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The Bureau of Plant Industry reports that the study of pinkroot 
has been concluded and the summarized results have been published 
in Bulletin 100, Part V, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. — Ann. Pep. 
Dept. Agric. for 1906, p. 207. 
Holm, Theo., discusses the substitution of ruellia for spigelia, the 
probable history of the mistaking of ruellia for phlox, and figures the 
rhizome of Ruellia ciliosa Pursh. and of its structural characteris- 
tics. — Am. J. Pharm., Phila., 1906, v. 78, pp. 553-559. 
Gane, E. H., asserts that pinkroot is frequently adulterated or 
mixed with blue cohosh, owing to careless collecting. — Proc. Am. 
Pharm. Ass., 1906, v. 54, p. 344. 
An editorial calls attention to the fluctuations in price that pre- 
vailed for spigelia during the current year, and points out that the 
marked variation in price was due to speculative influences. — Oil, 
Paint, and Drug Report., 1906, v. 70, Sept. 17, p. 7. 
Haines, Oliver L., asserts that Spigelia anthelmia is now recog- 
nized as a remedy of worth in acute endocarditis and pericardial 
inflammations. — Trans. Am. Inst. Homoeop., 1906, 62d sess., v. 1, 
p. 428. 
Wells, G. Harlan, says that clinically spigelia is very effective in 
relieving the sharp, shooting pains around the heart and in the walls 
of the chest, which occur in association with endocarditis, pericar- 
ditis, or nervous palpitation. — Hahneman. Month., Phila., 1906, v. 41, 
p. 264. 
SPIRITUS. 
Beuttner, E., points out that although the distilled spirits are 
described in identical terms in the Swiss and German Pharmacopoeias, 
the products of the two pharmacopoeias can not be identical, owing 
to the difference in the amount of alcohol which each directs. — Pharm. 
Ztg., Berl., 1906, v. 51, p. 637. 
Herissey, TI., asserts that the simple alcoholates (Spiritus) of 
Ph. Ndl. IY, such as that of lavender, are not replaced by tinctures 
of the essences but are prepared by distillation. — J. cle pharm. et de 
chim., Par., 1906, v. 23, p. 481. 
Caldwell, Paul, gives the approximate alcohol content of the U. S. 
P. spirits. — Drug. Circ. & Chem. Gaz., 1ST. Y., 1906, v. 50, p. 434. 
SPIRITUS JETHERIS COMPOSITUS. 
Hommell. P. E., thinks the ethereal oil contained in this prepara- 
tion should be removed, as it contributes a peculiar disagreeable taste, 
at times nauseating; it is an unnecessary addition. Drescher sug- 
gests the use simply of alcohol and ether. — Proc, New Jersey Pharm. 
Ass., 1906, pp. 108, 110, 
