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to a general interference with normal metabolism caused by the ad- 
ministered thyroid. — Ztschr. f. exper. Path. u. Therap., 1906, v. 3, 
pp. 515-529. 
A contributor to the “ Miscellany ” column calls attention to the 
experiments of Reid Hunt (J. Biol. Chem., v. 1, No. 1), which show 
that thyroid feeding renders white mice less susceptible to the toxic 
action of acetonitrile, but that it has no such effect on the toxic dose of 
sodium nitroprusside or hydrocyanic acid, showing that the action 
is due to some specific antitoxic action, and that it does not act by 
increasing sulphur compounds by the metabolism of proteids. Tliy- 
roidectin had a slight effect in increasing the susceptibility of mice 
to acetonitrile. — J. Am. Ass., 1906, v. 47, p. 1405. 
Stelwagon, Henry W., states that thyroid acts beneficially in psori- 
asis, but he delays its use as long as possible owing to its disad- 
vantages. — Ibid., v. 47, p. 1637. 
Kleinhans, F. A., states that he has used thyroid on himself in the 
treatment of psoriasis, but with little effect. — Ibid., v. 47, p. 1638. 
Kocher (Arch. f. klin, Chir., Berl., v. 79, No. 3) calls attention to 
the abuse of the thyroid preparations, which he thinks have done 
more harm than good in goiter. — Ibid., v. 47, p. 1233. 
Solis-Cohen, S., calls attention to the fact that thyroid acts in 
many respects like sodium nitrite with sodium iodide. — Ibid., v. 47, 
p. 1478. 
Osborne, Oliver T., calls attention to many conditions and func- 
tions which are affected by thyroid feeding or changes in the thyroid 
secretion. Among these are : Restoration of the procreative function, 
when thyroid is administered to a thyroidectomized patient ; it some- 
times increases the blood count in chlorotic patients'; it may institute ; 
menstruation in cases of amenorrhcea or increase it if already normal ; 
it sometimes stops epistaxis and uterine haemorrhage in stout women 
with slow hearts. — Ibid., v. 47, pp. 1475-1479. 
Patta, Aldo, in an exhaustive study of the action of organic ex- 
tracts on the circulatory function, discusses the action of the thyroid 
gland. — Arch, di farmacol. sper., Roma, 1906, v. 5, pp. 576-579. 
The paper includes studies of the thymus (p. 579) and the hypo- 
physis (p. 581). The full paper, with bibliography, is found 
(Ibid., pp. 188-215, 576-605) and is to be continued. 
Additional references on the use of thyroid will be found in the 
Index Medicus and the J. Am. M. Ass. 
GLYCERINUM. 
An abstract from an article by Riviere discusses the possible extrac- 
tion of glycerin from the by-products of distilleries. — Oil, Paint and 
Drug Rep., N. Y., 1906, Jan. 1, p. 17. 
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