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subjective  change.  Soon  there  set  in  headache,  giddiness,  especially 
a  frequently  expressed  inclination  to  yawn,  and  a  variable  degree  of 
faintness.  In  not  a  few  cases,  vomiting  was  preceded  by  the  outbreak 
of  perspiration,  more  or  less  copious,  sometimes  over  the  whole  body, 
at  other  times  confined  to  the  face.  Along  with  this  there  was  fre- 
quently drowsiness  and  a  certain  amount  of  apathy.  As  soon  as  em- 
esis  was  over,  the  symptoms  above-mentioned  always  began  to  disap- 
pear. The  actual  vomiting  was  preceded,  though  not  in  all  cases,  and 
only  for  a  short  time,  with  eructations  and  retching.  In  a  few  cases 
vomiting  came  on  so  suddenly  and  unexpectedly  that,  without  any 
previous  warning,  at  one  bout,  all  the  contents  of  the  stomach  were 
expelled.  In  these  cases,  generally,  the  symptoms  also  following  the 
act  were  so  slight  that  the  patient  had  scarcely  any  discomfort  imme- 
diately after.  But  always  (and  this  is  of  much  importance  in  contrast 
with  other  emetics),  in  all  cases  the  patient  was  perfectly  well  again 
very  shortly  after  vomiting,  and  only  in  the  latter  observations,  in 
which  a  less  active  preparation  was  used,  were  the  after  effects  some- 
what prolonged,  though,  even  then,  in  comparison  with  other  emetics, 
they  were  both  much  shorter  and  much  less  severe. — Canadian  Pharm. 
Journ.,  March,  1873. 
STRIATED  IPECACUANHAS* 
By  M.  Planchon. 
(Concluded  from  page  116.) 
The  synonymy  of  the  two  kinds  of  striated  ipecacuanha  described 
in  the  former  part  of  this  paper  is  difficult  to  clear  up,  in  consequence 
©f  the  manner  in  which  authors  have  confused  the  two  species.  But 
a  consideration  of  the  characters  previously  indicated  has  enabled  me 
to  do  so  pretty  clearly. 
The  first  author  whom  I  have  found  clearly  referring  to  a  striated 
ipecacuanha  is  Lemery,  who  describes  the  third  of  his  four  species  of 
ipecacuanha  as  "  especegrise  cendree  glycyrrhize'e."t  Now,  this  sort, 
according  to  the  characters  attributed  to  it  (larger  dimensions  than  those 
of  the  official  species,  and  a  sweetish  taste,  recalling  that  of  liquorice) 
can  only  answer  to  my  "  major  "  striated  ipecacuanha.  It  is  the  same 
sort  as  Mutis  had  sent  to  Europe  as  identical  with  "Brazilian"  ipe- 
*Journ.  de  Phirmacie  et  de  Chimie,  vol.  xvii,  p.  19. 
t  Dictionnaire  des  Drogues  Simples,  1759,  p.  459. 
