1170 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. 
Vanderkleed, C. E. 1905 
Report of the Committee on Adulterations. 
Proc. Penna. Pharm. Assoc., 28, p. 47. 
Eight assays of capsicum gave 9.4 to 23.9 per cent, of oleoresin, the 
average being 18.13 per cent. The standard for a good drug is stated 
to be 15 per cent. 
Vieth, H. 1905 
Ueber die Beziehung zwischen chemischer Zusammenset- 
zung und medizinischer Wirkung einiger Balsamika. 
Verh. d. Ges. deutsch. Naturf. u. Aerzte, 2, p. 364. [Jah- 
resber. d. Pharm., 66, p. 13.] 
Kubebenextralct is reported to consist of terpenes (65 per cent.), resin 
acids (10 per cent.), and resins (25 per cent.) 
- 1906 
Apiolin 
Merck’s Ann. Rep., 20, p. 34. 
Apiolin is the raw ethereal oil obtained from the seed of Petroselinum 
sativum or from Apiol viride by extraction with a suitable solvent. It is a 
yellow fluid, sp. gr. 1.25 to 1.135, boiling at 280 to 300°C. 
-- 1906 
Extractum Filicis. 
Caesar and Loretz, Geschaefts-Ber., Sept. 1906, pp. 82 and 
99. 
The firm reports that the crude filicin content of the extract obtained 
from the current year’s crop of male fern averages 27 per cent. (p. 82). 
Fromme’s method for estimating the crude filicin is given (p. 99). 
Naylor, A. H. 1906 
Progress in pharmacapceias: drugs and their constituents. 
Year-Book of Pharm., 43, p. 204. 
It is stated that in the present state of our knowledge, neither Daccomo 
and Scoccianti’s, Kraft’s nor Stoeder’s process for the quantitative esti¬ 
mation of filicic acid is a measure of the anthelmintic value of the ex¬ 
tract of male fern. 
