421 
Douglass, Malcolm E., describes the use of camphor, opium, and 
ipecac, 1 part each with 7 parts of potassium sulphate; dose, 2 to 10 
grains. — Hahneman. Month., Phila., 1906, v. 41, p. 43. 
OXYMEL SCILLiE N. E. 
The Ph. Brit. Committee of Reference in Pharmacy reports that 
the process for oxymel of squill needs revision so as to insure a con- 
stant product. — Chem. & Drug., Lond., 1906, v. 69, p. 864. 
PAN CRE ATINTJM. 
TVeidermann, H. P., calls attention to the methods employed in 
preparing pancreatin in a commercial way. — Chem. Eng., Phila., 
1906-7, v. 5, p. 73. 
Francis, John M., thinks that the starch test, while admittedly 
arbitrary and imperfect, is a great improvement on any test hitherto 
employed and serves to distinguish an inferior from an active pan- 
creatin. He recommends that it be stocked only in limited quantities 
and carefully stored. — Bull. Pharm., Detroit, 1906, v. 20, p. 142. 
Vanderkleed, Charles E., points out that samples of pancreatin 
should be subjected to the U. S. P. test for starch converting prop- 
erties. — Proc. Pennsylvania Pharm. Ass., 1906, p. 123. 
Patch, E. L., reports that market samples of pancreatin converted 
from 10 to 25 times their own weight of starch, by the U. S. P. VIII 
test. — Proc. Am. Pharm. Ass., 1906, v. 54, p. 343. 
Apple, F. M., presents a review of 1,000 prescriptions and some 
additional figures obtained from wholesale druggists to illustrate the 
limited use of pancreatin in ordinary practice. — Proc. Pennsylvania 
Pharm. Ass., 1906, pp. 135-143. 
Delezenne (Soc. biol., v. 60, p. 1070) reports some observations on 
the activation of pancreatic juice by means of calcium salts and the 
specific action of calcium. — Biochem. Centralbl., Leipz., 1906-7, v. 5, 
p. 603. x 
Pozerski, L., (Soc. biol. 1906, v. 60, p. 1068) points out that pan- 
creatic juice that has been activated by a calcium salt rapidly loses 
its amylolytic power in favor of the proteolytic power. — Ibid., v. 5, 
p. 605. 
Iscovesco and Matza report a study of the colloids resulting from 
digestion with pancreatin and point out that the resulting colloids 
are invariably electronegative irrespective of the nature of the albu- 
menoid bodies used. — Ibid., v. 5, p. 603. 
Meyer, Ernst, discusses the influence on metabolism exerted by 
pancreatin in disease of the pancreas. — Ztschr. f. exper. Path. u. 
Therap., 1906, v. 3, pp. 58-72. 
