American Journal of Pharmacy (Volume 93)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ...the residue is dissolved in about 5 ml. of water and filtered if necessary. The c/ear solution is treated with i to 2 drops of 10 per cent, ferric chloride solution and 10 drops of strong hydrochloric acid, and is maintained several minutes at the boiling point in order to convert the colchicine into colchicein. By this treatment the green color which develops becomes more intense. If this is not sufficiently decisive the cooled solution is shaken with an equal volume of chloroform, which, after several days, becomes colored cherry red. (Apoth.-Ztg. der tschechoslowokischcn Republic, 1920, p. 328.) J. F. C. Cupressus Sempervirens In The Treatment Of HemorRhoids.--The cypress has vaso-constrictive properties analogous to hamamelis; these are even more marked and more constant than those of the latter. The fluidextract, tincture or soft extract may be given internally in doses which represent from 10 to 30 grains twice a day. For local application the tincture or fluidextract may be made into a lotion, the soft extract may be used in an ointment or in suppositories. Good results have followed this treatment. (Leclerc, Bull. Soc. Therap., 1920, p. 184.) J. F. C. Cotton's Process Ether.--Some time ago, J. H. Cotton1 claimed that there were present in anaesthetic ethers two classes of extraneous substances: one class including substances favorable to the production and maintenance of anaesthesia and which were really synergists, while the other class consisted of undesirable impurities, which cause post-operative nausea, irritation of the respiratory tract, and other symptoms generally recognized as ether sickness. He said that by supercharging purified ether with the beneficial synergists--ethylene and carbon dioxide--he could produce a condition...