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John T. .Stoddard, Ph.D. Second edition, pp. 60. (Boston: Harris and 

 Rogers. 1884.) Price 75c. 



A small, nicely got-up work, giving the more common reactions of the prin- 

 cipal metals and more commonly occurring " Inorganic" acids, with which are 

 grouped Ferrocyanides, Ferricyanides, Oxalates, Tartrates, and Acetates. The 

 teacher using this work must be prepared to give a large amount of personal 

 attention to his pupils. 



Outline of Lecture-Notes on General Chemistry : The 



Non-Metals. By John T. Stoddard, Ph.D. pp. 84. (Northampton, Mass. : 

 Gazette Publishing Co. 1884.) Price 75c. 



Another book of the same series, giving a short account of the chief non- 

 metals, together with Bismuth and Antimony, which are grouped with Nitrogen. 



Outlines of Lecture Notes on General Chemistry : 



The Metals. By John T. Stoddard, Ph.D. pp. 131. (Boston, Mass. : 

 Harris, Rogers, & Co. 1885.) Price $1. 



This work, by the same author, contains a short account of the more 

 important metals and their compounds. Under each metal we have a short 

 account of its occurrence, but in some cases we are not told either the name of 

 the ore in which it is found, or the locality. 



An Introduction to Practical Organic Chemistry : 



Adapted to the requirements of the first M.B. Examination. By George E. R. 

 Ellis, pp.72. (London: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1885.) Price is. 6d. 

 The Medical and Chemical Student will find this a convenient little hand- 

 book. Rather than suggest to the student too great a number of tests, the 

 author has selected only those which will prove of use in general analysis. 

 The directions for general examination will be found of value. 



Medical Rhymes : A Collection of Rhymes of ye Anciente 

 Time, and Rhymes of the Modern Day ; Rhymes Grave and Rhymes 

 Mirthful ; Rhymes Anatomical, Therapeutical, and Surgical ; all Sorts of 

 Rhymes to Interest, Amuse, and Edify all Sorts of Followers of Esculapius. 

 Selected and Compiled from a variety of Sources, by Hugo Erichsen, M.D. 

 With an Introduction by Prof. Willis P. King, M.D. Illustrated, pp. xx. — 

 220. (Chicago, 111., U.S.A.: J. H. Chambers and Co. 1884.) Price, §2.50. 

 We have here a series of all kinds of Doctors' Ditties, from the earliest 

 times up to the present. 



The Medical Directory of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 



Delaware, and the vSouthern Half of New Jersey, 1885. pp. 397. (Phil- 

 adelphia : P. Blackiston, Son, and Co. 1885.) Price, -$2.50. 



Contains in a compact form lists of Medical and other Associations, with 

 their Officers : Physicians, Chemists, Druggists, Dentists, Veterinarians, etc. : 

 in fact, everything likely to interest the Medical Professor. 



A Manual of Health Science. By Andrew Wilson, 



F.R.S.E., F.L.S., etc. pp. xiii. — 238. (London : Longmans, Green, and 

 Co. 1885.) Price 2s. 6d. 



A valuable and interesting little book, treating the sul)ject of health under 

 various aspects, in a simple and practical way ; first taking the formation of 

 the body and the functions of the various organs ; then treating of food and 



