cusso. 
Kraemer. Henry, asserts that the available kousso is chiefly stami- 
nate flowers. — Proc. Am. Pharm. Ass., 1906, v. 54, p. 336. 
Hellstrom, A., (Farmaceutiskt Xotisblad, 1906, Xo. 4) reports an 
examination of a commercial sample of kousso which was largely con- 
taminated with leaves and flower stalks (20 per cent) and male 
flowers (17 per cent). He gives a detailed description of the drug 
and points out that the occurrence of large quantities of pollen grains 
in the powdered drug is an evidence of sophistication. — Ibid ., v. 54, 
p. 785. 
CYPRIPEDIUM. 
Henkel, Alice, mentions Cypripedium hirsutum Mill., also known 
as Cypripedium pubescens Willd., commonly known as cypripe- 
dium, large yellow lady’s slipper, yellow moccasin flower, and Amer- 
ican valerian as a native in woods and thickets from Xova Scotia 
south to Alabama and west to Xebraska and Missouri. 
Cypripedium parvijiorum Salisb., commonly known as cypripe- 
dium and small yellow lady's slipper, is also mentioned. Xative in 
woods and thickets from British America to Georgia, Missouri, and 
Oregon. — Bull. Bur. Plant Ind., IT. S. Dept. Agric., 1906, Xo. 89, 
p. 25. 
Felter, Harvey Wickes, considers Cypripedium pubescens a splen- 
did remedy for weak women and nervous children. He quotes J. Paul 
Harvil (Modern Eclecticism, February, 1906), who employs it in the 
nervousness attendant upon the disorders of the male as well as the 
female genital tract, spermatorrhoea with melancholia and sleepless- 
ness, hypereesthesia caused by uterine or ovarian disorders, and in the 
extreme nervous condition associated with or following gleet. — Eclec- 
tic Med. J., Cincin., 1906, v. 66, p. 193. 
Fyfe, John William, says that Cypripedium pubescens was used in 
cases requiring a sedative, nervine, and antispasmodic. — Ibid ., v. 66, 
p. 321. 
DECOCTA. 
The Ph. Belg., Ill, under a general heading “ Decocta et Infusa," 
gives directions for their preparation, the strength usually desired, 
and points out that for potent medicaments the strength is to be 
indicated by the physician. The Ph. Austr., VIII. also has a general 
heading for decocta containing directions for the preparation of this 
class of galenicals. 
DIACETYL-MORPHINE. 
Fonteyne, A., records observations on the influence of heroin on 
blood pressure and respiration and gives a number of historical and 
