§ (ge MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS. 
vivisection work, and this introduction is indorsed by Lohmann’s 
work.? | 
Schiller ® corroborates Lohmann’s results, but claims that curare is 
efficient for muscle physiological work in smaller doses than is the 
delphinin of Heyl. 
This use of Delphinium certainly offers a field which should be 
investigated commercially, as curare is likely to be uncertain in its 
action.© Methyl delphinin is said also to possess this curare-like 
action.? 
The coloring matter of the flowers of Delphinium zalil has been 
utilized as a dye.2 Other Delphiniums, such as JD. ajacis, have been 
recommended for insecticidal uses, and especially on- account of 
cheapness.’ : 
Froggatt states that common garden larkspur will kill locusts, and 
advises planting them in masses around gardens and orchards to pro- 
tect against the ravages of these insects.2 The same claim is made 
as to its action against grasshoppers.’ 
Delphinium coeruleum has been used to kill maggots and D. bruno- 
nianum to destroy ticks.‘ This latter plant has been used to some 
extent as a substitute for musk. 
z@Lohmann, A. Unters. iiber d. Verwerthb. eines Delphinin prip. an Stelle d. 
Curare in d. muskelphys. Technik Pfliiger’s Arch. f. Ges. Physiol., vol. 92, 
p. 473. 1902. 
6 Schiller, V. Ueber d. physiol. Wirkungen d. Delphinins (Heyl). Arch. f. 
Anat. u. Physiol., Physiol. Abtheil., p. 248, 1904. 
ce Merck, E. Ann. Reports, 1902, vol. 16, p. 48. 
@ Kobert, R. Lehrb. d. Intox., 2d ed., p. 1185. 
e Aitchison, J. E. T. Some Plants of Afghanistan. Pharm. Jour. and Trans., 
vol..17, p. 466. 1887. 
f Amer. Jour. Pharm., vol. 55, p. 50. 1883. 7 
9 Froggatt, W. W. Plague Locusts. Agr. Gaz. New South Wales, vol. 11, p 
181. 1901. 
hk Bailey, J. F. Hemp. Queensland Agr. Jour., vol. 2, p. 200. 1898. 
i Watts,G. Dictionary of Economic Products of India, vol. 3, pp. 64-65. 1890. 
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