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IMPURITIES  AND  ADULTERATIONS. 
but  the  epidermis  of  the  berries  retained  its  original  red  color. 
The  residue  was  now  digested  with  aqueous  and  with  alcoholic 
solution  of  potassa,  which,  however,  appeared  to  have  no  effect 
on  the  coloring  matter. 
Phtlada.,  January,  1864. 
COMPOUND    SANTONIN  LOZENGES. 
The  following  receipe  has  been  furnished  to  us  for  publication 
as  that  used  by  Mr.  Fougera,  of  New  York,  in  making  his 
«  Dragdes  de  Santonine  Composdes"  used  as  a  Vermifuge. 
Grammes. 
R.  Santonin,  25-00 
Jalapin,  10-00 
Pulv.  Gum  Arabic,  30-00 
Chocolate,  pure,  60-00 
White  Sugar,  160-00 
Water,  q.  s.  about,  15-00 
Make  a  pilular  mass,  divide  into  one  thousand  pills  and  coat 
with  sugar.  Latterly,  jalapin  has  been  replaced  by  the  resin 
of  gamboge,  owing  to  the  scarcity  of  the  former. 
IMPURITIES  AND  ADULTERATIONS. 
Noticed  at  the  U.  S.  Army  Laboratory,  Philadelphia. 
By  Jno.  M.  Maisch. 
(Read  at  the  Pharmaceutical  Meeting  of  the  College,  Feb.  1,  1864.) 
It  is  well  known  that  stones  and  bullets  are  occasionally  met 
with  in  crude  opium  ;  they  are,  however,  so  few  in  number, 
that  their  presence  must  be  ascribed  rather  to  accident  than  to 
design.  Lately,  we  received  from  one  of  the  medical  purveying 
depots  a  parcel  of  opium  mostly  done  up  in  half  and  one  pound 
packages,  and  some  in  the  original  cakes  evidently  unbroken ; 
one  of  the  latter,  previous  to  being  rolled  out  to  prepare  it  for 
drying,  was  broken  and  found  to  contain  within  the  space  of  a  few 
cubic  inches,  not  less  than  sixteen  lead  bullets,  weighing  proba- 
bly 7^  ounces.  These  have  evidently  been  incorporated  for  the 
fraudulent  purpose  of  increasing  the  weight.  I  have  no  means 
to  ascertain  whether  other  or  all  the  cakes  of  the  same  case 
were  rendered  heavier  by  the  same  means. 
