Alo'ctober5Sm"}    American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  485 
Fatty  Oil  of  Mandrake. 
By  A.  R.  L.  Dohme. 
The  author  read  a  preliminary  report  on  a  thick,  fatty  oil  found 
in  some  samples  of  mandrake,  particularly  in  root  that  had  been 
dug  in  the  spring  of  the  year. 
The  Introduced  and  Native  Medicinal  and  Poisonous  Plants  of 
California. 
By  Albert  Schneider. 
An  exhaustive  treatise  on  the  medicine  plants  of  California. 
This  paper  being  too  voluminous  to  be  embodied  in  the  proceed- 
ings of  the  Association,  Professor  Schneider  agreed  to  furnish  an 
abstract  covering  four  or  five  pages,  and  to  have  the  paper  itself 
published  elsewhere. 
The  session  then  adjourned. 
On  September  9th,  10  a.m.,  the  second  session  of  this  section  was 
called  to  order  by  the  chairman,  W.  A.  Puckner,  after  which  the 
presentation  of  papers  was  continued. 
The  Alkaloid  Calycanthin. 
By  H.  M.  Gordin. 
The  author  records  an  exhaustive  investigation  into  the  physical, 
chemical  and  physiological  properties  of  calycanthine,  an  alkaloid 
found  in  the  seeds  (achenes)  of  Calycanthus  glaucus. 
Epsom  Salt. 
By  M.  I.  Wilbert. 
This  paper,  accompanied  by  a  number  of  samples,  was  designed 
to  call  attention  to  the  frequently  unnecessary  admixture  of  foreign 
materials  to  magnesium  sulphate  and  other  heavy  chemicals. 
Cod-Liver  Oil. 
By  J.  P.  Remington,  Jr. 
This  paper,  read  by  the  Secretary,  Mr.  Gane,  contains  a  discussion 
of  the  physiological  and  physical  properties  of  cod-liver  oil,  and 
recommends  that  the  oil  be  tested  by  pharmacists  to  insure  purity. 
Tests  for  the  Purity  of  Cod  Liver  Oil. 
By  E.  H.  Gane. 
Contains  a  description  of  a  number  01  tests  lor  cod-liver  oil  readily 
applied  by  retail  pharmacists. 
