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asked for geraniol from palmarosa oil, we take this opportunity of stating 

 that since we have succeeded in utilising other material for preparing 

 geraniol of the high degree of purity now reached, we have quite given 

 up the costly process of preparing geraniol from palmarosa oil. 



Heliotropirt. Thanks to our exceptionally favourable position as 

 manufacturers of safrol, the raw material from which heliotropin is made, 

 we have been able to extend the manufacture of this product very con- 

 siderably, and we are now in a position to avail ourselves of all the ad- 

 vantages which accrue from our ability to manufacture on a large scale. 

 Our product is distinguished by the excellence of its perfume, and is free 

 from the so-called "chemical odour" of so many competing heliotropins, 

 while the competing preparations, although offered at lower prices, may be left 

 out of account so far as the manufacture of high-class perfumes is concerned. 



Menthol. As usual, we deal with this article under the heading of 

 "Peppermint Oil, Japanese", see p. 70. 



A. Knick and J. Pringsheim 1 ) have ascertained that when dogs are 

 given 0,2 g. menthol daily internally per kilo weight of the animal, their 

 bile acquires a disinfecting action capable of destroying, or at any rate 

 arresting the development of, the germs of typhus fever. 



The favourable action of menthol on ulcers, and in catarrhs and other 

 infectious diseases which has been observed by Laurens-) is probably due 

 to the disinfecting powers of this alcohol. 



Musk, Tonquin. Nothing of special interest is to be reported con- 

 cerning this important article, the trade in which, as our friends know, 

 is one of those special subjects to which we pay exceptional attention. The 

 table below shows that the exports via Shanghai have been rather con- 

 siderable, and it only remains to be added that during the period covered 

 by this Report the prices of the best qualities .have remained unaltered. 



Exports of Musk from Shanghai in the first six months of 1911. 



Year 



to Paris 



to London to New York 



to Germany 

 and Austria 



Total 





Catties 



Catties Catties 



Catties 



Catties 



1911 



376 



147 1 312 

 compared with 



20 



855 



1910 



342 



140 i 226 



55 



763 



1909 



430 



59 151 



50 



090 



1908 



578 



16 155 



9 



758 



1907 



649 



36 



269 



37 



991 



1908 



581 



— 



177 



45 



803 



A ) Deutsch. Arch. f. Klin. Med. 101 (1910), 137. Quoted from Therap. Monatsh. 25 (191 1), 338. 

 2 ) La Clinique, 17. February 1911. Quoted from Journ. de Pharm. et Chim. VII. 3 (1911), 4(0. 



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