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Materials for a Flora of Wakefield, and its Neighbourhood. By T. W. Gissing, 
Author of ‘Ferns and Fern Allies of Wakefield.’ London: J. Van Voorst, Paternoster 
Row. 18G7. 
We are glad to notice this very useful guide to the Flora of Wakefield and its neigh¬ 
bourhood. Mr. Gissing is well known as an excellent practical botanist; hence, we 
hope that useful as the present “ materials ” will undoubtedly prove, they will soon be 
succeeded by a more extended volume from the same author. 
On the Application of Sulphurous Acid, Gaseous and Liqtji , to the Preven¬ 
tion, Limitation, and Cure of Disease. By James Dewar M.D. Seventh Edi¬ 
tion. Edinburgh : Edmonstou and Douglas. 1868. 
The Great Sulphur Cure brought to the Test; and Workings of the New Cura¬ 
tive Machine proposed for Human Lungs and Windpipes. By Robert Pairman, 
Surgeon, Biggar. Seventh Edition. Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas. 1867. 
(From the Publishers.) 
The Half-Yearly Abstract of the Medical Sciences. Vol. XLVI. July—De¬ 
cember, 1867. London: John Churchill and Sons, New Burlington Street. Edin¬ 
burgh : Maclachlau and Co. Dublin : Fannin and Co. 1868. 
Odontalgia, commonly called Toothache; its Causes, P eveution, and Cure. By 
S. Parsons Shaw. Manchester: Palmer and Howe. London: Trubner and Co. 
1868. 
The First Principles of Modern Chemistry; a Manual of Inorganic Chemistry for 
Students and for use in Schools and Science Classes. By W. J. Kay Shuttleworth. 
London: John Churchill and Sons, New Burlington Street. 1868. 
The First Step in Chemistry ; a New Method of Reaching the Elements of the Sci¬ 
ence. By Robert Galloway, F.C.S., etc. etc. Fourth edition, rewritten and enlarged. 
With illustrations on wood. London : John Churchill and Sons, New Burlington 
Street. 1868. 
Report of the Committee on Specimens, appointed at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting, 
held at New York City, September, 1867. 
Neligan’s Medicines ; their Uses and Mode of Administration. By Rawdon Macna- 
mara, Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, etc. etc. Including a complete 
Conspectus of the British Pharmacopseia, an Account of New Remedies, and an Ap¬ 
pendix of Formulae. Seventh edition. Dublin : Fannin aud Co., 41, Grafton Street. 
Edinburgh : Maclachlan and Stewart. London : Longman and Co. 8vo. Pp. 934. 
1867. 
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Those who were Associates before the 1st of July, 1842, are privileged (as Founders 
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The General Index to the first fifteen volumes of the Pharmaceutical Journal may 
be had of the Secretary, price 2s. 8d. post free. 
The Catalogue of the Library may also be had of the Secretary, price Is. \d. post 
free. 
“ Dubius ” (Ripley) (1) wishes to know whether it be possible to kill a hedgehog by 
poison, as he has been informed that it was impossible even if the mouth of the animal 
was filled with prussic acid. (2) Ure’s ‘ Dictionary of Arts aud Manufactures.’ 
A. Z .—A Pharmaceutical Chemist could claim no fee in the cases referred to,—only 
the ordinary expenses of a witness. 
“ A Minor Associate .”—Noad’s ‘Electricity,’ last edition. Through any bookseller. 
G. H. \V. wishes for a formula for “ essence of copaiba with Cubebs and Bucliu.” 
