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Book  Reviews. 
j  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
|    October,  1910. 
"  Compounds  of  Interest  in  Physiology  and  Pathology  "  has  been 
rewritten  on  the  basis  of  the  classification  of  proteins,  recently 
adopted  by  the  American  Society  of  Biological  Chemists  and  the 
American  Physiological  Society.  A  number  of  other  changes  and 
additions  have  been  made. 
Normal  Histology,  with  Special  Reference  to  the  Structure  of 
the  Human  Body.  By  Prof.  George  A.  Piersol,  University  of 
Pennsylvania.  438  illustrations,  many  of  which  are  in  colors. 
Eighth  Edition  (Rewritten).  Philadelphia  and  London:  J.  B. 
Lippincott  Company. 
It  is  indeed  gratifying  that  the  medical  student  has  such  an 
excellent  text-book  on  histology  as  the  one  in  hand.  It  is  well 
arranged,  well  written,  and  profusely  illustrated,  not  only  with 
histological  material  showing  microscopic  details,  but  in  some  in- 
stances with  the  macroscopic  material,  as  of  the  human  brain,  show- 
ing the  gross  anatomy  of  this  organ  and  the  relation  of  the  different 
parts  to  each  other. 
The  book  comprises  over  400  pages  and  includes  chapters  on 
the  cell,  the  elementary  tissues,  the  blood  vascular  system,  the 
lymphatic  system,  mucous  membranes  and  glands,  the  alimentary 
canal,  the  organs  of  respiration,  the  urinary  organs,  the  male 
reproductive  organs,  the  female  reproductive  organs,  the  central 
nervous  system,  and  the  sense  organs.  There  is  also  an  excellent 
chapter  on  microscopical  technic. 
Much  of  the  work  that  is  here  given  should  be  followed  by  the 
pharmacist,  who  engages  in  the  examination  of  blood,  urinary 
sediments,  and  other  pathological  products,  and  it  would  seem 
advisable  if  hygiene,  as  now  taught  in  colleges  of  pharmacy,  could 
be  made  an  entrance  requirement,  and  the  time  given  to  this  sub- 
ject at  college  replaced  with  some  work  on  the  normal  histology  of 
the  human  body. 
The  New  Standard  Formulary.  Comprising  in  Part  I  all 
preparations  official  or  included  in  the  Pharmacopoeias,  Dispensa- 
tories, or  Formularies  of  the  world,  together  with  a  vast  collection 
from  other  sources.  The  parts  following  embracing  Domestic  and 
Veterinary  Remedies,  Proprietary  and  Synthetic  Remedies,  Per- 
fumes and  Toilet  Articles,  Soda  and  other  Beverages,  and  Domestic 
Utilities.  By  A.  Emil  Hiss  and  Albert  E.  Ebert.  Chicago :  G. 
P.  Engelhard  and  Company,  1910. 
