State Board of Health : report of Willis G. Tucker, analyst of drugs.

  • New York (State). Board of Health.
Date:
[1889]
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Credit: State Board of Health : report of Willis G. Tucker, analyst of drugs. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Stronger Ether—(Aether Fortior, U. S. P.). Sixty-eight samples examined, of which there were of good quality, forty; fair, four; inferior, twenty-two, while one con- sisted of compound spirit of ether and one of sweet spirit of nitre, most carelessly sold for the article called for. This is an improvement over last year, but nevertheless is not a very good showing. Two qualities of ether are recognized by the U. S. P., viz., “ether,” specific gravity about 0.750, and containing about twenty- six per cent of alcohol, and “ stronger ether,” with a specific gravity not higher than 0.725, at fifteen degrees C., and containing about six per cent of alcohol. Stronger ether is generally used as an anaesthetic, and ought always to be kept in stock by the pharmacist. When it is called for by its officinal name in full it ought always to be supplied, and the substitution of common ether is entirely inexcusable, and betokens great carelessness or ignorance on the part of the seller. Particulars concerning these samples are appended: I