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CHIMAPHILA. 
Henkel, Alice, mentions Chimaphila umbellata (L.) Nutt., com- 
monly known as chimaphila, pipsissewa, prince’s pine, bitter winter- 
green, and rheumatism weed, as a native of dry, shady woods, espe- 
cially in pine forests, from Nova Scotia to Georgia, west to Cali- 
fornia. — Bull. Bur. Plant Ind., U. S. Dep’t. Agric. No. 89, 1906, p. 21. 
The Eclectic Review says : 
Its specific symptomology is glandular lesions with urinary derangement, 
and, since it seldom disagrees with the stomach, it is one of the most valuable 
remedies known for these conditions. The drug goes well with saw palmetto, 
and is a vehicle and adjuvant to hexamethalme-tetramine. — Abstr. in Eclectic 
Med. J., Cincin., 190G, v. 66, p. 239. 
CHLORALFOEMAMIDUM. 
Kahn, Joseph, points out that when treated with a solution of sul- 
phurated potassa, a solution of chloralformamicle clouds and turns 
yellow; on heating, the liquid turns a bright chocolate color, and on 
long standing a grayish precipitate is produced, the supernatant 
liquid being of a brownish color. — Am. Druggist, N. Y., 1906, v. 49, 
p. 6. 
Brower, D. R., prefers chloralamide to chloral when opium fails 
to relieve insomnia of insanity. — J. Am. M. Ass., 1906, v. 47, p. 84. 
CHLORALUM HYDRATUM. 
The Committee of Reference in Pharmacy report on chloral hy- 
drate says: 
Modify the quantitative test and add the isonitrile test. Alter the tempera- 
ture of solidification. — Chem. & Drug., Loud., 1906, v. 69. p. 863. 
Riedel's Berichte reports that on slowly heating hydrated chloral 
melts at 57° C.— Riedel's Berichte, Berl., 1906, p. 23. 
Lefeldt, Max, asserts that he found hydrated chloral to melt from 
49° to 51° C., and that the Ph. Germ. IV requirement that it melt 
at 58° C. is too high. He also suggests that the test for alcohol should 
be replaced by the more reliable nitric acid test. — Ber. d. pharm. 
Gesellsch., Berl., 1906, v. 16, p. 335. 
Utz asserts that hydrated chloral melts at 57° C. — Apotli. Ztg., 
Berk, 1906, v. 21, p. 930. 
Kahn, Joseph, discusses the defection of hydrated chloral in the 
presence of chloroform and outlines a reaction with a solution of 
sulphurated potash which is said to be quite satisfactory. — Am. Drug- 
gist, N. Y., 1906, v. 49, p. 6. 
Wallis (Repert de pharm.) outlines a method for the estimation 
of hydrated chloral by titrating with sodium hydrate, resulting in 
