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Ferrated  Milk. — Dr.  Schmitgen  (Ber.  klin.  Wochenschr.,  1907,  page 
1902),  asserts  that  milk  containing  an  unusually  high  percentage  of 
true  organic  iron  may  be  obtained  from  cows  that  are  fed  on  spec- 
ially prepared  dry  fodder  containing  readily  absorbable  iron  com- 
pounds. This  milk  does  not  differ  materially  from  ordinary  milk 
but  is  said  to  contain  from  three  to  eleven  times  the  amount  of  iron 
that  is  usually  found  in  milk,  and  is  said  to  be  advantageous  in  the 
treatment  of  various  forms  of  anemia.  (Pharm.  Zenfh.,  1907,  page 
1014.) 
Ferroplasma  is  said  to  be  an  organic  iron  compound,  extracted 
from  cultivated  plants  of  Rumex  crispus  [Pharm.  Zenfh.,  1907,  page 
1014).  In  Merck's  report  for  1 906  it  is  asserted  that  the  roots  of 
Rumex  crispus  have  the  faculty  of  absorbing  considerable  quantities 
of  iron  when  grown  on  soil  containing  iron  compounds. 
Guaiodol.- — This  is  an  iodine  derivative  of  guaiacol.  Each  guaia- 
col  molecule  is  said  to  contain  one  atom  of  iodine  and  one  free 
hydroxyl  group,  so  that  the  preparation  represents  approximately 
50  per  cent,  of  iodine.  It  is  said  to  be  useful  in  all  diseases  of  a 
tubercular  nature.  [Pharm.  Zenfh.,  1907,  page  1060.) 
Hetraline,  dioxybenzol  hexamethylenetetramine,  is  being  intro- 
duced into  England  as  an  intestinal  antiseptic,  particularly  for  the 
urinary  tract.  It  is  said  to  represent  60  per  cent,  of  hexamethylene- 
tetramine in  true  chemical  combination  with  resorcinol. 
Hetraline  crystallizes  in  perfectly  stable,  snow-white  needles  that 
are  soluble  in  4  parts  of  hot  water,  or  in  14  parts  of  cold  water.  It 
may  be  given  in  doses  of  0*5  gm.  {J  —  y2  gr).  (Pharm.  Jour.y  Jan- 
uary 11,  1908,  page  44.) 
Hydropyrin. — Acetylsalicylate  of  sodium  is  being  introduced  in 
Austria  as  a  substitute  tor  acetylsalicylic  acid.  It  is  said  to  have 
the  advantage  of  being  freely  soluble  in  water.  (Pharm.  Zeifg,  1907, 
page  105 1.) 
Jute  and  jute  seeds,  according  to  Kobert  (Munch,  med.  Wochen- 
schr., 1907,  page  1 143),  contain  a  glucoside,  corchorin,  that  is  ten 
times  as  bitter  as  quinine.  The  lethal  dose  per  kilo  of  animal,  hypo- 
dermically,  is  0*2  mg.  for  rabbits,  0*8  mg.  for  dogs  and  2  9  mg.  for 
horses.  The  toad  is  said  to  be  singularly  immune  to  the  action  of 
this  poison,  being  1 00  times  less  susceptible  to  its  action  than  the  frog. 
In  the  latter  animal  the  drug  slows  the  heart- beat  and  causes  a 
systolic  paralysis  of  the  ventricle. 
