Du Mez—The Galenical Oleoresins. 
1155 
Bedall 1894 
Extractum Cubebarum Aethereum. 
Pharm. Ztg., 39, p. 49. 
The author states that the extracts having a green color give a more 
intensive reaction for eubebin than those having a brownish color. This 
does not apply when the green color is due to the presence of salts of 
copper. 
Dieterich 1894 
Extracta spissa et sicca. 
Helfenberger Ann., 1894, p. 72. 
Three samples of extract of male fern were found to contain 3.65, 2.32 
and 1.90 per cent., respectively, of 1 * moisture. ” The same samples gave 0.55, 
0.42 and 0.50 per c^nt., respectively, of ash. 
Emmanuel, L. 1894 
Do Drugs Supplied by the Jobber Comply with Pharmaco- 
pceial Requisition. If Not, Who is Responsible, The Jobber or 
the Retailer? 
Am. Journ., Pharm. 56, p. 358. 
A sample of powdered cubebs obtained from an Eastern firm yielded 18 
per cent, of a brown oleoresin. This was reported to the seller who re¬ 
plied: “the TJ. S. Pharmacopoeia specifies the unripe fruit, but this is 
rarely found in the market, the regular article of commerce being the ripe 
fruit which contains less chlorophyll. 7 ’ p. 360. 
Hell & Co. 
Zur Kritik liber Extract-Vorschriften und ueber fabrik- 
maessig dargestellte Extracte. 
Pharm. Post, 27, pp. 168-171. [Journ. de Pharm. et de 
Chim., 139, p. 493.] 
Copper is stated to be a natural constituent of the male fern rhizome. 
Duplicate analyses of a sample of the rhizomes carefully powdered in an 
iron mortar, and incinerated in a porcelain dish showed 0.0144 and 0.0148 
per cent, of copper, respectively. An ethereal extract prepared in the 
company’s laboratory showed 0.033 per cent, of the metal and a com¬ 
mercial sample of the extract gave 1.96 per cent. Likewise, a commer¬ 
cial sample of extract of eubeb was found to contain 0.40 per cent, of 
copper. 
