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and  when  properly  filtered  is  a  very  pellucid  oil  of  a  delicate  pale- 
yellow  color. 
"  Among  the  fish  oils,  and  other  oils,  locally  obtained  or  met  with? 
in  the  East,  are,  at 
"  Madras.  Karahmanoo  oil,  from  Polynemus  plebeius  and  P. 
uronemus  ;  skate  oil,  serinei  oil  (shark  liver). 
"  Bohet  fish  liver  oil,  oil  from  the  loggerhead  turtle  (Oaouna  dioacear 
Each.). 
"  Patna.    Porpoise  oil. 
"  Calcutta.    Fish  maw  oil ;  Joree  and  Seephoo  oil. 
"  In  the  Archipelago.    Muria  ekam  fish  oil. 
"  On  the  Western  and  Malabar  coasts  an  oil  is  prepared  which  is. 
supplied  to  the  hospitals  for  the  use  of  the  troops  :  this,  in  many 
cases,  is  obtained  from  the  liver  of  the  skate  or  ray,  saw  fish,  cat  fish, 
seer  and  white  shark  indiscriminately.  From  analysis  and  experi- 
ments, it  has  been  found  to  equal  in  its  medicinal  properties  the  best 
cod-liver  oil,  but  from  its  disagreeable  taste  and  odor  it  could  never 
supersede  that  oil.  At  Kurrachee,  large  quantities  of  fish  liver  are 
prepared,  but  it  is  not  so  well  made  as  at  Malabar  and  Calicut. — 6W 
nadian  Pharm.  Journ.,  July,  1871. 
NOTES  ON  THE  MEDICINAL  PLANTS  OF  THE  SCROPHULA- 
RIACECE. 
By  John  R.  Jackson,  A.  L.  S. 
This  order,  which  is  for  the  most  part  composed  of  herbaceous 
plants,  is  usually  considered  as  comparatively  unimportant  in  an  eco- 
nomical point  of  view.  With  us  this  is  to  some  extent  true,  the  fox- 
glove (Digitalis  purpurea)  being  the  only  officinal  plant  of  the  group  ; 
but  in  other  countries  many  species  are  esteemed  as  valuable  medi- 
cines. The  family  is  very  widely  distributed;  its  members  are  most 
abundant  in  temperate  regions,  but  some  are  nevertheless  found  in 
other  climates.  Though  many  of  the  plants  are  acrid  and  bitter,, 
their  medicinal  properties  vary  very  much,  as  will  be  seen  in  the  fol- 
lowing consideration  of  the  different  species.  Thus,  in  the  foxglove,, 
which  is  so  well  known  that  we  need  not  describe  the  plant,  the  effects 
are  remarkable  for  their  varied  operation,  altering  the  frequency  of 
the  pulse,  or  enfeebling  the  action  of  the  heart  in  various  degrees  ia 
different  persons. 
