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example of the leading Pharmaceutical Chemists, and the liberal and enlightened feel 
n.g that has been fostered by the institution and publications ofthe 
Sonet!,, have led Pharmaceutists generally, in this and other cases, to prefcTpure to 
adulterated drugs; and or several years those who were willing to pa} the price of ™ 
scammony have had little difficulty in obtaining it.” w 0 ^ nce oi pure 
We subjoin two illustrations:— 
“ Ipecacuanha, 
Ipecacuan . 
“ The root dried ; imported from Brazil. 
“ flection .—^The roots are gathered at all seasons of the year though more fre 
quently from January to March inclusive ; and as no care is taken in the fultiVatfon of 
the plant, it has become scarce around the principal towns. According to Weddell it 
was principally collected, in the year 1851, in the interior provinceofMatto Grasso in 
cleaned a^^uplntheZ Sd?^ * ^ ^ th * 
'/ l ,rilici l ,ali >' imported into this country in bales or serons 
1 ”Va;, WI?’ but a s0 , flom !lallla , Pernambuco, and rarely from Carthageua 
“ Officinal Characters, In p.eces three or four inches long, about the s“e of a small 
atiW Colour brown of various shades IUon 
sista oi two partb, the cortical or active portion, which is brittle and a slemW trmtb 
isjfas ,ir'•s 
cord (med.full,urn), so as to produce the appearance of a number of ringsstrungnoona 
thread (hence the name, cumulated, which is applied to it by Contfnental writers') 
oZ£TaSeZrTt a “ZsiZs SuZti e 0 Ch ^ 
are about 80 of optical portio“ 0M rnlditumurn 0 ^cata^tZSTfe^ 
aromatic, somewhat bitter nauseous taste, and a slightly nauseous but pecuhar odo r 
Th! fmT ° >f t ? G r °^ 7 anes ’ bein S bl 'ownish, reddish-brown, greyish-brown or urev’ 
The powder is of a pale brown or grey colour 6 y own ’ or grey. 
yai , e ai ?7 0D ^ til 1 e diiterent circumstances produc m? these varieties SmnehWc 
they are met with in the same package. Brown Ipecacuan'-T^l is the ^be?t kffid 
Ihegroatepart of the ipecacuan of commerce consists of this variety. Its epidermis is 
oie or less deeply brown, sometimes even blackish; its fracture is^nrey orbrownish 
TEi^rff 01 ' f ^ r6 ?i' The cortical portion has a horny appearance. Red Ipecacuan — 
I™,? 1 the Weeding b J the lighter and reddish colour of its epidermis bv’its 
ess powerful odour, and by its want of aromatic taste. Sometimes it has when bmP™ 
UsraaZ^ridT*- ansparent - « *»o b,wn%„,tit reqn n% 
«ttZhc “znzizttrwt’ 8 g z eraUy le8S active - 
“Senna Alexandrina, 
Alexandrian Senna. 
Egypt”'gmaTdepSt attoiilal ^ “b UW f 
spread cut on the rocks, and dried in the sun A t ^ he “ mt > the l )lauts «« 
Itreceives all that is gathered in the^eighbourhoodf'Esnehtanothetntp'bh trewives 
