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this on treatment with an acid pyrocatechin 

 results. — Ibid. 



Emetine Estimation in Ipecac. — C. C Keller, 

 12 Gms pulverized drug are placed in a flask of 

 200 C.c. capacity and shaken well with a mixture 

 of 90 Gms. of ether and 30 Gms. chloroform. 

 After five minutes 10 C.c. of aqua ammonia and 

 after one-half hour 10 C. c. of water are added, 

 shaking well. Let settle and decant off 100 Gms. 

 (10 Gms. ipecac) of the clear solution into a 

 separating funnel, remove the emetin from this 

 by shaking three times with a i per cent, solu- 

 tion of HCl (25-15-10 C.c.) The acid alkaloidal 

 solution is removed rendered alkaline with 

 aqua ammonia and shaken twice, employing 

 each time 50 Gms. of a mixture of chloroform 

 three parts and ether two parts. This solution 

 of alkaloids is filtered through a small filter 

 moistened with ether, into a tared flask; the 

 volatile solvents distilled off, residue dried, 

 weighed and titrated. The Beckurt's method of 

 titration with f^. hydrochloric acid is applied 

 thus: The alkaloidal residue is dissolved in 10 

 C. c. alcohol, water added until slight turbidity 

 results. Add few drops of tincture of logwood 

 (i-ioo) and titrate with ^n_, hydrochloric acid, 

 the solution striking a light yellow color. — 

 Schwig. Wochenschr. Fhar., '93-31-473- 



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 this replete work finishes the Jahresbericht for 

 1892. In this part are contained the subjects 

 of applied chemistry related to pharmacy, toxi- 

 cology, literature and critique. Besides these 

 are contained two admirable indexes, one of 

 author's and the other of text. The entire 

 work consists of nearly 900 pages, and is es- 

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 a large number of publications, many of which 

 are not so generally consulted in this country. 

 The abstracts are quite full in all cases. 



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 government. Previous to this the first editon 

 of 1865, followed by those of 1872 and 1S76, 

 were issued by the authority of the Swiss 

 Pharmaceutical Society; these were accepted 

 by most of the cantons as official. In 1888 the 

 g«jvernment appointed a commission consisting 

 of pharmacists, physicians and chemists to take 

 the above in hand. The new Pharmacopoeia 

 goes into effect July ist. 1894. The titles of the 

 articles are in Latin, followed by the same ex- 

 pressed in German, French and Italian. Thus: 

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 where necessary or practicable; then tests of 

 identity and impurity; then preservation, and 

 last and best, the maximum and minimum 



