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An acetate of this compound, 



C 2 H 3 OHg 



r 



OH 



CH2C2H3O2, 



HgC 2 H 3 0 2 



has also been prepared. Its water soluble sodium salt has the 

 same antiseptic action as that of the mercury saligenin, but no 

 greater. We have also prepared the mercury compound of parahy- 

 droxymetanitrophenylcarbinol which yields a monomercury deriva- 

 tive, probably 



The sodium salt of this compound has the same antiseptic strength 

 as to the other two mercury compounds. 



Attempts at the chemotherapy of trypanosomiasis (brucei) 

 and spirillosis (obermeyeri) in rats by the use of saligenin, piperonyl 

 alcohol and mercury saligenin have thus far yielded only negative 

 results. 



OH 



HOHg 



CH 2 OH 



