608  Gleanings  from  the  German  Journals.  {Am  Dec.?i§2arm" 
Dose — half  a  teaspoonful  every  hour.  (2)  Inhalations  of  a  coffee- 
spoonful  of  the  following  mixture  every  two  hours :  carbolic  acid,  I 
gm.;  alcohol  (90  per  cent.),  chloroform,  each  10  gm.  (3)  Injections 
with  a  Pravaz  syringe  morning  and  evening  into  one  of  the  infra- 
spinous  fossa:  oil  of  turpentine,  2  gm.;  paraffin  oil,  10  gm. 
Digestive  ferment  in  Anagallis  arvensis. — Daccamo  and  Tommasi 
■{Rev.  Therapy  1892,  470)  found  a  digestive  ferment  in  anagallis 
arvensis  by  reducing  the  fresh  plant  to  a  pulp  and  keeping  in  contact 
with  fresh  meat  and  fibrin.  At  the  end  of  thirty-six  hours  the  fibres 
were  completely  separated.  The  authors  obtained  the  ferment  in 
the  form  of  a  white,  amorphous  mass,  which  is  readily  soluble  in 
water,  and  has  no  action  on  starch. 
Hypodermic  injections  of  digitalis  in  treatment  of  cardiac  affections. 
— In  a  number  of  cases  of  cardiac  affection  which  rebelled  against 
every  treatment,  and  in  which  digitalis,  given  by  the  mouth,  was 
ineffectual,  Dr.  K.  Zienitz  {Med.  Obozr.,  1892,  37,  p.  922,  through 
Nouv.  Remedes,  1892,419)  had  recourse  to  hypodermic  injections  of 
digitalis.  He  used  an  infusion  of  digitalis  (0  3  to  10  gm.),  of  which 
he  injected  two  syringefuls  twice  a  day. 
Preparation  of  cantharidin. — Debuehy  (Jour,  de  Pharm.  et  de 
Chim.,  1892,  24,  p.  1 3)  advises  the  use  of  methyl-formic  ether  in 
place  of  acetic  ether,  chloroform,  etc.,  for  extracting  the  cantharides, 
and  petroleum  ether  for  washing  the  impure  cantharidin  in  place  of 
carbon  bisulphide. 
GLEANINGS  FROM  THE  GERMAN  JOURNALS. 
By  Frank  X.  Moerk,  Ph.G. 
Thiosinamine  or  allyl  sulphocarbamide,  CS  NH2NHC3H5,  a  com- 
pound known  for  many  years,  has  been  used  very  successfully  during 
a  two  years'  trial  by  Dr.  v.  Hebra  in  the  treatment  of  lupus,  and 
has  also  been  found  to  exert  a  powerful  and  favorable  action  in 
reducing  glandular  tumors.  Thiosinamine  is  made  from  volatile 
oil  of  mustard  (allylisosulphocyanate),  by  treatment  with  ammonia. 
The  crystals  have  a  bitter  taste  and  a  faint  odor  resembling  oil  of 
mustard,  and  are  easily  soluble  in  hot  water,  alcohol  and  ether. 
Injections  of  a  15  per  cent,  (alcoholic)  solution  form  the  method  of 
using  ;  immediately  after  the  injection  a  burning  pain  is  felt,  which, 
however,  is  of  short  duration. —  Oesterr.  Ztschr.f.  Pharm.,  1892,  695. 
Estimation  of  quinine  in  cinchona  barks. — 20  grams  of  the  finely 
