THE NEW YOKK JOURNAL OF PHARMACY 



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Schumacher's Cell Regenerator, No. 

 13, is placed on the market in small paste- 

 board cartons, each bearing the signature 

 and the likeness of its inventor. 



Each package examined was found tc 

 contain 10 gms. of a white odorless pow- 

 der, tasting like milk sugar. The powder 

 was quite soluble in water, forming a 

 perfectly clear solution. 



The aqueous solution was neutral in 

 reaction and quickly reduced Fehling's 

 solution. The investigators were unable 

 to demonstrate the presence of salts. 

 Incineration showed 0.18% of mineral 

 matter. Organic substances other than 

 milk sugar were absent. An attempt to 

 show the presence of alkaloids was nega- 

 tive in result. 



A quantitative determination of the 

 substance by the polariscopic method 

 showed that it consisted of a very high 

 grade of milk sugar, practically 100% 

 pure. The product is thus found to be 

 purer than the milk sugar of the D. A. B., 

 which permits an ash content of 0.25%. 



The analysis therefore shows that 

 Schumacher's Cell Regenerator consists 

 of nothing else than a nearly chemically 

 pure sample of milk sugar. It was sug- 

 gested that the article might consist of a 

 highly diluted homoeopathic trituration; 

 this, however, is not claimed by the in- 

 ventor, nor is it shown by the analysis. 



A physiological determination of the 

 value of certain Digitalis preparations : 

 V^on Dr. Anton Lehnert, Bad Duerkheim 

 and Professor Oswald Loeb, Goettingen : 



The authors have examined a number 

 of well-known Digitalis preparations 

 with a view of establishing their thera- 

 ])cutic value in a physiological way. They 

 employed the method of Frankel-Gott- 



lieb, comparing the results found in case 

 of the examined preparations, with the 

 results found upon using an infusion of 

 digitalis prepared from titrated Digitalis 

 leaves obtained from the firm of Caesar 

 & Loretz. 



The Folia Digitalis titrata of Caesar & 

 Loretz was found to show a constant 

 therapeutic value when tested from year 

 to year, which the authors state to be as 

 follows: Each o.i gm. of the substance 

 is the equivalent of 5 Gottlieb units. 



As a Gottlieb unit is designated the 

 smallest quantity of substance required 

 to produce a systolic cessation of heart 

 action in a frog, weighing from 29-32 

 grammes, with certainty within 30 min- 

 utes. 



Digitalis dialysata Golaz : The prepa- 

 rations intended for intravenous injection 

 showed only from 16 to 40% of their 

 claimed value. The preparations in- 

 tended for internal medication were 

 found to correspond to their declared 

 value. 



Digifolin: This preparation is placed 

 on the market, both in solution and tablet 

 form. Its activity conformed closely to 

 the claimed values, and the contents of 

 the packages were found unchanged 

 after 1 1 months. 



The authors claim that their results 

 have been confirmed by other investiga- 

 tors. 



Concentrated Ipecac Infusions. 



Von C. Mannich and W. Duehr, in 

 Phar. Zentralhalle, 1914, No. 11, page 

 249, report as follows : 



The authors call attention to the volu- 

 minous literature concerm'ng the prepara- 

 tions of ipecac. Many of the articles 



