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A report on the drug market presents, in tabular form, a summary 
of the number of cases of opium, with the high and low prices pre- 
vailing at Smyrna during the years 1888 to 1905, inclusive. — Oil, 
Paint, and Drug Rep., 1906, Jan. 29, part 2, p. 33. 
An editorial discusses the opium traffic in various countries. — 
Pharm. J., Lond., 1906, v. 23, p. 336. 
Hosie, Alex., presents an interesting paper on the opium trade of 
China, based upon the Report on the Foreign Trade of China. — Ibid., 
v. 23, pp. 512, 513. 
An editorial discusses the gradual decrease in the production of 
opium in India and the causes which have led up to the loss to the 
revenue from the discontinuance of the traffic in opium. — Ibid., v. 22, 
pp. 679, 680. (See also p. 706.) 
An editorial calls attention to the condemnation of the opium 
traffic by the British Parliament and the edict of the Chinese Gov- 
ernment providing for the suppression of the use of opium. — J. Am. 
M. Ass., 1906, v. 47, p. 1493. 
An editorial discusses the regulations that have been drafted under 
the Chinese edict abolishing opium. — Brit. & Col. Drug., Lond., 1906, 
v. 50, p. 434. 
An editorial notes that the “ mecon ” of the Icelandic Pharmaco- 
poeia of the thirteenth century can only refer to Papaver somniferum, 
especially cultivated, as only the yellow Papaver nudicaule is to be 
found growing wild in Iceland. — Chem. & Drug., Lond., 1906, v. 69, 
p. 969. 
Spiegel, L., discusses the chemistry of the opium alkaloids. — 
Biochem. Centralbl., Leipz., 1906-7, v. 5, pp. 149-156. 
Stern, Dora (Naturw. Rundsch. 21, 469-472), reviews the newer 
researches on the constitution of the opium alkaloids. — Chem. 
Centralbl., Berl., 1906, v. 77, II, p. 1205. 
An editorial discusses the economic conditions prevailing in the 
opium market and presents a table giving the average highest and 
lowest prices since 1886. — Oil, Paint, and Drug Rep., 1906, v. 70, 
Nov. 26, p. 7. 
Reichard, C., discusses the reactions given with boric acid and the 
several opium alkaloids. — Pharm. Ztg., Berl., 1906, v. 51, pp. 817, 818. 
Pschorr and Haas record some experiments on the decomposition 
of thebaine by means of benzoylchloride. — Ber. d. deut. chem. 
Gesellsch., Berl., 1906, v. 39, pp. 16-19. 
Freund, Martin, discusses the constitution of thebaine and reports 
some further investigations of its properties, and behavior with re- 
agents. — Ibid., v. 39, pp. 844-850. 
Reichard, C., discusses the reactions for thebaine and its differ- 
entiation from other alkaloids. — Pharm, Zentralh., 1906, v. 47, pp. 
623-629. 
