Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  ) 
Dec.  1, 1872.  j 
The  New  Treatment  of  Itch. 
a  percentage  of  quinine  which  would  fit  it  for  the  purposes  of  the  man- 
ufacturer. This  may  be  owing  to  a  difference  in  the  sort  cultivated ; 
if  otherwise,  it  marks  a  more  favorable  climate  for  this  species  than, 
the  East  Indies  present. 
The  reverse  may  be  remarked  of  the  C.  officinalis,  which  has  prob- 
ably not  been  planted  at  a  sufficient  altitude  above  the  sea. 
The  C.  succirubra  resembles  that  grown  in  India,  with  the  excep- 
tion of  the  specimen  from  "  Cold-spring."  The  latter  is  thin,  and 
with  the  appearance  of  having  grown  slowly,  but  is  of  very  good  qua- 
lity, containing  quinine,  cinchonine,  and  cinchonidine  in  almost  equal 
proportions,  together  with  great  abundance  of  the  peculiar  cincho- 
tannic  acid.    It  would  be  exactly  suited  to  pharmaceutical  purposes. 
The  C.  micrantha  and  the  C.  pahudiana  are  of  equal  value.  The 
C.  micrantha  contains  more  quinine  and  less  cinchonine  than  usual. 
The  C.  pahudiana  contains  about  as  much  quinine,  more  cinchonidine 
and  the  same  amount  of  cinchonine  as  the  last. 
They  are  both  inferior  to  those  previously  named.  The  three  best 
specimens  might  be  worth  from  Is.  6d.  to  Is.  10c?.  per  lb.,  for  manu- 
facturing purposes,  or  might  command  even  a  higher  price  for  drug- 
gists' use.  The  others  would  also  sell  at  prices  higher  or  lower,  ac^ 
cording  to  the  fancy  of  the  purchasers. 
I  return  samples  for  quantitative  analysis,  and  remain  yours,  etc., 
[Signed]  John  Eliot  Howard. 
— Pharm.  Journ.,  Lond.,  Aug.  3,  1872. 
THE  NEW  TREATMENT  OF  ITCH. 
The  following  translation  from  the  German  of  Professor  Rothmund, 
we  quote  from  an  English  source : — 
The  remedies  hitherto  in  use  for  the  itch,  such  as  Wilkinson's  sul- 
phur ointment,  Hebra's  tar  soap,  Vlemingx'  solution,  etc.,  are  not  to 
be  compared  for  certainty,  rapidity  and  pleasantness  of  cure  with 
styrax  and  Peruvian  balsam.  Styrax  was  first  recommended  in  itch 
in  1865,  by  Von  Pastau,  of  Berlin.  It  has  shown  itself  a  most  effica- 
cious remedy,  due  to  its  containing  cinnamein,  cinnamonic  acid  and 
resin.  It  is  used  as  a  mixture: — Styrax,  ^ij,  ol.  olivar.  3j,  or  thus, 
styrax,  3ij,  alcohol,  3SS,  ol.  olivar.,  ^ij.  Styrax  is  a  good  and  cheap 
remedy,  its  only  disadvantage  being  its  very  disagreeable  smell. 
For  children  it  is  used  in  the  form  of  soap.    Balsam  of  Peru  is  even 
