258  ON  SYRUP  CE  SQUILLS  PREPARED  WITH  DILUTED  ALCOHOL, 
In  examining  the  ashes  they  were  first  edulcorated,  and  the 
residuum  boiled  with  chlorhydric  acid,  which  produced  quite  a 
brisk  evolution  of  carbonic  acid.  To  a  portion  of  the  aqueous 
solution,  tartaric  acid  was  added  which  on  standing  deposited  a 
crystalline  white  precipitate.  Solution  of  bichloride  of  platinum 
also  produced  a  precipitate.  Antimoniate  of  potassa  a  white 
precipitate.  Nitrate  of  silver  a  white  precipitate  of  chloride  of 
silver,  another  portion  of  the  ashes  dissolved  in  water  acidulated 
with  nitric  acid,  also  gave  a  precipitate  with  nitrate  of  silver. 
Chloride  of  barium  a  white  precipitate,  insoluble  in  nitric  acid. 
To  a  portion  of  the  acid  solution  supersaturated  with  ammo- 
nia, acetic  acid  was  added  which  produced  a  precipitate  (phos- 
phate of  peroxide  of  iron.) 
Ferrocyanide  of  potassium  yielded  a  dark  blue,  and  tincture 
of  galls  a  bluish-black  precipitate.  Oxalate  of  ammonia  a  copi- 
ous white  precipitate.  Lime  is  very  abundant  in  the  ashes. 
Ammonia  was  added  to  the  acid  solution  until  supersaturated, 
then  a  solution  of  phosphate  of  soda  precipitated  the  magnesia 
as  the  double  phosphate  of  magnesia  and  ammonia.  It  was  en- 
tirely soluble  in  chloride  of  ammonium. 
The  constituents  of  Chimaphila  Umbellata  may  be  summed  up 
as  follows : 
Organic  matter  94.75. 
Inorganic   "  5.25. 
100.00. 
Organic. — Tannic  Acid,  Gum,  Starch,  Sugar,  Pectic  Acid,  Ex- 
tractive, Resin,  Fatty  matter,  Chimaphilin,  Chlorophylle,  Yel- 
low coloring  matter,  Lignin. 
Inorganic  Potassa,  Lime,  Magnesia,  Iron,  Chloride  of  So- 
dium, Sulphuric  acid,  Phosphoric  Acid,  Silicic  Acid. — Jour,  and 
Trans.  Md.  Col.  Pharm.  March,  I860. 
ON  SYRUP  OF  SQUILL  PREPARED  WITH  DILUTED 
ALCOHOL, 
By  J,  S.  Conrad, 
It  has  long  been  a  custom  of  physicians  to  prescribe  syrup  of 
squill  with  a  carbonate,  when  the  effect  of  the  carbonate  is 
