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SC AMMONIUM. 
Guiges, P., points out that scammony is not a true gum resin, but 
is obtained by manipulating the root with alcohol. It is generally 
thought that the characteristics of scammony are different from what 
they were formerly, because of the difference in the origin of the drug 
from which it is made. It is also thought that the introduction of 
spurious roots, roots of species of Jalapa, is responsible for some of 
the change. Thus it is known that the root of J alapa fusiformis 
(Ipomoea orizabensis Led.) and the so-called Tampico jalap ( Ipomoea 
simulans Ilanb.) are Avidely used as substitutes for scammony. — 
Pharm. Prax, 1905, v. 4, p. 462 (from J. de Pharm. et de Chim.). 
Requier, M. Paul, reports a series of experiments with dried and 
fresh roots of scammony to determine the amount of saccharose 
present. He determined the reducible sugar, calculated as dextrose, 
the saccharose, methyl pentose, and pentose. — J. de Pharm. et de 
Chim., 1905, v. 22, pp. 435, 487, and 540. 
SCILLA. 
Lyons, A. B., points out that while the extraction in making the 
official fluid extract of squill is not complete, it yields a product that 
is tolerably uniform, provided it is made from a drug of standard 
strength. — Proc. Am. Pharm. Ass., 1905, v. 53, p. 262. 
Nixon, C. F., asserts that the fluid extract of squill is not satis- 
factory, as the menstruum dissolves the larger amount of mucilage 
that is contained in the drug. — Apothecary Boston, 1905, v. 17, p. 774. 
Gadd, H. Wippell and Sydney C., suggest a dry extract standard 
for the official Ph. Brit., vinegar of squill. — Pharm. J., Lond., 1905, 
v. 21, p. 520. 
SCOPOLA. 
Maben, Thomas, points out that the onty new alkaloidal drug intro- 
duced in the U. S. P., VIII, is scopola, the standard for which is 0.5 
per cent of “ its alkaloids,” which are spoken of in the description 
of the extract and the fluid extract as “ mydriatic alkaloids,” but 
thinks the variation is unintentional. — Pharm. J., Lond., 1905, v. 21, 
p. 141. 
Williams, S. W., believes that the admission of scopola “ is a well 
warranted recognition of a good thing ” — “ It stands a practical 
equivalent of belladonna.” — Drug. Circ. & Chem. Gaz., 1905, v. 49, 
p. 308. 
SCOPOLAMINE HYDROBROMIDUM. 
Lyons, A. B., points out that the name of the species from which 
the alkaloid is obtained should have been given, and the “ other 
plants ” should have been specified, or at least the expression changed 
