440 
Pure  Food  Bill. 
( Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
\  September,  1906. 
The  new  glucoside  is  slightly  bitter  and  crystallizes  in  long,  white, 
needle-shaped  crystals.  It  is  readily  soluble  in  water,  alcohol  and  in 
ether.    {Phar.  Post.,  1906,  page  351,  from  Compt.  Rend.)  ■ 
Sulphopyrine. — This  is  the  name  applied  to  antipyrine-para  amido 
benzol  sulphonate,  which  is  now  being  introduced  as  a  remedy  for 
migraine  and  similar  affections.  It  occurs  as  a  white,  non-hygroscopic 
powder  which  is  very  soluble  in  water.  The  dose  is  I  gramme  in 
half  a  glassful  of  water,  and  may  be  repeated  several  times  a  day. 
{Phar.  your.,  May  26,  1906,  page  645.) 
In  a  recent  communication  from  the  Pharmaceutical  Institute  of  the 
University  of  Berlin,  Dr.  F.  Zernik  asserts  that  sulphopyrine  is  not 
the  true  antipyrine  salt  of  para  amido  benzol  sulphonic  acicj,  but  is 
a  mixture  composed  approximately  of  86  5  parts  of  antipyrine  and 
13-5  parts  of  sulphonic  acid.    {Apothek.  Zeit.,  1906,  page  549.) 
Styracol. — This  is  said  to  be  a  combination  of  cinnamic  acid  and 
guaiacol  which  when  brought  in  contact  with  alkaline  solutions 
decomposes  into  its  constituents. 
Styracol  is  insoluble  in  water  or  in  diluted  acids  and  is  devoid  of 
odor  or  taste.  It  may  be  given  in  doses  of  0-50  to  roo  gm.  three  or 
four  times  a  day  and  has  been  recommended  as  being  an  efficient 
intestinal  antiseptic.  {Jour.  d.  Phar.et  d.  Chem.,  July,  1906,  page  25.) 
Theophorin. — This  is  described  as  being  a  double  salt  of  theo- 
bromin  sodium  and  sodium  formate.  It  occurs  as  a  fine  white 
powder  that  is  readily  soluble  in  water  and  is  said  to  be  an  efficient 
diuretic.  It  may  be  given  in  doses  of  0-5  to  ro  gramme  three  times 
a  day,  preferably  in  the  form  of  powder,  as  the  solutions  are  readily 
decomposed  by  acids,  even  carbonic  acid  causing  a  turbidity  and 
gradual  decomposition.    {Phar.  Post.,  1906,  page  298.) 
PURE  FOOD  BILL. 
An  Act  for  preventing  the  manufacture,  sale,  or  transportation  of  adulterated 
or  misbranded  or  poisonous  foods,  drugs,  medicines,  and  liquors,  and  for 
regulating  traffic  therein,  and  for  other  purposes. 
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the 
United  States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  it  shall  be 
unlawful  for  any  person  to  manufacture  within  any  Territory  or  the 
District  of  Columbia  any  article  of  food  or  drug  which  is  adulterated 
or  misbranded,  within  the  meaning  of  this  Act ;  and  any  person 
