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5. VEGETABLE DRUGS. 
Saj^re, L. E., in a series of articles discusses the pharmacognosy of 
the new pharmacopoeia. — Am. Druggist, 1905, v. 47, p. 66. 
Brooks, R. O., in discussing practical drug control, suggests that 
the most practical method for controlling the quality of drugs sold 
by the retail druggist is for him to be sufficiently proficient in analyt- 
ical technique and sufficiently well equipped personally to test and 
vouch for the quality of the important substances that he deals in. — 
Drug. Circ. & Chem. Gaz., N. Y., 1905, v. 49, pp. 422. 
Caeser and Loretz, in the introductory to their annual report for 
1905, express the belief that the hypothesis that has been advanced 
that synthetic products will ultimately replace the natural medica- 
ments and herbs has not been well founded. They believe that the 
steadily increasing sale of plant drugs should serve to dispel the fears 
that have been expressed that plant drugs will be dispensed with in 
the near future. — Geschafts-Bericht v. Caeser & Loretz, i. Halle a. S., 
1905, p. 1. 
The Ph. Hisp., VII, in the descriptions and requirements, includes 
with the definition for each drug a suggestion as to the origin or the 
habitat of the drug itself. Thus, stramonium is defined as being “ the 
leaf of Datura stramonium L. Solanacea, growing spontaneously in 
Spain.” 
Squill is described as “the bulb of ZJrginea 8 cilia Baker (8 cilia 
maritima L.), common in the southern and other provinces of Spain.” 
Cubeb is described as “the fruit of Piper Gubeba L. (Oubeba offi- 
cinalis Miq.), Piperacea of Java, Borneo, and Sumatra.” . 
Camphor is defined as being “ the stearopten from the essential oil 
of Ginnamomum Gamphora Nees et Ebermeier ( Laurus G amphora 
L.) Lauracea, trees growing in China, Japan, and in the island of 
Formosa.” — Farmacopea Oficial Espanola, 1905. 
The report of the “ Inspectors of Pharmacies ” contains numerous 
suggestions on precautions that are to be exercised in the collection 
of vegetable drugs, the season of the year best suited for the collec- 
tion of wood, bulb, bark, leaf, flower, and root drugs. Also some sug- 
gestions on washing, drying, garbling, and marketing these drugs. — 
Bull. Soc. roy. Pliarm., Bruxelles, 1905, v. 49, pp. 304-305. 
Dohme, A. R. L., discusses the variations that have been found in a 
number of drugs during the past seven years. — Apothecary, Boston, 
1905, v. 17, p. 942. 
Rusby, H. H., in an address on the adulteration of vegetable drugs, 
discusses the general problem implied by the term “ adulteration.” — 
Merck’s Rep., N. Y., 1905, v. 14, p. 211. 
Thomas, D. J., in a report of the committee on adulterations, says: 
Until such time as a radical change be made in the method of collecting, 
drugs will continue to come into the market in the same unsatisfactory condi- 
tion as heretofore. — Proc. Penn. Pharm. Ass., 1905, p. 49. 
