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Hedin, S. G., reports on an antitryptic effect of charcoal and a 
comparison between the action of charcoal and that of tryptic anti- 
body in the serum. — Biochem. J., Liverpool, 1906, v. 1, pp. 484-495. 
CARBONEI DISULPHIDTJM. 
Hankey, William T., has found commercial carbon disulphide to 
contain varying amounts of dissolved sulphur. — Am. Druggist, X. Y., 
1906, v. 49, p. 361. 
Aitoff, Vladimir, presents contributions to the study of the effects 
of carbon disulphide. — Thesis, Paris, 1905, Xo. 479, 60 pp. Referred 
to in Biochem. Centralb., Leipz., 1906-07, v. 5, p. 292. 
Douglass, Malcolm E., considers carbon bisulphide an important 
remedy in headaches, facial neuralgia, toothache, severe intestinal irri- 
tation, rheumatism, sciatica — of both the left and right thigh — itch, 
tetter, impetigo, herpes, and other cutaneous eruptions. — Hahneman. 
Month., Phila., 1906, v. 41, p. 50. 
CARDAMOMUM. 
Loefler, Paul, (Feuille cle renseignement de l'Office colloniale, Xo. 67, 
1905) discusses the cultivation of cardamom in Indo-China and gives 
a tabulated statement of the production in the Province of Pursat, 
1900-1904. — Extract in Bull, des sc. pharmacol., Par., 1906, v. 13, 
pp. 114-117. 
Dupont, R., (Agr. pr. pays cliauds, Paris, 1906, VI, Xo. 40, pp. 
72-78) discusses the conditions of culture, production, and prepara- 
tion of cardamom in Seychelles; after repeated washings and ex- 
posure to the sun, they are finally dried and treated with sulphur 
vapor to bleach them, the pale varieties being most esteemed. — Ibid., 
v. 13, p. 584. 
Gehe & Co. discuss the economic conditions prevailing in connec- 
tion with cardamom, the harm caused in the plantations by drought, 
and the decreased importation to both the London and Hamburg 
markets. — Handels-Ber., Gehe & Co., 1906, p. 29. 
The Ph. Brit. Committee of Reference in Pharmacy report on 
cardamom says: Ash should be raised to 6 per cent as a maximum. 
Microscopical characters of the powder should be given. — Chem. & 
Drug., Lond., 1906, v. 69, p. 863. 
Utz suggests that for cardamom the permissible ash should not ex- 
ceed 14 per cent, and the drug should yield at least 3 per cent of 
volatile oil. — Apoth. Ztg. Berl., 1906, v. 21. p. 930. 
Thamm, R., reports that the ash content of cardamom, particu- 
larlv of cardamom hulls, is abnormal and can not be relied on as an 
indication of contamination. The total ash content of the sand free, 
