THE 
AMERICAN  JOURNAL  OF  PHARMACY, 
JANUARY,    1  857. 
INVESTIGATION  AND  EXAMINATION  OF  A  BARK  RECENTLY 
INTRODUCED  INTO  THE  DRUG  MARKETS  OF  NEW  YORK 
AND  PHILADELPHIA,  AND  OFFERED  FOR  SALE  AS  THE 
GENUINE  WINTER'S  BARK. 
By  E.  S.  Wayne,  Cincinnati. 
Upon  a  recent  visit  to  the  East,  I  was  shown  by  Mr.  Edward 
Parrish,  of  Philadelphia,  a  specimen  of  a  bark  which  he  informed 
me  was  offered  for  sale  by  one  of  the  drug  houses  of  that  city 
as  the  genuine  Winter's  bark.  My  opinion  was  asked,  at  the 
same  time,  concerning  it ;  whether  it  was  Winter's  bark  or  not ; 
if  not,  was  I  acquainted  with  it,  and  what  was  the  name  and 
origin  of  it  ?  From  the  appearance  of  the  bark  it  was  easy  for 
any  one  acquainted  with  that  of  the  genuine  Winter's  bark, 
to  decide  at  once  that  it  was  not  the  same;  but  what  it  was,  or 
its  origin,  we  were  unable  to  tell.  Meeting  afterwards  with  Prof. 
Wm.  Procter,  I  questioned  him  concerning  the  same,  and  found 
that  he  was  also  unacquainted  with  it. 
A  few  days  after  my  interview  with  Mr.  Edward  Parrish,  I 
again  met  my  new  acquaintance  in  the  drug  house  of  Mr.  Geo. 
W.  Lawrence,  of  New  York.  Upon  recognizing  it  I  inquired  what 
it  was,  and  was  informed  that  it  was  Winter's  bark.  Feeling 
somewhat  curious  concerning  it,  I  made  a  number  of  inquiries, 
with  the  hope  of  obtaining  some  clue  to  its  origin;  the  only 
point  I  could,  however,  ascertain  concerning  it  was,  that  it  was 
imported  from  the  west  coast  of  South  America.  By  permission, 
I  selected  about  a  pound  of  the  bark,  which  I  took  home  with 
me,  with  the  intention  of  examining  its  proximate  constituents, 
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