Du Mez—The Galenical Oleoresins. 
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Dieterich 1895 
Extracta spissa et sicca. 
Helfenberger Ann., 1895, p. 17. 
One sample of extract of cubebs contained 20.90 per cent, of ‘ ‘ mois¬ 
ture’ f and showed an ash content of 0.47 per cent. (p. 17). 
A sample of extract of male fern showed a ‘ 1 moisture ’ 1 content of 1.75 
per cent, and gave 0.50 per cent, of ash (p. 18.) 
Hyers, P. 1895 
Fluid Extract of Cubeb. 
Am. Journ. Pharm., 67, p. 519. 
The following percentages of oleoresin are reported to have been yielded 
by cubebs to different solvents: ether, 22.45 per cent; alcohol, 14.48 per 
cent; acetone, 18.48 per cent; petroleum ether, 13.47 per cent. 
- 1896 
Extractum Filicis Ph. G. III. 
Caesar and Loretz, Geschaefts-Ber., Sept. 1896, p. 46. 
The firm attributes the uniform activity of their extract of male fern to 
the fact that the rhizomes are obtained from the same locality each year, 
that they are collected in the autumn and, after carefully garbling, are 
immediately made into extract. 
Fromme’s method for estimating the filix acid content of the extract is 
given. 
Alpers, W. C. 1896 
Oleoresin Capsicum. 
Merck’s Rep. 5, p. 593. 
The author states that he obtained a yield of 19 per cent, of oleoresin 
after removing the fat by Alteration instead of 5 per cent, as usually given 
in the text-books. 
Bocchi, I. 1896 
Methoden zur Feststellung der Identitaet und der Guete 
des aetherischen Filixextraktes. 
Boll. Cbim. farm., 1896, p. 449. [Apoth-Ztg., 11, pp. 597 
and 837; Pharm. Ztg., 41, p. 596.] 
Reactions for the identification of filix acid, and a method for the eval¬ 
uation of the extract of male fern are given. 
