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THE ALUMNI JOURNAL. 



gegeben von Julius Epbraim. Leipzig; J. A. 

 Barth. 



From the contributors it will be seen that this 

 volume is intended to be complete and practi- 

 cal for the critical examination of foods and 

 nourishing materials, and for determining, pre- 

 paring and investigating all matters that come 

 before the food analyst. It will precede the 

 following six works: 



Die Nahrungsmittel-Gesetzgebung itn deut- 

 schen Reiche unci in den einzelnen Bundesstaa- 

 ten. Arthur Wurzburg. 372 pp. 



Kurzes Lehrbuch der Nahrungsmittel-Chemie. 

 — H. Rottger. 467 pp. 



Santtnlung der ivichtigsten Originalarbeiten 

 iiberAnalyse der Nahrungsinittel. J. Ephraim 



Mikroskopieder Nahrimgs und Genussmittel. 

 —Carl Miiller. 



Instrumente und Apparate zur Nahrungs- 

 mittel-Untersuchung. Dr. Mayrhofer. 



Pharmacy. 



A New Book on Pharmacy, — Handbook of 

 Theory and Practice of Pharmacy, etc., etc., by 

 Virgil Coblentz, Ph. G., A. M., Phil. D., Profes- 

 sor of Theory and Practice of Pharmacy and 

 Director of the Pharmaceutical Laboratory in 

 the N. Y. C. P. 



On or about October ist a new handbook un- 

 der the above named title will be published. 



A few outhnes of that work will tend to show 

 its value as a book of study as well as of refer- 

 ence to pharmacists and students of pharmacy, 

 as the author evidently dwells on everything 

 with the utmost care to render it comprehensive. 

 Not only are the explanations simple and clear, 

 but not less than 392 illustrations accompany 

 the text. It embraces all modern pharmacy. 



This handbook is divided into four parts, be- 

 sides an introduction treating on Pharmacopoeias 

 and the nomenclature of the U. S. P., and an 

 appendix, which consists of following tables : 

 Table of Atomic Weights ; Solubilities ; Ther- 

 mometric Equivalents ; Equivalents of Weights 

 and Measures, and List of Pharmacopoeial 

 Chemicals and Reagents. 



Part I is divided into 25 chapters. Chapters 

 I and 2 treat of weights and measures, some 

 illustrations showing weights which have been 

 used in ancient times of Specific Gravity and 

 Density. Chapters 3, 4 and 5 on heat and its 

 various applications in pharmacy. The student 

 will certainly find pleasure in the fine display of 

 the different apparatus, which are illustrated to 

 facilitate explanations and to show their uses. 

 Chapter 12, which treats of crystallization) 



explains very simply bow to crystallize the dif- 

 ferent salts, those soluble as well as insoluble in 

 water and how to obtain perfect crystals 



In Chapter 24 Prof. Coblentz has explained 

 Percolation of all kinds. The Syphon Perco- 

 lator, much used in Squibb's Laboratory, is 

 fully explained and illustrated, hot and cold 

 extraction apparatus, most simple for the apothe- 

 cary's use, and a number of the common and 

 more modern Percolators are illustrated and 

 their uses explained. 



Part II treats of Galenical Pharmacy. Aque- 

 ous, Alcoholic, Acetous, Saccharine, Glycerin, 

 Oleic Acid and Ethereal Solutions are all ex- 

 plained a number of formulae, chemical equations 

 and exercises relating to these solutions given 

 and also tables of all the officinal preparations. 



Chapter 33 treats of Liniments, Mixtures and 

 Emulsions. The three diflferent ways of 

 effecting emulsification are very simply ex- 

 plained, all the emulsifying agents named and 

 also formulae for the emulsification of special 

 drugs, as Salol, Lycopodiuui, etc. Under 

 Solids, Powders, Pills, Tablet Triturates, Oint- 

 ments, etc., the ways of mixing and compound- 

 ing them are treated of. 



Part III is entirely devoted to Prescriptions. 

 In this chapter the author's knowledge and 

 skill will prove of great benefit, as everything 

 that belongs to the art of dispensing is here 

 mentioned. 



The writing of a prescription, its grammatical 

 construction, all the different abbreviations 

 used in prescribing, its words or phrases in 

 Latin ; furthermore, a table of terms likely to 

 occur in French and German prescriptions. 

 Homoeopathic Dispensing, Triturations and 

 Prescriptions, the latter being valuable for that 

 very reason alone, as to enable students to 

 recognize them and to know their meanings. 



Explosive and incompatibles are fully treated 

 and explained. A great number of prescrip- 

 tions given as specimens of chemical and phar- 

 maceutical incompatibilities. 



Part IV explains the Volumetric Solutions 

 and their applications. Like all the previous 

 chapters, so this one also contains a number of 

 illustrations explaining and showing the use of 

 the different little instruments in determining 

 the strength of a tincture or a solution. Volu- 

 metric solutions having been used very little so 

 far, are not much understood by pharmacists. 

 This is now thoroughly explained in the work 

 of Prof Coblentz, and will also enable the stu- 

 dent to gain a practical understanding of them 

 by following up all the formulae and making 

 them. 



