THE JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY. 



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Which are we to consider the even months; which the odd months? Arc 

 they classified according to sequence, or axe we to understand that those, 

 having 28 or 30 days are to he the even months and those having 31 day* 

 are to he the odd months? If we take the latter construction, we might get 

 twisted some year in February; that could be overcome, however, by elect- 

 ing another Board of Pharmacy before we again have 29 days in February. 

 Why not say the "examination fee is $5 and is not returned, etc." 

 Bring on the Fditors. G. 



The summer course in botany given each spring by the College of Phar- 

 macy and the Torrey Botanical Club will organize some time m March. 

 Three courses will be given: One on general botany, with field excursions. 

 2. A course in vegetable histology. 3. A course in cryptogamic botany. 

 The first to be held on Friday afternoons and the excursions Saturdays; the 

 others to be held in the evenings. 



Circulars will be issued later, giving more exact information. Tickets 

 may be obtained at the college building from the Assistant Secretary, Mr. 

 0. J. Griffin. 



ABSTRACTS. 



On Jaborandi Leaves. H. Geigek. ( Berichte der Deutsche?) 

 Pharmaceutisclteu Gesettschaft, Vol. 7, 1897, pp. 356.) 



One of the most important of recent pharmacognostical contributions 

 to the subject of jaborandi leaves is that of the author. A careful and de- 

 tailed description of Pilocarpus jaborandi, P. pennatifolius, P. trachylo- 

 phus, P. microphyllus, P. spicatus and Schwartzia decipiens, their anatomi- 

 cal and histological characteristics, with careful drawings and measurements, 

 is given. 



Digitalis. — In the Therapeutic Gazette for August, 1897, page 505, 

 Prof. Hare discusses the choice of the various preparations of digitalis. He 

 refers to the general view that the several preparations of this drug respec- 

 tively produce peculiar effects, due to the relative proportions of the sev- 

 eral active principles of the drug as contained therein. The active con- 

 stituents being digitalin, digitoxin, digitalein and digitonin, the three for- 

 mer acting in variable degrees upon the heart muscles, the last depressing 

 the vagus nerves and inhibitory ganglia in the heart, and, these constituents 

 being soluble in different ways, there would naturally be a wide variation in 

 the medicinal actions of the different preparations. After considering the 

 specific actions of the different constituents and their solubilities, he edi- 

 tions will be held on the third Monday, etc." 



