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Condensed milk in the Orient, L. M. Wood (Daily Cons, and Trade Rpts. 

 [U. S.], U i.1911). No. 202, pp. 929-932) .—This report contains statistics on 

 the increase of exports of condensed milk from the United States to China and 

 Japan. 



Investigations on the ripening of cheese, especially the defect known as 

 '' short " cheese, F. W. J. Boekhout and J. J. Ott De Ybies ( Verslag. Land- 

 houiclc. Onderzoek. Rijkslandbomvproefstat. [Nethei'lands], 1911, No. 9, pp. 5-25; 

 Molk. Ztg. Berlin, 21 {1911), Nos. 21, pp. 241, 242; 22, pp. 253, 254).— The data 

 in this article have been previously noted (E. S. E., 21, p. 679). 



A new revolving cheese-press table, M. Reinisch (Osterr. Molk. Ztg., 

 18 {1911), No. 10, p. 151, figs. 3). — A cheese press is illustrated and described, 

 the principal feature of which consists of a contrivance for turning the cheese. 



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A practical guide to the newer remedies, J. M. Foetescue-Brickdale {New 

 York, 1910, pp. VIII+273). — This is a review of the newer drugs, the compo- 

 sition of which has been published elsewhere, and a discussion in regard to 

 their pharmacology. The drugs are mainly synthetic products. 



Immunization with vegetable proteins, Wendelstadt and T. Fellmee 

 {Ztschr. Immunitdtsf. u. Expt. Thcr., I, Orig., 8 (1910), No. 1, pp. 43-51 ; abs. 

 in Chem. Abs., 5 (1911), No. 3, p. 530). — The tests were made with ordinary 

 saline extracts of unknown composition obtained from peas, beans, cereals, and 

 the foliage of the same plants. 



Immunization of the rabbit against the poison of amanites, Radais and 

 Sartory (Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. [Paris], 151 (1910), No. 2, pp. 156-158, fig. 

 1; abs. in Chem. Abs., 4 (1910), No. 23, pp. 3255, 3256).— The juice obtained 

 from the caps of a large quantity of poisonous mushrooms (Amanita phaUoides 

 and A. mappa), which were preserved with mustard essence, was injected into 

 rabbits with the result that the minimum lethal dose was found to be 8 cc. The 

 symptoms preceding death were gastrointestinal in nature and paralysis. Death 

 occurred in about 24 hours. The continued injection of minimum doses of A. 

 mappa produced an immunity, with the optimum point at 4 months, which en- 

 abled the animal to withstand many times the minimum fatal dose. 



Analysis of Zygadenus intermedins (" death camas "), F. "W. Heyl and 

 L. C. Raifoed (Jour. Amer. Chem. Soc., 33 (1911), No. 2, pp. 206-211; abs. in 

 Analyst, 36 (1911), No. 421, p. 156). — As several species of Zygndenus are caus- 

 ing heavy stock losses in Wyoming, Montana, and other northwestern States, 

 the authors made a proximate and toxicological analysis of the leaf, flower, 

 bulb, and root of Z. intermedins. By using a modified U. S. Pharmacopoeia 

 method for assaying belladonna, the authors were able to isolate the follow- 

 ing amounts of crystallizable alcoholic residues: Leaf 0.41 per cent, 0.28 per 

 cent, and 0.26 per cent, and in the bulb, 0.39 and 0.24 per cent. The dried 

 plant when ground gave ofl: dust which was very irritating, and which the 

 authors believe to be veratralbine.*^ 



Qualitative and quantitative determination of castor-oil seeds in wheat 

 feed meal, H. Miessneb (Mitt. Kaiser Wilhelms Inst. Landw. Bromberg, 3 

 (1911), No. 4, pp. 269-273). — Wheat meal which was fed to 2 horses caused the 

 death of the animals within 3 days. The author suspected the presence of cas- 

 tor-oil seeds in the feed and conducted precipitation and conglutination tests 

 for the presence of ricinus. The results were positive. The author details the 



"Amer. Jour. Pharm., 77 (1905), p. 262. 



