Attention is called to the rather unusual arrangement of the items in the inscription.

To get a good solution the druggist must dissolve the acetanilid in the aromatic spirit of ammonia, and the other solids in the elixir and then mix the two solutions.

The arrangement is to indicate that order.

Patient should be told to take this diluted with water.

Used as a sedative in hysteria, convulsions, threatened abortion, etc.

The first item ordered is chloralum hydratum, the last word being an adjective and agreeing with the noun in case, etc.

Hydrated chloral is incompatible with a strongly alcoholic solvent, as chloral alcoholate is formed.

The directions are too long for the size label available.

The punctuation is imperfect.

Longer instructions than this for a 1-ounce bottle should be written on a separate sheet and left with patient or nurse.

Aqua menthae piperitae or syrupus aurantii are pleasant vehicles for salts as the above.

If it is undesirable to order as many as eight doses the quantity of the salts can be reduced by one-half, and two teaspoonfuls given at a dose.

Prescribed for the "mucous diarrhea" of childhood.

Information as to age is incomplete.

The sign " should never be used in prescription writing.

A very short word is usually best not abbreviated.

The subscription is misplaced.

The arrangement of the directions could be improved.

Margins are not properly observed.

This is frequently ordered to be taken after every action or every second action.

Instructions should always be left as to just how much water must be used in diluting the dose.

In the "acid intoxication" this is sometimes used with an increase in the amount of sodium bicarbonate, in which case more of the vehicle must be used or the vehicle made thicker and a shake label employed.

"Mrs. Bill" may not be considered respectful.

The arrangement of the drugs is not good.

Acidi is better not abbreviated.

Magnesium ends in ii in the genitive.

Peppermint is not the official name of the drug wanted.

An i should be dotted and a t crossed.

In a case of diarrhea, after the intestinal tract had been cleansed by a purgative, the following was ordered:

The tincture of opium is the most potent ingredient and may be listed first. The above is the order in which the drugs would be handled by the compounder.

This formula is particularly useful where there is intestinal pain and tenderness.

Prescribed for ileocolitis.

It is usually best not to employ a nickname, particularly when it refers to a characteristic that may be shared by a parent.

The vehicle in this mixture would be so thin that the powder would not remain suspended long enough to admit of a dose being poured out before it settled.

A shake-label should be ordered.

Sufficient information as to prescriber is not given.

This seems to be one of the most satisfactory ways of administering bismuth subnitrate.

A vehicle frequently employed is chalk mixture (Mistura Creta), which contains sufficient acacia and sugar for effecting a suspension.

Astringent tinctures, as tincture of catechu, or gambir, or kino, are sometimes used in the above.

For acute pharyngitis.

The alkali metals, as well as calcium, strontium, magnesium, etc., have the genitive ending ii

The acid radicals in the salts of all the acids except the hydri acids and the lower oxy acids have the genitive atis, as sulphatis for sulphate.

The word acid appears better when written with proper termination. The genitive of all acids ends in i.

Note the ending of sulphurous acid is underscored. It is not very frequently used, and might be misread as sulphuric acid.

Patient may be instructed to take the dose with one or two tablespoonfuls of water, and to clean the teeth afterward, but not to remove the remedy from the throat, as by eating or drinking soon after a dose has been taken.

Prescribed for a case of acute "rheumatism."

The arrangement on the sheet is open to criticism.

In an acute condition, particularly if painful, energetic treatment is usually indicated.

The wine has been discontinued to a great extent in favor of the tincture. The disease should never be specified on the label.

Chloroform water only contains about one minim to the tablespoonful; so can well be given in above dose.

Instructions should be left as to reducing dosage upon relief of pain or development of unpleasant effects, as ringing in ears, etc. Some patients seem to tolerate the salicylates better if they are administered in cold milk.

As an adjunct to this treatment many employ massage with a liniment containing oil of wintergreen or methyl salicylate.

Prescribed for the high fever incident to the early stages of certain acute diseases.

Spir. Nitris Dulcis is not the name of the agent wanted.

Solution is not the official Latin term for the class of preparation wanted.

The directions to druggist and patient are best treated as separate paragraphs.