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solution is at least equally as toxic as a corresponding phenol soap 
solution or a simple solution of phenol of equal strengths — Arch. f. 
exper. Path. u. Pharmakol., Leipz., 1905, v. 52, pp. 220-241. 
Kochmann, Martin, reports a series of experiments on the toxicity 
of lysol (a cresol soap solution), undertaken because of the great 
frequency of lysol poisoning in Germany. Includes a comprehensive 
review of the literature. — Arch, internat. de Pharmacod. et de 
Therap. 1905, v. 14, pp. 402-428. 
CRETA PR.ZEFARATA. 
Williams, John K., points out that the presence of sugar in com- 
pound chalk powder causes the resulting mixture to sour readily; 
the glycerin of a former pharmacopoeia should never have been left 
out. He suggests a formula using sugar of milk and saccharin. — 
Proc. Connecticut Pharm. Ass., 1905, p. 49. 
CUBEBA. 
Sage, C. E., describes a false cubeb that has appeared on the Lon- 
don market in appreciable quantity. The fruit is smooth, of a 
brownish color, and has little or no oil. It is probably derived from 
Piper ribesoides Wall., described by de Wevre. — Chem. & Erug., 
Lond., 1905, v. 67, p. 797. 
CUPRI SULPHAS. 
Crouzel (Ann. de chim. analyt., Paris, v. 9, p. 422) discusses the de- 
tection of ferrous sulphate in cupric sulphate. — Year Book of Pharm., 
Lond., 1905, p. 70. 
Spannbauer records a case of poisoning by the external applica- 
tion of a solution of copper sulphate in milk, as a remedy for ec- 
zema. — Nouv. Rem., 1905, v. 21, p. 451. 
Fuller, Geo. W., reviews the uses of copper sulphate as a germi- 
cide in connection with the purification of water. — J. Am. M. Ass., 
Chicago, 1905, v. 45, p. 1059. 
CYPRIPEDIUM. 
House, Homer Doliver, contributes some notes on the orchids of 
central New York, and concludes that we have three species of yel- 
low lady’s slipper, one large, and one small flowered, both with 
vertically flattened lip, and a third one with laterally flattened lip. — 
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, N. Y., 1905, v. 32, p. 374. 
DECOCTA. 
The Spanish Pharmacopoeia contains fifteen formulas for decoc- 
tions, six of them compound. 
