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Lloyd, John Uri, asserts that the bark of all speoies of wild haw 
native to the country that supplies the drug for the market is col- 
lected by root diggers and sold under the name “ black haw.” — 
Pharm. Rev., 1905, v. 23. p. 333. 
VINA. 
Xixon, C. F., asserts that Yinum Album and Vinum Rubrum are 
left in a more unsatisfactory condition, if possible, than in the pre- 
ceding revision of the U. S. P. There is nothing to indicate, except 
by analysis, what wines should be' used. Xative Riesling corresponds 
most nearly to ** Whitewine ” and native Burgundy to “ Red Wine,” 
but neither is in general use or much known. — Apothecary, Boston, 
.1905, v. IT, p. 774. 
Gay on, U., discusses the preparation and the preserving of wine.— 
Bull. Soc. de Pharm. de Bordeaux, 1905, v. 45, pp. 301-318. 
Kebler, Lyman F. (quoting from Bull. Health Dept. Cal.), asserts 
that 12 samples of wine contained arsenic, 1 arsenic and benzoic acid, 
2 arsenic and coal-tar dyes, 2 salicylic acid and coal-tar dyes, and 5 
salicylic acid, 5 benzoic acid, 8 coal-tar dye, and 1 aluminum, benzoic 
acid, and coal-tar dye. — Proc, Am. Pharm. Ass., 1905, v. 53, p. 190. 
Wilbert, M. I., objects to the continuance of wine as a menstruum 
for pharmaceutical preparations, because of its variability and gen- 
erally unsatisfactory nature as a solvent, and recommends conform- 
ing more closely to the recommendations of the International Con- 
ference for the Unification of the Formulae of Potent Remedies. — 
Proc. Am, Pharm. Ass., 1905, v. 53, pp. 405HD7. 
The Spanish Pharmacopoeia includes formulas for 15 wines. The 
only distinctly potent wine, apart from the wine of antimony, which 
is called “ Yinum emeticum, Yinum antimoniale seu stibiatum.” is 
the “ Yinum opii compositum,” the old-time Sydenham’s laudanum. — 
Pharmacopea Oficial Espanola. 1905, pp. 612-620. 
Kramszky, Ludwig, discusses the presence of tannin in wines, and 
proposes a method for estimating the amount present. He concludes 
that ammoniacal zinc sulphate solution will precipitate tannin. The 
normal constituents of wine do not influence this precipitation. — 
Ztschr. f. analvt. Chem., 1905, v. 44, pp. 756-765. 
Caldwell, Paul, points out that, in the preparing of the wine of 
iron and the bitter wine of iron, the wine should be detannated so as 
to avoid the formation of the unsightly and insoluble tannate of 
iron. — Drug. Circ. & Chem. Gaz., 1905, v. 49, p. 307. 
ZINCI CHLORIDTJM. 
Mylius and Dietz report some experiments made to determine the 
solubility of zinc chloride, — Ber. d. deuts. chem. Gesellscli., 1905, v. 38, 
