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sions from the large number of replies being that alcohol had very 
little influence on the course of the disease. — Ibicl.. v. 47. p. 2178. 
An editorial calls attention to the comparative expenditure for 
milk and alcohol in the London hospitals, which, according to Hors- 
ley, were $40,000 for alcohol and $15,000 for milk forty years ago, 
but now the amounts are reversed, $15,000 for alcohol and over 
$40,000 for milk. — Ibid., v. 47, p. 941. 
A contributor to the “ Pharmacology “ column calls attention to 
the fact that statistics for the consumption of alcohol in this country 
do not include that used in the form of nostrums, an amount which is 
characterized as formidable. — Ibid., v. 47, p. 2023. 
An additional number of references on the uses and the effects of 
alcohol are included in the Index Medicus and the J. Am. M. Ass. 
ALCOHOL DEXATUEED. 
Denatured Alcohol, Regulations No. 30, is the title of a pamphlet 
published by the United States Bureau of Internal Revenue which 
contains the regulations promulgated concerning the manufacture 
and sale of denatured alcohol. — Am. J. Pharm., 1906, v. 78, p. 575. 
An abstract from a report by Yerkes and Hill on the practices 
relating to the production of denatured alcohol in European countries 
recounts in detail the methods used in Great Britain and Germany. — 
Oil, Paint, and Drug Rep., 1906, v. 70, Oct. 1, p. 17. 
A compilation of consular reports gives the regulations concerning 
the manufacture and sale of denatured alcohol in Italy, France, Cuba, 
and Belgium. — Ibid., v. 70, Aug. 13, p. 25. 
Hill, Ebenezer J., as a member of the committee sent abroad to 
study the process, conditions, and government regulations surround- 
ing the manufacture of denatured alcohol, presents a report on the 
practice in Great Britain, France, and Germany. — Ibid., v. 70, Sept. 
17, p. 16. 
Abstracts from reports prepared by Consul-General Alexander M. 
Thackara, of Berlin, and Consul-General Frank M. Mason, of Paris, 
present a review of conditions regulating the manufacture and sale 
of denatured alcohol in Germany and in France. — Ibid., v. 70, Sept. 
17, p. 16. 
An abstract from a report by Consul-General IV. A. Rublee reviews 
the production and use of denatured alcohol in Austria. — Ibid., v. 70. 
Sept. 24, p. 38. 
The regulations adopted for the manufacture and marketing of 
denatured alcohol are reproduced. — Ibid., v. 70, Oct. 8, pp. 28D-28F. 
Some additional regulations for the production, storage, and sale 
of denatured alcohol. — Ibid., v. 70, Nov. 12, pp. 9-10; Nov. 26, 
pp. 52-53 ; Dec. 31, p. 55. 
