EXTRACTUM  PEPO  FLUIDUM. 
195 
Per  cen't. 
Oak  bark,  young  (Quercus  alba)         ....  11*21 
"     "     ordinary,       *'      "  .          .          .         .         .  6*34 
New  Jersey  tea  (Oeanothus  americanus),       .         .         .  9'21 
Uva  ursi  (Arctostaphylos  Uva  ursi),  1st  sample,        .          .  6'11 
"     "                   "            "      2d      "             .          .  6-33 
Comptonia  asplenifolia  (folia),            ....  8*20 
Pipsissewa  (Chimaphila  umbellata),     ....  4*15 
Cranes  bill  (Geranium  raaculatum),  Ist  sample,         .          .  13-41 
"            u               a        2d      "              .         .  17-25 
Sumach  bark  (Rhus  glabrum),  1st  sample,      .         .         .  8*75 
«       u        a          "       2d       "          .          .          .  14*55 
"    berries,  1'90 
Tormentil  root  (Tormentilla  erecta),  1st  sample,       .          .  30*90 
II          u            a                    2d       "           .         .  23*46 
Hops  (Humulus  lupulus),          .          .         .          .          .     .  3*67 
Pomegranate  rind  (Punica  granatum),           .          .         .  23-83 
Bark  pomegranate  root,  2*94 
EXTRACTUM    PEPO    FLUIDUM— FLUID     EXTRACT  OF 
PUMPKIN  SEED. 
By  Chas.  Hand. 
(An  Inaugural  Essay  presented  to  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.) 
Take  of  Pumpkin  Seed  sixteen  troyounces ;  alcohol,  sp.  gr. 
•835,  a  sufficient  quantity.  Bruise  the  seed  with  an  equal  bulk 
of  washed  sand,  until  they  are  thoroughly  comminuted ;  transfer 
to  a  conical  percolator ;  pour  upon  it  the  menstruum  until  three 
pints  have  passed,  reserving  the  first  twelve  fluidounces,  and  re- 
duce the  remainder  to  four  fluidounces  by  distillation ;  mix  this 
with  the  reserved  tincture  and  filter.* 
Having  been  called  upon  to  prepare  a  fluid  extract  of  Pump- 
kin Seed  for  Dr.  Oullen,  of  Camden,  N.  J.,  I  proceeded  in  ac- 
cordaffce  with  the  process  given  in  the  formula,  and  the  results 
were  so  satisfactory  in  all  respects,  that  I  thought  it  worthy  as 
the  subject  of  my  thesis. 
*  Note. — Granting  the  statement  of  the  author,  that  alcohol  of  -835  is 
the  proper  menstruum,  it  is  highly  probable  that  the  preparation  would  be 
better  adapted  as  a  vermifuge  if  it  was  less  alcoholic  and  partly  saccharine 
which  could  easily  be  effected  by  partial  evaporation  of  the  reserve  fluid 
to  eight  fluidounces  and  the  introduction  of  four  fluidounces  of  syrup. — 
Editor  Amer.  Jour.  Fharm. 
