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ON  DIGITALINE. 
practice  for  everybody  to  keep  them  under  lock  and  key,  and 
separate  from  any  other  and  harmless  drugs.  I  do  not  by  any 
means  say  the  defendants  have  not  done  so.  I  am  glad  there 
would  have  been  all  this  testimony  to  the  good  management  of 
the  establishment ;  and  their  having  consented  to  a  verdict  is, 
I  think,  an  act  of  good  feeling  on  their  part.  The  damages 
will  be  £1500,  <£500  of  which  will  go  to  the  widow.  Under 
the  Act  of  Parliament,  you  are  to  say  how  the  damages  shall 
be  divided  between  the  widow  and  children,  if  it  i3  the  case  of 
a  parent.  In  this  case  it  is  the  parent,  and  .£500  will  go  to 
the  widow  and  £500  each  to  the  younger  children.  The  eldest 
child  comes  into  some  money  by  the  death  of  the  parent,  and 
one  shilling  is  sufficient,  in  view  of  the  parties  who  are  watch- 
ing the  case  in  his  interest.  You  will  find  a  verdict  to  this 
effect. 
The  jury  found  accordingly.— London  Pharm.  Journ., 
September  1,  1864. 
ON  DIGITALINE, 
By  M.  Lefort. 
The  following  account  of  the  two  foreign  digitalines  met 
with  in  commerce  will  be  of  interest  to  English  readers,  since 
this  country  is,  we  believe,  entirely  supplied  with  the  article 
from  Continental  sources  : — 
1.  German  or  Soluble  Bigitaline  This  is  said  by  the  author 
to  be  made  by  Merck,  of  Darmstadt.  It  is  of  a  yellowish  white 
color,  neutral  to  test  paper,  completely  and  readily  soluble  in 
water  and  alcohol.  It  is,  on  the  contrary,  but  slightly  soluble 
in  ether,  sulphide  of  carbon,  and  benzole.  Tannin  completely 
precipitates  it  from  an  aqueous  solution.  In  one  particular  it 
will  be  seen,  that  of  solubility  in  water,  this  article  differs  es- 
sentially from  that  described  in  the  British  Pharmacopoeia. 
When  the  powder  is  dropped  into  hydrochloric  acid  it  imme- 
diately dissolves,  forming  a  yellow  solution,  which  gradually 
turns  brown  and  finally  becomes  green.  The  green  color,  how- 
ever, is  less  bright  than  that  given  by  the  insoluble  digitaline  to 
be  presently  described,  and  the  solution  also  remains  transparent 
longer. 
