“It was claimed that ‘Sulfo-Selene’ was prepared by reducing nitro-selenious acid with sulphurous acid, neutralizing with potassium bicarbonate and then adding bile salts. Assuming that the composition claimed for ‘Sulfo-Selene’ was correct the analysis of ‘Seleni-Bascca’ shows that the two products resemble each other. The tests, however, failed to reveal in ‘Seleni-Bascca’ the presence of the bile salts claimed to have been present in ‘Sulfo-Selene.’ ”
“The product is not colloidal as claimed as the selenium can be removed by ordinary filtration.”—(From The Journal A. M. A., Nov. 19, 1921.)
Repudiated by the Brooklyn Bureau of Charities
To the Editor:—My attention has been called to the fact that there appears in a recent issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association a statement that the Cosmopolitan Cancer Research Society, located at 847 Union Street, Brooklyn, has the cooperation of the Brooklyn Bureau of Charities. In reply may I say that the Bureau of Charities has no connection, understanding, or relationship whatever, with the Cosmopolitan Cancer Research Society, and has never sent a patient to them.
T. J. Riley, Brooklyn.
Secretary, Brooklyn Bureau of Charities.—Correspondence from The Journal A. M. A., Dec. 24, 1921.
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