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consequence,  different  properties.  The  end-products,  however,  are  the  same  in 
both  series.  Ergotin,  therefore,  belongs  to  the  class  of  putric  products,  and  the 
author  thinks  it  may  be  possible  to  obtain  from  other  sources,  as  for  instance  putrid 
blood,  a  body  having  similar  properties. — Jour.  Chem.  Soc.  [Lond.],  from  Arch. 
Pharm.  [3],  vii,  32 — 39. 
Combination  of  Phenol  with  Neutral  Quinia  Salts. — J.  Jobst  and  O. 
Hesse  obtained  white  shining  prisms  on  adding  an  equivalent  weight  of  carbolic 
acid  to  a  hot  aqueous  solution  of  neutral  quinia  sulphate,  or  on  dissolving  the  salt 
in  a  hot  alcoholic  solution  of  carbolic  acid  (see  also  "  Amer.  Jour.  Pharm.,"  1876, 
p.  216).  The  salt  is  readily  soluble  in  boiling  water  and  alcohol,  but  requires  at 
1 50  C,  680  parts  of  water  and  74  p.  of  80  per  cent,  alcohol  for  solution.  Ether 
and  chloroform  dissolve  only  traces  of  it,  but  it  is  freely  soluble  in  a  mixture  of 
2  vols,  chloroform  to  one  of  97  per  cent,  alcohol.  At  ioo°  C.  it  looses  only  water 
of  crystallization  ;  at  130°  C.  (2660  F.)  some  carbolic  acid  is  given  off.  Analysis 
proved  its  composition  to  be  2(C20H24N2O2,SO3).C6H6O-{-2H2O,  which  formula 
requires  9  32  S03,  4*17  H.,0  and  75*52  quinia.  Salts  of  similar  composition  were 
obtained  with  hydrobromate  and  hydrochlorate  of  quinia. — Ann.  d.  Chem  ., 
clxxx,  248. 
Quack-nostrums. — A.  Thurmayr,  druggist,  at  Stuttgart,  vends  a  remedy  for 
enuresis  nocturna,  consisting  of  two  vials,  one  of  which,  intended  as  an  embroca- 
tion for  the  regio  pubis,  is  merely  expressed  oil  of  almonds.  In  the  other  vial, 
containing  the  internal  remedy,  a  liquid  is  furnished,  consisting  of  about  six 
drachms  of  urine,  mixed  with  an  equal  quantity  of  diluted  spirit. — Apoth.  Zeit.> 
No.  9,  from  Industrie  Bl. 
Julius  Bittner  has  introduced  Schneeberg's  consumption  herbs,  an  infallible(?  !) 
cure  for  consumption,  which  are  composed  of  Iceland  moss  100  parts,  althea  and 
liquorice  roots,  each  20  parts  j  figs,  St.  John's  bread,  pearl  barley,  Corinthian 
raisins,  ahhea  leaves  and  flowers,  mallow  flowers,  mullein  flowers,  ground  ivy, 
liverwort,  colt's  foot  leaves,  lungwort  (Pulmonaria)  and  red  poppy  petals,  of  each  5 
parts. — Ibid.,  No.  12. 
Lebert's  American  vegetable  hair  restorative  is,  according  to  J.  I.  E.  Popp,  a 
mixture  of  2  grams  milk  of  sulphur,  4^  grams  sugar  of  lead,  25  grams  glycerin 
and  140  grams  perfumed  water. — Pharm.  Zeit.t  No.  14. 
Laroche's  ferruginous  cinchona  wine  has  been  examined  by  Wittstein,  and 
found-to  contain  neither  quinia,  cinchonia  or  iron  5  it  is  merely  an  alcoholic  tincture 
of  orange  berries,  sweetened  with  sugar. — Arch.  d.  Pharm.,  1876,  April,  p.  339. 
Anise  earth  is  the  name  given  to  a  gray  clay  which  occurs  in  the  neighborhood 
of  Wischau  and  Kausnitz,  in  Moravia,  and  is  formed  into  small  roundish  granules 
by  the  action  of  earthworms.  In  the  same  neighborhood  anise  is  extensively  culti- 
vated, and  this  granular  clay  is  used  by  the  dealers  to  adulterate  the  anise  fruit  to 
the  extent  of  20  per  cent.    The  collectors  of  this  anise  earth  receive  about  one 
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