22 gray's supplement to the pharmacopceia. 
is a very decided improvement on its predecessor. We the 
more readily concede this, as the editor was required to pre- 
serve the general form of the orighial work ; and more 
especially because he, in conjunction with Professor Mohr, 
of Germany, is about to present us with a scientific work on 
Practical Pharmacy, which will not, we hope, be modeled 
after the " Supplement." 
The following extracts from the work will enable the 
reader to infer its character more correctly. 
^'Drstmis (De Cand. i. 78.) 
Drimys Granatensis. 
Drimys MAGNOLiiEFOLiA, and two other species not well 
known (America;) bark, slightly bitter, very acrid, heating 
and aromatic. 
Drimys Winteri. Winterana Jlromatica. America. 
Bark, Cortex Wmteranus^ PVifiier's cin7iamon,Wmiev^s 
bark, thick, channelled across on the outside, grey, much 
cracked on the inside, solid, iron-grey, sharp tasted, aromatic, 
very fragrant ; used in scurvy, vomiting and palsy. Rare 
at present, being not in such esteem as Canella Jilha?^ 
" ^ther Chloricus. Chloric Ether. Chloroform. Ter- 
chloride of Carbon. 
These names have severally been applied to a liquid 
having an ethereal smell, obtained by the distillation of a 
mixture of weak spirit and chloride of lime. 
R. Chloride of limejn powder, - Ihs. iv. 
Water, - - - - lbs. xij. 
Rectified spirit, (alcohol,) - f-5^ij- 
Mix in a capacious retort or still, and distil as long as a dense 
liquid; which sinks in the water with which it comes over, is produced. 
Dumas. 
This process is attended with some danger from the 
swelling up of the ingredients when heat is applied. The 
product obtained by the above process should be rectified 
by agitating it with several portions of strong oil of vitriol, 
