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Table I. Early titles of oleoresms 
1825. Huile de Fougere Mdle — Peschier. 
1826. Extraction Filicis maris resinosum — Buchner. 
1827. Extractum oleo-resinosum Filicis — Brandes. 
Oleum Filicis Maris —Yan Dyk. 
Oleo-Besina Filicis, Peschier — Ver. P. d. Lond., Edinb. and Dub. 
Med. Coll. 
1828. Oleoresine de Fougere Mdle- —Peschier. 
Extrait oleoresineux de Cubebe — Dublanc. 
1829. Extractum Filicis aethereum — App. to Pruss. P. 
Aetherisches FarnTcrautextract — App. to Pruss. P. 
1832. Extractum Filicis oleo-resinosum — Jourdan, Univ. P. 
1834. Piperoide du Gingembre — B6ral. 
1841. Extractum Badicis Filicis Maris aethereum — Bad. P. 
Aetherisches Farrnkrautwurzel Extract — Bad. P. 
Extractum Cub eb arum aethereum — Bad. P. 
Aetherisches Cuhehen Extract — Bad. P. 
1845. Extractum Filicis Maris aethereum — Geiger’s P. 
Farrnwurzelextract — Geiger’s P. 
Extrait ethdre de Cuhebe — Geiger’s P. 
Oleoresinous Extract of Cubebs — Bell 
Ethereal Extract of Cubebs — Procter. 
1849. Oleoresinous Ethereal Extracts — Procter. 
1852. Extractum Filicis Maris aethereum — Swiss P. 
Extrait oleo-rdsineux de Fougere — Swiss P. 
Huile de Fougere de Peschier — Swiss P. 
1854. Extractum Stipitum Aspidii —Nor. P. 
1857. OUo-Besineux de Cubebe — Garot and Schaeuffele. 
1859. Oleoresina (ae )—Procter. 
1863. Oleoresina Capsici — U. S. P. 
Oleoresina Cubebae — U. S. P. 
Oleoresina Lupulinae — U. S. P. 
Oleoresina Piperis — U. S. P. 
Oleoresina Zingiberis — U. S. P. 
As becomes apparent from the preceding table, oleoresins be¬ 
came a recognized class of galenical preparations with their in¬ 
troduction into the United States Pharmacopoeia of 1860. The 
name, as applied to a class of galenicals, appears to have been sug¬ 
gested by Procter in 1846. Although this term thereby ac¬ 
quired a dual meaning, 1 ) it was not only shorter, but in other 
respects more convenient than extracta aetherea, previously in 
use in some of the European pharmacopoeias. The disadvan- 
As a class of natural plant products and as a class of galenicals. 
