Am.  Jour.  Pharm 
November,  1899. 
}       Uses  of  "  Wood  Pulp"  Sheets. 
525; 
COMPARISON  OF  IODOMETRIC  AND  GRAVIMETRIC  RESULTS. 
NUX  VOMICA. 
Drug. 
Iodometric  . 
Gravimetric 
Iodometric  . 
Gravimetric 
Iodometric  . 
Gravimetric 
Iodometric  . 
Gravimetric 
Quantity  Taken 
for  Assay. 
Grammes. 
I 
I 
I 
I 
Iodine 
Consumed. 
0-0526816 
0-0526725 
0-0459179 
o-o459263 
BKLIvADONNA  ROOT. 
2'5  • 
2*5 
2'5 
2-5  * 
BEl<I(ADONNA  TEAVES. 
5  0*0478286 
5  0-0475922 
5 
5 
IPECAC  ROOT. 
2  0-0957764 
2  0-0986633 
2  * 
2  * 
Percentage  of  Alkaloids. 
Iodo- 
metric. 
2-52 
2'52 
0-52 
0-52 
027 
o-27 
2'6l 
2*69 
Gravi- 
metric. 
2*73 
273 
0'5I 
0'5I 
0-28 
0*28 
2-63 
2*62 
♦Alkaloids  shaken  out  and  weighed. 
ON  THE  USE  OF  «  WOOD  PULP  "  SHEETS  AS  A  SUBSTI- 
TUTE FOR  FLAXSEED  MEAL  AND  OTHER  SUB- 
STANCES IN  POULTICES;   ALSO,   A  FEW 
OTHER  USES  FOR  THE  MATERIAL. 
By  Frederick  T.  Gordon,  U.  S.  Navy. 
As  an  introduction  to  an  article  which  I  will  endeavor  to  make  as 
practical  and  comprehensive  as  possible,  I  want  to  say  a  few  words 
on  the  sentimental  side  of  the  subject.  As  an  "  apothecary " 
in  our  naval  service,  the  dollars  and  cents  side  of  the  topic  touches 
me  very  slightly,  my  interest  is  professional,  but  I  know  that  these 
same  dollars  and  cents  are  all-important  to  my  confreres  in  civil 
life.  Therefore,  as  an  individual  and  also  as  a  member  of  a  little 
corps  for  whose  benefit  the  "  druggists"  have  done  so  much  of  late, 
it  gives  me  the  greatest  possible  pleasure  to  be  able  to  suggest  an 
addition  to  the  ways  and  means  by  which  our  druggist  friends  may 
add  to  their  stock  of  useful  articles  and  to  their  profits  as  well. 
