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Seligmann, E., reports some observations made to determine the 
action of camphor on the circulation. — Arch. f. exper. Path. u. Phar- 
makol., Leipz., 1905, v. 52, pp. 333-345. 
Loble, W. (Wien. klin. Wchnschr., 1905, v. 18, pp. 886-888), reports 
on cases of poisoning by camphor.— Reference from Ind. Med., 1905, 
p. 1052. 
Boericke, William, discusses the use of camphor in cholera, coryza, 
convulsions, etc. — Tr. Am. Inst. Homoeop., 1905, v. 61, pp. 390-395. 
CANNABIS INDICA. 
Vanderkleed, Charles E., examined 11 samples of cannabis indica 
which were found to contain from 7.05 to 16.2 per cent of resin, the 
standard for good drug being taken as 10 per cent. Some of the 
samples running low were admittedly not grown in the East Indies. — 
Proc. Penna. Pharm. Ass.. 1905. p. 55. 
Lloyd, John Uri. The adulterant of cannabis indica, or rather the 
substitution sold for it, is the American-raised plant, which differs 
in quality so materially from the same plant raised in its native 
country as to have earned for it the term Cannabis sativa , to which 
the name “ Indian hemp ” should not be applied. — Pharm. Review, 
1905, v. 23, p. 299. 
Holmes has examined a number of samples of cannabis of varying 
origin, and finds that the drug from India is more uniformly 
active. — (Abstr. from Pharm. J., Lond.. 1905, v. 20.) Abstr. Pharm. 
Zentralh., 1905, v. 46, p. 875. 
Holmes, E. M., in discussing some recent additions to the museum, 
reports that Dixon has examined preparations of cannabis made by 
Umney and finds that the Indian variety is the most active and that 
the African is a little more active than the French. — Pharm. J., Loncl.. 
1905, v. 21, p. 834. 
An abstract (from Bull. Kolon. Mus. Haarlem, 1905, v. 32) calls 
attention to the use of sirih in the Dutch Indies. The monograph 
contains a number of prize essays on the subject. — Abstr. Just’s 
Jahresber. (for 1905), v. 33, pt. 3, p. 751. 
Moreau, H., has published a monograph “ Etude sur le Haschich,” 
Paris, 1904, 8vo., p. 92. — Ibid., p. 751. 
Mundy outlines the following specific indications for cannabis 
indica : Irritation of the urinary organs, with frequent desire to 
urinate and a burning sensation in the urethra : marked nervous de- 
pression with irritability, spasm, or pain, accompanied with neurotic 
excitement. — Eclectic M. J., 1905, v. 65, pp. 347-349. 
CANTHARIS. 
The report of the revisors of Vienna pharmacies (Ztsch. d. osterr. 
Apoth. Ver.) asserts that cantharides was found to contain from 
