270 
Reviews,  etc. 
(  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
\      May,  1881. 
Besides  the  intrinsic  value  of  the  work,  its  external  appearance  deserves, 
likewise,  commendable  notice,  as  well  as  the  care  bestowed  upon  the  proof- 
reading, but  very  few  tyj^ographical  errors  having  been  noticed  by  us. 
A  Tr^eatise  071  Albu7ninuria.    By  W.  Howship  Dickinson,  M.D.,  Cantab., 
etc.    Second  edition.    1881.    8vo,  pp.  300. 
A  Treatise  o/i  the  Materia  Medica  and  Therapeutics  of  the  Skin.  By  Henry 
G.  Piffard,  A.M.,  M.D.    1881.    8vo,  pp.  351. 
A  Treatise  on  Diseases  of  the  Joints.    By  Richard  Barwell,  F.R.C.S.,  etc. 
Second  edition.    1881.    8vo,  pp.  463. 
The  above  works  form  the  first  three  volumes  of  the  series  of  the  present 
year  published  by  Wm.  Wood  &  Co.,  of  New  York,  under  the  general  title 
of ' '  Wood's  Library  of  Standard  Medical  Authors. ' '  As  far  as  the  contents  of 
the  volumes  are  concerned,  the  names  of  the  authors  are  sUflEicient  evidence 
that  treatises  of  value  may  be  expected  from  them.  In  Prof.  Piffard's  work 
attention  is  directed  to  quite  a  number  of  remedies  which  are  little  known 
in  the  United  States  and  some  of  which  were  formerlj^  officinal  in  various 
Pharmacopoeias ;  we  mention  the  following  as  illustrations :  Acanthus 
mollis,  Anemone  nemorosa,  Caladium  seguinum,  Calotropis  gigantea,  Cas- 
sia alata,  Galega  officinalis,  Heliotropium  majus,  Hura  brasiliensis  and 
crepitans,  Hydrophyllum  canadense,  Lapsana  communis,  Sedum  acte, 
Semper vivum  tectorum,  Xanthium  strumarium  and  others. 
These  works  are  presented  by  the  publishers  in  a  very  attractive  style, 
printed  in  clear  types  upon  good  paper,  and  wherever  necessary  illustrated 
by  woodcuts  and  by  well  executed  colored  plates.  They  form  a  handsome 
and  very  useful  series  at  a  very  moderate  price. 
Index  Medicus.    Published  by  F.  Lej^poldt,  New  York. 
We  have  on  several  occasions  noticed  this  valuable  periodical,  which 
gives  a  complete  index  of  all  publications,  whether  in  book  form  or  j^rinted 
in  journals,  relating  to  medicine.  It  is  therefore  invaluable,  owing  to  its 
€omi3leteness  and  excellent  systematic  arrangement,  to  medical  men  gen- 
erally, and  to  the  faithful  investigator  and  observer  in  particular.  The 
publication,  edited  by  Drs.  Billings  and  Fletcher,  deserves  by  far  greater 
encouragement  than  it  has  hitherto  received.  It  would  seem  that  medical 
libraries  and  societies  were  sufficiently  numerous  in  this  country  to  insure 
the  continuance  of  a  periodical  which  will  always  retain  its  value,  and  the 
suspension  of  which  would  prove  an  irreparable  loss  to  the  entire  profession. 
The  MiGrosco2:>e,  and  its  delation  to  Medicine  and  Pharmacy.  Edited  and 
published  by  Chas.  H.  Stowell,  M.D.,  Assistant  Professor  of  Physiology 
and  Histology,  University  of  Michigan,  and  Louisa  Reed  Stowell,  M.S!, 
Assistant  in  Microscopical  Botany,  University  of  Michigan.  Detroit: 
Geo.  S.  Davis. 
It  affords  us  great  pleasure  to  notice  the  appearance  of  this  new  bi-monthly 
journal,  the  first  number  of  which  appeared  in  April.  It  is  a  well  printed 
pamphlet  of  32  octavo  pages  text,  and  is  published  at  the  rate  of  |1  a  year. 
Of  special  interest  to  pharmaceutical  readers  is  the  essay  of  the  editress  on 
