A"cSber,PiSm-}        Drug  Market  for  i902-i9oj.  491 
Cubeb  berries  :  Contained  25  per  cent,  of  twigs,  stems,  worthless 
berries,  etc.;  yielded  6  per  cent.  oil.  The  admixture  of  genuine  but 
worthless  material  far  from  uncommon. 
Diastase  of  malt  (1) :  One  part  converted  30  of  starch.  (2): 
One  part  converted  100  of  starch. 
Eucalyptol :  Sp.  gr,,  0*9272;  optical  rotation  +  i°  3c/.  Should 
be  inactive;  boiling  point  1740  to  175 0  C;  seldom  meet  with  a 
sample  complying  strictly  with  U.  S.  P.  requirements. 
Gamboge,  powdered :  Contained  a  notable  amount  of  starch, 
apparently  rice  flour. 
Gulden  seal:  Contained  23-8  per  cent,  ash  and  202  percent, 
hydrastine  alkaloid.  The  admixture  of  foreign  matter,  either  by 
accident  or  design,  is  far  too  prevalent. 
Horse  Medley :  Supposed  to  be  crude  antimony  sulphide ;  con- 
tained 99  per  cent,  wood  charcoal. 
Jaborandi  leaf :  Contained  16-7  per  cent,  of  sticks,  stems  and  other 
foreign  matter. 
Jaborandi,  fluid  extract  :  Contained  0-32  per  cent,  alkaloid ; 
standard,  0-75  per  cent. 
Linseed  meal:  Carload  lot;  oil  had  been  removed;  only  18  per 
cent,  remained. 
Lithium  carbonate:  Contained  98-25  per  cent,  lithium  carbonate 
and  slight  excess  of  sulphate.  (U.  S.  P.  requirement,  99  per  cent, 
lithium  carbonate.) 
Lycopodium  :  Two  lots  contained  small  percentage  of  starch. 
Gave  2  per  cent,  ash,  which  is  below  the  U.  S.  P.  limit  of  5  per  cent. 
Mace:  Adulterated  with  Malabar  mace,  ingeniously  colored  to 
resemble  the  genuine.  Microscopical  sections  differ  little  from  the 
genuine  product. 
Mercurial  ointment :  Did  not  contain  any  mercury. 
Oil,  almond,  French  :  Supposed  to  be  expressed  from  peach  ker- 
nels.   Consists  wholly  or  in  part  of  peanut  oil. 
Oil,  bay  :  Sp.  gr.  too  low;  0-9427.    Should  be  0-965  to  0-975. 
Oil,  caraway  :  Prepared  by  admixture  of  carvene  and  carvol  in 
varying  proportions. 
Oil,  cedar:  Abnormal  in  all  points  ;  sp.  gr.,  0-8857;  optical  rota- 
tion,— 1°  55;.  Insoluble  in  ten  volumes  of  80  per  cent,  alcohol. 
The  quality  of  oil  cedar  seems  to  be  abnormally  bad. 
Oil,  citronella :  (1)  Adulterated  with  resin  spirit;  (2)  adulterated 
with  kerosene — very  common. 
