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Spigelia,  as  far  as  we  know  the  Spigelia  root  and  rhizome  of  the 
Pharmacopoeia. 
While  thus  the  roots  of  Spigelia  may  be  readily  distinguished 
rom  those  of  Ruellia,  I  intend  to  illustrate  the  anatomical  structure 
of  the  parts  above  ground  of  these  plants,  in  a  subsequent  paper,  in 
order  to  make  the  distinction  as  plain  as  possible. 
Brookland,  D.  C.,  October,  1906. 
UNITED  STATES  ARMY  LABORATORY.1 
By  C.  Lewis  Diehi,. 
When  I  graduated  in  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  in 
1862,  it  was  my  earnest  wish  that  I  might  have  the  opportunity  to 
engage  in  the  practical  production  of  pharmaceuticals  and  chemicals 
on  a  manufacturing  scale.  This  opportunity  came  to  me  during  the 
late  spring  of  that  year,  when  I  received  a  position  with  John 
Wyeth  &  Brother,  who  were  then  engaged  in  filling  large  con- 
tracts to  supply  the  Army  with  drugs  and  medicines,  and  assigned  to 
me  the  charge  of  their  laboratory  about  to  be  opened  for  the  manu- 
facture of  such  pharmaceutical  preparations  as  could  be  profitably 
made  by  them.  Comfortably  and  satisfactorily  situated,  in  a  posi- 
tion in  every  way  comporting  with  my  ambition,  I  was  rudely 
awakened  from  such  dreams  as  are  possible  only  to  youth,  by  the 
reverses  to  our  Army,  by  the  invasion  of  Maryland,  by  the  disaster 
at  Antietam  ;  and,  though  loath  to  relinquish  a  position  in  every 
way  desirable,  I  enlisted  in  the  15th  Pennsylvania — the  so-called 
Anderson — Cavalry  in  fulfilment  of  a  duty  which  had  been  delayed 
only  by  reason  of  the  obligation  to  serve  the  full  term  of  my 
apprenticeship  and  the  desire  to  complete  my  courses  in  the  College 
of  Pharmacy. 
Returning  convalescent,  after  having  been  wounded  at  Murfrees- 
boro  and  discharged  from  the  Army,  I  naturally  applied  for  a  re-en- 
gagement by  the  Messrs.  Wyeth,  but  found  at  the  time  no  opening, 
the  management  of  the  laboratory  having  been  entrusted  to  satisfac- 
tory hands.    It  was  intimated  to  me,  however,  that  there  might  be 
1  This  article  was  prepared  at  the  request  of  Mr.  M.  I.  Wilbert  and  pre- 
sented to  the  historical  section  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association 
in  1905. 
