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\  December,  1909. 
benzoate  in  ketchups  or  other  food  materials  which  depends  on  the 
washing  out  of  an  acidified  aliquot  part  of  a  solution  of  the  water 
soluble  constituents  with-  ether,  dissolving  the  ether  residue  in 
absolute  alcohol,  neutralizing  with  alcoholic  solution  of  sodium 
hydrate,  evaporating,  •  dissolving  in  saturated  alcoholic  solution  of 
silver  benzoate,  precipitating  with  silver  nitrate,  washing,  drying, 
and  weighing. — Jour.  Ind.  and  Eng.  Chem.,  1909,  v.  1,  p.  538. 
Tannismuth  (bitannate  of  bismuth)  is  a  light  yellow  powder  with 
slightly  astringent  taste,  insoluble  in  water,  soluble  in  cold  caustic 
alkalies  and  in  diluted  hydrochloric  acid.  It  is  said  to  be  useful  in 
chronic  catarrh  given  in  doses  of  0.3  to  0.6  Gm. — /.  Am.  M.  Assoc.; 
1909,  v.  53,  p.  868. 
Thephorin. — Theobromine  sodium  formate  is  a  double  salt  of 
sodium  formate  and  theobromine  sodium.  It  occurs  as  a  white, 
odorless  powder,  having  a  saline,  bitter  taste  and  is  readily  soluble 
in  water,  producing  an  alkaline  solution.  It  is  directed  to  be  given 
in  doses  of  0.5  Gm.  (jl/2  grains)  two  or  three  times  a  day,  and  is 
said  to  be  useful  in  cardiac  affections,  nephritis,  dropsy,  etc. — Jour. 
Am.  M.  Assoc.,  1909,  v.  53,  p.  868. 
Whiskey. — The  Royal  Commission  on  Whiskey  and  other  Pot- 
able Spirits  has  issued  its  final  report  and  concludes  that  whiskey, 
as  a  commercial  product,  is  regarded  both  by  the  manufacturers  and 
by  the  public  as  a  spirit  made  from  no  other  materials  than  malt 
and  unmalted  grain.  Maize  is  considered  as  being  perfectly  whole- 
some and  a  whiskey  made  from  it  is  not  to  be  excluded.  Scotch 
whiskey  is  made  in  Scotland  and  Irish  whiskey  is  distilled  in  Ire- 
land, and  from  all  appearances  whiskey  is  just  what  it  was  before 
the  Royal  Commission  began  its  investigation. — Pharm.  Jour.,  Lond., 
1909,  v.  29,  p.  231. 
Veronal. — An  inquest  on  the  body  of  Mrs.  Adriana  Wyborn,  wife 
of  Dr.  Arthur  Wyborn,  brought  out  the  fact  that,  contrary  to  the 
advice  of  the  doctor,  his  wife  had  secured  a  bottle  of  veronal  tablets 
and  had  taken  a  dose  of  the  same  with  fatal  results.  Dr.  Wyborn 
declared  it  was  a  wicked  thing  that  such  tablets  could  be  purchased 
as  they  had  been.— Pharm.  J.,  Lond.,  1909,  Aug.  21,  v.  29,  p.  279. 
Elimination  of  Veronal. — Fischer  and  Hoppe  have  endeavored 
to  demonstrate  a  reason  for  the  many  cases  of  poisoning  following 
the  use  of  veronal,  have  studied  the  elimination  of  this  drug,  and 
conclude  that  actively  functionating  kidneys  are  essentially  neces- 
sary for  the  proper  elimination  of  veronal. — Pharm.  Ztg.,  Berl., 
1909,  v.  54,  p.  587. 
