THE  AMERICAN 
JOURNAL  OF  PHARMACY. 
JANUARY,  i8gi. 
NOTES  ON  VEGETABLE  DRUGS  USED  IN  MEXICO. 
By  John  M.  Maisch. 
On  the  appearance  of  the  second  edition  of  the  Mexican  Pharma- 
copoeia, a  series  of  articles  published  in  this  Journal  in  1885  and 
1886,  gave  an  account  of  the  drugs  admitted  into  that  work,  the 
title  of  the  papers  being  "  Materia  Medica  of  the  New  Mexican 
Pharmacopoeia."  Quite  recently — the  introductory  part  is  dated 
October  28,  1890 — additions  to  that  Pharmacopoeia  have  been 
issued  under  the  title  of  "  Apendice  a  la  segunda  edicion  de  la  Nueva 
Farmacopea  Mexicana  de  la  Sociedad  Farmaceutica  de  Mexico  ; 
escrita  por  la  Comision  Permanente  de  Farmacopea."  The  work  is 
printed  in  a  style  conforming  to  that  of  the  main  work,  the  addi- 
tions being  contained  upon  51  pages,  not  including  index  or  pre- 
liminary matter.  The  permanent  commission  was  the  same  as  the 
one  who  edited  the  Pharmacopoeia,  except  Dr.  Fernando  Altami- 
rano,  who  was  appointed  in  the  place  of  Dr.  Soriano,  resigned.  The 
other  members  are  Professors  Alfonso  Herrera,  Jose  M.  Lasso  de  la 
Vega  and  Severiano  Perez. 
it  is  intended  to  give  in  the  present  paper  an  account  of  the 
vegetable  drugs  admitted,  and  of  such  corrections  of  previous 
statements,  as  well  as  of  such  other  notes  that  may  appear  to  merit 
special  notice.  Instead  of  following  the  alphabetical  arrangement 
according  to  the  Spanish  names  of  the  drugs,  a  more  comprehensive 
view  will  probably  be  had  by  considering  the  drugs  under  the 
botanical  names  of  the  plants  grouped  together  in  natural  orders. 
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