No. 3, April, 1921] PHARMACOGNOSY 299 



2083. Bruce, E. A. Hydrangea poisoning. Jour. Amer. Vet. Med. Assoc. 58:313-315. 

 1920. — An account is given of the poisoning of a horse from eating Hydrangea hortensis var. 

 otaska. Experiments with guinea pigs were interpreted as proving the poisonous properties 

 of the plant. — C. D. Marsh. 



2084. Cabrera, Teodoro. El cordoban y sus aplicaciones medicinales. [Rhoeo and its 

 medical uses.] Rev. Agric. Com. y Trab. 3 : 170-171. 2 fig. 1920. — Rhoeo discolor is described 

 and is said to be useful as a haemostatic and as a pectoral. Several cases of its successful 

 use for the second purpose are described. — F. M. Blodgett. 



2085. Casparis, P. tJber einige Volksheilmittel Turkestans. [On some popular medica- 

 ments of Turkestan.] Scluveiz. Apotheker Zeitg. 58:497-501, 512-514. 1 fig. 1920.— The 

 author discusses 21 popular medicaments, samples of which were collected by Dr. Wacker 

 in Turkestan during the world war. These include the fruits of Helicteres Isora L. (Fam. 

 Sterculiacea>), known in Turkestan as "Machmil i Tetschon" and employed in the treat- 

 ment of diarrhoea and articular disease; the unripe inflorescence of Piper longum, known as 

 "Dari Pelpel" and used for headaches; star anise, known as "Badian Kuttaie;" Coriander 

 fruits, which are smoked for headache; Nux Vomica seeds, known as "Gargemorit" or "Kut- 

 schilla," emploj'ed in the treatment of backache; Myrobalans from Terminalia Chebula Eetz 

 Combretacea?), known as "Chaliletsch asfar," which is crushed, boiled, and drunk with tea 

 and sugar for anaemia; the unripe fruit of Myrobalani nigra var. indica, known as "Chaliletsch 

 Kara" and used as the preceding; the seeds of a Sisymbrixim, probably Sisymhrium Sophia, 

 natively called "Chabba" and purgativ in action; the seeds of Enlada scandens, which are eaten 

 with sugar for backache and known to the natives as "Kurri Katar;" the galls and fruits of a 

 Pistacia used for stomachache; Aleppo Galls, known as "Apas" and "Masi" and smoked 

 with tobacco by the natives for headache and pain in the eyes; the blue flowers and verticil- 

 lasters of an Echiinn, employed in heartburn and fever; Mecca Senna leaves, known as 

 "Semeh Mekeh," which are boiled with milk as a purgative; an inferior variety of Traga- 

 canth, called "Katira," which is crushed and soft-boiled as a probable remedy for headache; 

 Gum Arabic, known as "Samgh i arabi," is dissolved in hot water as eye drops; an inferior 

 grade of Hashish called "Nascha" is smoked or eaten as a narcotic; sticks of red bolus, which 

 Dragendorff mentions as "Tillae armani" and "Gul armani," are employed in the treat- 

 ment of diseases of the oral cavity; a fine red crystalline powder called "Schingab" is applied 

 externally in the treatment of child rash; a globular, brownish-red structure, about 4 cm. 

 in diameter and consisting of a mixture of fennel, the fruits of an Apium species, and 

 Trachyspermum copticum L., is powdered and taken with milk as a sedative; a coarse brownish 

 powder mixed with numerous whitish particles and consisting of powdered Veratrum rhizome 

 and powdered cloves, is employed as a snuff for headache. — H. W. Youngken. 



2086. CoATES, U. Aylmer. Poke root in medicine. Pharm. Jour. 105:454. 1920. — A 

 review of the therapeutic values and medicinal uses of the fruit and root of Phytolacca decan- 

 dra from the literature of the last century. — E. N. Gathercoal. 



2087. Couch, James F., and Leigh T. Giltner. An experimental study of Echinacea 

 therapy. Jour. Agric. Res. 20: 63-84. 1920. — Various preparations of Echinacea, the "spe- 

 cific medicine echinacea," the fluid extract, and "subculoyd inula and echinacea," were 

 studied as remedies in several types of infections and allied diseases, both acute and chronic, 

 in guinea pigs. The material was not effective in the case of botulism, tetanus, septicemia, 

 rattlesnake venom, tuberculosis, and trypanosomiasis. — Definite evidence of organic effects 

 from the echinacea itself was not obtained. — D. Reddick. 



2088. Clark, A. Wayne, R. O. Smith, and Leroy Forman. Purity standards for absorb- 

 ent cotton. Jour. Amer. Pharm. Assoc. 9: 958-965. 1920. — A report of the work on extrac- 

 tion methods for impurities in absorbent cotton. Authors find themselves unable to formu- 

 late a satisfactory method for testing for the degree of absorbency which will express the 



