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Caldwell, Paul, points out that no heat should be used in making 
syrup of tolu, as its odor, its lone peculiar property, is affected. — 
Ibid., p. 306. 
Fisk, Frank E., outlines a method for preparing syrup of tolu. — 
Proc. Am. Pharm. Ass., 1905, v. 53, p. 394. 
TAMARINDUS. 
Adam, Franz (Ztschr. d. osterr. Apoth. Ver., 1905, v. 59, pp. 
797-800), concludes that the acid present in tamarind is largely tar- 
taric, partially in the form of an acid tartrate of potassium. There is 
also present an appreciable quantity of malic acid, some lactic acid, 
and a trace of volatile acids. Citric acid was not found. — Just’s Bot. 
Jahresb. for 1905, v. 33, part 3, p. 189. 
Maciel, Perez M. (Bol. Minist. Agric., Buenos Aires, III, 2, 
pp. 110-113), discusses the cultivation of tamarind and its introduc- 
tion into Argentine. — Bot. Centralbl., 1905, v. 100, p. 268. 
TARAXACUM. 
Eberle, E. G., lists Taraxacum officinalis among the medicinal 
plants of Texas. — Proc. Am. Pharm. Ass., 1905, v. 53, p. 305. 
Havenhill, L. D., presents a general review of the literature relating 
to taraxacum, and gives an account of the chemical investigations on 
the composition and the possible uses of this drug. — Western Drug- 
gist, Chicago, 1905, v. 27, pp. 99-101. 
The annual report by Philip Roder, Wien, records the examination 
of two samples of taraxacum. One contained 9.34 per cent of water 
and 3.63 per cent of ash, while the second contained 7.01 per cent of 
water and 31.50 per cent of ash. The second sample was found to 
be contaminated with upwards of 20 per cent of sand. — Pharm. Post. 
Wien, 1905, v. 38, p. 391. 
Sayre, L. E., believes that the present process furnishes a good 
excipient, but not a preparation that properly represents the bitter 
and other medicinal constituents of the drug. — Pharm. Era, N. Y., 
1905, v. 34, p. 173. 
TEREBINTHINA CANADENSIS. 
Rabak (Pharm. Review) asserts that the turpentine from Abies 
amabalis is used as a substitute for that from Abies balsamea. He 
enumerates the constants found, and gives a number of results ob- 
tained from the examination of the true as well as the spurious prod- 
uct. — Pharm. Zentralh., 1905, v. 46, p. 689. 
TEREBENUM. 
Patch, Edgar L., reports finding one lot of terebene having a very 
dark color, another leaving 1.5 per cent of a dark residue, and a third 
which contained petroleum benzin. — Proc. Am. Pharm. Ass., 1905, 
v. 53, p. 190. 
