246 COMMERCIAL SUPPLIES IBot. Absts. 



1709. Farwell, Oliver A. Cramp bark, highbush cranberry. Northwestern Druggist 

 27: 245-246. 1919. — -The commercial history of the drug Cramp bark is given and it is shown 

 that no substitution of mountain maple bark for that of highbush cranberry was ever made 

 but that, on the other hand, the mountain maple bark, from the very earliest times down to 

 1913, was the only commercial Cramp bark known. The opinion is expressed that the name 

 Cramp bark, because of long years of use and commercial application, should be retained 

 for the bark of Acer spicatum Lam. and the more familiar name of highbush cranberry should 

 be adopted for the bark of Viburnum Americanum Mill. The paper is concluded by a letter 

 from John Uri Lloyd, giving a detailed account of how the early Eclectics obtained their 

 drugs through special collectors rather than from the commercial drug markets of the coun- 

 try, and presenting other remarks covering the Cramp bark and highbush cranberry subject. — 

 Oliver A. Farwell. 



1710. Bruntz, L. Apropos de la presence des spores de Tilletia Tritici dans les sellss. 

 [The presence of the spores of Tilleta Tritici in stools.] Bull. Sci. Pharm. 26: 257-265. Fig. 

 1. 1919. — Feces containing the spores were found. The spores apparently had been intro- 

 duced into the stomach by spoiled bread or flour, and had passed unchanged into the intes- 

 tinal tract. The spores can easily be distinguished from pollen grains and the eggs of hel- 

 minths. Whether or not they are detrimental to man has not been established as yet. — H. 

 Engelhardt. 



PLANT CHEMISTRY 



1711. Anonymous (R. Wz.). [Rev. of: Hug [Enrique, L. J. A.] Le Cestum Parqui 

 (Duraznillo negro) ; etude de proprietes physiologiques. [Cestum Parqui (Duraznillo negro). 

 A study of its physiological properties.] Thesis for the degree of doctor of veterinary medi- 

 cine, University of Buenos Aires. Bossio and Bigliani, publishers, Buenos Aires, 1918.] 

 Bull. Sci. Pharm. 26:340. 1919. 



1712. Babington, F. W., Alfred Tingle, and C. E. Watson. The examination of com- 

 mercial dextrin and related starch products. Amer. Jour. Pharm. 91: 50-53. 1919.— Method 

 for determining the amount of dextrin gum in a mixture of starch and dextrin gum. ti.e starch 

 being estimated by difference. A suggested method for examination of starch products is 

 given which will meet most commercial requirements. — Anton Hogstad, Jr. 



1713. Bourquelot, Em., and M. Bridel. Application de la methode biochimique a 

 l'etude de plusieurs especes d'Orchidees indigenes. Decouverte d'un glucoside nouveau, la 

 loroglossine. [Application of the biochemical method to the study of various species of native 

 orchids. Discovery of a new glucoside, Lorogiorsin.] Jour. Pharm. et Chim. 20: 81. 1919. 



1714. Bourquelot, Em., and H. Herissey. Application de la methode biochimique a 

 l'etude des feuilles fraiches d'Hakea laurina. Extraction de quebrachite et d'arbutine. [The 

 biochemical method applied to the study of the fresh leaves of Hakea laurina. Extraction of 

 quebrachit and arbutin.] Jour. Pharm. et Chim. 19: 251-255. 1919. 



1715. Bridel, M. Marc. Application de la methode biochimique aux rameaux et aux 

 ecorces de diverses especes du genre Populus. [Application of the biochemical method to 

 the branches and barks of various species of the genus Populus.] Jour. Pharm. et Chim. 19: 

 429-434; 20: 14-23. 1919. 



1716. Castro, R. de. Propiedades medicinales del jugo del platanero. [Medicinal prop- 

 erties of the juice of the plantain.] Revist. Agric. Com. y Trab. 2: 63-64. 1919. — Compila- 

 tion of medicinal uses of the juice of the leaves and stems of the banana or plantain. — F. M. 

 Blodgett. 



