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matter.  The  solution  consists  of  a  tincture  of  cinchona  bark  (the 
alcohol  being  30  per  cent,  by  weight),  with  cinchonia  sulphate,  and 
common  molasses.  Cost,  not  over  25  cents  per  bottle  ;  price,  at 
wholesale,  62  cents  ;  at  retail,  $1. 
4.  "  Peterman's  Michigan  Ague  Cure."  Each  bottle  contains  five 
fluidounces  of  a  red,  syrupy  liquid,  with  much  resinous  sediment,  a 
very  bitter  taste,  and  odor  of  cinchona.  Contains  an  alcoholic  ex- 
tract of  the  bark,  with  chinoidin  as  the  chief  medicinal  agent,  and  with 
a  little  sulphuric  acid  and  syrup.  Cost,  complete,  not  over  25  cents 
per  bottle  ;  price,  at  wholesale,  60  cents  ;  at  retail,  $1. 
5.  "Jayne's  Ague  Mixture."  In  each  bottle,  seven  and  a  half  fluid- 
ounces  of  a  mixture  having  an  odor  and  taste  of  rhubarb, dandelion  andcom- 
mon  molasses.  It  contains  quinia  sulphate  and  traces  of  other  cinchona 
alkaloids,  but  not  enough  to  render  the  mixture  very  bitter.  The 
alkaloids  were,  with  some  difficulty,  separated  by  benzene  in  presence 
of  alkali  ;  other  means  having  failed.  Cost,  about  35  cents  ;  price,  at 
wholesale,  60  cents  ;  at  retail,  $1. 
6.  "  Rhodes'  Fever  and  Ague  Cure,  or  Antidote  to  Malaria."  In 
each  bottle,  twelve  fluidounces  of  a  black  turbid  liquid  having  a  sweet 
and  astringent  taste,  On  standing,  the  sediment  filled  one-third  of  the 
bottle.  The  sediment  is  charcoal.  The  solution  contains  a  little 
tincture  of  chloride  of  iron,  partly  reduced  to  ferrous  salt  by  sugar,, 
which  is  present  ;  also  a  trace  of  sulphuric  acid,  (a  trifle  of  ferrous 
sulphate  may  have  been  added).  Nothing  more.  u  Bottle  to  be  well 
shaken,"  etc.;  "  one  tablespoonful  three  times  a  day.  "Most  people 
could  take  three  times  the  amount  without  any  uncomfortable  feelings. 
"  Persons  who  find  it  to  bring  on  unwished-for  actions,  should  place 
the  contents  of  two  or  more  bottles  in  an  open  dish  in  their  sleeping 
apartments."    Price,  at  retail,  $1. 
NOTES  ON  THE  GENUS  TEUCRIUM. 
BY  JOHN  M.  MAISCH. 
(Read  at  the  Pharmaceutical  Meeting,  held  August  15/^.) 
In  the  search  for  remedial  agents,  physicians  sometimes  resort  to 
drugs -which  have  been  formerly  employed  medicinally  and  have  fallen 
into  disuse  on  account  of  their  indifferent  properties,  or  because  other 
more  active  and  reliable  medicines  have  taken  their  place  ;  occasion- 
