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SERPENT ARIA. 
Henkel, Alice, mentions Aristolochia reticulata Nutt., also known 
as serpentaria, Texas serpentaria, Texas snakeroot, and Red River 
snakeroot, as being native in the Southwestern States, occurring on 
river banks from Arkansas to Louisiana. 
Aristolochia serpentaria , also known as serpentaria, Virginia snake- 
root, and Virginia serpentaria, is also mentioned. Found in rich 
woods from Connecticut to Michigan and southward. — Bui. Bur. 
Plant Inch, U. S. Dept. Agric., 1906, No. 89, p. 12. 
The Ph. Brit.. Committee of Reference in Pliarmacv believes that 
an ash limit is necessary for serpentaria. — Chem. and Drug., Bond., 
1906, v. 69, p. 864. 
Fyfe, John William, says that Aristolochia serpentaria was deemed 
an efficient tonic and diaphoretic and therefore good to promote per- 
spiration and strengthen the stomach. It should be given warm to 
sweat ; cold, to strengthen. — Eclectic Med. J., Cincin., 1906, v. 66, 
p. 320. 
SERA. 
Bloss, James R., discusses the theory, uses, and limitations of serum 
therapy. — N. York Med. J., 1906, v. 83, pp. 547-551. 
Ekblom, Elias, discusses the origin and preparation of various 
vaccines and sera. — Arch. f. Pliarm. og Chem., Copenhagen, 1906, 
v. 13, pp. 68-75, 85-89. 
Schrank, Josef, discusses several of the successfully applied sera 
and bacterial preparations, among them antidiphtheritic serum, anti- 
tetanic serum, and a number of the less well-known sera for human or 
animal use. — Ztschr. d. allg. oesterr. Apoth.-Ver., Wien, 1906, v. 44, 
pp. 439-440, 447M49, 459-460. 
Paton, D. Montgomerie, reports the use of various serums by the 
mouth. He advances the theory that their action is explained by the 
way tlie}^ increase tissue resistance, and they have neither an anti- 
toxic nor an antibacterial action. — Brit. M. J., LoncL, 1906, v. 1, 
p. 1032. 
Morzler, Gustav, discusses bacterial toxines and the production of 
antibodies, immunizing and curative sera. — Ztschr. d. Allg. oesterr. 
Apoth.-Ver., Wien, 1906, v. 44, pp. 315-317, 327-329, 348-349. 
Emery, W. D., (Practitioner, LoncL, Nov.) considers the serum 
therapy with reference to scarlet fever, rheumatism, anthrax, typhoid, 
plague, pneumonia, and dysentery. — J. Am. M. Ass., 1907, v. 48, p. 84. 
Rosenau and Anderson discuss the subject of hypersusceptibility 
to serum. — J. Am. M. Ass., 1906, v. 47, pp. 1007-1009. (See also 
Bull. Hvg. Lab., U. S. P. H. and M. H. S., 1906, No. 29, p. 95.) 
