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The Pli. Brit. Committee of Beference in Pharmacy report on oil of 
eucalyptus says: Introduce assay process indicating not less than 55 
per cent of eucalyptol. Specific gravity should be raised to 0.910. — 
Chem. & Drug.. Bond., 1906, v. 69, p. 861. 
Vanderkleed, Charles E., points out that of many samples of oil of 
eucalyptus examined but 2 assayed below the required 50 per cent of 
cineol; one sample only 22.5 per cent and one 13.6 per cent. — Proc. 
Pennsylvania Pharm. Ass., 1906. p. 122. 
Patch. E. L.. reports that a select oil. having a specific gravity of 
0.916 at 25° C., assayed 65 per cent of cineol. — Proc. Am. Pharm. 
Ass., 1906, v. 54, p. 341. 
Ohliger. Willard, reports that a 50-lb. lot contained no cineol at 
all; the odor resembled that of a mixture of oils of rosemary and 
thyme. Other samples' ran high in cineol, containing 60 to 65 per 
cent, — Proc. Michigan Pharm. Ass.. 1906, p. 48. 
Evans Sons, Lescher and Webb, report on the examinations of 
amygdalina, citriodora, and globulus eucalyptus oils. Of 22 sam- 
ples of the latter, the lowest recorded cineol content was 52 per cent, 
whilst the highest reached 79 per cent, the average being 68 per 
cent. — Analytical Xotes, 1906, E., L. & W.. Lond., 1907. p. 18. 
A case of poisoning by oil of eucalyptus, — Pharm. J.. Lond., 1906, 
v. 22, p. 651. 
Eucalyptus as a poison (Chem. & Drug.. Lond., 1906, v. 68, p. 2). — 
Ibid., p. 17. 
Smith. F. A. Upshur, reports a chemical examination of an oil of 
eucalyptus an overdose of which caused death. The oil is reported to 
have been an excellent sample of the cineol class that complied in 
every way with the official requirements. — Pharm. J., Lond., 1906, 
v. 22, p. 662. 
OLEUM ECEUICULI. 
Schimmel & Co. assert that oil of fennel with a satisfactory ane- 
thol content solidifies at -[-6° C. By abstracting a portion of the 
anethol the oil can be materially cheapened. They report examining 
an oil which only solidified at —{—1.7° C., and from which, conse- 
quently, the bulk of the anethol had been abstracted. Solidification 
must in case of need be introduced by inoculation with a small crystal 
of anethol. The lowest limit of the solidification point might suit- 
ably be +4°, as in commercial products it is usually found between 
+4° and +6 C C. — Semi-Ann. Bep., 1906, Apr.-May, pp. 36, 74. 
They point out that the sjDecific gravity of oil of fennel is often as 
high as 0.977 at 15° C. (0.971 at 25° C.), though not heavier. — Ibid., 
1906, Oct.-Xov., p. 91. 
