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Reviews,  etc. 
(  Am.  .Tonr.  PI'  arm. 
(      Mar.,  1881. 
ysis,  and  in  the  various  analytical  operations.  The  fourth  section  con- 
tains the  analytical  reactions  of  the  metals  and  acid  radicals,  and  a  com- 
mendable feature  of  it  is  the  introduction  of  tables  of  differences,  giving 
for  each  group  of  metals,  in  tabular  form,  the  behavior  to  each  of  the 
reagents  employed  for  the  different  metals.  This  latter  subject  we  believe 
is  often  more  or  less  neglected,  but  in  our  oi)inioii  might  be  even  further 
extended  with  benefit  to  the  student. 
The  two  following  sections  explain  the  course  of  analysis  for  simple  and 
complex  compounds,  and  in  the  seventh  section  we  find  lists  of  aj^paratus 
and  reagents,  directions  for  prejDaring  the  latter,  etc.  The  rarer  elements 
are  treated  of,  according  to  their  reactions  and  detection,  in  the  appendix, 
which  contains  also  instructions  on  the  use  of  the  spectroscope  and  va*rious 
tables. 
Handbook  of  Systematic  Urinary  Analysis,  Chemical  and  MieroscopicaL 
By  Frank  M.  Deems,  M.D.,  laboratory  instructor  in  the  medical  depart- 
ment of  the  University  of  New  York.  New  York:  Industrial  Publica- 
tion Co.    1880.    12nio.    Pp.  30.    Price,  limp  cloth,  25  cents. 
A  very  convenient  table,  giving  also  sufficient  details  for  the  intelligent 
recognition  of  the  various  constituents  of  urine  and  urinary  deposits.  It 
is  not  intended  to  take  the  j^lace  of  larger  works,  but  it  4s  well  adapted  as  a. 
guide  for  practical  work. 
Drugs  that  Enslave. — The  Opium,  Morphine,  Chloral  and  Hashish  Habits. 
By  H.  H.  Kane,  M.D.  PJiiladelphia  :  Presley  Blakiston.  1881.  12mG. 
Pp.  224.    Price,  $1.50. 
Although  there  are  several  good  works  describing  the  danger  of  the 
habitual  use  of  opium  and  similar  drugs,  there  is  ample  room  for  the  fur- 
ther ventilation  of  this  subject,  the  more  so  since  the  consumption  of  nar- 
cotics has  evidently  considerably  increased  of  late  years.  The  work  is  pri- 
marily written  for  the  use  of  plij^sicians,  but  it  contains  also  so  much  of 
interest  to  the  pharmacist  and  intelligent  persons  generally  that  we  believe 
it  to  deserve  l:)eiiig  read  by  those  who  feel  an  interest  in  discouraging  the 
use  of  these  dangerous  drugs.  But  little  space  has  been  devoted  to  the 
study  of  the  hashish  habit  owing  to  its  rarity  in  this  country.  The  book 
is  embellished  l\v  an  excellent  phototype  frontispiece  of  Laocoon. 
Aphorisms  in  Fracture.  By  Richard  O.  Cowling,  A.M.,  M.D.,  Professor 
of  Principles  and  Practice  of  Surgery,  University  of  Louisville.  Louis- 
ville: J.  P.  Morton  &  Co.    1881.    Pp'.  70.    Price,  25  cents. 
This  is  the  second  of  Morton's  pocket  series.  The  aphorisms  were  read 
before  the  Kentucky  Medical  Society  in  1877,  but  have  since  been  revised 
and  extended. 
Biographical  Sketch  of  James  Aitken  Meigs,  M.D.    By  Geo.  Hamilton, 
M.D.    Philadelphia:  1880. 
A  reprint  from  the  transactions  of  the  Medical  Society  of  the  State  of 
Pennsylvania. 
