Covers a composition comprising the combination of 1-dopa and 2-imino-5-phenyl-4-oxazolidinone and salts thereof and use of said composition in treating Parkinson's disease.

1-Naphthyl-1-hydroxyacetamidines and their non-toxic salts are useful for treating arterial hypertension.

Compounds of the formula wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen or methyl, R.sub.2 is methyl, methoxy, ethoxy or chlorine and, if R.sub.1 is methyl, additionally hydrogen, and m is a whole number from 0 to 10, inclusive, and their non-toxic, pharmacologically acceptable acid addition salts, useful as bronchial and uterine spasmolytics, antipruritics, vasodilators and antiallergics in warm-blooded animals.

Rubella virus is passaged in primary rabbit kidney tissue at least 15 times, preferably 51-61 times, at temperatures of 28.degree.-36.degree. C, to obtain an effective vaccine. Test data are disclosed.

Compositions comprising diazepam and propantheline halide, useful in treating gastrointestinal disorders are disclosed.

Covers the use of L-prolyl L-leucyl glycine amide in enhancing learning rate and retention levels of warm-blooded animals such as humans.

Gelatin capsules filled with an active ingredient or ingredients are protected against solution in the stomach in order that they may reach the intestines and be absorbed therein by providing said capsules with a primary lacquer containing a soluble film-forming colloidal material soluble both in water and in organic solvents and then with a lacquer unaffected by gastric juices and soluble in intestinal juices.

Novel 19-nor-6,6-ethylene-3-oxo-20-spirox-4-enes (or 4,14-dienes) are provided, prepared from the corresponding 19-nor-3-oxo-spirox-4-enes (or 4,14-dienes). The compounds are useful as orally-effective antiestrogens, and are also anabolic agents having low androgenicity.

The pamoate salts of N-(cyclopropylmethyl)-7,8-dihydro-14-hydroxynormorphinone and N-allyl-7,8-dihydro-14-hydroxynormorphinone, in oil suspension, are injectable, long-acting forms of these narcotic antagonists.

N.sup.1 -Acetyl-N.sup.1 -(4-pyrimidinyl)-sulphanilamides substituted by a cyclopropyl group in 2-, 5- or 6-position, which are antibacterial agents against gram-positive bacteria such as staphylococci, streptococci, pneumonococci and against gram-negative bacteria such as salmonella, oscherichia and klebsiella strains; pharmaceutical compositions containing the aforesaid pyrimidines as antibacterial ingredients, and a method of treating diseases caused by such bacteria, by administration of such...