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but the pharmacy board of New Zealand takes a still more serious 
view of the matter, and it is reported that the board has recom- 
mended that sulphonal be placed in the first part of the Poison 
Schedule. — Pharm. J., Loud., 1906, v. 23, p. 450. 
SULPHUR. 
An editorial discusses the economic conditions in the sulphur mar- 
ket, refers to the rapid increase in the production of sulphur in 
Louisiana, and asserts that the capacity of the plant in 1906 was 
upward of 3,500 tons per day. — Oil, Paint, and Drug Pep., 1906, 
v. 69, May 14, p. 7. 
Market conditions of Sicilian brimstone. — Ibid., v. 70, July 2, p. 7. 
The production and the use of sulphur in the United States. — 
Ibid., v. 70, Sept. 10, p. 27. 
Koch, Felix J., records some travel experiences in the “ land of 
sulphur.” — Western Druggist, 1906, v. 28, pp. 293-297, 365-367. 
Miller, H. B., Avriting from Yokohama concerning sulphur in 
Japan, points out that sulphur is found in the vicinity of volcanoes 
mixed with clay and earthy matter from which it is separated by 
being heated in retorts. Upward of 22,000 tons are produced 
annually. — Oil, Paint, and Drug Pep., 1906, v. 70, July 16, p. 10. 
Evans Sons Lescher and Webb assert that they have tested sulphur 
with satisfactory results, and point out that although samples had 
formerly reached them which were heavily contaminated nothing 
of this kind has been seen this year. The noncombustible residue 
usually amounts to 0.2 per cent. — Analytical Notes, for 1906, E., L. 
& W., Lond., 1907, p. 31. 
Frerichs, Gr., suggests that sulphur be limited to a maximum of 1 
per cent of residue. — Apoth. Ztg., Berl., 1906, v. 21, p. 938. 
The Ph. Brit. Committee of Reference in Pharmacy report on 
sublimed sulphur says it always gives an acid reaction unless freshly 
washed and dried. The residue left in the ammonia test might be 
ammonium sulphate, and is no proof of the presence of arsenic or 
arsenium sulphide. The arsenic test is not delicate enough. — Chem. 
& Drug., Lond., 1906, v. 69, p. 865. 
Baird, J. W., reports 12 samples of washed sulphur examined in 
1904, 10 adulterated. — Proc. Massachusetts Pharm. Ass., 1906, p. 59. 
Fay, Henry, reviews the methods of Lunge and Fresenius for de- 
termining the available and the total sulphur in pvrite and points 
out some of the precautions that are to be observed. — Tech. Quart., 
Bost., 1906, v. 20, pp. 27-33. 
Acree, S. F., discusses sulphate and sulphur determinations. — J. 
Biol. Chem., N. Y., 1906-7, v. 2, pp. 135-143. 
