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melting  at  2220  C.  Ethylenphenylnydrazinsuccinic  acid  is 
made  by  dissolving  equal  parts  by  weight  of  ethylenphenyl- 
drazin  and  succinicanhydride  in  alcohol,  boiling  for  a  short 
time,  when  a  crystalline  mass  of  the  compound  is  formed 
which  is  purified  by  washing  with  alcohol.  It  is  soluble  in 
hot  water,  slightly  soluble  in  alcohol,  easily  soluble  in  solu- 
tion of  sodium  carbonate,  from  which  the  acid  is  reprecipitated 
by  addition  of  hydrochloric  acid;  it  melts  at  3030  C. — {Sudd. 
Apoth.  Ztg.)  Oesterr.  Ztschr.  f.  Pharm.,  1889,  649. 
ABSTRACTS  FROM  THE  FRENCH  JOURNALS. 
Translated  for  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy. 
Phosphoglycerites  of  Lime  and  Soda. — At  a  meeting  of 
the  Socie'te  de  Pharmacie  de  Paris  (Nov.  6),  M.  Varenne  pro- 
posed that  these  preparations  be  tested  in  therapeutics.  The 
soda  salt  is  very  soluble  in  water,  and  the  lime  salt  dissolves 
readily  if  a  small  quantity  of  hydrochloric  acid  be  added. 
The  author  does  not  give  the  formula  for  the  present,  having 
a  doubt  as  to  whether  or  not  he  has  obtained  chemical  combi- 
nations in  his  mixture. 
Comparative  Activity  of  the  Digitalins. — M.  G.  Bardet 
'{Acad,  des  Sci.),  reports  recent  researches  upon  amorphous  or 
crystallized  digitalin — the  digitoxin  of  German  chemists — 
.and  with  digitalein,  which,  in  Germany  is  called  digitalin. 
He  arrived  at  the  following  conclusions :  Crystallized  and 
amorphous  digitalins  prepared  according  to  the  French  Codex, 
are  wholly  soluble  in  chloroform.  They  have  an  identical 
activity  and  are  uniform  in  their  effects.  The  German  digi- 
toxin is  incompletely  soluble  in  chloroform,  and  its  activity 
is  from  two  to  three  times  less  than  the  digitalin  of  the 
codex.  French  digitalein  and  German  digitalin,  both  of 
which  are  soluble  in  water  and  insoluble  in  chloroform,  are 
not  definite  products.  They  have  a  like  activity  and  thera- 
peutic action,  but  the  action  is  twenty  to  twenty-five  times  less 
than  the  digitalin  of  the  codex  or  chloroformic  digitalin.  On 
the  other  hand,  it  is  possible  that  the  action  upon  the  heart 
may  not  be  exactly  the  same  as  the  action  of  the  digitalin  of 
the  codex. — /.  dt  Ph.  et  de  Chim.,  Dec.  t. 
POSOLOGY  OF  CHLORAL.  — In  the  Archives  de  Neurologic  M. 
