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4.  Dissolve  ferri  pyrophosph.  ^xx,  in  aq.  ferv.  fgviij. 
Add  solution  No.  3  to  No.  2  ;  then  add  No.  4,  then  No.  1,  and 
finally  add  1|  pint  simple  syrup  and  J  pint  alcohol.  The  whole  meas- 
ures 8J  pints,  and  may  be  colored  by  caramel  to  suit ;  each  fluidounce 
contains  about  9i  grs.  pyrophosphate,  |  gr.  alkaloids,  and  1  gr.  each 
of  ginger,  calamus  and  cardamom.  It  has  a  very  pleasant,  warm, 
aromatic,  but,  at  the  same  time,  a  decidedly  bitter,  taste.  The  un- 
bleached quinia  may  be  prepared  from  the  infusion  of  calisaya  bark, 
made  with  acidulated  water,  by  precipitating  with  an  alkali.  I  have 
come  into  possession  of  a  chinoidin  containing  a  large  percentage  of 
quinia  and  quinidia,  which  has  been  used  with  advantage. 
The  two  formulas  published  above  represent  the  two  views  held  by 
our  pharmacists,  namely,  that  cinchona  bark,  as  such,  and  the  isolated 
alkaloids  alone  should  be  combined  with  salts  of  iron. 
GLEANINGS  FROM  THE  GERMAN  JOURNALS. 
By  John  M.  Maisch. 
Alkaloids  in  Boraginaceon. — Prof.  Buchheim  proved  with  tannin, 
phosphomolybdic  and  phosphotungstic  acids,  the  presence  of  traces  of 
alkaloids  in  the  infusions  and  tinctures  of  Anchusa  officinalis,  Echium 
vulgare,  Lycopsis  arvensis,  Symphytum  officinale,  Pulmonaria  offici- 
nalis, Lithospermum  arvense,  Myosotis  palustris  and  stricta ;  the  alka- 
loids could  not  be  isolated  by  means  of  the  above  precipitants  ;  by 
Stas'  method  they  were  obtained  as  amorphous,  brownish,  hygroscopic 
masses  of  alkaline  reaction,  and  readily  soluble  in  alcohol  and  water. 
The  extracts  of  the  two  first  named  plants  produced  upon  frogs  faint 
symptoms  of  curare  poisoning,  all  the  others  merely  pain  at  the  place 
of  application. — Zeitschr.  d.  Oesterr.  Apoth.  Ver.  1871, 106,  107. 
Chloi'ide  of  Ethylideri  is  coming  into  use  in  Germany  as  an  anaes- 
thetic. Prof.  Langenbeck  compares  it  with  chloroform,  and  finds 
that  the  chloride  of  ethyliden  acts  in  smaller  doses  and  more  rapidly, 
usually  in  one  to  one  and  a  half  minutes  ;  that  its  inhalation  is  more 
agreeable,  does  not  irritate,  and  appears  not  to  produce  coughing;  that 
its  anaesthetic  effects  continue  while  the  patient  returns  to  conscious- 
ness ;  that  alterations  in  the  pulse  and  symptoms  of  suffocation  are 
not  observed.  The  remedy  should  be  chemically  pure,  with  a  boiling 
point  of  60°  to  62°  C— iV".  Jahrh.  f  Pharm.,  1870,  Aug.  from  BerL 
klin.  Wochenschr.,  1870,  No.  33. 
