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An editorial notes that the chief county inspector reports four 
prosecutions on account of adulterated ground gentian root. In 
each case the adulterant was ground olive stones, which were present 
in extent varying from 25 to 45 per cent. This substance, under the 
name of poivrette, is offered by a continental firm for “ mixing.” — 
Pharm. J., Lond., 1906, v. 23, p. 451. 
Taylor, S., quotes Greenish and Lanton to the effect that the extract 
of gentian is better prepared by cold infusion only. — Ibid ., p. 669. 
Philipp Roder, Wien, outlines a qualitative test for tincture of 
gentian. — Pharm. Zentralh., 1906, v. 47, p. 523. 
Llewellyn, J. F., asks what is the objection to making an infusion 
of gentian out of the fluid extract. 
Hemm, Francis, explains that when drug principles are dissolved 
by water as well as alcohol we may introduce principles into infusions 
which are contraindicated. — Proc. Missouri Pharm. Ass., 1906, p. 59. 
Tanret (Chem. Ztg., 1906) points out that the bitter principles of i 
gentian, particularly gentiopicrin, have a destructive effect on infu- 
soria, while they are harmless to higher animals. He recommends 
that gentian be used as a remedy in malaria. — Pharm. Zentralh., 
1906, v. 47, p. 429. 
GERANIUM. 
Henkel, Alice, mentions Geranium maculatum L., commonly known 
as geranium, wild crane’s-bill, spotted crane’s-bill, wild geranium, 
spotted geranium, and alum-root, as found in low grounds and open 
woods from Canada south to Georgia and Missouri. — Bull. Bur. 
Plant Ind., U. S. Dept. Agric., 1906, No. 89, p. 33. 
Alexander, B. J., uses fluid extract of geranium and extract of i 
Finns canadensis (dark) as a topical application in chronic endocer- 
vicitis. — Abstr. in Electic Med. J., Cincin., 1906, v. 66, p. 142. 
Fyfe, John William, says that Geranium maculatum was regarded 
as one of the most valuable astringents in the materia medica and was 
a leading remedy in internal and external haemorrhages. — Ibid., 
p. 321. 
GLANDULE SUPRARENALES SICCJE. 
Francis, John M., finds the description fairly accurate. A large 
number of samples, representing over 4,000 pounds of desiccated 
glands, gave an average content of 5.5 per cent of ash. The test for 
identity will not always prove satisfactory — the quantity used is too 
great, the color reaction not sharp enough. He suggests a method 
Avhich he admits is not absolute and does not serve to distinguish 
good material from inferior. * * * No synthetic substitute has 
yet supplanted the natural product, nor is it likely to. — Bull. Pharm., 
Detroit, 1906, v. 20, p. 13. 
