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DeMaurans (Sem. Med.. Paris, v. 25) cites a total of 22 deaths 
occurring from the use of scopolamine-morphine. He concludes that 
** anyone using this notoriously unreliable and dangerous technique 
incurs a heavy responsibility.” — J. Am. M. Ass., 1905, v. 45, p. 1991. 
A number of additional references on the use of scopolamine- 
morphine as an adjunct to other anaesthetics and also as a means 
for producing more or less profound anaesthesia will be found in 
the Journal of the American Medical Association and in the Index 
Medicus. 
SCUTELLARIA. 
Eberle, E. G., mentions Scutellaria laterifolia among the medicinal 
plants of Texas. — Proc. Am. Pharm. Ass., 1905, v. 53, p. 305. 
Lloyd, John Uri, points out that the typical species ( S . laterifolia) 
should be used in medicine; unfortunately the S. versicolor and S. 
canescens , larger and more robust, are generally collected. Conse- 
quently the purchaser of “ scull cap ” needs to exercise exceeding care 
if he would secure the species which should be used. — Pharm. Rev., 
1905, v. 23, p. 332. 
SENEGA. 
Eberle. E. G., asserts that several of the Polygalas of Texas have 
the properties of the official. — Proc. Am. Pharm. Ass., 1905, v. 53, 
p. 306. 
Hood, C. S., in an article on “ Botany and its relations to the 
pharmacist,” discusses the introduction of senega root into medicine, 
its origin, and the source of the root at the present time. — Western 
Druggist, 1905, v. 27, p. 773. 
The Bureau of Plant Industry reports having senega under obser- 
vation, though as yet they have not succeeded well with its cultiva- 
tion. — Ann. Rep. Dept. Agric., 1905, p. 148. 
Caeser and Loretz point out that the price of senega is advancing 
steadily, while the quality is decreasing. For estimating the value 
of the drug, color, thickness, and freedom from dirt are of impor- 
tance, light-colored, comparatively thin roots being preferred. — 
Schweiz. Wchnschr. f. Chein. u. Pharm., 1905, v. 43, p. 621. 
In the laboratory of Philip Roeder, Wien, a sample of powdered 
senega was found to contain 8.04 per cent of water, 3.37 per cent 
of ash, and to yield 27.11 per cent of water soluble extract. — Pharm. 
Post, Wien, 1905, v. 38, p. 391. 
The revisors of Vienna pharmacies found senega which yielded 
as high as 15.96 per cent of ash, and point out that in the more recent 
literature an ash content of from 2.5 to 3.22 per cent is recorded as 
being normal. — Pharm. Prax., 1905, v. 4, p. 38. 
Schroder, A. (Arch. d. Pharm.), examined the fatty oil present in 
the dry root of senega to the extent of about 0.5 per cent. He 
