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higher  than  63  degrees  or  64  degrees  C.  This  temperature  effect 
is  very  short  in  duration  and  in  itseh  is  not  the  principal  factor  in 
the  destruction  of  the  bacteria.  Though  the  milk  is  not  sterilized 
in  the  strict  sense  of  the  word,  yet  the  percentage  reduction  of  the 
bacteria  taken  over  a  period  of  a  fortnight  is  99.93.  The  keeping 
power  of  the  milk  is  considerably  increased. 
The  taste  of  the  milk  is  not  altered,  and  so  far  as  careful  chemical 
examination  can  determine  the  properties  of  the  milk  are  not  in 
any  way  impaired.  The  milk  can  accurateV  be  described  as  "raw 
milk"  free  from  pathogenetic  bacteria. 
LICORICE  INDUSTRY  IN  SICILY.* 
By  Commercial  Attache;  Alfred  P.  Dknnis, 
ROME,  ITALY. 
Licorice  root  forms  an  important  minor  article  of  Italian  export 
to  the  United  States.  Figures  covering  prepared  licorice  are  not 
available;  but  shipments  of  licorice  root  for  the  year  19 19  amounted 
to  1,304  metric  tons  to  the  United  States  alone,  out  of  a  total  ex- 
portation of  1,899  metric  tons.  The  bulk  of  Italian  licorice  is  grown 
in  Calabria,  the  souternmost  Province  of  Italy,  and  the  prepared 
licorice  is  manufactured  in  the  city  of  Messina. 
The  bulk  of  the  manufactured  licorice  is  exported  to  England  and 
to  Denmark  the  present  quotation  being  £20  per  quintal  (220  pounds) 
f.  o.  b.  vessel,  Messina,  for  blocks  of  five  kilos  each,  while  stick 
licorice  is  quoted  at  £30.  The  boxes  of  130  kilos  capacity,  in  which 
the  product  is  packed  for  export,  are  expensive,  costing  about  20 
lire  each. 
The  macerated  pulp  fiber  left  over  from  the  process  of  produc- 
tion is  now  employed  as  a  fertilizer,  but  experiments  are  being  made 
for  the  conversion  of  this  fiber  into  a  tough  quality  of  wrapping 
paper. 
CURRENT  LITERATURE. 
MEDICAL  AND  PHARMACEUTICAL  NOTES. 
AniIvINS  Poisoning— Max  Nassauer  {Zeitsckrift  fiir  angewandte 
Chemie,  19 19,  xxxii  (I),  333-335)  states  that  a  malignant  tumor  or 
>cancer  of  the  bladder  occurs  as  an  occupational  disease  among  work- 
*  From  Commerce  Reports,  June  g,  1920, 
