DR. EDWARDS 5 REPORT. 
159 
Jul}- 19, he rejected; 6,650 lbs. rhubarb root, from Canton. 
ft 
21, 
« 
931 lbs. 
opium, from Marseilles. 
Aug. 10. 
750 lbs. 
opium, from Marseilles. 
i $t 'j 
11; 
it 
2,940 lbs. 
jalap root, from Tampico. 
t: 
31, 
d 
2,249 lbs. 
rhubarb root, from London. 
Sept. 
1, 
it 
645 lbs. 
rhubarb root, from London. 
it 
5, 
a 
1,414 lbs. 
gum gamboge, from London. 
t: 
8. 
it 
545 lbs. 
rhubarb root, from Hamburgh. 
t'c 
. t: 
1,400 "lbs. 
senna, from Leghorn. 
it 
19, 
tt 
2,900 lbs. 
spurious yellow bark, from Bordeaux. 
it 
20, 
it 
878 lbs. 
rhubarb root, from Canton. 
c: 
22, 
a 
758 lbs. 
opium, from London. 
l.t 
25, 
it 
1,783 oz. 
iodine, from London. 
a 
27, 
tt 
1,075 lbs. rhubarb root, from Marseilles. 
t: 
26, 
tt 
875 lbs. 
jalap root, from Vera Cruz. 
a 
29, 
tt 
3.400 lbs. jalap root, from Vera Cruz. 
Oct. 
23; 
tt 
788 lbs. 
rhubarb root, from London. 
tt 
23', 
a 
227 lbs. 
gum myrrh, from London. 
it 
25, 
(i 
13,120 lbs. 
spurious yellow bark,from Marseilles 
ti 
26, 
tt 
1,875 lbs. 
spurious yellow bark, from Bordeaux, 
Nov. 11, 
it 
412 lbs. 
gum myrrh, from London. 
tt 
27, 
it 
1,280 oz. 
iodine, from London. 
tc 
28, 
tt 
860 lbs. 
opium, from Smyrna. 
(l 
30, 
tc 
185 lbs. 
rhubarb root, from London. 
Dec. 
5, 
ti 
156 lbs. 
opium, from London. 
u 
5, 
a 
1,065 lbs. 
gum myrrh, from London. 
ti 
23, 
a 
12,800 lbs. 
spurious cinchona bark, Carthagena. 
The opium, gum myrrh, gum gamboge, iodine, and sen- 
na, were greatly adulterated, and, (with the exception of the 
iodine, were also deteriorated by age and other causes. A 
considerable portion of the rhubarb root was also in a dete 
riorated and decayed condition from age, and the remainder 
had been exhausted of its active properties for the purpose 
of making extracts. Much of the jalap root was of the 
spurious or bastard varieties, mixed with a small propor- 
tion of the genuine root. 
The spurious yellow bark was in its natural state, but 
being of those bastard varieties of cinchona that afford no 
quinine and very little if any cinchonine, it is worthless 
for medicinal purposes. It has heretofore, from its. low 
