Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  1 
October,  1910.  J 
Book  Reviews. 
495 
The  present  volume  has  been  so  extensively  revised  and  greatly 
enlarged  that  it  is  more  than  double  the  size  of  the  original  Stand- 
ard Formulary.  Each  primary  topic  as  "  Abstracts  "  has  an  intro- 
ductory paragraph  which  will  be  found  helpful  in  making  those 
preparations  of  a  given  class  where  formulas  may  not  be  given. 
The  book  represents  an  immense  amount  of  work,  not  only  in 
collating  the  information,  but  in  editing,  and  so  far  as  we  have 
been  able  to  determine  has  been  exceptionally  well  done.  It  will 
be  found  indispensable  to  pharmacists  and  manufacturers. 
The  Extra  Pharmacopoeia  of  Martindale  and  Westcott. 
Revised  by  W.  Harrison  Martindale  and  W.  Wynn  Westcott, 
Fourteenth  Edition.  London:  H.  T.  Lewis,  136  Garver  St.,  W. 
C,  1910. 
Owing  to  the  introduction  of  a  large  amount  of  new  matter 
the  form  of  the  "  Extra  Pharmacopoeia  "  has  been  slightly  changed, 
the  size  of  the  page  of  the  present  volume  being  x  4^  inches, 
There  are  new  chapters  upon  Acidi  Lactici  Bacilli,  Organic  Arsenic, 
Compounds,  Iontaphoresis,  Radium,  etc.  About  100  additional 
patent  and  proprietary  medicines  are  described. 
In  a  special  volume  forming  an  Addendum  to  the  "  Extra 
Pharmacopoeia  "  is  a  chart  for  the  recognition  of  organic  chemical 
bodies  used  in  therapeutics.  In  this  are  given  facts  regarding  the 
solubility,  effects  of  reagents,  heat,  etc.,  upon  over  300  different 
substances. 
Digest  of  Comments  on  the  Pharmacopoeia  of  the  United 
States  of  America  (Eighth  Decennial  Revision)  and  the  National 
Formulary  (Third  Edition)  for  the  Calendar  Year  ending  Decem- 
ber 31,  1907.  By  Murray  G.  Motter  and  Martin  I.  Wilbert. 
Washington:  Government  Printing  Office,  19 10. 
This  is  the  third  volume  of  "  Digest  of  Comments  "  edited  by 
Dr.  Motter  and  Mr.  Wilbert  and  published  under  the  direction  of 
the  Surgeon-General  of  the  Public  Health  and  Marine-Hospital 
Service  of  the  United  States,  and  constitutes  Bulletin  No.  63  of  the 
Hygienic  Laboratory.  It  is  exceedingly  gratifying  that  these 
volumes  are  appearing  with  the  rapidity  that  they  are,  as  the  refer- 
ences are  more  complete  and  the  abstracts  more  satisfactory  than 
in  any  other  publication  available.  The  favorable  comments  which 
have  been  made  in  this  Journal  regarding  the  previous  Bulletins 
relating  to  "  Digest  of  Comments  "  apply  to  this  volume  in  hand. 
