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parts of the plant. As to the latter the author reports that the stems, collected when the 

 plants are green, can probably always be utilized in conjuction with the leaves and the total 

 alkaloidal requirement of the U. S. P. of 0.065 per cent, be met. With summary and bibli- 

 ography.— Anton Hogstad, Jr. 



1688. Polak's Frutal Works. Pepermunt cultuur in Nederland. [Cultivation of pepper- 

 mint in Holland.] Pharm. Weekblad 56: 41. 1919. — Peppermint cultivated in Holland yielded 

 an oil which compared favorably with American oil obtained from peppermint cultivated in 

 Wayne County, Michigan. — H. Engelhardt. 



1689. Woodhams, E. L. The commercial growing of some European drugs in Michigan. 

 Jour. Amer. Pharm. Assoc. 8: 478-482. 1919. — Author discusses the various problems con- 

 fronted in the commercial cultivation of belladonna and hyuscyamus in Michigan. — Anton 

 Hogstad. Jr. 



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1690. Howard, B. F. The trade in Cinchona bark. Amer. Jour. Pharm. 91: 231-233. 

 1919. — A brief review of an article on the future of the trade in Cinchona bark, which appeared 

 in Bull. Imp. Inst. 16 3 . 1918. Reference is made to the history of this bark but the paper 

 deals for the most part with its production. The author states that Java heads the list of 

 producers, with an annual output of 22,880,000 pounds, India supplying 2,000,000 pounds and 

 other countries 440,000 pounds. Although from a commercial point of view, the plantations 

 in St. Helena and East Africa are at the moment negligible, yet from the scientific aspect 

 the typical analyses given are of considerable interest as they show a high percentage of qui- 

 nine and prove the bark to be well up to the Java standard, thus indicating the most success- 

 ful cultivation — which may have been either deliberate or accidental. (Reprinted from Jour. 

 Soc. Chem. Ind., Feb., 1919.) — Anton Hogstad, Jr. 



1691. Anonymous. [Rev. of : William Mansfield. Squibb's atlas of the official drugs. 

 686 p., Must. 1919.] Druggists Circ. 63: 243. 1919.— All the drugs of the Pharmacopoeia 

 and National Formulary are illustrated (in the atlas) in halftone from photographs of drugs 

 selected by the author. Under each drug name are given the official title, synonyms, parts 

 used, permissible limits of impurities, assay, official preparations, and much other essential 

 information. Contains a glossary of botanical terms; tables of assays and of doses; and a 

 very comprehensive index. — Oliver A. Fartvell. 



1692. Marie-Victorien, Fr. des E. C. Notes recueillies dans la region du Tamiscam- 

 ingue. [Notes collected in the region of the Temiscaming, Quebec] Naturaliste Canadien 

 45: 163-169. May, 1919. — In the course of a botanical exploration in June, 1918, the author 

 had an opportunity of making inquiries from the Indians and missionaries in the region of 

 Lake Temiscaming, far up and north of the Ottawa River, as to the names and supposed or 

 real virtues of many of the wild native plants and trees. The traditional pharmacopoeia of 

 these Indians is likely soon to disappear. As a rule they are not disposed to be free with 

 such information. They are ready to bring an ingredient or a decoction prepared, but slow 

 to show where to get the material. Author's chief authorities are: R. P. Beaudry, O.M.I. , 

 cur6 of North Temiscaming; Mr. John King, chief of the Algonquins of N6delec reserve; 

 Mme. Vaya, an Indian resident at Ville-Marie; and Mr. Carufel, a hunter living at Lac des 

 Quinze on Bay Gilies. 



Thuya occidentalis is used as a poultice in rheumatism, in labor, for the resolution of anky- 

 losis, and iu a vapor bath for pleurisy, the heat being generated by hot stones dropped into 

 the bath well charged with the branches. Surra, -ruin purpurea is assumed to be a sovereign 

 remedy for small-pox and for the healing of any kind of sores. Sorbus Americana is believed 

 to be a very general health stimulant. Portions of the spray of the following boiled for some 

 hours is used to purify or strengthen the blood: Sorbus Americana, Picea marina, Picea 



