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GLANDULE SUPRARENALES SlCOffi. 
Thornton, E. Q., points out that the U. S. P., YIII, contains no 
assay process nor does it provide for the physiological testing of 
either the suprarenal or thyroid products. — Therap. Gaz., Detroit, 
1905, v. 29, p. 736. 
Meltzer and Auer discuss the influence of suprarenal extract, in 
the form of the active principle, upon absorption and transudation. 
They believe that their results indicate that (1) intravenous injec- 
tions of suprarenal extract invariably retard the processes of 
absorption and transudation; (2) subcutaneous injections also often 
show a retardation of these processes of absorption and transudation ; 
(3) in frogs the retardation of absorption was recognizable only 
when the substance was injected with the suprarenal extract — Am. 
J. M. Sc., v. 129, pp. 114-129. 
Douglass, Beaman, presents a comprehensive study of the action 
and the effects of the extracts and derivatives of the suprarenal 
glands on life processes. — Ibid ., pp. 98-114. 
Floersheim, Samuel, discusses the present status of suprarenal 
therapy, gives some general references to the history of its introduc- 
tion, and the conditions in which it may prove of value. — Med. News, 
N. Y., 1905, v. 86, pp. 587-590. 
See also under Epinephrina. 
GLANDULE THYROIDEiE SICC^. 
Hunt and Hotter call attention to the several so-called active con- 
stituents of the thyroid that are now on the market, and also call 
attention to a series of preparations whose action is stated to be quite 
opposite to that of thyroid, and which are prepared from the blood 
or the milk of animals from which the thyroids have been removed. — 
Bull. No. 23, Hyg. Lab. U. S. P. H. and M.-H. S., 1905, p. 39. 
Hunt, Reid, reports a series of investigations with the feeding of 
dried and powdered thyroid to white mice and the susceptibility of 
these animals to the toxic action of acetonitrile. — J. of Biol. Chem., 
1905, v. 1, pp. 33-44. 
GLYCERINUM. 
Havenhill, L. D., presents tabulated results of examination of 
eleven samples of glycerin. — Proc. Kansas Pharm. Ass., 1905, p. 91. 
An abstract from La Revue de Chimie industrielle (no date) pre- 
sents quite a comprehensive description of the process for the manu- 
facture of glycerin from the residue of distillation. — Paint, Oil and 
Drug Rep., Aug. 14, 1905, p. 53. 
van Itallie, E.-J., discusses.the control of glycerin and the proposal 
made by van Smithen to estimate the glycerin content by the specific 
gravity. — Pharm. Weekbl., 1905, v. 42, pp. 269-271. 
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