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abolishing  the  feeling  of  hunger  from  which  patients  suffer  who  are 
placed  on  a  limited  diet. — Chem.  and  Drug.,  1914,  vol.  84,  p.  443. 
Friedmann  Remedy.  (Editorial.) — Several  recent  German 
articles  on  the  Friedmann  remedy  appear  to  be  uniformly  unfavor- 
able. They  add  to  the  testimony  already  given  in  this  country  that  the 
Friedmann  remedy  is  not  inefficient  alone,  but  also  may  be  dangerous. 
All  reliable  reports  regarding  the  treatment  of  patients  by  Fried- 
mann's  method  seem  to  show  either  that  it  is  actually  injurious  or 
else  that  it  is  less  efficient  than  other  well-known  and  less  dangerous 
means  of  treatment. — /.  Am.  M.  Assoc.,  1914,  vol.  62,  p.  1407.  See 
also  pp.  1206  and  1343. 
Hydrogen  Peroxide.  (Stewart,  R.) — There  is  really  a  very  curi- 
ous amount  of  ignorance  prevalent  as  to  hydrogen  peroxide.  The 
ordinary  hydrogen  peroxide  of  commerce  is  now  an  article  sold  by 
the  ton,  and  even  for  many  purposes  of  the  drug  trade  this  quality 
answers  admirably.  The  ordinary  commercial  commodity,  however, 
does  not  compare  in  stability  with  the  higher-priced  product  used 
for  medicinal  purposes.  The  whole  question  is  one  of  price.  So 
long  as  drug  stores,  hospital  authorities,  and  others  expect  a  product 
at  the  very  lowest  possible  price,  it  is  hardly  fair  to  expect  manu- 
facturers to  deliver  goods  which  it  would  cost  two  or  three  times  the 
selling  price  to  produce. — Pharm.  J.,  1914,  vol.  92,  p.  353. 
The  Hypophosphite  Fallacy.  (Anon.) — A  false  therapeutic  no- 
tion born  of  speculation  soon  dies  a  natural  death  if  exposed  unsup- 
ported to  the  cold  world  of  facts,  but  when  nursed  by  commercial 
interests  it  may  be  kept  alive  for  generations.  Interesting  examples 
of  this,  to  name  but  two  or  three,  are  the  misconceptions  perpetuated 
during  the  past  half  century  concerning  "  lithia,"  the  "  natural  " 
salicylates,  and  the  hypophosphites.  In  spite  of  reliably  reported 
observations,  the  hypophosphites  continue  to  be  employed  by  many 
practitioners,  largely  because  the  theory  on  which  their  use  is  based 
was  thought  to  be  plausible  at  the  time  when  chemical  theories  were 
popular  and  gained  a  certain  recognition  and  were  adopted  without 
scientific  investigation.  These  theories  were  subsequently  taken  up' 
by  certain  manufacturers  and  became  a  commercial  asset,  so  that, 
as  a  result,  a  theory  which  uncommercialized  would  have  died  of 
inanition,  was  kept  alive  by  continued  advertisement. — /.  Am.  M. 
Assoc.,  1914,  vol.  62,  pp.  1346,  1347. 
Ipecacuanha.  (Van  der  Wielen  and  Reens.)— An  assay  of  the 
same  sample  of  ipecacuanha  by  the  methods  official  in  the  Pharmaco- 
