ON DRUG-GRINDING. 
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consisting of a great number of specimens received from dif- 
ferent druggists, a near approach to a correct estimate is no 
doubt attained. The results nearly coincide with those ob- 
served by other drug-grinders from whom 1 have received 
information. 
Greatest 
Smallest 
Average 
Name of Drug. 
Total weight. 
loss per cwt 
(112 lbs.) 
loss per cwt 
loss per cwt 

(i 12 lhs ^ 
lbs. 
lbs. 
oz. 
lbs. oz. 
lbs. oz. 
Aloes, Rarbadoes 
379 
9 
12 
7 
5 12 
1 1 TT a. * 
" Hepatic 
997 
16 
8 
3 8 
9 6 
" Socotrme 
882 
12 

4 
9 4 
Lommba Root 
733 
12 

1 12 
6 6 
Canella, alba 
Cantharides 
A (2 A 
4bi) 
12 

1 
1 aA/> 
1006 
3 

— — 
l 8 
Cardamoms 
348 
9 
8 
2 10 
5 12 
Cascarilla bark 
794 
8 
14 
2 
D 
Cinchona bark ; pale 
1547 
7 
8 
4 
6 6 
" " yellow 
1039 
11 

2 8 
6 2 
LoJoeynth 
1034 
11 
8 
3 8 
6 8 
Cubebs 
1551 
2 
10 
— 
1 10 
Dragon s blood 
1004 
13 

1 4 
5 12 
Elecampane 
ICO*' 
158o 
16 

2 12 
9 3 
Fcenugreek 
2593 
13 

2 
7 10 
Gamboge 
1009 
6 
8 
1 
2 12 
Gentian Root 
5368 
16 

4 
9 4 
Ginger, Jamaica 
8046 
12 
8 
6 
7 10 
Gum Arabic 
11,215 
12 

4 
8 
Ipecacuanha 
2579 
7 

1 4 
5 3 
Jalap 
9446 
15 
8 
5 
8 12 
Liquorice 
1255 
12 

— 
6 3 
Myrrh 
2762 
1 fi 
n 
u 
3 12 
8 6 
Opium 
505 
18 

6 
14 14 
Orris root 
3625 
10 
12 
4 3 
6 12 
Rhatany 
81 
8 

2 10 
6 
Rhubarb, English 
11 Indian 
1346 
12 

3 
7 13 
5777 
7 

2 
6 
" Turkey 
2018 
8 
4 
3 
5 12 
Sarsaparilla, Jamaica 
689 
14 

1 12 
10 1 
Scammony 
1161 
13 

2 8 
7 4 
Seeds ; Anise 
2839 
16 

1 
5 6 
" Caraway 
1569 
13 
8 
2 8 
8 12 
" Coriander 
1063 
16 
14 
1 4 
5 9 
u Cummin 
1142 
12 

1 4 
5 4 
Senna 
606 
11 
8 
3 8 
6 6 
Squill 
974 
15 

8 
12 8 
Tormentilla root 
231 
12 
8 
2 
6 12 
Tragacanth 
2077 
13 
12 
6 12 
8 4 
Turmeric 
5663 
8 

1 8 
4 
White Hellebore 
5533 
10 
12 
2 2 
6 4 
Valerian root 
279 
16 
8 
4 
8 8 
