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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, 
(3) Tue digestive power of the gastric juice is diminished, 
(4) The transformation of proteids into peptones is retarded (hence 
an increased proportion of propeptones, i.e., intermediary 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 
hour 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, 8. Rosenberg, Hugo Koster, and many other observers, 
menthol does not appear to possess any special ‘ appetite-making ” 
power. i 
(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 
Nikolai A. Vladimirsky.) 
Ustukhadus and Gul-i-sirwaj. 
We have received from Afghanistan, under the name of 
stukhwdus (Stachas), the flowering tops of a labiate plant which 
appears to be a Moluccella; it has enlarged purple calices and 
Balm-like odour. ne 
In the same parcel we received, under the name of Gul-i-sirwaj, 
the large rose-coloured calices of Hymenoerater elegans, Bunge, 
containing the ripe nutlets ; the calices have an agreeable aromatic __ 
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