34 Botanic Drugs 



tannic acid derivatives, apinol, urease, valeric esters, 

 validol camphoratum, several caffeine-like bodies, 

 cerolin, and numerous others. 



Among non-proprietary and also non-official prod- 

 ucts made by designated manufacturers are named 

 these: Agaric acid, homatropine hydrochloride, ber- 

 berine hydrochloride, cantharidin, cypress oil, digi- 

 toxin, special ergot products, emetine, several mor- 

 phine salts, apiol, a few quinine salts, oil of pine, and 

 thiosinamine. 



This American Medical Association publication is 

 strong testimony to the fact that modern commercial 

 enterprise is pushing ahead of the slowly-changing 

 United States Pharmacopeia, and is introducing 

 new and valuable forms of medicaments derived 

 from the old botanic drugs. 



But "New and Nonofficial Remedies" does not 

 take up pharmaceutical classes of preparations ex- 

 cept as regards biologicals and certain classes of 

 compounds; the United States Pharmacopeia per- 

 forms that function, and as a rule it is well performed. 

 But the United States Pharmacopeia, while ad- 

 mirable as a book of standards, does not serve so 

 well as a book of processes. Indeed, it is hard for 

 it to do so. It is one thing to outline processes of 

 drug extraction suitable for the retail pharmacy 

 and quite another thing to outline them for the 

 large pharmaceutical manufacturer who works his 

 drugs by machinery and in bulk. The large makers, 

 who work on a basis of constant assays and other 

 exactitudes, often improve upon official processes 

 and list both United States Pharmacopeia and their 

 own tinctures, fluidextracts, etc., and these special 

 products are usually superior. 



