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United  States  the  tendency  has  been  to  treat  peanuts  the  same  as 
cotton-seed  with  the  result  that  practically  all  the  oil  produced 
required  refining  or  a  least  deodorizing  before  it  was  suitable  for 
salad  and  cooking  purposes.  There  is  no  reason  why  a  large  part 
of  our  domestic  peanut  oil  should  not  be  made  from  sound,  shelled 
stock  pressed  in  such  a  way  as  to  yield  a  virgin  oil  which  would  be 
ready  for  household  use  when  simply  filtered  to  remove  press  sedi- 
ment. At  the  present  time  there  are  mills  willing  to  make  this 
high-grade  virgin  oil  if  they  can  obtain  a  steady  market  at  a  price 
slightly  above  what  is  paid  for  the  crude  hot  pressed  oil.  As  in 
refining  there  is  a  loss  of  about  5  per  cent.,  every  hundred  gallons 
of  virgin  oil  produced  means  a  saving  of  five  gallons  of  food  oil, 
which  would  otherwise  go  into  soap  stock.  At  this  time  of  increas- 
ing scarcity  of  edible  oils  it  is  of  vital  importance  to  save  at  every 
point  possible  and  if  those  who  are  in  a  position  to  create  a  market 
for  this  virgin  peanut  oil,  which  is  generally  considered  superior  to 
the  refined  article,  will  get  in  touch  with  the  producers  so  that  they 
will  be  assured  of  a  demand  for  their  product.  The  Bureau  of 
Chemistry  has  a  list  of  the  mills  that  contemplate  crushing  peanuts 
this  season  and  will  be  glad  to  cooperate  with  the  wholesale  grocery 
trade  by  supplying  it  with  the  addresses  of  firms  in  a  position  to 
furnish  virgin  peanut  oil.    (From  Simmons's  "  Spice  Mill.") 
MEDICAL  AND  PHARMACEUTICAL. 
The  Carrel-Dakin  Treatment  of  Wounds. — A  committee 
appointed  by  the  director-general  of  the  British  Army  Medical 
Services  for  the  purpose  of  investigating  and  reporting  on  the 
Carrel-Dakin  treatment  of  wounds  has  made  its  report  (British 
Medical  Journal,  1917,  2,  597).  The  hospitals  visited  were  Carrel's, 
which  at  the  time  of  the  visit  was  under  the  surgical  care  of  Guillot ; 
the  clinics  of  Tufiier  and  Churto  in  Paris ;  the  American  Ambulance 
in  Paris,  and  Mrs.  Depew's  Hospital  at  Annel.  In  Carrel's,  Tuffier's 
and  Chutro's  clinics,  only  Dakin's  fluid  is  used.  In  the  Annel 
Hospital,  three  fluids  are  used  with  Carrel's  tubes — Dakin's  fluid, 
eusol  and  ether.  The  committee  was  assured  that  good  results  were 
obtained  from  each  of  them.  The  committee  points  out  that  it  is 
evident  that  in  estimating  the  value  of  the  Carrel-Dakin  treatment, 
care  must  be  taken  to  appraise  quite  separately  the  method  of 
applying  the  antiseptic  and  the  antiseptic  employed.    While  con- 
