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for this reason it would be difficult to identify the particular bark 
under consideration. — Pliarm. J., Lond., 1906, v. 22, p. 315. 
Lyons, A. B., asserts that a fluid extract of wild cherry made ac- 
cording to the U. S. P. VIII is unsatisfactory in that it precipitates 
badly. Meyer Brothers suggest that repercolation would offer a bet- 
ter means of entirely exhausting the drug. — Proc. Am. Pharm. Ass., 
1906, y. 54, p. 443. 
Francis, John M., thinks the method and the product a great im- 
provement. — Bull. Pliarm., Detroit, 1906, v. 20, p. 11. 
The Ph. Brit, Committee of Reference in Pharmacy concludes that 
the formula for syrup of wild cherry requires revision. — Chem. & 
Drug., Lond., 1906, v. 69, p. 865. 
Taylor, S., quotes Greenish to the effect that the processes of Lucas 
and Flett offer no advantage over the present official process. — 
Pharm. J., Lond., 1906, v. 23, p. 670. 
England, Joseph W., considers the syrup of wild cherry of the 
U. S. P. VIII distinctly inferior to those formerly official and recom- 
mends the use of the formula of 1890 slightly modified. — Am. J. 
Pharm., Phila., 1906, v. 78, pp. 267-270. (For discussion, see Ibid., 
v. 78, p. 349.) 
Dunning prefers the old to the new formula for the preparation of 
syrup of wild cherry, and thinks the formula will jmobably be 
changed back in the next revision because of the great amount of 
criticism that has appeared. — Proc. Maryland Pharm. Ass., 1906, 
p. 93. 
Klie, G. H. Chas., criticises the change that has been made in the 
method of preparing syrup of wild cherry. He advises a return to 
the former method of adding the glycerin to the menstruum for ex- 
hausting the drug. — D.-A. Apoth. Ztg., N. Y., 1906-7, v. 27, p. 74. 
PULVIS ACETANILIDI COMPOSITTJS. 
Francis, John M., referring to the criticisms elicited by the inclu- 
sion of this mixture, thinks that so long as the public insists upon 
consuming headache powders in such enormous quantities, pharma- 
cists may as well have an official formula for preparing the product. 
He thinks the formula would have been improved by the addition of 
monobromated camphor. — Bull. Pharm., Detroit, 1906, v. 20, p. 185. 
PULVIS CRETiE COMPOSITUS. 
An editorial points out that the use of powdered acacia in connec- 
tion with the compound chalk powder ^frequently is the cause of fer- 
mentation, in the compound chalk mixture, and thus might have a 
directly opposite action from that intended. — D.-A. Apoth. -Ztg., 
N. Y., 1906-7, v. 27, p. 77. 
