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brought to the attention of the European pharmacist by Haus- 
mann in 1838. Ten years previous (1828), however, Dublanc 
in France and simultaneously Oberdoerffer in Germany had 
made known a similar preparation obtained by a rather long 
and tedious process involving the distillation of the drug with 
steam and subsequent extraction of the marc with alcohol. The 
latter became official in the Prussian Pharmacopoeia of 1829 
and in the Pharmacopoeia of Schleswig-Holstein in 1846, while 
the former first received official recognition in the Baden Phar¬ 
macopoeia of 1841. 
Through the efforts of Procter, a preparation similar to that 
made by Hausmann was introduced into the United States 
Pharmacopoeia of 1850 under the title Extractum Cubebae 
Fluidum . In the edition of 1860, this title was changed to 
Oleoresina Cubebae. The preparation official in the United 
States at present is the oleoresin obtained by extracting the 
cubeb with alcohol, whereas, that which is given recognition 
in the late European pharmacopoeias is the product obtained 
by exhausting the drug with a mixture of alcohol and ether. 
The pharmacopoeias of the countries, states and munieipali- 
ities in which this preparation has been officially recognized, to¬ 
gether with the dates of appearance of the various editions in 
which it received such recognition, are enumerated below. 
Prussian Pharmacopoeia —1829, 1833, 1868. 
Pharmacopoeia of Baden — 1841. 
Pharmacopoeia of Schleswig-Holstein -— 1844. 
Pharmacopoeia of Berne—1852. 
Belgian 1 Pharmacopoeia — 1854, 1855. 
United States Pharmacopoeia —1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890, 1900, 1910. 
Pharmacopoeia of Hannover — 1861. 
Pharmacopoeia of Hessen — 1862. 
Swiss Pharmacopoeia —1865, 1872, 1893, 1907. 
Austrian Pharmacopoeia—1869, 1889, 1906. 
Danish 1 Pharmacopoeia — 1869, 1893. 
Hungarian Pharmacopoeia —1871, 1888, 1909. 
Netherlands Pharmacopoeia — 1871, 1902. 
German Pharmacopoeia —1873, 1882, 1890, 1900, 1910. 
Roumanian Pharmacopoeia—1874. 
French Pharmacopoeia — 1884, 1908. 
British 1 Pharmacopoeia—-1885. 
Italian Pharmacopoeia—1902, 1909. 
Japanese Pharmacopoeia —1907. 
1 Not official in the recent editions. 
