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The Ph. Austr. VIII prescribes the method for sterilizing medica- 
ments and materials used for antisepsis; also defines the object of 
sterilization and the classes of medicaments to be sterilized. It pro- 
vides that sterilization by means of the addition of bactericides is 
only permissible when directed by the physician. Medicaments that 
are themselves antiseptic need not be further sterilized. 
Derlin,” in reviewing the prospective revision of the Ph. Germ., 
points out that bacteriology can no longer be ignored by the phar- 
macist, and that in future revisions of the pharmacopoeia considerable 
attention must, of necessity, be given to sterilization. — Pharm. Ztg., 
Berl., 1906, v. 51, p. 993. 
Kraemer, Henry, discusses the application of the principles of 
bacteriology in pharmaceutical practice and the uses and value of 
sterilization. He points out that cleanliness is not only desirable 
from an aesthetic point of view, but is of great moment economic- 
ally. — Drug. Circ. & Chem. Gaz., X. Y., 1906, v. 50. p. 12. 
Schoofs (in an abstract) suggests that bacteriology be included 
as one of the essential studies in the course of pharmacy. He also 
outlines general methods for the sterilization of medicinal substances, 
and points out that the harmful influences of sterilization on many 
medicaments have as yet not been sufficiently studied. — Pharm. 
Zentralh., 1906, v. IT, p. 130. 
Fischer, B., discusses the object and the uses of sterilization and 
the possible application in pharmacy. He also discusses the prepara- 
tion, filling, and sterilization of arnpoulles. — Apoth. Ztg. Berl., 1906, 
v. 21, pp. 179-181 ; also Pharm. Zentralh., 1906, v. IT, p. 6T0. 
Deniges, G., reviews a monograph by M. Gerard, professor of 
pharmacology in the University at Lille, on the “ technique of sterili- 
zation useful to pharmacists.” — Bull. Soc. cle pharm. de Bordeaux, 
1906, v. 16, pp. 62-63. 
v. Hauschka, Herman Bitter, reviews the several methods for 
sterilizing various materials, and figures the apparatus necessary for 
sterilizing pharmaceutical materials. — Ztschr. d. allg. osterr. Apoth. - 
Yer. Wien., 1906, v. H, pp. 255-25T. 
Stich, Conrad, outlines a ready method for sterilizing solutions 
designed for hypodermic use. He recommends that the vial and cork 
be boiled in distilled water, the distilled water for the solution boiled 
in a test tube, the required salt added and immediately poured into 
the still hot vial and securely corked, and, after cooling, sealed. — 
Pharm. Ztg.. Berl., 1906, v. 51, p. 831. 
Mario, Giogri, contributes an exhaustive study of the sterilization 
of vaccines, sera, and other materials for hypodermic injections, 
giving extensive tables showing the results with tellurium salts, etc., 
on various organisms. — Arch, di farmacol. sperim, Roma, 1906, v. 5, 
pp. 220-259, 289-308. 
