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Liyerseege, J. F., points out that of 200 samples of arrowroot that 
have been analyzed only two were adulterated. One consisted of 
tous-les-mois starch and the other of maize starch. — Year Book of 
Pharmacy, 1906, p. 265. 
Hess, Eugen, presents a description, illustrated, of a number of 
tropical starches. — Ztsclir. d. allgem. osterr. Apotli.-Yer. Wien, 1906, 
v. 44, pp. 25-29. 
ANTHEMIS. 
Taylor, S., calls attention to the work of Greenish on the extrac- 
tion of the chamomiles. — Pliarm. J., Lond., 1906, v. 23, p. 669. 
Fyfe. John William, savs Anthemis nobilis was believed to be an 
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efficient medicament in pulmonary diseases, and it was also much used 
in glandular swellings. — Eclectic Med. J., Cincin., 1906, v. 66, p. 320. 
ANISUM. 
The Ph. Brit. Committee of Inference in Pharmacy points out 
that anise should be examined to determine whether it has been par- 
tially exhausted or not, as caraway, fennel, and cloves so treated are 
mixed with unexhausted fruits, and so marketed. The ether extract 
might detect the fraud. — Chem. & Drug., Loud., 1906. v. 69, p. 862. 
Spaeth, Edward, suggests that anise be required to consist of the 
whole fruit, not deprived of any of the volatile oil : it should not 
contain any appreciable amount of stems; it should contain not more 
than 10 per cent of ash and not more than 2.5 per cent of ash insolu- 
ble in hydrochloric acid. — Sudd. Apoth. Ztg.. 1906. v. 45, p. 168. 
Utz suggests that anise should contain not more than 10 per cent of 
ash. — Apoth. Ztg., Berl., 1906, v. 21, p. 930. 
ANTIMONII ET POTASSI TARTRAS. 
Graham, Willard, reports examining one sample of antimony and 
potassium tartrate, representing a shipment of 800 pounds, which con- 
tained only 9-1 per cent of pure antimony and potassium tartrate: 
another sample, representing 500 pounds, contained but 87 per cent of 
the pure salt. — Proc. Pennsylvania Pliarm. Ass.. 1906, p. 153. 
Hankey, William T., asserts that he has examined many samples 
of antimony and potassium tartrate and has found none entirely free 
from arsenic. — Am. Druggist, X. Y., 1906, v. 49, p. 360. 
Patch, E. L., reports that lots of antimony and potassium tartrate 
from two manufacturers contained an excess of arsenic. — Proc. Am. 
Pharm. Ass., 1906, v. 54, p. 347. 
Ferraro and Yarobbio (Pharm. Ztg., li. Xo. 19, 1906, 214; from 
Boll. chim. farm., 44, 805, through Chem. Centralbl., 1906. i, Xo. 5) 
point out that antimoniates, when treated with a modification of 
