strict! on in tlie domain of the splanchnic nerve, while there is vaso- 
dilation in the peripheral circulation. — Abstr., ibid., p. 431. 
Loeb, Oswald, reviews the literature bearing on the action of alco- 
hol on the heart of warm-blooded animals and reports some experi- 
ments made to determine the effect of small doses. — Arch. f. exper. 
Path. u. Pharmakol., 1905, v. 52, pp. 459^180. 
Bachem, C., reports some experiments made to determine the effect 
of small quantities of alcohol on blood pressure. — Arch, internat. de 
pharmacod. et de Therap., 1905, v. 14, pp. 437-454. 
Salant, TV., expresses the belief that the experiments which he has 
conducted appear to indicate that moderate amounts of alcohol are 
helpful to digestion, while large amounts are injurious. — Exp. Sta. 
Rec., v. 17, Xo. 6, p. 613. 
Friedenwald, Julius, discusses the pathologic effects of alcohol on 
rabbits and the effect of alcohol on the urine of rabbits. — J. Am. M. 
Ass., Chicago, 1905, v. 45, pp. 780-781. 
Valentino, C. (Presse Med., Paris, Xo. 73), reports some addi- 
tional experiments on the action of alcohol on the brain and shows 
that its dehydrating effect appears to inhibit the absorption of 
strychnine and of snake venom. — Abstr., ibid., p. 1205. 
ALCOHOL, DENATURED. 
A report of the departmental committee on industrial alcohol to 
the Chancellor of the Exchequer contains a section which deals with 
pharmaceutical products and fine chemicals, especially at the estab- 
lishments of Merck and the Chemische Fabrik auf Actien, where the 
alcohol is denatured. The committee discusses the proposed regula- 
tions for the use of methylated spirit in Great Britain and the esti- 
mation of methyl alcohol. — J. Soc. Chem. Ind., Lond., 1905, v. 24, pp. 
397^26. 
Schmidt and Gaze discuss the detection of denatured alcohol in 
pharmaceutical preparations and give detailed directions for examin- 
ing a number of preparations that may contain this adulterant. — 
Arch. d. Pharm., 1905, v. 243, p. 555. 
Eschbaum, Schmidt, and Gaze contribute some additional reports 
on experiments made in connection with the detection of denatured 
alcohol in pharmaceutical products. — Pharm. Ztg., Berlin, 1905, v. 50, 
p. 1009. 
Peters, R.. discusses the detection of denatured alcohol in essences, 
tinctures, and fluid extracts. — Pharm. Zentralh.. 1905, v. 46, p. 521. 
Gadamer. J.. discusses the detection of partially denatured alcohol 
in pharmaceutical preparations and figures the apparatus used. — 
Apoth. Ztg.. Berlin, 1905, v. 20, p. 807. 
Eschbaum, Friedrich, criticises the official (German) tests for de- 
natured alcohol in spirituous preparations. — Ber. d. pharm. Gesellsoh.. 
Berlin. 1905, v, 15, p. 353. 
