Am,  Jour.  Pharm.") 
December,  1903.  J 
Progress  in  Pharmacy. 
58i 
(2)  Gum  olibanum,  16;  gum  benzoin,  1*5  ;  cascarilla  bark,  i; 
styrax,  0-5.  Mix. 
(3)  Olibanum,  14;  benzoin,  4;  tincture  of  cascarilla,  20.  Mix, 
dry,  and  make  into  a  coarse  powder. 
(4)  Olibanum,  12;  benzoin,  3;  liquid  styrax,  3  ;  oil  of  lavender,  3. 
Mix. 
Hetralin. — This  is  dioxybenzol  hexamethylene  tetramine  and 
occurs  in  white  needle-shaped  crystals,  soluble  in  4  parts  of  hot  and 
14  of  cold  water;  it  is  not  readily  decomposed  at  ordinary  tempera- 
tures. Hetralin  is  to  be  given  in  daily  doses  of  from  1  to  1-5 
grammes. 
Ipecacuanhic  Acid. — Kimmura  (Apothek.  Zeit.y  1903,  page  451) 
finds  this  to  be  a  glucoside  acid,  having  the  formula  Cl7H26O10. 
Ipecacuanhic  acid  has  little  or  no  effect  in  dysentery,  and  can  there- 
fore not  be  considered  to  be  the  active  principle  of  de-emetized 
ipecacuanha. 
The  Karaka  Fruit  of  the  Maoris,  obtained  from  Corynocarpus 
Laevigata,  has  been  examined  by  Easterfield  and  Aston,  who  found 
about  15  per  cent,  of  a  fixed  oil,  and  in  the  aqueous  extract,  mannite, 
mannose  and  dextrose.  On  distillation  this  extract  furnishes  a  con- 
siderable quantity  of  hydrocyanic  acid.  From  it  Skey  was  able  to 
isolate  a  glucoside  which  has  been  called  karakin.  This  is  a  crystal- 
line body  of  the  formula  C15H24015N3,  which  melts  at  1220  C.  A 
second  glucoside  corynocarpin,  in  fine  needle-like  crystals,  melting 
at  1400  C,  has  also  been  extracted. 
Narkotile,  noted  in  a  previous  number  of  this  Journal  (A.  J.  P., 
1903,  page  415),  is  a  mixture  of  chloride  of  ethyl  and  chloride  of 
methyl  obtained  by  the  action  of  hydrochloric  acid  on  a  mixture  of 
ethyl  and  methyl  alcohol.  It  is  a  clear  stable  liquid  not  decomposed 
by  light,  colorless  and  very  volatile.  It  is  highly  inflammable  and 
should  never  be  used  near  an  open  light  or  fire.  (Apothek.  Zeitung, 
1903,  page  402.) 
Palm  Oil  and  Palm  Kernel  Oil. — Under  this  heading  G.  Fendler 
(Ber.  d.  Deut.  Phar.  Gesell.,  1903,  page  115)  gives  an  account  of  the 
origin,  physical  properties  and  uses  of  these  oils. 
The  fruit  of  the  palm  tree  occurs  in  grape-like  bunches  weighing 
from  20  to  30  kilos,  the  individual  fruits  weighing  from  3-5  to  10 
grammes.  The  fleshy  portion  of  the  fruit,  consisting  of  from  24  to 
70  per  cent,  by  weight,  furnishes  the  palm  oil,  and  the  kernel,  9  to 
