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tin and digitalin. Adonidin, on account of its lesser degree of 
toxicity, is to be preferred. — Pharm. Ztg., Berlin, 1905, v. 50, p. 921. 
Baker, W. F., asserts that the toxic effects of digitalis, delirium 
and hallucinations, developed in the course of treatment of cardiac 
cases with digitalis, rapidly disappear on withdrawing the medi- 
cine. — Hahneman, Month., Phila., 1905, v. 40, p. 796. 
ELASTICA. 
Fendler, G., discusses the several methods suggested for the ex- 
amination of crude rubber, and reports his results. — Arb. a. d. Pharm. 
Inst. d. Univer., Berlin, 1905, v. 2, pp. *278-305. 
Fendler, G., discusses the solubility of various kinds of crude rub- 
ber in ether, benzin, and benzole, and of a lesser number of samples 
also in chloroform and carbon disulphide. He presents a table giv- 
ing a review of the behavior of the several kinds of rubber ex- 
amined. — Ibid., pp. 306-317. 
Ule, E. (Engl. Jahrb., 1905, v. 35, pp. 663-668), discusses the or- 
igin of the rubber obtained on the Amazon Biver, enumerates the 
plants yielding it, and discusses their distribution. — Abstr. in Bot. 
Centralbl., 1905, v. 99, pp. 129. 
Additional references on the origin and on the cultivation and 
production of u Elastica ” will be found in Ibid., 1905, v. 100, pp. 63, 
144, 252, and 255. 
Just’s Botanischer Jahresbericht (for 1905, v. 33, pt. 3, pp. 789- 
815) contains a number of additional references on “ Elastica ” in- 
dicative of the widespread interest that is being manifested in this 
particular product. 
ELATERINUM. 
Francis, John M., points out that this product varies greatly in 
effectiveness, and that there is only one way to insure its quality — try 
it on yourself or your friends. — Bull. Pharm., Detroit, 1905, v. 19, 
p. 451. 
ELIXIR ADJUVANS. 
An editorial says: 
The new elixir adjuvans makes a fairly palatable liquid, but we should have 
preferred to see the old N. F. Elixir Adjuvans introduced without change, as 
the latter served admirably the purpose for which it was designed. — Drug 
Topics, 1905, v. 20, p. 196. 
ELIXIR FERRI, QUININE ET STRYCHNINE PHOSPHATUM. 
Francis, John M., asserts that he is not prepared to say that the 
formula given in the pew pharmacopoeia is not a success, but is in- 
clined to be skeptical until time has proven that the problem is suc- 
cessfully solved. — Bull. Pharm., Detroit, 1905, v. 19, p. 451. 
