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tonate, and publishes a formula with detailed directions. — Proc. 
Am. Pharm. Ass., 1905, v. 53, pp. 397-401. 
Beuttner, E. (Apoth. Ztg., Berlin, 1905, v. 20, p. 490), discusses 
the preparation of albuminate of iron solutions, and publishes a 
formula for a satisfactory and stable solution. — Abstr. in Merck's 
Bep., A. Y., 1905, v. 14, p. 280. 
A communication, signed “ tz,” contains formulas for the prepara- 
tion of liquor ferri peptonati, liquor ferri albuminati, and liquor 
ferri oxydati saccharati neutralis. — Pharm. Zentralh., 1905, v. 46, 
p. 856. 
Tarozzi, G. (Boll. chim. farm., 1905, No. 12), describes a method 
for making an ammoniated iron and manganese citrate with albumin 
that is said to be readily soluble in all proportions in cold water. — 
Pharm. Ztg., 1905, v. 50, p. 671. 
ACTION AND USES OF IRON. 
Baldoni, Alessandro, records a series of investigations undertaken 
to demonstrate that iron is an essential constituent of the animal 
organism apart from the blood. — Arch. f. expt. Path. u. Pharmakol., 
1905, v. 52, pp. 61-68. 
An editorial discusses the abuses which have arisen through the 
publication of garbled reports of scientific work, in connection with 
the use of iron as a therapeutic agent. — J. Am. M. Ass., Chicago, 
1905, v. 45, p. 1091. 
Price, Eldridge C., presents a study of the use of iron as a food 
and as a therapeutic agent, together with an examination into its 
primary and secondary pathogenetic effects and their relation to 
disease. — Tr. Am. Inst. Homoeop., 1905, pp. 379-388. Also Hahne- 
mann. Month. Phila., 1905, v. 40, pp. 561-572. 
FERRUM REDUCTUM. 
Lyons, A. B., asserts that the note appended to the assay process 
(p. 164, U. S. P., VIII) for reduced iron is not intelligibly expressed. 
The note might read — 
The percentage purity of the iodine employed should be accurately determined 
by a previous experiment, and the weight of the iodine taken corrected accord- 
ingly before dividing by 0.02518 in the above calculation. — Proc. Am. Pharm. 
Ass., 1905, v. 53, p. 261. 
Christensen (Ztschr. f. anal. Chem., 1905) prefers the older method 
of estimating the iron, in reduced iron, by the ferric chloride method, 
and outlines a modification of this reaction which he believes over- 
comes the objections formerly held. — Pharm. Ztg., Berlin, 1905, v. 50, 
p. 672. 
