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the evolution of large tech. lab's having a scient. organiz. of the 

 highest Order. Under the leadership of Bernthsen, Bohn, Duisberg, 

 Sandmeyer, and others, continuity of effort, organiz. of research, 

 orderly arrangement of references and bibliog., produced a sum total 

 of intimate practical knowledge of the subject which could not 

 have been gained in any other less methodical way. This coörd. 

 of effort in the Ger. color indus. gives rise to 300 patent applications 

 per annum. 



Sanaphos again. The proprietors of sanaphos are still en- 

 deavoring to exploit the strong anti-Ger. feeling of the country for 

 the benefit of their nostrum, so that it may take the place of the 

 Ger. sanatogen. The sale of the latter is still permitted under the 

 condition that none of the profit be sent to Ger. The sanaphos 

 people, in a quarter page advert. in the Times, are asking the public 

 to Petition Parliament for the passage of an Act to forbid firms 

 trading which are mainly owned by Germans, for the reasons that 

 ** (i) Sanatogen is not 'necessary' now because (2) it is not the 

 best article of its kind now available; (3) it is surpassed by the later, 

 more highly perfected and wholly Br.-owned product, sanaphos." 

 This " Petition " is accompanied by some dozens of anonymous testim. 

 alleged to be from physicians, and by a few from former users of 

 sanatogen, who declare that sanaphos is a much better article. It is 

 evident that the methods of nostrum venders, whether Ger. or Br., 

 do not differ and may be summed up in one word — bluff ! London 

 LETTER: Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc, 1916, Ixvi, p. 971. 



MiscELLANEOus. Prof. Leo Vignon, of Lyons, has compared 

 the number of chemists in Switzerland, Germany, France, and Eng- 

 land, in Proportion to their respective populations. The relative 

 numbers are: Switzerland, 300; Germany, 250; France, 7; Eng- 

 land, 6. 



Nature announces that, on account of the restrictions imposed by 

 the British Gov't on the importation of wood-pulp and other ma- 

 terials used in paper manufacture, it, in common with other peri- 

 odicals, will be forced to reduce its size. 



In an article on " Chem. Organisation in Germany during the 

 war" {Nature: 1916, xcvii, p. 82), Dr. F. G. Donnan discusses the 

 development of various chem. Industries in that country since the 



