1184 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. 
Gane, E. H. 1913 
Report of Committee on Drug Market, August, 1912. 
Journ. A. Ph. A., 2, p. 677. 
Four lots of lupulin gave 44.94 to 65.5 per cent, of ether-soluble material, 
(p. 681.) 
Harrison and Sell 1913 
Analytical constants of extract of male fern. 
Chem. & Drugg. 83, p. 182. [ Year-Book of Pharm., 50, p. 
494; Pharm. Journ. 91, p. 128; Pharm. Ztg., 58, p. 643.] 
The analytical constants of genuine and commercial extracts of male 
fern are tabulated. The authors do not approve of the standards sug¬ 
gested by Parry.- 
Hill, C. A. 1913 
Analytical notes on extract of male fern. 
Chem. & Drugg., 83, p. 181. [Pharm. Ztg., 58, p. 643.] 
The analytical constants of 23 samples of extract of male fern are 
discussed and tabulated. The chemical and physical constants of the oily 
portion are also given for comparison with those of castor oil. One com¬ 
mercial sample is reported to have contained 59 per cent, of the latter. 
Osborne, Oliver F. 1913 
A last plea for a useful Pharmacopoeia. 
Journ. Am. Med. Assoc., 60, p. 1427. 
Among the “useless” preparations adopted by the Committee of Re¬ 
vision, the author includes the oleoresins of lupulin and parsley seed, 
(p. 1429.) 
Parry, E. J. 1913 
Extract of male fern. 
Chem. & Drugg., 83, p. 231. 
The author confirms the results which he published in an earlier paper. 
Patch, E. L. 1913 
Report of the Committee on Drug Market. 
Journ. A. Ph. A., 2, p. 1081. 
The percentage of alcoholic extract obtained from the drugs tested is 
reported as follows: 
