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Comments and criticisms are asked for and the announcement 
made that the material will finally appear in book form. — Ibid., 
v. 47, p. 865. 
An editorial discusses the restrictions usually placed on articles in 
which new remedies are mentioned and suggests the need of a change 
in the present day conditions. — Xew Idea, Detroit, 1906, v. 28, p. 79. 
An editorial discusses the economic effect of the expiration of the 
patents on several widely used s}mthetics and the very marked differ- 
ence in the price of these substances. — Pharm. Era, N. Y., 1906, v. 
35, p. 2. 
A news item presents a lengthy account of the hearing on the Mann 
Drug Patent Bill held before the House Committee on Patents, on 
May 16-17, 1906.— Oil, Paint and Drug Rep., 1906, v. 69, May 21, 
pp. 28-30. 
A report of the second hearing, on May 23, _ 1906, is presented. — 
Ibid., May 28, pp. 26-27. 
Schlotterbeck, J. O., presents a discussion of some of the economic 
problems involved in the use and misuse of the popular synthetic 
remedies. — Xew Idea, Detroit, 1906, v. 28, pp. 135-136. 
Davis, X. S., points out that if physicians never tried new drugs 
there would be no advance in therapeutics. The indiscriminate use 
of new drugs or mixtures of old drugs is objectionable because all 
of the known facts connected with the composition or possible dele- 
terious use of these drugs or preparations are not available or taken 
into consideration. — Pharm. Era, X. Y., 1906, v. 36, pp. 54-55. 
Stieglitz, Julius, discusses the need of critical review of the claims 
made by manufacturers of synthetic chemicals for medicinal use, 
and asserts that physicians should insist that all chemical com- 
pounds should pass before some reviewing board which will see to it 
that the manufacturers give the plain truth, the whole truth, and 
nothing but the truth. — Ibid., v. 36, p. 55. 
Puckner, W. A., discusses the naming of carbon compounds. — 
Pharm. Rev., Milwaukee, 1906, v. 24, pp. 205-207, 252-256, 281-284, 
327-331. 
Riedel’s Mentor (Berl., 1906, p. 100) presents a comprehensive list 
of new remedies and, so far as known, suggests the composition of a 
number of proprietary articles. 
Abstracts from various publications record the names and prop- 
erties of a number of new remedies. — Proc. Am. Pharm. Ass., 1906, 
v. 54, pp. 684-713. 
A contributor to the “ Pharmacology ” column calls attention to 
the variabilitv of different brands of diastase and the need of some 
standard method for the valuation of the diastase preparations, 
which should, as far as possible, indicate their value as aids to diges- 
tion. — J. Am. M. Ass., 1906, v. 47, p. 1394. 
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