166 
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f  Am.  Jour .  Pharm. 
I      April,  1894. 
Wittstein  says  furthermore,  Solanine  is  "  not  soluble  in  ether." 
Solnine,  upon  the  contrary,  was  made  by  abstracting  the  alkaloid 
by  means  of  boiling  ether. 
If  Solnine  as  made  by  me  (I  found  no  other  alkaloid)  is  the  alka- 
loid obtained  by  Mr.  Krauss,  it  must  be  his  other  soluble  alkaloid, 
unless  his  alcohol  soluble  alkaloid  is  also  soluble  in  ether,  in  which 
case  (Wittstein)  it  is  not  Solanine. 
As  a  summary  it  may  be  said  that  my  work  supports  the  experi- 
mental announcement  of  Mr.  Krauss  in  that  it  demonstrates  that 
this  plant  must  be  placed  with  the  alkaloid  bearing  drugs.  The 
figures  of  the  crystals  in  the  frontispiece  convey  for  the  first  time  in 
print  the  appearance  of  crystals  of  ordinary  size.  A  consider- 
able amount  of  the  alkaloid  is  now  in  my  possession  and  will  be 
forwarded  to  Prof.  Trimble  for  further  examination,  with  a  view  to 
establishing  its  location  permanently. 
The  following  are  references  to  the  drug  : 
American  Journal  of  Pharmacy,  1889,  552. 
Transactions  of  Med.  Society,  S.  C,  1889. 
Virginia  Med.  Monthly,  Sept.,  1889. 
American  Journal  of  Pharmacy,  1890,  p.  601. 
American  Journal  of  Pharmacy,  189 1,  p.  65. 
American  Journal  of  Pharmacy,  1 891,  p.  126. 
American  Journal  of  Pharmacy,  1 891 ,  p.  216. 
Notes  on  New  Remedies,  Sept.,  1 891 . 
Chicago  Med.  Times  (Eclectic),  1889,  p.  555. 
Chicago  Med.  Times  (Eclectic),  1890,  p.  8. 
Chicago  Med.  Times  (Eclectic),  1891,  p.  162. 
Eclectic  Medical  Journal,  1891,  p.  554. 
Eclectic  Medical  Journal,  Sept.,  1893,  p.  455. 
Eclectic  Annual,  Vol.  I,  p.  25. 
American  Therapist,  Dec.  1892.  Copied  from  E.  M.  J.,  1893,  455. 
National  Dispensatory,  1894,  p.  592. 
United  States  Dispensatory,  1894,  p.  1744. 
CREOSOTE  OR  CREASOTE? 
By  Charles  Rice. 
Some  eighteen  months  ago  the  writer  was  requested  by  a  corre- 
spondent, who  desired  the  information  for  lexicographical  purposes, 
to  give  an  opinion  regarding  the  preferable  spelling  of  the  word 
