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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 26, 1915.

APPOINTMENTS, &c.

No. 134. His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. ERNEST ROADLEY DOVEY to act as Analyst during the absence on leave of Mr. FRANK BROWNE or until further notice, with effect from the 25th instant.

25th March, 1915.

NOTICES.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. 135.-It is hereby notified that the New Edition of the British Pharmacopoeia became "official as from 1st January, 1915.

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The following list, giving particulars of some of the important alterations, together with some notes by the Society of Apothecaries, are published for general information.

["Pharmaceutical Journal" Reprint.]

THE BRITISH PHARMACOPŒIA, 1914.

ALTERATIONS OF CHIEF IMPORTANCE.

Changes of greater or less importance occur in many of the formula of the British Pharmacopoeia, 1914, as compared with the issue of 1898, but attention is particularly directed to the more notable alterations in potency, which are indicated in percentages (p.c.) in the following table :-

1. Notable Alterations in Potency.

WEAKER.

STRONGER.

100

Acid. Nitric. Dil.

42.7 p.c.

Acetum Scillæ

p.c.

Dose.-5 to 20 minims.

Dose.-5 to 15 minims.

Acid. Phosph. Dil. .....

27.5 p.c.

Acetum Urgineæ

100

p.c.

Dose.-5 to 20 minims.

Dose.-5 to 15 minims.

Acid. Sulph. Dil.

26.7 p.c.

Dose.5 to 20 minims.

Lin. Opii...

33.3 p.c.

Emp. Belladonnæ ...

50 p.c.

100

Spt. Juniperi

p.c.

Inj. Cocaine Hypo...

50 p.c.

Dose.--5 to 20 minims.

Syr. Chloral

9` p.c.

Dose.to 2 fl. drachms.

Lin. Hydrargyri

Syr. Codeine Phos...

Dose.to 2 fl. drachms.

9 p.c.

Liq. Hydrarg. Per....

Liq. Potassæ

Tinct. Aconiti...

100 p.c.

Pil. Phosphori...

Dose.-2 to 5 minims.

Tinct. Camph. Co....

10 p.c.

Syr. Ferri Iodidi

Dose.to 1 fl. drachm.

Tinct. Strophanth

Ung. Hyd. Subchlor

Tinct. Opii

5 to 15 minims (repeated). Dose.- {20 to 30 minims (single).

Dose.--2 to 5 minims.

33.3 p.c.

Dose.-5 to 10 minims (by injection). Inj. Morphine Hypo

Dose.-5 to 10 minims (by injection).

Dose.to 1 fl. drachm.

Dose.-10 to 30 minims.

Dose.--1 to 4 grains.

Dose to 1 fl. drachm. Tab. Trinitrini

Dose.-1 or 2 tablets. Tinct. Belladonnæ ...

Dose. 5 to 15 minims. Tinct. Colchici

50 p.c.

40 p.c..

...

12.3 p.c.

19.2 p.c.

50 p.c.

30 p.c.

23 p.c.

30 p.c.

50 p.c.

300 p.c.

Dose.5 to 15 minims. Tinct. Digitalis

20 p.c.

100 p.c.

50 p.c.

Note. The percentages in the above column indicate increases in strength, eg., the strength of Acetum Scillæ is doubled and that of Tinet. Strophanthi quadrupled; the percentages in the adjoining column indicate decreases in strength.

Dose.-5 to 15 minims. Tinct. Nucis Vom. ...

Dose.-5 to 15 minims.

Tinet. Opii Ammon.

Dose.to 1 fl. drachm. Troch. Acid. Carbol. Ung. Acid, Carbol.... Ung. Hydrargyri

Ung. Hydrarg. Amm. Ung. Hydrarg. Co....

10 p.c.

50 p.c. 25

p.c.

38 p.c. 50 p.c. 38 p.c.