594  Abstracts  from  the  French  Journals.  {^'itZ'S?™' 
apparently  the  fruit  of  a  cucurbitacea,  a  tube  which  bulges  out  at 
the  lower  end,  into  which  a  hole  is  pierced.  The  aguamiel  is 
extracted  by  sucking  at  this  hole  after  the  opposite  pointed  end 
has  been  inserted  into  the  incision ;  when  the  vessel  is  full  the  little 
opening  is  closed  with  the  finger,  and  the  contents  poured  into  the 
leather  bags. 
For  the  scraping  of  the  agaves,  a  rasp  (raspador)  of  the  shape  of 
a  spoon  is  used.  The  vessels  of  hide  in  which  the  beverage  is 
transported  from  the  field  to  the  habitations  are  called  "  bolambres." 
— Translated  from  Gartenflora,  October  I,  1 891,  p.  525,  M.  A.  M. 
ABSTRACTS  FROM  THE  FRENCH  JOURNALS. 
Translated  for  The  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy. 
Antiseptic  and  sedative  treatment  of  hemorrhoids. — .This 
treatment  has  been  successfully  used  by  Dr.  Kassobudski  for  external 
and  also  internal  hemorrhoids.  (1)  For  internal  hemorrhoids: 
chrysarobin  1  gm.,  iodoform  30  eg.,  extr.  belladonna  50  eg.,  cacao 
butter  20  gm.;  to  be  made  into  six  suppositories.  One  suppository 
to  be  used  a  day.  (2)  For  external  hemorrhoids :  a  lotion  of 
corrosive  sublimate  (1  :  1,000)  or  phenol  (I  :  50)  is  used  several 
times  a  day,  succeeding  which  chrysarobin  salve  is  applied,  made  of 
the  same  ingredients  as  the  above  suppositories,  except  that  cacao 
butter  is  replaced  by  vaselin  30  gm. — Revue  d.  Therapeut.,  1 891, 
p.  49. 
Combretum  Raimbaultii,  Heckel. — This  arborescent  plant  is 
indigenous  to  Western  Africa  along  the  coast,  where  it  is  known 
as  kinkeliba,  the  leaves  being  used  in  hematuric  biliary  fever,  to 
which  the  whites  and  also  the  natives  of  those  climates  are  subject. 
The  plant  is  furthermore  used  in  cases  of  severe  colic  and  to  arrest 
vomiting,  and  the  fruit  in  treating  purulent  ulcers.  The  leaves,  in 
the  form  of  decoction  (4  :  250),  are  said  to  be  strongly  tonic, 
diuretic,  to  produce  emesis  at  first,  but  then  to  prevent  the  return 
of  the  same,  and  lastly  to  call  forth  a  biliary  diarrhoea. 
Petroleum  ether  extracts  2  66  per  cent,  of  a  yellow  waxy  matter; 
alcoholic  extraction  yields  27-12  per  cent,  of  substances  consisting 
principally  of  tannin ;  inorganic  constituents  (ash)  present  about 
3  per  cent. — Heckel  and  Schlagdenhauffen,  Nouveaux  Remedes, 
1 89 1,  p.  229. 
