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substances  containing  sugar.  And  it  is  further  suggested  that  the 
iron  sodium  salicylate  might  be  of  some  use  in  medicine. 
Senna. — Alexandria  senna  has  been  demonstrated  to  contain 
upward  of  20  per  cent,  more  of  the  supposed  active  principle, 
oxymethyl  anthra  chinon,  than  the  corresponding  leaves  of  the  Tin- 
nevelly  variety.  The  former  should,  therefore,  be  considered  the 
more  efficient. 
Strophanthus. — According  to  F.  Feist  (Ber.  d.  Dent.  Ghent.  Gesells.) 
there  is  a  marked  difference  in  the  preparations  of  this  drug  when 
made  from  Strophanthus  Kombe,  or  Strophanthus  hispidus,  as  they 
vary  considerably  in  the  kind  and  amount  of  the  glucoside  con- 
tained in  them,  the  pseudostrophanthin  of  Strophanthus  hispidus 
being  twice  as  active  as  Strophanthin  contained  in  Strophanthus 
Kombe. 
Wines. — Dr.  Carl  Rundquist  [Apoth.  Zeitg.,  1901)  has  made  a 
series  of  experiments  with  the  idea  of  replacing  the  official  wines  of 
the  "  German  Pharmacopoeia "  by  sweet  wines  in  the  making  of 
official  preparations  of  medicated  wines.  According  to  his  experi- 
ments Port  wines  and  wines  of  this  character  having  a  high  percent- 
age of  sugar  appear  to  have  greater  solvent  properties  for  alkaloids 
and  active  principles  of  drugs  than  sherry  and  Malaga  wines. 
RECENT  LITERATURE  RELATING  TO  PHARMACY. 
NEW  REMEDIES  OF  I9OI.1 
Abroma  Augustum— See  Olut  Kombool. 
Acetamidophenoxylacetamide — Antipyretic. 
Acetamidophenoxylacetamide-chloral— Sedative. 
Acetanilidsulphonsodium — Soluble  antipyretic. 
Acetospirin — Acopyrine.    Compound  of  aspirin  and  antipyrine. 
Antirheumatic.    Dose  :  0-5  grammes,  5-6  times  daily. 
Acetylated  Methylenediguaiacol— -See  Euguform. 
Acid,  Cinamylcacodylic — See  Cinamylcacodylic  acid. 
Acid,  Iodosobenzoic — Local  Antiseptic. 
Acid,  Morphoxylacetic — See  Morphoxylacetic  acid. 
Acid,  Orthohydrazineparabenzoic — See  Orthine. 
Acid,  Salolorthophosphinic — See  Solvosal. 
^Merck's  Report ,  January,  1902. 
