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Merck’s Ann. Rep., 1906, Darmstadt, 1907, v. 20, pp. 217-221, 
gives a large number of references on the subject of scopolamine-mor- 
phine anaesthesia. 
Additional references will be found in the Index Medicus and the 
J. Am. M. Ass. 
SCUTELLARIA. 
Henkel, Alice, mentions Scutellaria lateriflora L., also known as 
Scutellaria, skullcap, madweed, and hoodwort, as a native in damp 
places along banks of streams from Canada south to Florida, New 
Mexico, and Washington. — Bui. Bur. Plant. Ind., U. S. Dept. Agric., 
1906, No. 89, p. 63. ’ 
Schneider, Albert, states that the leaves of Scutellaria calif omica 
Gray are very bitter, and that the Indians are said to have used 
them as a substitute for quinine. — Merck’s Rep., N. Y., 1906, v. 15, 
p. 127. 
Fyfe, John William, quotes Wooster Beach as having cured a large 
number of severe cases of chorea with Scutellaria lateriflora , and 
Vanderveer as having preserved with this remedy 4,000 persons and 
1,000 cattle from becoming affected with rabies after they had been 
bitten by rabid animals. — Eclectic M. J.. Cincin., 1906, v. 66, p. 318. 
SENEGA. 
Henkel, Alice, mentions Poly gala senega L., commonly called 
senga, and senega snakeroot, as found on hillsides and in rocky woods 
from New Brunswick and western New England to Minnesota, south 
to North Carolina and Missouri. — Bui. Bur. Plant Ind., U. S. Dept. 
Agric., 1906, No. 89, p. 54. 
The Bureau of Plant Industry reports that studies of Seneca snake- 
root {Poly gala senega ) have begun to show good results. — Ann. Rep. 
U. S. Dept. Agric. for 1906, p. 206. 
The Ph. Brit. Committee of Reference in Pharmacy asserts that 
no ash limit is necessary for senega. — Chem. & Drug., Bond., 1906, v. 
69, p. 864. 
Naylor, W. A. H., reviews the present knowledge of senega and 
points out that a thorough reinvestigation of this drug is needed. — 
Year Book of Pharmacy, 1906, pp. 217. (See also Pharm. J., Bond., 
1906, v. 23, p. 77.) 
Caesar and Boretz report that it is comparatively easy to control 
the quality of senega, but that it is becoming more difficult to secure 
the light colored, and desirable. — Geschafts-Ber. v. Caesar & Boretz, 
in Halle a. S., 1906, p. 48. 
Dieterich, Karl, reports a systematic study of the extractive yielded 
by senega to alcoholic and hydro-alcoholic menstrua. — Helfenberger 
Annalen, 1905, Berl., 1906, v. 18, pp. 127-128. 
