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Cormimboeuf and Grosman outline a method for the estimation of 
the iron content of reduced iron which is essentially similar to that 
given in the U. S. P., VIII. — Ann. de Chim. Analyt., 1905, v. 10, 
pp. 420-422. 
Hartwich, C., calls attention to the readiness with which oxidation 
takes place in reduced iron and records a number of experiments 
made to determine the rapidity of change, under varying condi- 
tions. — Pharm. Ztg., Berlin, 1905, v. 50, p. 750. 
Hill and Umney (Pharm. J., Bond., v. 19, p. 500) discuss the detec- 
tion of arsenic in reduced iron. They propose a method based on the 
Ph. Germ., IV, and point out that the limitation proposed by Dun- 
stan and Kobinson, 60 parts per million, is not a practical one. — Year 
Book of Pharmacy, Lond., 1905, p. 42. 
Alcock, F. H. (Pharm. J., Lond., v. 19, p. 852), asserts that while 
commercial samples are practically free from arsenic they leave a 
residue when treated with HC1; one leaving 2.75 per cent and an- 
other 7.5 per cent of apparently siliceous matter. — Year Book of 
Pharmacy, Lond., 1905, "p. 82. 
FICUS. 
Eberle, E. G., enumerates Ficus carica among the medicinal plants 
of Texas. — Proc. Am. Pharm. Ass., 1905, v. 53, p. 304. 
FLUIDEXTRACTA. 
An editorial review of the U. S. P., VIII, says: 
The cumbersome nomenclature of the fluid extracts is simplified and they are 
now all written “ Fluidextractum,” thus avoiding the possibility of an error 
on the dispenser’s part should the “ Fluidum ” be omitted by the prescriber. — 
Med. News, 1905, v. 87, p. 362. 
In a review of the U. S. P., the assertion is made, that — 
The introduction of the designation “ Fluidextractum ” in place of the more 
widely used Extractum Fluidum is an innovation that should not be followed. — 
Pharm. Ztg., Berlin, 1905, v. 50, p. 701. 
“ Xrayser ” in discussing the new Latin of the U. S. P., VIII, says : 
Fluidextractum can hardly be Augustan. We may expect Unitedstatesum 
next. A single word to represent the class of galenicals is, perhaps, a desider- 
atum, but the nation which has invented “ vaseline,” “ tabloid,” and “ liquo- 
zone,” need not have been floored by such a simple problem. — Chem. & Drug., 
Lond., 1905, v. 67, p. 89. 
An editorial comment on the U. S. P., VIII, says : 
The new name for the old extracta fluida is one which will not appeal to 
purists in nomenclature. — Drug Topics, N. Y., 1905, v. 20, p. 197. 
An editorial comment says : 
A new word is coined of which, we question the real advisability or the need. 
Instead of the former designation “ Extractum Fluidum ” it is now called 
“ Fluidextractum.” — Canad. Drug., 1905, v. 17, p. 347. 
