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Economic Botany Collections
Royal Pharmaceutical Society Collection at Kew
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| Students in the School of Pharmacy lecture theatre with Professor Greenish, 1931 |
© Royal Pharmaceutical Society |
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Students at the School of Pharmacy would have to pass several levels of exams to be awarded certification. Below are some examples of exam questions at the Silver Medal and Certificate level in the subject area materia medica. These questions were published in the Pharmaceutical Journal on October 6, 1883. 1. Describe the method of obtaining Opium. State the characters of good Opium, and enumerate its official preparations. 2. What are the botanical and geographical sources of Peruvian and Savanilla Rhatany? Show how they may be distinguished from each other; and mention the active constituents, medicinal properties and official preparations of Rhatany. 3. What are the botanical sources of the official Jalap and Tampico Jalap, and how would you distinguish the official Jalap resin from the resins of Tampico Jalap, Scammony, and Guaiacum? 4. Enumerate the official plants of the Euphorbiaceae, and mention the parts of products of each which are directed to be employed in the British Pharmacopoeia. Describe the general and chemical characters of Cascarilla bark and state its official preparations. Back to Student Materia Medica |