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(2) In persons presenting a more or less weakened motor power 

 of the stomach, the decrease lasts longer than in those with a normal 



one. 



power 



(4) The transformation of proteids into peptones is retarded (h 

 an increased proportion of propeptones, i.e., intermcdiaiy products of 



peptonisation). 



(5) The proportion of lactic acid in the gastric juice is aug- 

 mented, the rise proceeding parallelly with diminution in the propor- 

 tion of free hydrochloric acid, 



(6) The motor power of the stomach grows weaker (in about one 

 houi' after the ingestion) ; in initial stages of the digestion, however, 

 it may occasionally undergo some increase. 



(7) The absorptive power of the organ improves, which seems to 

 be dependent upon a favourable (stimulating) influence of menthol 

 on the circulation. 



(8) Contrary to the statements of Ossendowski (vide the Journal 

 of Laryngology and Rhynology^ May, 1890, p. 202), L, Braddon, 

 M. Reichert, S. Rosenberg, Hugo Koster, and many other observers, 

 menthol does not appear to possess any special '• appetite -making " 

 power. 



(9) In 1 and 2 gramme doses, the remedy gives rise to a kind of 

 intoxication, followed, in 4 or 5 hours, by sensations of languor and 



drowsiness, 



(10) Menthol may prove useful as a substitute for camphor. (^By 

 Niliolai A. Vladimirsky) 



Ustukhadus and Gul-i-sirwaj. 



We have received from Afghanistan, under the name of 

 UstuJchiuhis (St^chas), the flowering tops of a labiate plant which 

 appears to be a Mohiccella; it has enlarged purple calices and 

 Balm-like odour. 



In the same parcel we received, under the name of Gul't'sirwaj\ 

 the large rose-coloured calices of Hijmenocrater elegans^ Bungr, 

 containing the ripe nutlets ; the calices have an agreeable ai'omatic 

 odour and are mucilaginous. 



