ON ANALYSIS Op ERGOT. 39 
ART. X.-ANALYSIS OF ERGOT. 
BY M. SEGRIP. 
Fatty oil, thick, very fluid at -f 25° of a beautiful 
yellow. 
Amidine, 
Albumen, 
Inulin, 
Gum, 
Uncrystallizable sugar, - - - 
Resin, very brown, - 
Fungin, 
Vegeto-animal matter, - 
Osmazome, ------- 
Fat acids, 
1. Reddish brown, made violet 
by an alkali, rose-yellow by 
an acid, insoluble in alcohol. 
2. Brown, yellow by ammonia, 
not colored by acids, soluble in 
alcohol, 
Odorous principle not isolated, - 
F ungate of potassa, T 
Chloride of sodium, ------ 
Sulphate of lime, > 
Sulphate of magnesia, > 
Subphosphate of lime, - 
Oxide of iron, ------- 
Silica, - 
Water, 
I.OSS, - -- -- -- - 
Coloring Principles 
34.50 
2.75 
1.00 
2.25 
2.50 
1.25 
2.75 
3.50 
13.50 
0.75 
0.50 
2.25 
0.50 
0.50 
1.25 
0.25 
0.15 
0.15 
2.35 
100.00 
M. Segrip has essayed the therapeutic action of some of 
these products, and the results at which he has arrived, 
