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Reviews. 
A.m.  Jour.  Pharra. 
June,  1897. 
Krause,  Dozent  fiir  allgemeine  und  pharmaceutische  Chemie  an  der  Universitat 
Lausanne.  Zweite  Halfte,  Berlin,  1897.  R.  Gaertner's  Verlagsbuchhandlung, 
Hermann  Heyfelder. 
The  first  half  of  this  valuable  work  was  reviewed  in  this  Journal  for  February 
of  this  year.  It  may  be  well  to  repeat  what  was  pointed  out  at  that  time,  in 
regard  to  the  sections  into  which  the  whole  work  is  divided,  viz.: 
I.  Bases  of  the  Open  Chain  Series. 
II.  Bases  of  the  Closed  Chain  Series. 
III.  Metal  Amines. 
IV.  Alkaloids  in  the  Narrower  Sense. 
V.  Ptomaines  and  Leucomaines. 
The  first  half,  in  addition  to  the  historical  introduction,  included  all  of  the 
open  chain  series  and  a  part  of  the  closed  chain  series.  The  second  half  covers 
all  the  remaining  sections,  in  addition  to  completing  the  consideration  of  the 
closed  chain  series.  The  fourth  section  is  one  of  the  most  important  in  the 
whole  work,  since  it  very  fully  considers  the  natural  alkaloids,  their  distribu- 
tion in  the  vegetable  kingdom,  method  of  extraction,  estimation,  etc.  It  also 
contains  a  tabular  list  of  the  alkaloids,  with  their  sources,  according  to  natural 
orders,  and  their  formulas  ;  this  section  is  also  enriched  by  a  number  of  para- 
graphs from  the  pen  of  the  translator.  As  now  completed,  the  book  consists  of 
657  large  pages,  including  an  index.  It  is  an  indispensable  work  to  every  one 
who  has  to  do  with  the  alkaloids  in  any  of  their  varieties. 
Reagents  and  Reactions  known  by  the  names  of  their  authors.  Based 
on  the  original  collection  by  A.  Schneider,  revised  and  enlarged  by  Dr.  Julius 
Altschul  for  the  Pharmaceutische  Centralhalle.  Translated  from  the  German 
by  Richard  Fischer,  Instructor  in  Pharmacy  at  the  University  of  Wisconsin. 
Pharmaceutical  Review  Publishing  Company,  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin.  1897. 
The  difficulty  experienced  by  many  chemists  in  determining  the  nature  of  a 
reagent  when,  as  is  frequently  the  case,  the  name  of  the  author  only  is  given, 
is  reason  enough  for  issuing  a  work  like  this.  The  list  as  now  published  is 
very  complete,  and  occupies  82  pages.  There  is  an  index  of  subjects  given  at 
the  end  which  will  materially  assist  locating  certain  tests.  The  pamphlet  is 
well  printed,  and  appears  to  be  remarkably  free  from  errors. 
Warner's  Pocket  Medical  Dictionary  oe  To-Day,  comprising  the  pro- 
nunciation and  definition  of  10,000  essential  words  and  terms  used  in  medicine 
and  associated  sciences.  By  William  R.  Warner.  Philadelphia  :  William  R. 
Warner  &  Co.  1897. 
The  foregoing  title  sufficiently  explains  the  scope  of  this  work.  By  omitting 
the  very  common  terms,  whose  meaning  is  obvious  or  known  to  everybody,  the 
author  has  been  able  to  gain  space  and  so  keep  the  book  down  to  his  original 
intention,  thereby  making  it  strictly  a  pocket  dictionary.  It  is  a  very  complete 
list  of  words  and  their  definitions,  which  are  especially  desired  by  both  phy- 
sician and  pharmacist. 
Formaldehyde.    By  Eli  Lilly  &  Co.    Indianapolis.  1897. 
This  pamphlet  is  devoted  to  a  description  of  the  chemistry  of  formaldehyde, 
its  use  as  a  disinfectant,  and  its  generation  in  the  Moffatt  Formaldehyde  Lamp, 
which  was  fully  described  and  illustrated  in  the  April  number  of  this  Journal. 
