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commercial powdered extract of licorice, instead of the pure extract 
of the U. S. P., one sample of which proved to be soluble only to the 
extent of 40 per cent. The U. S. P. formula, followed exactly, is the 
best yet proposed. — Am. J. Pharm. Phila., 1906, v. 78, p. 418. 
MISTURA PECTORALIS, STOKES N. E. 
The editor of “ Notes and Queries ” discusses the possibility of the 
precipitation of the active constituents of squill and the gradual 
deposit of morphine from Stokes's mixture. — Drug. Circ. & Chem. 
Gaz., N. Y., 1906, v. 50, p. 129. 
Caldwell, Paid, says of Stokes’ Expectorant Mixture N. F. : 
This otherwise unsightly mixture may be made to possess a proper place 
among modern pharmaceuticals by the following process : Take a solution of 
the ammonium carbonate in water and add the fluid extracts. To this solution 
add 5 per cent of the finished product, of alcohol, and a like amount of gly- 
cerin. Next add the camphorated tincture of opium and filter the whole 
through magnesium carbonate, returning the filtrate to the filter until it passes 
entirely miscible with water ; then add the syrup. — Ibid., v. 50, p. 159. 
MORPHINA. 
Pschorr, R., reviews the history of morphine and the work done to 
determine the constitution of this alkaloid. — Ber. d. pharm. i 
Gesellsch., Berl., 1906, v. 16, pp. 74-79. 
Faltis, Franz, discusses the constitution of morphine and of other 
opium alkaloids and their relation to berberine and corydaline. — 
Pharm. Post, Wien, .1906, v. 39, pp. 497M99, 509-511. 
Kwiscla, A., reviews the newer work that has been done on the con- 
stitution of morphine. — Ztschr. d. allg. oesterr. Apoth.-Ver., 1906, v. 
44, pp. 91, 92. 
Sc. reviews the literature relating to the constitution of morphine. — 
Pharm. Zentralh., 1906, v. 47, pp. 908, 909. 
Gordin, H. M., reviews the literature relating to the progress made 
in connection with the chemistry of morphine during the year 1905. — I 
Pharm. Rev., Milwaukee, 1906, v. 24, pp. 243-251, 274-280. 
The editor of “ Notes and Queries ” estimates the consumption of 
morphine in the United States, based upon custom-house figures, as 
follows: 1903, morphine, 790,833 ounces; manufactured opium (smok- 
ing, etc.), 182,629 pounds imported; 1904, morphine, 876,842 ounces; 
manufactured opium, 164,611.13 pounds, and quotes an investigation 
by A. P. Grinnell of one month's sales in 69 Vermont towns amount- 
ing to about 420 ounces of morphine sulphate. — Drug. Circ. & Chem. 
Gaz., N. Y., 1906, v. 50, p. 130. 
Gordin, H. M., outlines a method for the separation of morphine 
from its solution in glycerin. — Proc. Am. Pharm. Ass., 1906, v. 54, 
pp. 3 < 4 — 3 1 6. 
