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Reviews,  etc. 
/Am. Jour  Pharm. 
(      Feb.,  1881. 
it  is  instructive  as  well  as  suggestive  of  further  experimentation.  The 
subject  is  divided  into  the  following  four  principal  xoarts :  Theoretical  con- 
sideration of  development  and  descendance;  the  natural  circles  of  relation, 
and  generation;  adaptation  to  the  climatic  period  and  the  formation  of  the 
conducting  tissues  and  of  the  root;  flowering  plants  and  adaptation  of  the 
three  organs,  stem,  leaf  and  hair.  Typography  and  illustrations — the 
volume  contains  277  woodcuts — are  very  commendable. 
Ueber  das  Milchsdureferment  und  sein  Verhcdten  zu  Antiseptica.  Inaugu- 
ral dissertation.    By  Hermann  Meyer,  M.D,    Dorpat.    Pp.  66. 
On  the  lactic  acid  ferment  and  its  behavior  to  antiseptics. 
His  investigations  lead  the  author  to  the  conclusion  that  the  ferment  iii^ 
question  belongs  to  the  fungi  (schizoniycetes),  and  passes  through  filtering 
and  parchment  paper;  it  is  more  easily  affected  by  antiseptics  than  bac- 
teria, and  is  destroyed  by  boiling  and  by  the  electric  current.  The  most 
efficient  antiseptic  is  corrosive  sublimate  (1  part  to  3000  j)arts  whey) ;  theix 
follows  iodine  (1 : 1000),  hydrocyanic  acid  (1 :  853),  oil  of  eucalyptus  (1 :  400), 
salicylic  acid  (1:200),  sulphurous,  also  benzoic,  acid  (1:156),  chlorinatecl 
lime  (1:55),  creasote,  also  thymol  (1:50),  carbolic  acid,  also^borax  (1:20) 
To  be  effectual,  glycerin,  alcohol  and  chloroform  had  to  be  used  in  excess.. 
Chemisehe  TJntersuGhung  der  Samen  von  Pinus  Cembra.    Von  Nicolai  CarL 
Schuppe. 
Chemical  examination  of  the  seeds  of  Pinus  cembra. 
The  seeds  of  this  Siberian  pine  contain  water  3*95,  ash  (containing  POS^ 
per  cent.  P2O5)  1*34,  fat  46*41 ;  legumin,  globulin,  etc.,  3*52,  other  albuminoids- 
soluble  in  water  2*54,  albuminoids  insoluble  in  water  3*00;  mucilage  and 
other  non-albuminous  compounds  soluble  in  water  3*94,  resin  soluble  in. 
alcohol,  trace;  cellulose,  etc.,  35'30. 
The  Chemists'  and  Druggists''  Diaru^  1881.    Published  by  the  London 
' '  Chemist  and  Druggist. ' ' 
Twelfth  Annual  Beport  of  State  Salt  Inspector  S.  S.  Garrigues,  showing 
the  operation  of  the  inspection  law  during  the  past  year,  with  comparative 
statistics  of  the  salt  i^roduct  for  a  series  of  years.    East  Saginaw,  Mich. 
The  asylums  of  Europe.    By  Geo.  M.  Beard,  A.M.,  M.D.  Cambridge,, 
Mass. 
Reprint  from  the  Boston  "Med.  and  Surg.  Jour.,"  December  23d. 
Phthisis  pulmonalis  and  its  treatment  with  hypophosphites.    B3"  L.  de 
Br^nion,  M.D.    New  York:  John  Newton. 
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lished at  Louisville,  Ky.,  was  some  time  ago  discontinued  on  account  of  the 
protracted  illness  of  its  editor,  Dr.  E.  S.  Gaillard.  On  the  recovery  of  the 
editor,  he  has  resumed  its  publication  and  considerably  enlarged  it.  Price 
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