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According to the authors, " it seems advisable, iu view of the widespread use 

 of these agents in remedies sold without a physician's prescription, especially 

 in headache mixtures, that the general public should be informed as to the 

 nature of these drugs, their tendency to form habits, and their injurious effects, 

 particularl5^ their depressing action on the heart." 



Prices of food products and other commodities {Bol. Min. Indus, i Ohras 

 Pub. [Chile], 7 (1908), No. 3, pp. J/o-aS). — A considerable amount of statistical 

 data is reported regarding the prices of foodstuffs and other commodities in dif- 

 ferent localities in Chile. 



Inquiry reg'arding the price of foodstuffs carried on in 70 schools, Levas- 

 si:uR {Bui. Soc. Nat. Agr. France, 60 {19G9), No. 7, pp. 678-697, dgm. i).— Noted 

 from another soui-ce (K. S. R., 21, p. 567). 



Modern kitchen equipment on a larg'e scale, W. Sternberg (Z/.sc/ir. Hii<j. n. 

 Infectionskrank., 63 (1909), No. 2, pp. 177-198). — Historical and other data are 

 summarized iu this discussion of kitchen equipment on a large scale. The 

 author approaches the subject from the standpoint of hospital kitchen equip- 

 ment but his suggestions and generalizations have a wider api)lication. 



Cookery books, A. W. Oxford (In Notes from a Collector's Catalogue. Lon- 

 don, 1909, pp. 39-109). — A lif-t of bibliogi-aphical data of English books on cook- 

 ery and carving up to the year 1G99 and also a number of titles of English 

 cookery books published after 1700, and notes on a few foreign cookery books 

 and on some manuscript collections. 



365 orange recipes [Mrs. J. L. Lane] {Philadelphia, 1909, pp. 1.58). — A col- 

 lection of recipes for puddings, jams, salads, and other dishes in which oranges 

 are used. 



Care of food in the home, Mary H. Abel {U. S. Dcpt. Agr., Farmers' Bui. 375, 

 pp. -'16+11, figs. 2). — The author in this bulletin has summarized the results of 

 experiments and tests specially undertaken, as well as the results of experience 

 obtained in the practical handling of such problems, and the information which 

 is collected has been supplemented by general data gathered from a variety of 

 sources. The questions considered have to do with the economical use in the 

 home of products of the farm, dairy, and garden, and also with the subject of 

 household hygiene. The subjects discussed include among others mold, bacteria, 

 and the spoiling of food, flies, dust in relation to food, food supply, storage of 

 food, the handling of food and utensils in the kitchen, the importance of good 

 house plans and home conveniences, and cleanliness in public eating places. 



" In conclusion it may be said that the preparation of food must more and 

 more come to be considered as an occupation that requires of the person who 

 undertakes it knowledge and habits quite beyond what is now expected of a 

 person who is simply a ' good cook.' 



" It is even more essential that the housewife who buys food and who attends 

 to her own food preparation should have such knowledge." 



Practical dietetics, W. G. Thompson {Neio York and, London, 1909, }. ed. enl., 

 pp. NXVI-T-92S, figs. Ji3). — In this volume a large amount of data has been in- 

 corporated which has accumulated since the last edition was published. As a 

 whole the volume constitutes an extended handbook on the composition and 

 preparation of food, characteristics of animal and vegetable foods of different 

 sorts, cooking, digestion, dietaries, and other topics concerned with normal nu- 

 trition, in addition to the chapters which deal with diet in different kinds of 

 disease and other special conditions, and information regarding the diet in dif- 

 ferent hospitals. 



In an appendix a large number of recipes are given for preparing beverages 

 and foods for sick room use. A detailed index to the volume is provided. 



