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primarily intended for students of medicine who are required to take, in medical 

 schools, courses in inorganic, organic and ph5'^siol. ehem., and in toxieology. In 

 the revision successful effort was made to give a thoroly satisfactory presenta- 

 tion of the " aid now offered to diagnosis by the ehem. laboratory." The author 

 acknowledges his indebtedness to Prof. P. B. Hawk, and Messrs. M. A. Saylor 

 and Olaf Bergeim, " for helpful suggestions in this revision." 



Donnees numeriques de biologie: Biochemie, chimie physique biologique, 

 Physiologie, microbiologie, pharmacodynamie. Par Emile-F. Terroine, maitre 

 de Conferences de physiologie physico-chimique ä l'ficole des Hautes-fitudes 

 (Coli, de France). Preface de M. E. Roux, directeur de l'Inst. Pasteur, member 

 de rinst. Introduction de M. le Dr. Delezenne, prof. ä l'Inst. Pasteur, membre 

 de l'Acad. de Medecine. Extrait du Vol. III ; 1912. Pp. 20 — 7x8^ ; $0.80. 

 Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1914. Standard biochemical and biophysical 

 data. A portion of the " Tables annuelles de constantes et donnees numeriques," 

 published, under the auspices of the Assoc. internationale des academies, by the 

 internat'l commit. appointed by the Seventh Cong. of Applied Chem. (London, 

 June, 1909), in which the U. S. is represented by Drs. W. D. Bancroft, E. C 

 Franklin, H. G. Gale, G. F. Hüll, G. N. Lewis, A. P. Mathews and Julius Stieglitz, 



Chemical composition of the blood in health and disease. By Victor C. 

 Myers and Morris S. Fine, prof. and lecturer, resp., in patholog. ehem., N. Y. 

 Post-Grad. Med. Seh. and Hosp., with the collab. of C. V. Bailey and F. D. 

 Gorham, of the dep't of med., N. Y. Post-Grad. Med. Seh. and Hosp. Pp. 

 35 — 4x7. Arthur H. Crist Co., Cooperstown, N. Y., 1915. A concise discussion 

 of " the value of various blood determinations both f rom the standpoint of inter- 

 mediary metabolism and that of med. diagnosis," with an excellent illustrated 

 description of methods for the determination of total nitrogen, non-protein 

 nitrogen, urea nitrogen, uric acid, Creatinin, creatin, cholesterol, " blood sugar," 

 Chlorids and total solids. 



Laboratory manual for the detection of poisons and powerful drugs. By 



Dr. Wm. Autenrieth, prof. in the Univ. of Freiburg i/B. ; transl. (4th German 

 ed.) by Wm. H. Warren, prof. of ehem., Wheaton College. Pp. 320 — 4x6^; 

 $2.00. P. Blakiston's Son and Co., Phila., 1915. This volume maintains its high 

 reputation for convenience and reliability as a lab. manual for students, and as 

 a guide for toxanalysts. The thorough revision to which this edition has been 

 subjeeted has increased its size, scope and value, without any loss of its familiär 

 excellences. The translator has added several important features, such as a 

 very effective discussion of " normal arsenic." 



A laboratory manual of qualitative chemical analysis, for students of 

 medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy. By A. R. Bliss, prof. of chem. and pharm., 

 Birmingham Med. Coli. Pp. 244 — 35^x6^ ; $2.00 net. W. B. Saunders Co., 

 Phila., 1914. The course of instruction presented in this manual presupposes 

 that the Student begins with a fair degree of knowledge of the principles of 

 chemistry. The directions are clear and accurate; the arrangement, logical. 

 The book is particularly well suited to the needs of the types of students for 

 whose use it was prepared. 



A civic biology, presented in problems. By Geo. W. Hunter, head of the 

 dep't of biology, De Witt Clinton High Seh., N. Y. City. Pp. 432—4x6; $1.25. 



