448  Gleanings  from  the  Medical  Journals.    { ^epfemb^S' 
classed  among  internal  remedies  as  regards  their  repetition,  though 
the  regulations  as  to  bottles  and  labels  that  hold  external  remedies 
still  apply  to  them. — Phila.  Med.  four.,  July,  I 
ANALYSES  OF  SAMPLES  OF  GROUND  COFFEES. 
Secretary  Edge,  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture,  has  recently 
received  from  Professor  Cochrane  a  report  of  his  analyses  of  a  large 
number  of  samples  of  "ground  coffee"  and  "  ground  coffee  com- 
pounds," selected  in  Eastern  Pennsylvania.  The  report,  in  part,  is 
as  follows  : 
"  Composed  of  bran,  cracked  wheat  and  a  little  caramel ;  chiefly 
wheat  bran,  sweetened  and  roasted." 
"  Sample  bears  about  the  same  relation  to  coffee  as  wheat  screen- 
ings do  to  wheat. " 
"  Roasted  sweetened  wheat,  75  per  cent.,  coffee,  25  per  cent." 
"  Composed  of  the  roasted  and  rather  finely  broken  grains  of 
wheat  and  barley." 
"  Sample  is  composed  chiefly  of  wheat  bran." 
"  Composed  of  roasted  cereals  and  husks  of  coca-beans." 
"  Coffee  about  64  per  cent;  pea  hulls,  13  per  cent.;  and  chicory, 
23  per  cent." 
"  Sample  is  roasted  rye." 
"  Sample  is  roasted  barley." 
"  Sample  is  composed  of  wheat,  chicory,  coffee  and  peas,  coarsely 
ground." 
"  Composed  of  peas  about  69  per  cent.;  grains,  29  per  cent.;  and 
chicory  about  2  per  cent." 
Sample  is  composed  of  bran,  cracked  wheat,  chaff  and  caramel." 
"  Sample  is  composed  of  wheat,  chicory,  coffee  and  peas  all 
coarsely  ground." 
Of  all  the  samples  examined,  but  four  were  found  to  be  composed 
of  pure  coffee,  and  of  these  three  were  pronounced  to  be  of  "very 
inferior  quality." — Phila.  Med.  Jour.y  July  30,  1898. 
ADULTERATION  OF  WHEAT  FLOUR. 
This  seems  to  be  a  frequent  and  growing  evil.  When  the  adul- 
terant employed  is  corn,  this  though  an  imposition  on  the  public,  is 
not  harmful,  and  does  not  especially  affect  the  food  value  of  the  pro- 
duct.   The  Maine  Board  of  Agriculture  has  discovered  that  a  busi- 
