116        Asclepias  Cornuti  and  Asclepias  Tuber osa.  {AmMJa°rch,Srm' 
ash.  The  drug,  after  exhausting  with  all  the  solvents,  was  found  to 
consist  of  49*86  per  cent,  of  cellulin  and  lignin. 
The  results  of  the  analysis  may  be  summed  up  as  follows : 
Petroleum  ether  extracted   T44 
Eth  er  extra  cted  ,   1  •  30 
Absolute  alcohol  extracted   3-58 
Water- 
  632 
Saccharose     3.29 
-Glucose   1*87 
Mucilage   3  60 
Undetermined  compounds   3*22 
  11-98 
Alkaline  solution   3'91 
Acid  solution   4-36 
Chlorine  water   8*92 
Moisture   7*16 
Ash   535 
Cellulin  and  Lignin   49-86 
Loss   214 
Total  :  100-00 
In  addition  to  the  above,  starch  was  also  found,  but  was  not  esti- 
mated. 
This  drug  contains  many  of  the  usual  plant  constituents,  also  caout- 
chouc, and  a  crystalline  glucoside  having  a  slightly  bitter  taste,  and  also 
resembling  the  taste  of  the  root.  This  principle  is  probably  identical 
with  the  bitter  principle  observed  by  Hinchman  in  1881,  and  possi- 
bly the  same  principle  observed  by  Rhoads  in  1861.  The  fluores- 
cence noted  in  the  alcoholic  and  ethereal  solutions  I  believe  to  be  due 
to  the  glucoside  found,  although  I  did  not  obtain  it  in  sufficient  quan- 
tity to  fully  establish  this  fact. 
Rhoads  and  Hinchman  also  announced  the  presence  of  tannin,  but 
I  was  unable  to  verify  their  statement.  It  was  not  observed  in  the 
course  of  the  regular  analysis,  and  special  tests  with  the  powdered 
drug  failed  to  confirm  its  presence. 
Poisoning-  with  oil  of  sassafras. —  A  case  is  related  in  the  Cincin- 
nati Lancet-  Clinic,  December  8, 1888,  by  Dr.  L.  M.  Albright,  when  a  teaspoonful 
of  the  oil  was  taken  by  a  young  man,  producing  hallucinations,  vomiting, 
prostration,  cold  extremities,  low  pulse,  somewhat  dilated  pupils  and  stupor. 
The  treatment  commenced  two  hours  after  taking  the  oil,  consisted  in  rest, 
heat  to  the  extremities,  and  egg-nog.  The  patient  soon  regained  conscious- 
ness, and  was  ready  for  breakfast  the  next  morning. 
