Amjiae!'i879arm' }  Gleanings  from  the  German  Journals.  3  o  r 
not  giving  the  patient  any  intimation  of  its  containing  morphia,  and 
hence  sometimes  securing  its  favorable  reception  when  it  otherwise 
would  be  rejected.  I  should  like  also  to  have  ct  Tully  powder  "  given 
as  its  English  synonym,  as  a  perpetual  tribute  to  one  who  had  made 
greater  attainments  in  materia  medica,  perhaps,  than  any  other  Ameri- 
can physician  of  his  day. 
Yours,  Wm.  Manlius  Smith,  iM.D. 
GLEANINGS  FROM  THE  GERMAN  JOURNALS. 
By  Louis  von  Cotzhausen,  Ph.G. 
Vinum  Cinchonae. — Hager  suggests  the  preparation  of  cinchona 
wine  with  a  menstruum  consisting  of  100  parts  of  white  wine  and  1  or 
\\  part  of  hydrochloric  acid,  and  claims  that  all  alkaloids  will  be 
obtained  in  solution,  while  the  cinchona-red  will  be  combined  in  such  a 
manner  that  there  will  probably  be  no  sediment  whatever  in  the  vinous 
macerate.  Wine  thus  prepared  augments  the  appetite  and  is  an  excel- 
lent tonic. — Pharm.  Centralh.,  April  3,  1879,  p.  141. 
Green  Fluorescence  of  Quinidia  Sulphate. — A  solution  of  quini- 
dia  sulphate  in  chloroform,  made  by  O.  Hesse,  possessed  an  exceed- 
ingly weak  fluorescence  at  the  expiration  of  several  months  ;  four 
months  later  it  had  increased  considerably,  and  continued  to  do  so 
until  it  became  almost  fully  as  strong  as  that  noticed  by  Schaer  in  an 
old  cinchonidia  sulphate  solution  in  chloroform.  The  quinidia  had  not 
changed  to  any  extent.  If  this  solution  is  shaken  with  cold  water,  the 
latter  dissolves  the  fluorescing  substance  and  the  quinidia  (as  sulphate),, 
which  then  can  be  determined  by  potassium  iodide. — Ber.  d.  Deutsch, 
Chem.  Ges.,  xii,  p.  425. 
Determining  the  Specific  Gravity  of  Solid  Fats,  Paraffin 
Resins*  etc. — Hager  melts  3  to  5  grams  of  the  fatty  substance,  at  a 
temperature  not  exceeding  that  of  boiling  water,  in  a  porcelain  dish 
having  a  capacity  of  20  to  30  cc,  and  supplied  with  a  lip,  and  then 
drops  the  fat  carefully  from  a  height  of  2  to  3  centimeters  into  a  layer 
of  alcohol  \\  to  2  centimeters  in  depth,  contained  in  a  glass  vessel 
having  a  perfectly  straight  (not  concave)  bottom.  Tallow,  butter  and 
lard  solidify  before  they  reach  the  bottom  of  the  alcohol,  and  collect 
there  as  round  globules,  uniform  in  size  if  the  dropping  is  manipulated 
