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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    REPO RT OF Willis G. Tucker, M. D., Ph. D., ANALYST OF DRUGS. Lewis Balch, M. D., Secretary of the State Board of Health of Neio York : Dear Sir.— During the past year the collection and examination of drugs from retail dealers in different parts of the State has been continued, under your direction, and in substantially the same manner as heretofore. Four hundred and seventeen, samples of pharmacopceial drugs, preparations and chemicals, purchased from druggists in twenty places, and 115 samples of cream of tartar, purchased from retail grocers, have been examined and reported upon during the year, making a total of 532 samples examined since time of making last annual report. Monthly reports, accompanied by a separate report on each sample examined, have been regularly submitted and the latter have given in each instance the record number and pharmaco- pceial name of the article tested; name and place of business of dealer from whom purchased; date of purchase, amount called for, price paid and name of collector. The quality of the article, as determined by the analysis, has likewise been stated, the same standards being employed that have heretofore been used. Con- cerning these standards I quote from a previous report: “ Samples are classed as of ‘ good quality ’ when they fulfill the requirements of the United States pharmacopoeia or fall below the same, only in some trifling an l unimportant respect; of ‘ fair quality ’ if, while not fully up to the pharmacopoeial standard, they are evidently neither