'1878?™'}  Gleanings  from  the  German  Journals.  519 
Am   Jour.  Pharm. 
Nov 
and  washed,  in  well-tinned  kettles  by  steam,  decanting  the  exuding 
oil,  straining  it  and  exposing  it  to  a  low  temperature  ;  on  conveying  it 
afterwards  to  a  warm  room,  all  stearin  will  crystallize  and  settle. 
The  oil  should  then  be  decanted,  bottled  and  sealed,  and  may  be  kept 
for  six  years  without  becoming  rancid. — Zeitscbr.  Oest.  Apoth.  Ver., 
Aug.  20,  p.  386,  from  Pharm.  Handehbl. 
Effect  of  Food  on  the  Formation  of  Bone.—  Lehmann 
states  that  a  young  pig,  fed  for  126  days  on  potatoes  alone,  was 
attacked  by  Rachitis,  while  the  skeleton  of  others  of  the  same  age, 
supplied  with  potatoes  and  phosphates  as  food  for  the  same  length  of 
time,  was  fully  developed,  there  being,  however,  a  considerable  differ- 
ence between  them  ;  those  fed  on  potassium  phosphate  had  more  porous 
and  specifically  lighter  bones,  than  those  supplied  besides  with  phos- 
phate and  carbonate  of  calcium. — Chem.  Centralbl.,  No.  31. 
Alleged  Anhydrous  Quinidia  (Conchinia)  Sulphate. — O.  Hesse 
contradicts  Petit  and  De  Vrij's  statements  that  commercial  quinidia  sul- 
phate is  nearly  anhydrous,  and  states  that  the  homocinchonidia  salt  is 
the  only  anhydrous  sulphate  of  the  cinchona-alkaloids,  while  quinidia 
sulphate  contains  in  100  parts:  82*87  alkaloid,  12*53  H2S04,  and  4*60 
water  of  crystallization  ;  it  loses  not  more  than  1  per  cent,  water  at 
I00°C,  but  parts  with  all  when  kept  for  some  time  at  a  temperature 
of  I20°C,  and  soon  regains  it  again  on  being  exposed  to  a  moist 
atmosphere. — Ber.  Deutsch.  Chem.  Ges.,  1878,  p.  1162. 
Milk  as  a  Vehicle  for  Quinia. —  Battersburg  considers  milk  the 
best  vehicle  for  quinia,  and  states  that  0*o6  gram  of  quinia  in  30*0 
milk  can  scarcely  be  detected  by  the  taste,  while  0*12  quinia  imparts 
only  a  slightly  bitter  taste  to  30  grams  of  milk,  and  0-03  quinia  in  a 
tumblerful  of  milk  cannot  be  tasted  at  all. — Pharm.  Ztschr.  f.  Russl., 
August  15,  from  Aerztl.  Intell.  Bl.  . 
Cinco  Folhas  and  Sparattospermin.  —  Sparattosperma  leucan- 
tha,  Mart.,  syn.  Bignonia  leucantha  Vellos.,  belonging  to  the  natural 
order  of  Bignoniaceae,  indigenous  to  Brazil,  commonly  known  as  Cinco 
Folhas  (five-leaf),  is  described  by  Dr,  Theo.  Peckolt  as  a  stately,  high 
tree,  losing  its  foliage  in  July,  and  obtaining  it  again  in  November,  its 
delicate,  white  blossoms  soon  turning  to  a  light-violet  color  ;  the  fruit 
ripens  in  February,  and  consists  of  pods  as  thick  as  a  finger  and  about 
