482 
Assay  of  Drugs. 
j  Am.  Jour.  Pharm 
I     October,  1900. 
The  following  table  gives  the  results  with  strychnine,  brucine  and 
alcohol  at  the  end  of  the  second  twenty-four  hours  : 
STRYCHNINE  NITRATE,  BRUCINE  SULPHATE  AND  ETHYL  ALCOHOL. 
Strychnine  nitrate  .  .  0*15  gm. 
Brucine  sulphate  .  .  .  0-15  gm. 
Alcohol,  94  per  cent.  .  75  c.c. 
Water  25  c.c. 
Temperature  {i6°-2i°  C). 
Second  24  Hours. 
Per  Cent. 
2V  gr.  in  50  c.c.  of 
sol.  or  1  c.c.  sol 
H20  q.s.  50  c.c. 
TV  gr.  in  50  c  c.  of 
sol.  or  2  c  c.  sol. 
HsO  q  s.  50  c.c. 
i  gr.  in  50  c.c.  of 
sol.  or  2\  c.c.  sol. 
H20  q.s.  50  c.c. 
\  gr.  in  50  c  c.  of 
sol.  or  4  c.c.  sol. 
H20  q.s.  50  c.c. 
Pisum  Sativum. 
Lupinus  Albus. 
Actual 
Growth. 
3' 
3'  " 
No  growth 
Remarks. 
Apparently  normal 
Dead,  flabby 
Actual 
Growth. 
17  mm. 
r8 
6- 
6-5 
4-5 
4"5 
No  growth 
Remarks. 
Apparently  normal. 
Dead,  flabby. 
TINCTURE  OF  NUX  VOMICA  (FREE  FROM  FAT). 
Temperature  (i6°-2i°  C).  First  24  Hours. 
Per  Cent. 
Pisum  Sativum. 
Lupinus  Albus. 
Actual 
Growth. 
Remarks. 
Actual 
Growth. 
Remarks. 
BV  gr.  alkaloids  in 
50  c  c.  or  \  c.c. 
tinct.H20  q.s.50  c.c. 
(    4  mm. 
X    4'  " 
>  Apparently  normal 
^    9"  mm. 
I    9-5  " 
^Apparently  normal. 
?V  gr.  alkaloids  in 
50  c  c.  or  \  c  c. 
tinct.H20  q.s.50  c  c. 
{  *: 
t: ; 
}  ■  " 
gr.  alkaloids  in 
50  c.c.  or  1  c  c. 
tinct.H20  q.s. 50c. c. 
C  : 
1    ■  : 
TV  gr.  alkaloids  in 
50  c.c.  or  2  c.c. 
tinct.H20  q.s.50 c  c. 
{ : 
1  •* :: 
L   3-  " 
j   ..  .. 
|  gr.  alkaloids  in 
50  c.c.  or  t\  c  c. 
tinct.HoO  q.s. 50c  c. 
{ ; : 
{ : : 
} 
\  gr.  alkaloids  in 
50  c  c.  or  4  c.c. 
tinct.HoO  q.s.50  c.c. 
-|  No  growth 
V      Dead,  flabby 
^No  growth 
j-       Dead,  flabby. 
