1178 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. 
of the extracts. The adulterated extract was being sold for 4s per 
pound while reliable manufacturers would not quote prices below 5 s 6 d 
per pound. 
-- 1911 
Ext. Filicis maris. 
Chem. & Drugg., 79, p. 749 and 798. 
This editorial commenting on Parry’s observation, that extract of male 
fern is commonly adulterated with castor oil, calls attention to the testis 
given in the Netherlands and Swiss pharmacopoeias. 
Bernegau, L. H. 1911 
Report of the Committee on Adulterations. 
Proc. Penna. Pharm. Assoc. 34, p. 117. 
Three lots of lupulin tested 58.9, 57.7 and 62.1 per cent, soluble in 
ether (p. 125.) 
Beythien, Hemple & Others 1911 
Kurze Mitteilungen aus der Praxis des Chemischen Unter- 
suchungsamtes der Stadt Dresden. 
Zeitschr. Unters. Nahr. u. Genussm., 21, p. 666. 
A table is presented showing the ash content and extract content of a 
number of samples of ginger (p. 668.) 
According to Reich the volatile ether extract content varied from 0.80 
to 4.02 per cent., the non volatile from 1.66 to 6.93 per cent; the alcoholic 
extract from 1.33 to 4.08 per cent; the petroleum ether extract from 1.14 
to 4.49 per cent; and the methyl alcohol extract from 4.40 to 12.53 per 
cent. 
Deane, Harold 1911 
Oleoresina Capsici, B. P. C. 
Pharm. Journ., 87, p. 804. 
The author criticises the British Pharmaceutical Codex with respect to 
the title Oleoresina Capsici. He is of the opinion that the preparation 
has no right to the name oleoresin, as it corresponds more closely to the 
product sold as capsicin or soluble capsicin for the use of pill makers 
and mineral water manufacturers. 
Francis, J. M. 1911 
Report of the Committee on Adulterations. 
Proc. Penna. Pharm. Assoc., 34, p. 117. 
Only one of eight lots of lupulin examined failed to exceed the required 
60 per cent, of ether-soluble matter (p. 125.) 
