io  Fluid  Extract  of  Cimicifuga.  {Am-j{Z*£Tm' 
fractions — see  table  4.  Towards  the  last,  alcohol  was  added  to  obtain 
the  requisite  amount.  The  first  two  fractions  were  mixed  and  reserved, 
the  remaining  were  mixed  and  evaporated  until  reduced  to  3  fluid- 
ounces,  then  added  to  the  reserved  21  fluidounces.    See  table  4. 
TABLE  4. 
Percolate  from  first 
8  oz  powdered 
Cimicifuga. 
Dry  extraet  con- 
tained. 
Percolate  from  2d 
8  oz  powdered 
Cimicifuga. 
Dry  extract  con- 
tained. 
Percolate  from  3d 
8  oz.  powdered 
Cimicifuga. 
1 
Dry  extract  con- 
tained. 
Extractive  matter 
contained   in  16 
floz.  finished  fld. 
extract- 
Fluid  oz. 
Grains. 
Fluid  oz. 
Grains. 
Fluid  oz. 
Grains. 
Grains. 
16 
393-88 
16 
76o-43 
16 
767.76 
8 
54-20 
8 
76-75 
5 
10922 
8 
30-66 
8 
49-58 
8 
8029 
8 
25-60 
8 
47-22 
8 
49*59 
8 
19-20 
8 
43-68 
8 
47-50 
8 
17-28 
8 
41-32 
8 
45*41 
4 
17-12 
8 
38-96 
7 
30-99 
56 
540  82 
60 
103610 
68 
116972 
778-48 
Recapitulation. — The  56  fluidounces  of  percolate  obtained  from  the 
first  8  troyounces  of  powder  contained  540*82  grains  of  dry  extractive 
matter.  This  percolate  with  the  extractive  matter  contained  was 
passed  through  the  second  portion  of  powder  (8  troy  ounces),  being 
followed  with  enough  fresh  alcohol  to  make  60  fluidounces,  containing 
a  total  of  1036*10  grains  of  dry  extractive  matter.  Deducting  that 
derived  from  the  first  portion  of  powder  leaves  us  495*28  grains  as  the 
result  of  the  second  operation.  The  third  8  troyounces  of  powder  was 
percolated  with  a  menstruum  already  containing  1036*10  grains  of  ex- 
tractive matter.  Fresh  alcohol  enough  was  added  to  produce  68  fluid- 
ounces  of  percolate,  which  contained  1 167*72  grains  of  extract,  deduct- 
ing that  obtained  from  the  16  ounces  of  powder  of  the  two  former 
operations  leaves  131*62  grains.  Sixteen  fluidounces  of  the  finished 
fluid  extract  contained  778*48  grains;  of  this,  665*77  grams  were  con- 
