THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. [December 10 , 1670. 
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Carious Teeth. —M. Magilot recommends the fol¬ 
lowing preparation for carious teeth :— 
Chloroform. 5 parts. 
Laudanum. 2 „ 
Tincture of Benzoin. 10 ,, 
Cotton wool saturated with this to he inserted in the 
cavity, and renewed until insensibility of the part is pro¬ 
duced.— Revue Medicate. 
[*** Where the nerve of the tooth is exposed, a most 
efficient remedy will he found in the careful application 
of a very small portion of carbolic acid to the inside of 
the tooth.—E d. Ph. J.] 
A Phase of Pharmacy in America. —The follow¬ 
ing advertisement appears in the Canadian Pharmaceu¬ 
tical Journal :—“The United Society of Shakers, New 
Lebanon, New York, prepare every description of vege¬ 
table medicines of superior quality, including roots, 
barks, herbs, etc., packed; alcoholic extracts, solid; al¬ 
coholic extracts, fluid; aqueous extracts, solid; powdered 
drugs; powdered sweet herbs. In ordering goods from 
wholesale houses order Shaker Herbs, to secure satis¬ 
faction.” 
Cinchona Cultivation in Java. —In ‘Flora,’ for 
October 10th, is a communication from Professor Hasskarl 
on the cultivation of the cinchona in Java. He reports 
that the weather has been on the whole favourable, and 
the growth of the plants leaves nothing to be desired. 
The total numbers of plants grown from seeds and layers 
is 1,520,516; of which 1,100,983 are C. Calisaya , next in 
number come C. officinalis and succirubra , etc., very few 
C. lancifolia and micrantha. In addition to these, there 
.ore 870,599 transplanted plants, giving in the gross total 
an increase of 197,699 plants since the commencement of 
the year. 460 kilograms of the bark were sent to Hol¬ 
land in December, 1869, and w r ere sold at from 2 to 3 
florins per kilogram ; 900 kilograms have since been 
exported, and more than 1000 are now ready. The total 
produce for 1870 will probably be 4000 kilograms of dry 
bark for exportation, besides some hundreds for use in the 
island. The stripping, cutting, drying, sorting, and 
packing are already becoming a considerable industry in 
the island. 
The importation here referred to is the same as that 
mentioned in Mr. Howard’s paper last week. There is no¬ 
thing here to contravene the result arrived at by Mr. Howard, 
that the cultivation in Java fails to produce bark suited for 
manufacturing purposes. The why and wherefore of this 
remains to be discovered.—E d. Ph. J.] 
DRUG MARKET NOTES. 
Although no very complete details are kept of the 
commerce in drugs, yet the Board of Trade returns 
furnish us with the approximate particulars of all 
the most important, and under the subordinate head 
of “ other articles,” some of the minor trade products 
(in the quantity point of view) are given. The 
“ annual statement of the trade and navigation of 
the United Kingdom with foreign countries and 
British possessions for 1869” just issued, enables us 
to make a cursory examination of the quantities im¬ 
ported of the principal articles; but to make any 
useful comparisons, the re-exports, stocks, and cur¬ 
rent wholesale prices, "would have to be given. The 
following statistical notes may, however, prove use¬ 
ful. Glancing at the principal articles for the last 
live years, we find that of— 
Arrowroot .—The exports have averaged about 
22,000 cwt.*; in 1836 they reached 32,000 cwt. 
Cinchona Baric .—The average imports are from 
9000 to 15,500 cwt.; in 1869 they were 11,232 cwt. 
Camphor. —The imports fluctuate greatly; in 1865 
the}'" were 10,755 cwt.; in the next three years they 
ranged from 7100 to 3700 cwt., whilst in 1869 they 
reached 17,480. 
Galls. —The imports of nut galls have been steadily 
increasing from 15,964 cwt. to 25,842 in 1868, and 
21,040 in 1869. 
Gum Arabic. —In tills gum there has been a steady 
increase from 46,032 cwt. in 1865 to 67,989 cwt. in 
1869. 
Isinglass. —The average imports have been about 
3000 cwt., the figures in 1869 being 3287 cwt. 
Liquorice Juice and Paste. —There has been lately 
a gradual increase from 27,286 cwt. in 1865 to 37,208 
in 1869. 
Opium. —The imports have fluctuated greatly ; in 
1865 they were 401,571 lbs., in 1866, 198,223 lbs., in 
1867, 273,522 lbs., in 1868, 322,309 lbs, and in 1869 r 
219,495 lbs. 
Rhubarb. —Of late the imports have been rising. 
In 1865 they were 129,967 lbs., then they touched 
383,821 lbs. in 1866, and have since varied from 
227,663 lbs. in 1867 to 358,613 lbs. in 1868, and 
270,627 lbs. in 1869. 
Oils. —The quantity of Castor oil has more than 
doubled in the five years, having risen from 20,163 
cwt. in 1865 to 50,426 cwt. in 1869. Essential and 
perfumed oils nearly average 500,000 lbs. per annum; 
one-fourtli of these come from Sicily, about half from 
India, China, and Ceylon. Of Cod-liver oil we im¬ 
ported last year more than 1000 tuns, but only a 
portion of this was for medicinal use. 
Of Balsams, the imports last year of Copaiva were 
171,084 lbs., of Peru, 39,153 lbs., and of unenume¬ 
rated balsams 13,085. 
Cantharides.—Imported in 1869, 14,785 lbs. 
Cardamoms.—85,512 lbs. 
Cassia Fistula.—35,882 lbs. 
Castoreum.—5063 lbs. 
Cocculus Indicus.—825 cwt. 
Collodion.—90 gallons. 
Cubebs.—23,649 lbs. 
Ether.—2295 gallons. 
Gamboge.—481 cwt. 
Gentian.—100 tons. 
Guinea grains, or grains of Paradise.—2051 cwt. 
Gum Eupliorbium.—138 cwt. 
Jalap.—73,346 lbs. 
Lemon and Lime Juice.—289,916 gallons. 
Leeches, to the value of £7 067. 
Liquorice powder, 29 cwt., and of root, 909 cwt. 
Manna.—23,911 lbs. 
Mineral water.—145,326 gallons. 
Musk.—23,477 ounces. 
Myrrh.—535 cwt. 
Nux Vomica.—3899 cwt. 
Olibanum.—11,753 cwt. 
Pink root.—126 lbs. 
Pomatum.—31,848 lbs. 
Quassia.—4442 cwt. 
Quinine, sulphate of.—62,086 oz. 
Sarsaparilla.—306,777 lbs. 
Sassafras.—132 cwt. 
Croton seed.—222 quarters. 
Seneka root.—9395 lbs. 
Senna.—756,956 lbs. 
Sulphuric acid.—19,997 lbs. 
Tartaric acid.—388,523 lbs. 
Tragacantli.—1525 cwt. 
