228 
Schimmel & Co. illustrate the production of oil of rosemary on the 
island of Lesina and enumerate the constants found in an oil from 
Tunis, in the production of which probably other plants than Ros- 
marinus officinalis L. have been used. — Ibid., Oct. -Nov., p. 61. 
OLEUM SABINiE. 
Umney and Beiinett point out that the requirement that the oil be 
distilled from the fresh tops is a very important feature, as it practi- 
cally eliminates a considerable proportion of the woody plants from 
which the oil has been distilled in the south of France, which resulted 
in an oil widely different from that official, either in the present or the 
previous edition of the U. S. P. They add : 
We are disposed to think, from the examination we have made of savin dis- 
tillates, that there is a considerable difference in the product obtained in different 
countries, and there is, possibly, a slight difference in the variety of the savin 
itself. — Pharm. J., Lond., 1905, v. 21, p. 148. 
Ziegelmann, F. E., discusses the requirements for oil of savin in the 
several pharmacopoeias and enumerates the constants determined 
from a sample of oil distilled from the dry drug. — Pharm. Rev., 1905, 
v. 23, p. 22. 
OLEUM SANT ALI. 
Umney and Bennett point out that — 
The inclusion of a test for absence of chloroform is interesting as showing 
how what one may call a local sophistication may result in the inclusion of a 
special test for the detection of that particular adulterant. — Pharm. J., Lond., 
1905, v. 21, p. 148. 
Yanderkleed, Charles E., reports that of dozens of samples ex- 
amined, only five assayed less than 90 per cent of santalol, and in 
no case was any adulterant found, except that in possibly two cases 
some West Indian oil was present. — Proc. Pennsylvania Pharm. Ass., 
1905, p. 55. 
Yanderkleed, Charles E., calls attention to two errors in the method 
for the determination of santalol, as given in the English translation 
of Gildemeister and Hoffman’s “ Yolatile oils,” to an improvement 
proposed by Wielen in the Chemiker Zeitung, and to an error in 
Schimmel & Co. Semi-Annual Report for April, 1898. — Proc. Penn- 
sylvania Pharm. Ass., 1905, p. 193; also Pharm. Era, N. Y., 1905, 
v. 34, p. 77. 
Siedler (Apoth. Ztg., v. 19, p. 795) records the characteristics of 
santalol and of East Indian sandalwood oil.— Analyst, London, 1905, 
v. 30, p. 93. 
Brandel, I. W., cites from the current literature several references 
to the properties and the adulteration of oil of santal. — Pharm. Rev., 
1905, v. 23, p. 378. 
