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By continuing the boiling a further alteration is effected according to 
the equation— 
C?°H°NO** + H?O0=C07*H*’NO!°?-++CH°OH. 
Picraconitine. Napelline. Methyl alcohol. 
The formation of aconine is represented as constituting a third stage 
of alteration as follows :— 
C*H*NO** + H°O—C*H*NO® +C20*H?: 
Napelline. Aconine. Acetic acid. 
The authors suggest that it is still doubtful whether the acid pro- 
duct of this final change is acetic acid or acrylic acid, and that, in 
the latter case, the formula of aconine would be C?*H** +NO?, 
From the production of mehtyl alcohol in the detomposition of 
aconitine when heated with water, it is inferred that aconitine is 
analogous to cocaine, and is to be classed with the acid esters, either 
as an acetyl or an acryl ester of benzoyl aconine, while aconine 
itself would be a derivative of a trimethoxylmethyl quinone. (Journ, 
J. prakt. Chem., xlv., 604.) 
Note on Mishmee Teota and Bee (or Poison). 
These roots are procured on the range of hills inhabited by the 
Mishmee tribe, and annually in the cold season a large supply is 
brought down to the plains, and the Mahajans here, who are princi- 
pally Marwar people, give in exchange for them beads, salt, coloured 
woollen and cotton cloths, &c., &:, The Mahajans state that these 
articles are readily purchased in Central and Lower Assam. 
The Natives here use the Teeta as a medicine in colic, ophthalmia, 
headache, and fever, 
The Bee or poison, which is brought down by the hill-tribes, ig 
parboiled with a view to prevent its cultivation in the plains, It is 
generally employed by hunters for killing wild animals, 
Mishmee Teeta as a remedy for Colic.—Take 20 grains of Mishmee . 
Teeta, 10 to 12 whole grains of black pepper, about 10 grains of 
salt. The whole is to be masticated and washed down with a small 
quantity of water, 
