Am.  Jour.  Pharm.") 
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What  is  needed,  in  a  list  of  properties  of  such  substances  as  occur  in  Part  I,  is 
not  a  compilation  of  tests  which  are  worn  threadbare  from  having  done  long 
service  in  text  books,  but  a  list  of  such  as  have  been  tried  by  the  author  him- 
self, and  which  he  can  vouch  for. 
Part  II  is  devoted  to  the  criticism  of  325  prescriptions.  In  it  the  author  has 
succeeded  in  presenting  what  will  be  of  value  for  the  student  to  study,  but  it  is 
scarcely  possible  that  one  would  find,  while  compounding  a  prescription,  an 
example  in  the  325  that  would  correspond  to  that  which  he  has  in  hand.  The 
information  in  Part  II  is  valuable,  especially  that  given  in  tabular  form,  show- 
ing the  effect  of  rubbing  together  equal  weights  of  two  solids,  and  for  this  con- 
cise statement  the  author  deserves  much  credit. 
Accidents  and  Emergencies.  A  manual  of  the  treatment  of  surgical  and 
medical  emergencies  in  the  absence  of  a  physician.  By  Chas.  W.  Dulles,  M.  D., 
Fellow  of  the  College  of  Physicians  of  Philadelphia  and  of  the  Academy  of 
Surgery,  etc.,  etc.  Fifth  edition.  Philadelphia:  P.  Blakiston,  Son  &  Co.  1897. 
In  these  days,  when  students  of  pharmacy  are  instructed  concerning  emer- 
gencies, a  new  edition  of  this  work  will  be  especially  acceptable. 
The  style  of  the  writer  is  so  concise  and  attractive  that  one  follows  the  sub- 
ject with  but  little  effort.  Every  class  of  accident  appears  to  be  fully  consid- 
ered, and  the  text  so  elucidated  by  illustrations  as  to  make  the  method  of  pro- 
cedure in  an  emergency  case  easily  learned  as  well  as  easily  remembered. 
The  only  adverse  criticism  we  have  to  make  is  in  the  chapter  devoted  to 
"  Description  of  Poisonous  Plants,"  where  the  author  appears  to  be  out  of  his 
element.  Poke  root  is  given  as  the  leading  common  name  of  Veratrum  viride, 
and  the  illustration  of  the  latter  is  given  the  title  "  poke  root."  If  the  author 
has  ever  found  any  authority  for  the  application  of  the  name  poke  root  to 
Veratrum  viride,  he  has  seen  an  error  that  it  is  unfortunate  to  propagate.  We 
are  aware  that  the  term  Indian  poke  has  been  applied  to  Veratrum,  but  not 
poke  root.  The  so-called  wild  parsnip,  Pastinaca  sativa,  had  better  have  been 
omitted  from  the  book  altogether,  for  it  has  been  shown  time  and  again  that  the 
parsnip,  whether  wild  or  cultivated,  is  not  poisonous.  The  numerous  cases  of 
poison  cited  in  the  newspapers  as  caused  by  wild  parsnip,  have  in  most  instances 
been  caused  by  Cicuta  maculata.  Some  typographical  errors  are  noticeable  in 
this  chapter,  indicating  that  it  did  not  receive  quite  the  care  at  the  hands  of  the 
author  that  it  should,  although  the  subject  is  one  of  the  most  important  of 
those  treated,  and  it  might  be  made  one  of  the  most  interesting.  It  is  to  be 
hoped  that  it  will  be  re- written  for  the  next  edition. 
BueI/ETin  Voe.  Ill,  No.  3,  of  the  College  of  Agriculture,  Imperial  University, 
Japan. 
Although  issued  by  a  department  of  agriculture,  many  of  the  subjects  treated 
are  of  especial  interest  to  pharmacists,  as  shown  by  the  following  list  of  titles 
and  authors  contained  in  the  current  issue  :  "The  Chemistry  of  Soja  Sauce 
Manufacture,"  by  Y.  Nishimura  ;  "  Contributions  to  the  Chemistry  of  Sake 
Brewing,"  by  J.  Okumura  ;  "On  the  Origin  of  Sake  Yeast  (Saccharomyces 
Sake),"  by  K.  Yabe  ;  "  Note  on  a  Grape  Wine  Fermented  by  Sake  Yeast,"  by 
K.  Negami ;  "On  the  Behavior  of  Yeast  at  a  High  Temperature,"  by  T. 
Nakamura  ;  "On  Two  New  Kinds  of  Red  Yeast,"  by  K.  Yabe  ;  "  On  Bromal- 
bumin  and  Its  Behavior  to  Microbes,"  by  O.  Loew  and  S.  Takabayashi  ;  "  On 
