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(    January,  1915. 
means  taken  to  destroy  the  enzymes  present,  would  probably  give 
much  better  physiological  results. 
Under  embelia  the  fruit  of  either  Embelia  ribes  or  E.  robusta  is 
allowed,  but  the  commercial  article  nearly  always  consists  of  the  fruit 
E.  robusta,  easily  recognized  by  its  longitudinally  striated  surface. 
Grindelia  is  now  referred  to  Grindelia  camporum,  Greene,  in  accord- 
ance with  the  information  published  by  Mr.  P.  E.  F.  Perredes  in 
1909-10.  Hyoscyami  folia  are  now  the  dried  leaves  only,  not  "  the 
fresh  leaves  and  flowers  with  the  branches  to  which  they  are  at- 
tached," as  in  the  last  edition,  nor  need  the  leaves  be  obtained  from 
the  biennial  plant.  In  this  case  also  the  boiling-down  process  seems 
to  have  been  carried  too  far,  since  the  inferior  Continental  annual 
henbane  can  be  used,  as  no  alkaloidal  percentage  is  required.  Kino 
is  slightly  lowered  in  quality,  only  75  per  cent,  being  required  to  dis- 
solve in  boiling  water,  as  against  80  per  cent,  in  the  last  edition. 
Kino  eucalypti  must,  however,  have  80  per  cent,  soluble  in  water, 
but  whether  hot  or  cold  is  not  stated.  Under  menthol,  Mentha  pipe- 
rita is  no  longer  given  as  a  source  of  menthol,  although  it  may  be 
included  under  "  and  probably  other  species  of  Mentha." 
Under  myrobalanum,  the  official  dried  immature  fruits  are  said 
to  be  usually  distinguished  in  commerce  as  Chebulic  myrobalans. 
This  is  not  correct ;  they  are  distinguished  as  black  Chebulic  myro- 
balans, the  mature  fruit  being  larger  and  of  a  pale-brown  color. 
In  Aid  of  Belgian  Pharmacists. — The  people  of  the  United 
States  are  well  aware  of  the  devastation  and  havoc  wrought  by  the 
unfortunate  European  War  to  the  people  of  Belgium.  The  American 
people  have  as  usual  responded  in  a  magnanimous  manner  to  the 
appeals  for  food,  and  various  organizations  have  been  sending  con- 
tributions for  the  assistance  of  their  colleagues  on  the  other  side  of 
the  water.  An  appeal  is  sent  out  , by  a  number  of  Pharmacists  of 
Amsterdam,  Holland,  for  the  financial  aid  of  the  Pharmacists  of 
Belgium  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  Pharmacists  of  the  United 
States  will  heed  the  appeal  and  render  such  assistance  as  they  can 
to  re-establish  their  colleagues  of  Belgium.  Surely  those  of  us 
who  have  visited  this  country  will  recall  the  hospitality  with  which 
we  were  received  and  probably  no  nation  has  rendered  greater  inter- 
national service  to  Pharmacy  than  Belgium.  Subscriptions  will  be 
received  by  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy  and  correspon- 
dence solicited  that  effective  plans  of  relief  might  be  perfected  at 
once. 
