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usual  courtesy,  tried  this  preparation.  I  append  some  of  their  opinions., 
so  far  as  they  bear  on  the  keeping  and  non-irritating  properties  of  this 
solution. 
Dr.  A.  Jacob  writes  :  "  When  I  received  your  salicylate  I  placed  it 
side  by  side  with  a  sulphate  solution  in  my  case  of  collyria,  and  I  have 
used  them  comparatively  in  a  great  number  of  cases.  I  find  now  that, 
though  exposed  to  the  air,  it  contains  none  of  the  fungoid  growth 
common  in  atropine  solutions,  and  its  mydriatic  properties,  as  satisfac- 
tory as  the  first  day.  It  is,  unlike  the  Pharmacopoeial  liq.  atropiae. 
quite  unirritating.  It  does  not  produce  the  conjunctival  irritation 
which  prevents  in  some  cases  the  unlimited  use  of  the  ordinary  solu- 
tions." 
The  rest  of  the  paper  was  taken  up  with  reports  from  Dr.  Fitz- 
gerald, Surgeon-Oculist  in  Ordinary  to  the  Queen  in  Ireland,  and 
Dr.  Swanzy,  both  as  regards  its  keeping  properties  and  non-irritating 
power. 
Owing  to  the  supposed  antiseptic  properties  of  the  acids,  the  ben- 
zoate  and  borate  of  atropia  had  been  made,  but  solutions  of  these  salts 
proved  a  failure,  a  fungus  appearing  after  one  or  two  months. 
NOTES  ON  SOME  MEDICINAL  AND  OTHER  USEFUL 
PLANTS. 
By  Prof.  X.  Landerer,  Athens. 
Cyclamen  Europseum  and  Hederae folium. — The  tuberous  roots 
of  these  plants,  the  yjr/Xa.fitc,  of  the  ancient  Greeks,  has  been  used  in 
olden  times  and  is  still  employed  by  the  peasants  as  a  remedy  in 
scrophulous  affections  ;  the  root,  radix  cyclaminis  s.  arthanitae  of 
older  pharmacy,  is  popularly  called  swine-bread,  being  dug  up  and  de- 
voured by  these  animals.  The  herdsmen  of  Greece  eat  it  for  its  purg- 
ative properties.  In  ancient  times  the  flowers  were  used  for  garlands, 
and  the  plant,  having  been  consecrated  to  Bacchus,  the  wine  goblets 
were  surrounded  with  the  leaves  of  the  kissos,  ivy,  and  the  flowers  of 
kyklamis. 
Chrysanthemum  segetum,  which  is  principally  found  in  burying- 
grounds,  is  used  in  Greece  in  the  same  manner  as  the  Persian  insect 
powder,  and  is  quite  efficaceous  for  the  purpose,  particularly  when 
used  in  fumigation.    The  plant  was  known  in  olden  times  under  the 
