. American journal of pharmacy. imes over-come. Goats will eat the plant exten-sively if nothing better presents itself,and it is said that their milk then pos-sesses all of the venomous propertiesof the plant. When applied to theskin the juice causes redness, itching,pimples and sometimes gangrene, theeffect often lasting more than a week. The seed taken internally in overdosewill inflame the mouth and stomach and cause intense diarrhoea and the dose is sufficient, there will be nervous disorders, unconsciousness, gen-eral collapse and death. Alkaloidal Determination of Cinchona.—
. American journal of pharmacy. imes over-come. Goats will eat the plant exten-sively if nothing better presents itself,and it is said that their milk then pos-sesses all of the venomous propertiesof the plant. When applied to theskin the juice causes redness, itching,pimples and sometimes gangrene, theeffect often lasting more than a week. The seed taken internally in overdosewill inflame the mouth and stomach and cause intense diarrhoea and the dose is sufficient, there will be nervous disorders, unconsciousness, gen-eral collapse and death. Alkaloidal Determination of Cinchona.—H. Ekroos {Arch. d. Pharm.,1898, p. 328) employs KOH in place of ammonia and a freshly prepared solu-tion of hsematoxylin as an indicator. The method, which is also given in ab-stract in Sudd. Apoth. Zeit.^ 1898, p. 649, may be applied to extracts of cinchonaas well as upon the drug. Book Paper Bad for the Eyes.—The effect of glazed papers onthe eyesight has recently occupied the attention of some German doctors. In. XVI Notes and Neivs. {^^ApriMm comparing these papers with those in use in the earlier part of the century,which were mostly of a dull gray or blue color and coarse-grained, requiringthicker type, they point out that the highly glazed surface offers reflections ofthe light which, with the more elaborate and thinner type, produce a lot ofshades and lights that are most trying to the eye. It is, therefore, proposedthat the public inspectors of schools should order the use of sanitary paper forthe eyes, by which it is meant that a glazed or highly polished surface shouldbe avoided, and the colors chosen should rather be gray or light blue, but nowhite, and, in fact, no brilliant colors at all. The type should be clear andsimple and not too —Invention through Sci. Amer., December 17, 1898. Alkaloid of Lettuce.—In an inaugural dissertation presented by A. F. Sou at the University of Marburg, the author deals very freely with thederivatives of t
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