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cirrhosis  of  the  female  breast,  castration,  menopause,  functional  im- 
potency  in  men,  chronic  alcoholism,  nervous  vomiting  and  vomiting 
in  pregnancy,  neurasthenia,  locomotor  ataxia,  exophthalmic  goiter 
and  the  migraines." — /.  Am.  M.  Assoc.,  19 13,  v.  61,  p.  192 1. 
CUNILA    MARIANA    L.,    A    SUBSTITUTE    FOR    SpIGELIA.  StOCk- 
berger,  W.  W.  Several  samples  offered  as  pink  root,  recently  sub- 
mitted by  dealers  in  crude  drugs,  were  found  on  investigation  to  be 
spurious  and  to  consist  largely  of  Cunila  mariana  L. — /.  Am.  Pharm. 
Assoc.,  1914,  v.  3,  pp.  33-34. 
Cusylol. — Cusylol  is  a  soluble  form  of  copper  citrate,  intro- 
duced for  use  in  ophthalmic  work.  It  is  a  blue  crystalline  powder, 
soluble  about  1 :  3  in  water.  The  powder  is  stable.  Solutions  above 
1 :  1,000  in  strength  do  not  keep  well,  since  they  attack  some  kinds 
of  glass  with  the  formation  of  a  flocculent  deposit. — Pharm.  J.,  igi4, 
v.  92,  p.  136. 
Digipan,  according  to  the  manufacturers,  represents,  with  the 
exception  of  digitonin,  all  of  the  glucosides  of  digitalis  leaves, 
obtainable  by  extraction  at  not  exceeding  300. — Sudd.  Apoth.-Ztg., 
1913*  v.  53,  p.  833. 
Diogenal  is  a  new  sedative  related  to  veronal.  Chemically  it  is 
dibrom-propyl-diethyl-barbituric  acid,  C11H16Br2N202.  It  is  a  white 
crystalline  powder  melting  at  1260.  The  average  dose  is  15  grains. — 
Chem.  and  Drug.,  1914,  v.  84,  p.  37. 
Echinacea. — Anon.  Echinacea  has  been  claimed  to  be  a 
"  specific  "  for  rattlesnake  bite,  syphilis,  typhoid  fever,  malaria,  diph- 
theria and  hydrophobia.  Later  enthusiasts  have  credited  it  with 
equally  certain  curative  effects  in  tuberculosis,  tetanus  and  exoph- 
thalmic goiter,  and  with  power  of  retarding  the  development  of  can- 
cer. On  the  basis  of  the  available  evidence  the  Council  on  Pharmacy 
and  Chemistry  decided  that  echinacea  was  not  worthy  of  recognition 
as  a  drug  of  probable  value.  Accordingly  it  voted  not  to  describe 
the  drug  in  New  and  Non-official  Remedies  ( The  Journal,  Nov.  27, 
1909,  p.  1836).  So  far  as  can  be  learned  no  reliable  evidence  for  the 
claims  made  for  this  drug  has  been  presented  since  the  Council  de- 
cided that  the  available  evidence  did  not  entitle  it  to  a  place  in  New 
and  Non-official  Remedies. — /.  Am.  M.  Assoc.,  v.  61,  p.  2089. 
Elarson  is  the  strontium  salt  of  chlorarsenobehenolic  acid,  con- 
taining about  13  per  cent,  of  elementary  arsenic  and  about  6  per 
cent,  of  chloride.  It  occurs  as  an  almost  white,  amorphous,  tasteless 
powder,  insoluble  in  water  but  slightly  soluble  in  alcohol  and  ether. 
