454  Gleanings  from  the  Ge7'man  Journals.  { 
STRAMONIUM  EXTRACTS  LEAVES. 
0-2044 
100-0 
Neerl.  (Merck)  
77-  00 
74-35 
72-55 
78-  00 
0-8718 
0-7120 
0  6308 
0-7128 
1-1220 
0-9570 
0-8694 
0-9136 
Ross  
Helv  
12-0 
22-3 
28-4 
0-0890 
0-1396 
0-2024 
43-5 
68-2 
99-0 
SEEDS. 
01510 
0-1264 
0-1265 
0-1416 
0-1498 
100-0 
83-7 
83.7 
93-8 
99-1 
Fennic  
Gallic  
Internat  
U.  S.,  fluid  
7-5 
5-0 
7-6 
87.1 
76-25 
82-30 
74-80 
6  50 
1-  6858 
2-  5720 
1-8640 
0-1679 
2-  2108 
3-  1250 
2-4906 
2-5829 
Oil  of  Cajeput  is  similar  in  composition  to  oil  of  eucalyptus^  the 
examined  specimen  was  Isevogyre,  sp.  gr.  0.934,  crystallized  at  -50°  C. 
the  crystals  melting  at  -8°  C.  Subjected  to  fractional  distillation  be- 
tween 70^-100°,  aldehydes  were  obtained  of  which  butyr-  and  valer- 
aldehydes  were  isolated;  at  155°  a  small  portion  of  a  Isevogyre  hy- 
drocarbon CioHjg  of  the  terpene  series  passed  over,  this  formed  the  de- 
rivative CioHj^Cl;  at  165°  benzaldehyde  was  found  ;  between  175°- 
180°  (representing  two-thirds  of  the  oil)  cajeputol,  identical  with 
eucalyptol  distilled  over.  Above  180°  the  distillation  was  carried  on 
under  reduced  pressure  (0.04  m.)  but  only  small  fractions  were  ob- 
tained. Between  130°-140°  a  terpilenol  which  after  purification  crys- 
tallizes at  -15°  on  introduction  of  a  small  crystal ;  it  has  the  sp.  gr. 
0.947  and  forms  CioH^g  2  HCl.  This  terpilenol  is  identical  with  the  mo- 
natomic  alcohols  (isomers  of  the  borneols)  CioHigO  which  have  been 
obtained  by  hydration  of  terpilene.  The  higher  fractions  contain  the 
acetate,  butyrate  and  valerianate  of  the  terpilenol;  a  body  C15H24 
boiling  at  160°  closely  related  to  the  hydrocarbon  of  the  oils  of  copaiba 
and  cubebs ;  polymers  of  CgHg  with  products  of  oxidation. — R- 
Voiry,  Chem.  Ztg.  Bept,  1888,  186. 
Sulpho- Carbolic  Acid  has  been  proven  superior  to  carbolic  acid  as 
a  disinfecting  agent ;  it  appears  in  the  German  market  as  "  Eoth's 
Desinfektions-Pulver'^  made  by  mixing  the  acid  with  infusorial  earth 
first  treated  with  a  slight  excess  of  HgSO^  to  unite  with  the  bases.  This 
contains  14  per  cent,  of  the  sulpho  carbolic  acid. — Pharm.  Ztg.,  1888, 
412. 
I  Hyoscyamus  seed  yielded  28-0  per  cent.,  and  stramonium  seed  26'6  per  cent,  oil  to 
petroleum  spirit. 
