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vivisection work, and this introduction is indorsed by Lohniann's 

 work." 



Schiller ^ corroborates Lohmann's results, but claims that curare is 

 efficient for muscle physiological work in smaller doses than is the 

 delphinin of Heyl. 



This use of Delphinium certainly offers a field which should be 

 investigated commercially, as curare is likely to be uncertain in its 

 action.«^ Methyl delphinin is said also to possess this curare-like 

 action.*^ 



The coloring matter of the flowers of Dclphinlam zalil has been 

 utilized as a dye.® Other Delphiniums, such as D. ajacis, have been 

 recommended for insecticidal uses, and especially on account of 

 cheapness.^ 



Froggatt states that common garden larkspur v.ill kill locusts, and 

 advises planting them in masses around gardens and orchards to pro- 

 tect against the ravages of these insects.^ The same claim is made 

 as to its action against grasshoppers.'' 



Delphinium coeruleum has been used to kill maggots and D. hruno- 

 nianum to destroy ticks.* This latter plant has been used to some 

 extent as a substitute for musk. 



a Lohmann, A. Unters. iiber d. Verwerthb. eines Delphinin prap. an Stelle d. 

 Curare in d. muskelphys. Technik Pfluger's Arch. f. Ges. Physiol., vol. 92, 

 p. 473. 1902. 



6 Schiller, V. Ueber d. physiol. Wirkungen d. Delphinins (Heyl). Arch. f. 

 Anat. u. Physiol., Physiol. Abtheil., p. 24S, 1904. 



p Merck, E. Ann. Reports, 19^2, vol. 16, p. 48. 



(J Robert, R. Lehrb. d. Intox., 2d ed., p. 1185. 



'• Aitchison, J. E. T. Some Plants of Afghanistan. Pharni. .Jour, and Trans., 

 vol. 17. p. 4GG. 1887. 



f Amer. Jour. Pharm., vol. 55, p. 50. 1883. 



p Froggatt, W. W. Plague Locusts. Agr. Gaz. New South Wales, vol. 11, p. 



381. 1901. 

 ^' Bailey, J. F. Hemp. Queensland Agr. Jour., vol. 2, p. 200. 1898. 

 i Watts, G. Dictionary of Economic Products of India, vol. 3, pp. 64-65. 1890. 



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