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EDITORIAL. 
Review of Chemistry for Students. Adapted to the classes taught in the princi- 
pal Medical Schools of the United States. By John G. Murphy, M. D. Phila- 
delphia, Lindsey & Blakiston, 1851. pp. 328, 12 mo. 
This little volume has been written to facilitate the labors of the medical 
student. Chemistry is one of his stumbling blocks and as a general rule is less 
thoroughly acquired than the branches more specially medical. The de- 
sign of Dr. Murphy is to aid the teacher collaterally and the student directly. 
The slight examination that we have been able to give it, has impressed us 
favorably as to its usefulness for the purpose intended. It is well printed 
on good paper, and got up in a style creditable to the publishers. 
Labels for. Pharmaceutical Specimens, — The Label Committee of the 
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy have prepared and will shortly publish a 
set of labels for specimens of nearly all the preparations of our pharmacopoeia, 
and of many that are not officinal. These labels correspond with the set for 
Materia Medica specimens published last year. Lecturers on Materia Med- 
ica and Pharmacy, Physicians who have private classes of students, and 
students themselves who are collecting cabinets for their own purposes, will 
find these labels a useful and ornamental addition to their collections • giving 
uniformity to their appearance. As the Latin and English names, and the 
strength of the preparation, in many instances, are indicated, much informa- 
tionis conveyed by them. 
