155-4 
of 0.1 to 0.17 per cent., though other analysts claim that only in stale and spoiled 
hops, oxidized Lupulic Acid, and the resinified oil on account of an admixture of 
that acid, can the body be found. Valerianic Acid is a thin oily liquid, having a 
sour smell of rotten cheese, and boiling at 175° (347° FE. 
Resins.—Etti determined two resins—a, white and crystallizable ; 2B, brown 
and amorphous. 
[‘‘Hopeine.”—This so-called narcotic alkaloid, claimed to be extracted from 
hops by Williamson and Springmuehl, of London, is proven by Dujardin-Beaumetz 
to be a commercial fraud. The product claimed a high price, as it was said to be 
only obtainable at great expense from American Wild Hops, and consisted of 
morphine and some aromatic oil.] 
PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTION.—Hops are truly sedative in many nervous 
troubles, and to the heart’s action, though probably not at all narcotic, In large 
doses they cause colic and constipation. The following symptoms, compiled from 
various doses of the drug, show it to be an irritant to the vaso-motor system and 
the inhibitory nerves. The symptoms were: Vertigo and confusion of the head; 
cerebral and arterial congestion; dilation of the pupils; thirst, nausea, loss of 
appetite and vomiting; diarrhceic stools with great urging; burning pain along 
the urethra with increased urine; respirations deep, almost stertorous, and rapid ; 
decrease of the pulses; with high temperature and profuse perspiration.* 
DESCRIPTION OF PLATE 155. 
1. End of a fruiting branch, Binghamton, N. Y., Aug. 27th, 1885.+ 
2. A medium-sized leaf. 
3. Male flower. 
4. Female catkin. 
5. A female bract. 
6. Enlarged fruiting bract. 
7. Achenium enveloped in its persistent calyx. 
&. Achenium, with calyx removed, 
9. Vertical 
10. Horizontal { 
(3-10 enlarged.) 
* Allen, Ency. Mat, Med., v, 625. 2 
+ By an error, the prickly points on the stem were omitted below the fruits in the drawing. 
section of the seed. 
