542  Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices.  {Amo™*im&Tm' 
sides.  This,  as  well  as  the  impressive  language — perhaps  occasionally  some- 
what quaint,  but  always  attractive — will  secure  for  the  book  the  earnest  atten- 
tion of  the  medical  readers ;  and  we  think  that  pharmacists  and  laymen  could 
not  but  read  it  with  a  clearer  understanding  of  the  duties  of  the  true  physician, 
the  many  difficulties  he  has  to  encounter,  and  th,e  many  obstacles  he  has  to 
overcome,  in  his  intercourse  with  others,  and,  therefore,  of  their  own  relations 
to  the  worthy  practitioner. 
Electricity  in  the  Diseases  of  Women,  with  special  reference  to  the  application  of 
strong  currents.  By  G.  Betton  Massey,  M.  D.,  Physician  to  the  Nervous  De- 
partment of  Howard  Hospital,  etc.  Philadelphia  and  London  :  F.  A.  Davis, 
Publisher,  1889.    12mo.,  pp.  viii  and  210.   Price,  $1.50. 
A  portion  of  the  introductory  part  of  this  work  has  been  previously  pub- 
lished in  the  shape  of  papers  contributed  to  the  Philadelphia  Medical  Times. 
The  aim  of  this  part  is  to  briefly  present  the  laws  of  electricity,  as  applied  to 
the  branch  of  medicine  and  surgery  mentioned  on  the  title  page,  and  yet  make 
the  medical  reader  familiar  with  the  apparatus  and  the  intelligent  use  of  the 
same  in  applying  and  controlling  the  current.  The  greater  portion  of  the  book 
speaks  of  the  electrical  treatment  of  the  diseases  of  women,  giving  the  author's 
observations  and  the  experience  of  other  prominent  writers  on  this  subject. 
Nearly  forty  illustrations  are  used  in  the  text,  and  a  well  arranged  index  and 
glossary  facilitate  reference  to  special  portions. 
Universal- Pharmakopde.  Eine  vergleichende  Zusammenstellung  der  zur  Zeit  in 
Europa  und  Nordamerika  gliitigen  Pharmakopoeen  von  Dr.  Bruno  Hirsch, 
Gottingen :  Vandenhoeck  &  Ruprecht. 
Universal  Pharmacopoeia.  A  comprehensive  comparison  of  the  pharmocopceias 
at  present  in  force  in  Europe  and  in  North  America. 
Eeferring  to  our  previous  notice  of  this  valuable  work  on  page  103  of  the 
present  volume,  we  merely  state  now  that  the  fascicles  5  to  8,  now  before  us, 
carry  the  work  to  No.  3032  Syrupus  Acidi  tartarici.  It  is,  therefore,  sufficiently 
advanced  to  insure  its  completion  in  a  very  short  time. 
Etude  sur  les  Produits  de  la  famille  des  Sapotees.  Par  Louis  Planchon,  Docteur  en 
M6decine,  etc.    Montpellier  :  Hamelin  Freres.    1888.   8vo.,  pp.  121. 
On  the  products  of  the  order  of  Sapotaceae. 
An  interesting  monograph  which,  after  an  introduction,  gives  the  general 
characters  of  the  order,  its  affinities,  geographical  distribution,  and  the 
arrangement  of  the  genera  according  to  Pierre  and  to  Bentham  and  Hooker. 
The  main  portion  of  the  monograph  treats  of  the  products  of  the  order  under 
the  following  heads :  milkjuices  (gutta-percha,  balata  and  massaranduba), 
woods,  flowers  (mahwah),  comestible  fruits  (starapple,  sapotilla  plum,  marme- 
lade,  etc),  and  fats  (galam  butter,  fulwa  butter,  etc.).  In  relation  to  medicinal 
uses,  quite  a  number  of  species  are  enumerated  and  more  or  less  extensively 
described;  these  medicinal  plants  belong  to  the  genera,  Lucuma,  Chrysophyllum, 
Sideroxylon,  Argania,  Labatia,  Achras,  Bassia,  Butyrospermum  and  Mimusops. 
A  bibliographical  table,  covering  six  pages,  gives  the  titles  of  a  large  number 
of  books,  and  of  essays  referring  to  the  subject  matter  of  the  monograph. 
