English, to detect errors, discover unusual doses, and have a general knowledge of Posology, and
to calculate percentages and other quantities occurring in prescriptions.
7. The applicant may be exempted from examination in any subject provided that he can produce a certificate from some duly recognised examining body that he has passed as thorough and efficient an examination in that subject as is required by these regulations.
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