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Grimbert, L. ( J. Pharm. Chim., v. 21, p. 385) reports on the pres- 
ence of arsenic in hydrogen peroxide solution. — Year Book Pharm., 
Lond., 1905, p. 42. 
Dunstan and Eobinson (report presented to the Pharmacopoeia 
Committee of the General Council) discuss the detection of arsenic 
in official drugs. — Ibid., pp. 25-41. 
Lobello, E., discusses the sensitiveness of the Bettendorf test for 
arsenic. — Boll. Chim. Farm., Milan, 1905, v. 44, pp. 445—446. 
Ferraro and Carobbio outline a proposed modification of the Bet- 
tendorf test —Ibid., pp. 805-807. 
Deniges, G., reports a critical study of the localization of arsenic 
in various parts of the body. — Bull. Soc. Pharm., Bordeaux, 1905, 
v. 45, pp. 129-141, 201, 203. 
Blarez and Deniges report three cases of poisoning, with a detailed 
enumeration of the comparative amounts of arsenic found in the 
several portions of the bodies. — Ibid., pp. 36-45. 
Deniges, G. (Ann. de chim. et de phys., 1905), discusses the liter- 
ature relating to the localization of arsenic and concludes that it is 
more particularly fixed by the liver substance.— Abstr. Biochem. 
Centralbl. 1905, v. 4, p. 546. 
BABITJM, SALTS OF. 
Skrabal and Xeustadtl review the history of the use of chromates 
as reagents for barium, the preparation of the solutions, and the use 
of the resulting solution in varying mixtures for the precipitation 
of barium from strontium or calcium or from mixtures of the two. — 
Ztschr. f. analyt. Chem., 1905, v. 44, pp. 742-755. 
Thorne, Normann C. (from the American Journal of Science, Silli- 
man), discusses the precipitation of barium bromide by means of 
hydrobromic acid. — Ztschr. f. anorgan. Chem., 1905, v. 43, pp. 308- 
313. 
Anoni, A. (Boll. Chim. Farm., 1905), outlines a method for pre- 
paring barium cacodylate which, in turn, he proposes as the basis of 
all other compounds of this class. — Abstr. Pharm. Ztg., Berlin, 1905, 
v. 50, p. 844. 
Basch, E. E. (Chem. Ztg., 1905, v. 29, pp. 721-723), records some 
experiments in which barium carbonate used in excess and thoroughly 
mixed with the water was found to be an effective means of reducing 
hardness. — Abstr. Exp. Sta. Bee., v. 17, Xo. 4, p. 339. 
Alcock, F. H. (Pharm. J., v. 19, p 173), outlines a method for the 
volumetric determination of barium chloride by the use of sodium 
sulphate and titrating the resulting sodium chloride with silver 
nitrate, using potassium chromate as an indicator.— Year Book 
Pharm., Lond., 1905, p. 45. 
