4^5 



adaptable for the purposes of adulteration as some of the other 

 spurious ipecacs. That it will eventually be used for this purpose 

 goes without saying. In the consignment under notice an ove^a^d 

 sample was sent in the first instance, and this was submitted to a 

 broker who pronounced the article to be " roots " of no medicinal 

 value. For this expression of opinion the broker was taken to task, 

 it being remarked from Pernambuco that "London knew nothing 

 about the article," which, as a fact, was largely prescribed by 

 doctors among the natives in South America. What London's 

 opinion of the article is, will probably be known at the next drug- 

 auctions : it may eventually find its way to the rummage sale. 



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