Amj-Sy"'i87h6!rm'}  Gleanings  from  the  Foreign  Journals.  317 
musty  smell  pervaded  the  whole  contents;  the  second  cask,  however, 
presented  nothing  unusual  in  the  top  layer,  but  the  last  half  of  it  was 
found  to  be  musty.  Mr.  Madsen,  therefore,  recommends  to  examine 
the  whole  package,  and  not  to  be  satisfied  with  a  small  sample  from 
the  top. — Ntj  Pharm.  Tid.^  1876,  p.  140. 
Pharmacy  in  Sweden. — The  new  poison  law  dates  from  January  7th,, 
1876.  The  following  abstract  will  give  a  fair  idea  of  fts  strict 
requirements  : 
Arsenious  acid  must  not  be  manufactured  except  by  special  permis- 
sion, and  cannot  be  imported  by  other  persons  than  apothecaries  and 
those  manufacturers  for  whom  arsenic  is  a  necessity.  It  can  be  re- 
tailed only  by  apothecaries,  and  then  only  on  a  recent  prescription  (or 
order)  from  a  physician,  veterinary  surgeon  or  dentist.  It  may  be  sold,, 
further,  to  well-known  savants  and  to  other  people  licensed  to  its  use. 
It  must  not,  on  any  account,  be  sold  for  poisoning  animals,  or  for  con- 
servation of  corpses. 
The  sworn  assistants  (every  graduate  in  Sweden  is  sworn  to  his  pro- 
fession, so  to  speak,  before  being  permitted  to  serve  as  such)  can  only 
sell  arsenic  on  a  prescription  ;  the  other  sales  can  only  be  made  by  the 
apothecary  himself. 
The  responsibility  is  put  somewhat  curiously  :  The  pharmaceutical 
assistant  and  the  superintendent  of  a  factory  are  responsible  for  any 
and  every  transgression ;  while  the  apothecary  and  manufacturer  only 
are  responsible  in  so  far  as  they  themselves  are  parties  to  it. — Ibid.r. 
P-  J73-   • 
GLEANINGS  FROM  THE  FOREIGN  JOURNALS. 
BY    THE  EDITOR. 
Solution  of  Albuminate  of  Mercury  for  Hypodermic  Injection. — Prof. 
Bamberger  dilutes  the  albumen  of  hens  eggs  with  4  times  its  volume 
of  water,  strains  through  cloth  and  passes  the  liquid  through  a  plaited 
filter.  Should  the  filtrate  not  be  perfectly  clear,  it  is  mixed  with  a  few 
drops  of  glycerin,  well  shaken,  and  after  10  or  12  hours  filtered.  It 
is  important  that  an  excess  of  albumen  as  well  as  of  corrosive  subli- 
mate be  avoided.  To  attain  this,  Dr.  Hamberger  uses  carbonate  of 
sodium  as  an  indicator.  To  a  small  portion  of  the  albumen  solution, 
a  solution  of  corrosive  sublimate  of  known  strength  is  gradually  added,,, 
and  a  drop  of  the  liquid  occasionally  tested  with  the  soda  solution  ;  the 
