ene 
ek 
. pays and there is an ae demand for the oil in th or 
have been eee, who test the oil before it” is s shipneds We 
_ being used for ore purpose, aS was shown. ee a sueiole we » Hae 
test in the course of this year. We would | call special attention tot 
adulteration, as it had been carried out with great ability, so that. th =" 
quite normal: dis0 0.9799, ap — 16° 46’, acid v. 3.7, ester Vito este 
‘ lation 200.0, soluble in 4,5 to 5 vols. op alcohol 70 per cent. _ Distillation 
. Hs that the article was not pure, for on boiling in a Ladenburg flask aD 
passed over between 210 and 280°, whereas a pure oil, treated in the sa 
the sake of comparison, only just started to boil above 280°. The lo 
contained benzyl alcohol, as was proved on closer investigation, whic 
without doubt in order to “raise” the santalol content, as 1 part of | 
foreshadows a ‘little more than two parts of santalol. The ace ve 
not, under the circumstances, a criterion for the real santalol conse As 
In a decree: of 19. 2.-19, no. 2781, be Austrian Department ee Hane: 
warns against using West Indian sandalwood oil in lieu of the East Indian varie 
It had been found that sandalwood oil capsules, in consequence of the scarcity | t 
official article, had been filled with the West Indian ‘oil, which does. not ‘come f 
a Santalacea, but from a Rutacea (Amyris balsamifera). Said authority ¢ ynsid 
to be not only a falsification but also a dangerous proceeding, as the ‘So- ealled 
Indian sandalwood oil contains a far mene percentage of irritating rene than t 
East Indian quality. 
Savin Oil. It is a well-known fact that oil ot savin causes anonieas Even if tak 
in fairly small quantities, it may produce fatal effects. A. Welcker®) Teports ¢ nh 
pet deadly case of poisoning (Abortus criminalis), when a woman 32 years old took t 
i doses of 5 grams each, on two consecutive days in the sixth week of 
The effect was miscarriage, uraemia and death. ee LEE hoe Gs “ f 
most likely. disappear : 
these circumstances, “the | article will 
European market. 
Bas 
fr F. Rabak*) studied, some . years ago, the influence of | 
Br " the Miah and the properties of Peppa ue oil. ‘He has now ee 
fam 
Oster. Apoth. Ver. 7 (1919), 60. — 2) Nederl, owasnek eo eneeah ae 
ee 158. =, 4) U.S. Dep. Agric. Bull. No. 454, Washington 1916; Report Oc 
