American journal of pharmacy . tar. It is stated that the firm has been interested with a chemist to accom-plish this result for several years, and that the efforts have been crownedwith success. In the Chemical Notes published in this journalduring the past year, the readers have been kept informed of the resultsobtained by Skraup, Koenigs, Hesse and others, in their endeavor to de-termine the exact composition of the cinchona alkaloids, which, whenonce known, will doubtless lead to their synthetical production. Whe-ther such a result is so near being accomplished as the rumor mentionedabove
American journal of pharmacy . tar. It is stated that the firm has been interested with a chemist to accom-plish this result for several years, and that the efforts have been crownedwith success. In the Chemical Notes published in this journalduring the past year, the readers have been kept informed of the resultsobtained by Skraup, Koenigs, Hesse and others, in their endeavor to de-termine the exact composition of the cinchona alkaloids, which, whenonce known, will doubtless lead to their synthetical production. Whe-ther such a result is so near being accomplished as the rumor mentionedabove indicates, remains to be seen. But of the importance of thesynthetical production of quinia there can be no doubt, when it isremembered that in 1879 $2,000,000 w^orth of cinchona bark was im-ported, most of which has, doubtless, been used in the manufacture ofthis indispensible alkaloid. J. M. M. Chian Turpentine is derived from Pistacia terebinthus, Xm.,the terminthos and terebinthos of ancient authors, and at present called. Bravais Drop Attachment forBottles. Concentrated Solution of Quinia. 17T skinos. The peasants carry the wood of this tree, packed upon asses,into the towns, where it is sold to bakers for heating their ovens. Inthe island of Scio (Chio), where also the species yielding pistacia nutsand mastic are found, incisions are made into the turpentine pistacia,;md the exuding oleoresin is collected in large shells and in clay ves-sels fastened beneath tlie incisions; occasionally this turpentine inoyster shells is offered in the bazaars. A similar exudation is the Cyprian turpentine, to some extent col-lected in Cyprus, and the plant is found throughout Greece, where,however, it is not incised. The soil in the neighborhood of suchplants, which had been wounded or cut down, I have sometimes foundmixed with resin, and believe that a turpentine like that of Scio andCyprus may also be obtained in Greece. During the coming summera sufficient quantity will probably be co
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