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included Viburnum opulus. It is hard to secure 

 definite clinical data upon these agents. And it 

 must be conceded that the valerian-like drugs, as 

 well as vaterian itself, are an unsolved problem. 

 See "Valerian." So, then, let us not be dogmatic 

 and so await further report. 



The fl. is given in doses of 10 to 30 minims. 



BLACK HAW, Viburnum prunifolium, is official in 

 Austria, Great Britain, France, Mexico, the Nether- 

 lands, Servia, Spain, and in the U. S. P. IX. Vibur- 

 num cutago is more or less recognized. The new 

 U. S. P. directs that the fluidextract be made from 

 No. 30 powder instead of No. 40, as formerly, the 

 menstruum being two volumes of alcohol and one 

 volume of water and that extraction be without heat. 

 This should produce a representative preparation. 



It will be observed that Pilcher thinks no more 

 favorably of Viburnum prunifolium than of the 

 other drug; and it must be stated that most pharma- 

 cologists agree with him. 



As long ago as 1884, Laurence Johnson definitely 

 condemned Viburnum prunifolium as practically 

 inert. Wilcox, however, while finding no scientific 

 data in its support, regarded it favorably in prac- 

 tice. The following is a favorable report clipped 

 from the editorial pages of The New York Medical 

 Journal: 



"While viburnum prunifolium is an American 

 plant, it is less known than it should be; it is an 

 agent which is efficacious without being toxic. We 

 have used it in dysmenorrhea, and with advan- 

 tageous effect. Naturally, therefore, we have read 

 with more than usual interest the researches of 

 Chistoni, of Professor Marfori's clinic, on the 



