552  Notes  on  Some  Indigenous  Remedies.  {AmNov.?i889arm' 
Ethyl-tetrahydroquinoline  sulphate  (A  Kairo- 
line)  C9H10N(C2H5)H2SO4 
Methy  1-tetrab  ydro-oxy quinoline  hydr ochlorate 
(A  Kairine)  C9H10TO(CH3)HC1+H20 
Etbyl-tetrahydro-oxyquinoline  hydrochlorate 
(A  Kairine)  C9H10NO(C2H5)HC1 
Tetrahydroparaquinanisol  (thalline)  CgHj o^OCHg). 
Ethyl-tetrahydro-paraquinanisol(ethyl-thalline)  C9H9(C2H5)N(OCH3) 
Methyl-trihydro-oxyquinoline  carbonate  of  so- 
dium (thermifugin)  C9H8  (CH3)NC00Na 
Nor  has  this  list  been  recently  increased. 
It  will  thus  be  seen  that  modern  organic  chemistry  has  entered 
upon  a  very  fruitful  field  in  taking  up  this  synthetic  work,  and 
that  the  problem  of  the  constitution  of  the  alkaloids,  so  long 
apparently  incapable,  of  solution  by  any  methods  of  analysis,  may 
yet  be  solved  by  the  combination  of  synthetical  and  analytical 
study  now  entered  upon.  It  is  eminently  proper,  however,  to  remind 
you  that,  as  pharmacists  first  isolated  the  alkaloids  morphine  and 
quinine,  they  should  be  joreparing  actively  to  share  the  glory  and 
profit  of  their  artificial  manufacture,  which  is  certain  to  come  in  the 
near  future. 
NOTES  ON  SOME  INDIGENOUS  REMEDIES. 
By  John  M.  Maisch. 
Solarium  carolinense,  Miehaux. — Dr.  J.  L.  Napier,  of  Blenheim, 
S.  C,  having  heard  of  the  horse  nettle  as  a  remedy  for  epilepsy,  has 
tried  a  tincture  of  the  berries  and  considers  it  a  very  valuable  addi- 
tion to  our  active  agents  in  combatting  convulsive  disorders.  The 
tincture  was  prepared  from  the  bruised  berries  and  diluted  alcohol, 
using  berries  enough  to  obtain  a  saturated  tincture  of  which  a  tea- 
spoonful  is  given  every  three  hours  until  drowsiness  and  symptoms  of 
vertigo  are  produced,  when  the  intervals  between  the  doses  should  be 
lengthened.  A  tincture  prepared  from  the  root  appears  to  have  the 
same  effect. 
According  to  Porcher  [Resources  of  the  Southern  Fields  and  Forests) 
the  berries  have  some  reputation  among  the  negroes  in  South  Caro- 
lina as  an  aphrodisiac,  and  Valentine  obtained  good  effects  from  the 
juice  of  the  berries  in  tetanus. 
This  plant  is  found  throughout  the  greater  part  of  the  United  States, 
