Du Mez—The Galenical Oleoresins. 
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Verhandlungen des pharmaceutischen Vereins in Wuertem- 
berg. Repert. f. d. Pharm., 26, p. 441. 
Zeller is stated to have prepared the Extractum radicis Filicis marts 
resinosum according to the method suggested by Buchner; extraction with 
alcohol. The extract obtained in this manner from rhizomes gathered 
in September amounted to 30 per cent, of the air dried drug. 
Batso, Y. 1827 
Dissertatio inangur. chemica de Aspidio filice mare 
Quam cons, et anchor, praes et direct, etc., pro summis in scient. 
et arte chemica honor, et doct. laurrite cappess. in univers. 
vindobon. publ. erudit, disq. submittit Valentinus Batso, N. H. 
Debreczino Bibariensis p. 37, 8. Vindobonae, typis Antonii 
Pichler. 1826. [Trommsdorff’s n. Journ. d. Pharm., 14, 2, p. 
249.] 
In addition to oil, resin and fatty wax, the author finds a free acid and 
an alkaloid in the ethereal extract of male fern. He calls the acid Acidum 
filiceum and the alkaloid Filicina. He attributes the activity of the extract 
to these two substances. 
Brandes, R. 1827 
Ueber das Extractum oleo-resinosum Filicis. 
Arch d. Pharm., 21, p. 253. 
The physical properties of the extracts obtained by extracting male 
fern rhizome with ether and with Liquor anodynus, respectively, are de¬ 
scribed. 
Buchner, A. 1827 
Zur medicinischen und chemischen Geschichte der Filix mas. 
Repert. f. d. Pharm., 27, p. 337. 
The author speaks of the ethereal extract of male fern as the Extractum 
oleoso-resinosum Filicis maris. It is stated to contain a volatile oil, a 
green fatty oil, a fatty wax, a brown resin and a volatile acid (probably 
acetic acid.) 
Van Dyk 1827 
Ueber das Oleum Filicis maris. 
Arch. d. Pharm., 22, p. 141. 
Two ounces of powdered male fern rhizome gave 70 grains of ethereal 
extract, while 8 ounces of the rhizome yielded 3 ounces of extractive matter 
72—S. A. L. 
