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From  the  available  reports  it  would  appear  that  this  remedy  should 
not  be  used  under  any  conditions  until  such  time  as  a  sufficient  guar- 
anty can  be  offered  that  the  contaminations  and  pathogenic  organisms 
present  have  been  eliminated. — Therap.  Monatsh.,  1914,  vol.  28,  pp. 
509-511.   See  also  /.  Am.  M.  Assoc.,  1914,  vol.  63,  p.  177  and  p.  358. 
Galegine  Sulphate. — The  new  base  recently  discovered  and  iso- 
lated by  Tanret  from  Galega  officinalis,  the  common  goat's  rue, 
is  toxic  when  administered  by  hypodermic  or  intravenous  injection, 
both  for  cold-blooded  and  warm-blooded  animals. —  (Compt.  rend., 
1914,  vol.  159,  No.  108.)    Pharm.  J.,  1914,  vol.  93,  p.  195. 
Gitalin.  (Rosenthaler,  L.) — Report  of  experiments  which  tend 
to  confirm  the  assertion  made  by  Kiliani  that  gitalin  is  not  a  definite 
substance. — Schzveiz.  Apoth.-Ztg.,  1914,  vol.  52,  pp.  349,  350. 
Glyco-Heroin,  Smith.  (Puckner,  W.  A.)- — The  report  of  the 
Council  on  Pharmacy  and  Chemistry  of  the  American  Medical  As- 
sociation on  glyco-heroin,  Smith,  shows  it  to  be  a  dangerous  mixture, 
containing  the  habit-forming  drug  heroin.  It  is  exploited  in  "  patent 
medicine  style,"  and  therefore  destined  to  be  misused  by  the  unsus- 
pecting laity. — /.  Am.  M.  Assoc.,  19 14,  vol.  62,  p.  1826.. 
Hydrastinine  in  Hemorrhages  of  the  Lung.  (Roher.) — A  review 
of  the  use  of  synthetic  hydrastinine  in  case  of  pulmonary  hemorrhage. 
The  synthetic  hydrastinine  is  said  to  be  identical  with  the  natural 
substance,  and  its  toxicity  is  comparable.  The  results  in  the  five  cases 
reported  were  uniformly  satisfactory. — Therap.  Monatsh.,  1914,  vol. 
28,  pp.  505,  506. 
Idomenin. — A  combination  of  iodine,  bismuth,  and  albumin  that 
is  not  soluble  in  dilute  acid  solutions  and  is  therefore  not  decomposed 
in  the  stomach,  but  asserts  its  influence  in  the  intestinal  tract  in  the 
form  of  an  alkaline  iodide  and  bismuth  albuminate. — Therap. 
Monatsh.,  19 14,  vol.  28,  p.  512. 
Luminal. — Heinsius  suggests  that  luminal  should  have  estab- 
lished for  it  an  official  maximum  dose,  and  that  so  long  as  this  does 
not  exist  simple  cases  of  insomnia  should  be  given  from  0.05  Gm.  to 
0.1  Gm.  and  not  exceeding  0.3  Gm.  per  dose,  this  dose  to  be  repeated 
not  more  than  three  times  per  day,  with  an  interruption  of  from  one 
to  two  days  after  four  or  five  days'  treatment. — Therap.  Monatsh., 
1914,  vol.  28,  p.  514. 
Unusual  Case  of  Fatal  Poisoning  from  the  Administration  of 
Male-Fern  as  a  Vermifuge.  (Hall,  Maurice  C.) — Report  of  a  ne- 
cropsy on  a  man  who  had  died  from  an  overdose  of  the  oleoresin  of 
