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to a brown red and finally to a light brown. In the solution are 
formed light yellow crystals of nitrophenacetin. (See, also, acetani- 
lide.) — Deut.-Amer. Apoth. Ztg., 1905, v. 26, p. 87. 
Maurice, J. (Ann. de la soc. de med. de Gand., 1905, p. 158), re- 
ports the case of a woman who was poisoned by the ingestion of 11 
grammes of phenacetin. — Biochem. Centralbl., 1905, v. 4, p. 547. 
Hirschfeld, Max (Dent. Med. Wchnschr., 1905, No. 2), reports a 
case of chronic phenacetin poisoning, manifested by small punctate 
abscesses above the ankles. — Pharm. Zentralh. 1905, v. 46, p. 727. 
ACIDUM ACETTCUM. 
Herting, Otto, discusses the production and the uses of acetic acid, 
and compares the U. S. P., VIII, and Ph. Germ., IV., tests and re- 
quirements. — Deut.-Amer. Apoth. Ztg., N. Y., 1905, v. 26, p. 86. 
Riedel’s Berichte discusses the boiling point of acetic acid of the 
Ph. Germ., IV, and agrees with the statement made by the Chemiker 
Kalender that the higher limitation for the boiling point of acetic 
acid is too low and should be raised to 119° or 119.5° C.— Riedel’s 
Berichte, Berlin, 1905, p. 41. 
Rossi (L’Industria chimica, v. 6, p. 258) determined the amount of 
sulphuric acid in commercial acetic acid by making use of the fact 
that the latter is indifferent to methyl orange in alcoholic, formalde- 
hyde, or, especially, acetone solution, so that the sulphuric acid may 
be titrated with sodium hydroxide in any one of these solutions. — 
Abstr. J . Am. Chem. Soc., N. Y., 1905, v. 27, p. 1346. 
Kebler, Lyman F., reports the finding of acetic acid containing 
chloride, sulphate, and lead. — Proc. Am. Pharm. Ass., 1905, v. 53, 
p. 182. 
Kebler, Lyman F., in a report on the testing of chemical reagents, 
comments on the lack of precaution shown in the marketing of 
glacial acetic acid, as well as some other products used as reagents. — 
Proc. Ass. Off. Agr. Chem., 22 Ann. Conv. (1905), p. 185. 
ACIDUM BEUZOICUM. 
Bigelow, IV. D., in a report on preservatives, points out the diffi- 
culty that has been met with in the detection of benzoic acid. The 
subject has been studied by Charles S. Ash, who reports his results. — 
Proc. Ass. Off. Agr. Chem., 22 Ann. Conv. (1905), p. 86. 
Moerk, F. X., in discussing the detection of benzoic and salicylic 
acids, refers to the formation of more or less permanent emulsions, 
for the avoidance of which he recommends saturating the liquid with 
salt and extracting the resulting solution with chloroform. — Am. 
Druggist, N. Y ., 1905, v. 47, p. 38. 
