be readily soluble in water to a dirty solution, and to contain a dis- 
tinct trace of sulphuric acid. — Analyt. Notes, E. L. & W., Lond., for 
1906, 1907, p. 24. 
Patch, E. L., asserts that products sold as pure sugar of milk con- 
tained 24 and 28 per cent of glucose. — Proc. Am. Pharm. Ass., 1906, 
v. 54, p. 340. 
Gane, E. H., points out that he has found a sample of sugar of 
milk which was grossly adulterated with a fine grade of glucose, 
known commercially as confectioners 1 grape sugar or starch sugar. 
Another sample offered as Pure Lactose Sugar consisted wholly of 
grape sugar or glucose. — Am. Druggist, N. Y., 1906, v. 48, p. 99. 
(See also Proc. Am. Pharm. Ass., 1906, v. 54, p. 340.) 
Ohliger, Willard, finds that many samples of sugar of milk con- 
tain considerable amounts of cane sugar; the solubility ranges from 
1 : 5 to 1:11.— Proc. Michigan Pharm. Ass., 1906, p. 48. 
Caspari, Chas. E., reports six samples examined; three U. S. P. ; 
three contained cane sugar. — Proc. Missouri Pharm. Ass., 1906, p. 100. 
Evans, John, asserts that the presence of magnesium lactate will 
cause coagulation of milk, rendering the preparation unfit for use 
in infants 1 foods. — Apothecary, Bost., 1906, v. 18, p. 908. 
Dieterich, Karl, reports examining eight samples of sugar of milk. 
The maximum ash found in the acceptable samples was 0.080 per 
cent, while the ash content in the samples that did not comply with 
the Ph. Germ. IV requirements varied from 0.13 to 0.15 per cent. — 
Helfenberger Annalen, 1905, Berl., 1906, v. 18, p. 141. 
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SAFROLUM. 
Schimmel & Co. point out that the specific gravity for safrol, 1.105 
to 1.106, as originally given by the U. S. P. VIII, corresponds to 
the determination of this constant at 15° C. — Semi- Ann. Rep., 1906, 
Apr. -May, p. 76. 
Patch, E. L., thinks that the advice to use and sell safrol in place 
of oil of sassafras would tend to make trouble for the pharmacist if 
he labels it oil of sassafras. The latter has a rotation of +4° ; under 
the specified conditions safrol is optically inactive. — Proc. Am. 
Pharm. Ass., 1906, v. 54, p. 343. 
SALES. 
Barnett, J. J., criticises the method of preparation of granular 
effervescent salts and compares the new with the old or so-called 
English method. He objects to manipulation while heating, and 
thinks that in the sodium and magnesium preparations of the U. S. P. 
VIII there is too little citric acid. 
