A study of rose water ointment*

✍ Scribed by Lee, C.O. ;Dekay, H.G.

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 1932
• Weight: 394 KB
• Volume: 21
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0898-140X
• DOI: 10.1002/jps.3080211210

✦ Synopsis

Bulletin 26 (1) , of the Sub-committee on Cerates, Ointments and Miscellane-In it Chairman I,. A. Seltzer has the ous Galenicals, is a report on ointments.

following to say about official Ointment of Rose Water:

The U. S. P. X ointment is so definitely subject to rancidity as to make the improvement I have had occasion to discard considerable quantities of the ointof that formula imperative. ment for that reason. The use of liquid petrolatum should be considered.

We believe it is no exaggeration to say that every dispensing pharmacist has had, at some time, the experience of throwing away rancid ointment of rose water.

This prepar,ation has remained basicly the same through every issue of the Pharmacopceia. According to Moore (2) , the questionable idea of incorporating * Section on Practical Pharmacy and Dispensing, A. Pa. A., Toronto meeting, 1932.