. The Pharmaceutical era. door exercise should be included inthe days programme. The mode of action of these wa-ters taken in the manner described, is not clear, but theirefficiency is too well established to admit of doubt.—Maryland Med. Jour. SOLUTION OF PROTARGOL.—The following direc-tions are given to prepare a perfect solution without heat:Place 1 Gm. of glycerin in a porcelain dish, upon this 1Gm. of protnrgol, and rub them well together with apestle. Wash the mixture into a bottle with cold waterand fill up to the desired volume. (Ph. Ztg.) METRITIS.—Ichthyol is employed as an ointment,


. The Pharmaceutical era. door exercise should be included inthe days programme. The mode of action of these wa-ters taken in the manner described, is not clear, but theirefficiency is too well established to admit of doubt.—Maryland Med. Jour. SOLUTION OF PROTARGOL.—The following direc-tions are given to prepare a perfect solution without heat:Place 1 Gm. of glycerin in a porcelain dish, upon this 1Gm. of protnrgol, and rub them well together with apestle. Wash the mixture into a bottle with cold waterand fill up to the desired volume. (Ph. Ztg.) METRITIS.—Ichthyol is employed as an ointment, ac-cording to the following formula: Ichthyol, 10 parts;lanoline, 40 parts; opium, 1 part; vaseline, 10 parts.—In-ternational Med. Annual. IODOFORM BOUGIES.—Iodoform, 5 Gm., gum ara-ble, Gm.; mucilage of gum arable and glycerin, equalparts, a sufficient quantity. 46 THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA. [January 13, 1898. LECTURE No. 36. Botany. By PROF. HENRY KRAEMER, Ph. G., Ph. Morphology. VEGETATIVE By the term vegetative elements is meant those thatare conct-rned in the manufacture and transportation ofthe food of the plant. They are, viz.: Root, stem andleaf. Root.—If we take the seed of a pea and put it in a littlesoil in the earth, or in a box containing some earth, or sawdust or shav-ings, and give itplenty of air andmoisture so that itwill grow, there issoon produced anelement which in-variably goes downinto the earth orsawdust. It lovesthe abode of dark-n e s s (apparently)rather thaii persists in thiscourse toward thecenter of the earthno matter in whichposition the seedmay be placed. Evenafter it has startedgrowth down-ward, it may be re-moved from theloose earth or saw-dust and pinned toa cork in a moistchamber with thisportion directedsidewise (Fig. 1 A),and it will be found in a few days that the apex is againdirected downward (Fig. 1 B). This element is calledthe root. This one qual-ity that distinguishes theroot from the other el


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