REVIEW OF THE DUBLIN PHARMACOPOEIA. 
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its revision, and have pursued it steadily until their labors were 
complete in the publication of the volume before us. 
The most obvious change, which at once strikes the reader, is 
the abandonment of me Latin, except in the Materia Medica list 
and the names of preparations; in which course it has followed the 
Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia, and both of them the United States 
Pharmacopoeia, which was the first work of the kind published by 
authority in English. 
In glancing over the list of the Materia Medica we are 
reminded that we are not looking in our own Code, by the want of 
simplicity in the nomenclature. The botanical names of plants 
in many instances are placed in the list precisely on a par with 
shorter officinal names for the part used. Thus, " Arctostaphylos 
Uva Ursi" is translated " Bearberry. The leaves ;" whilst further 
on we find " Uva Ursi," which is referred to " Arctostaphylos." 
"Colchicum Atjtumnale" is the designation for the"corrnus and 
seeds" of the plant. The tincture is called " Tinctura Seminum 
Colchici." 
"Succinum. Amber. The oil obtained by its destructive dis- 
tillation.^ Why not at once call it Oleum Succini ? " p. Succini" 
will mean "Take of Oil of Amber," or Take of Amber, and lead to 
confusion. Rectified oil of Amber is not mentioned. 
We will not occupy space, however, in pointing out the peculi- 
arities of the List] after all, it is greatly a matter of opinion. We 
think a simple nomenclature facilitates the prescriber's office, is 
more easily remembered, and is less likely to cause errors; and, 
moreover, is much more harmonious to the ear and eye. The re- 
visors have adopted the botanical names for plants given in Lind- 
ley's Medical and Economical Botany," giving also his authori- 
ties. 
As regards the correctness of these references we have not had 
time to be critical, nor do the revisors appear to have given any 
great amount of attention to this department of the work. There 
is a want of uniformity in the phraseology of the formulae, and a 
wide departure from the former brevity of the Latin, in many in- 
stances. We think the latter an improvement, because it renders 
the meaning of the directions clearer and less liable to be mis- 
understood. The affix " of Commerce " is frequently applied, and 
is intended to point out the distinction between the purer prepara- 
