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paraffin oil and other foreign matter. Color dark. — Proc. Michigan 
Pharm. Ass., 1900, p. 47. 
Caspari, Chas. E., reports six samples examined : Two U. S. P., 
three contained gurjun balsam, one had too low specific gravity. — 
Proc. Missouri Pharm. Ass., 1906, p. 100. 
Blome, W. H., reports on eleven samples of copaiba, only one of 
which was even passable, while none would pass a rigid test; all con- 
tained gurjun. — Proc. Michigan Pharm. Ass., 1906, p. 104. 
Evans Sons Lescher and Webb report that 60 samples of imported 
copaiba balsam, with very few exceptions, fulfilled the requirements. 
Thej^ have examined two samples of cheap German balsam, which 
complied with the tests of the Ph. Brit., IV, but the behavior of the 
volatile oil showed adulteration. They assert that the tests of the 
Ph. Brit., IV, are quite insufficient to detect any but the crudest 
adulteration. — Analytical Xotes for 1906, 1907, p. 16. 
Marris, G. W., presents some interesting notes on a sample of 
copaiba, labeled “ B. P., v quite normal in appearance, showing no 
definite departure from recognized standards, and yet giving evi- 
dence of the presence of a petroleum product, and of different botan- 
ical and geographical sources from those required by the Ph. Brit. — • 
Pharm. J., Lond., 1906, v. 23, p. 720. 
An editorial comments on the economic conditions affecting copaiba 
and presents a table giving the highest and lowest prices for copaiba 
during the years 1903 to 1906, inclusive. — Oil, Paint and Drug Pep., 
1906, v. 70. Dec. 31, p. 7. 
CREOSOTTJM. 
Smith, F. A. Upshur, suggests that the U. S. P. color limitations 
for creosote are too stringent and asserts that he has not seen a creo- 
sote that did not become brown in color on exposure to light. Amber 
glass hinders the development of this color. — Pharm. J., Lond., 1906, 
v. 22, p. 63. 
Ohliger, Willard, found most samples to be coal-tar creosote, a 
particularly dangerous and reprehensible substitution. — Proc. Michi- 
gan Pharm. Ass., 1906, p. 46. 
An editorial states that creosote becomes more repellant instead of 
less so, and calls attention to the work of Bouchet (Poutou medical, 
July 1; Progres medical, Sept. 1), who has sought to find a suitable 
method of administering creosote. If taken in capsules it may come 
in contact with the wall of the empty stomach and act as an irritant. 
The creosote may be mixed with powdered charcoal and administered 
in wafers or capsules. The editorial also suggests that the creosote may 
be incorporated with a bland substance such as curd soap with licorice 
or althaea and put into capsules. — X. York M. J., 1906, v. 84, p. 898. 
