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say that the necessity of a knowledge of the language by the American 
apothecary had ceased to exist. 
The chapter on abbreviations is well worthy the attention of both physi- 
cians and apothecaries, and those chapters applying the rules of syntax to 
prescription writing, and giving rules for the pronunciation of scientific 
terms, are equally so. The second part of the work consists of a series of 
abbreviated Latin prescriptions, followed by the same written in full with their 
literal translation ; from the recent newspaper developments, some of 
our practitioners would find a careful study of this portion of the book, a 
useful preliminary preparation to appearing before coroners' juries. There 
are other points of interest and usefulness in the book, which, in connec- 
tion with what have been noticed, claim for it a place in the library of 
every pharmaceutical student. 
New Remedies : with formulae for their * administration. By Robley Dun- 
glison, M. D., Professor of the Institutes of Medicine, etc. Sixth edition, 
with extensive additions. Philadelphia, Blanchard & Lea. 1851. — pp. 
755. 
No more certain evidence need be asked in favor of the encouragement 
received by the publishers of Medical literature in the United States, than 
the rapid succession in which editions of standard works are called for. The 
work before us has passed through six editions, and its size has been 
much augmented. The object of the work appears to be to gather 
into an alphabetically arranged collection, the pharmaceutical and 
therapeutical discoveries and improvements that are first presented in 
the Journals of the day, so that the student, who rarely has more 
than a limited access to these, may see what has been brought forth 
by the most recent experimenters and discoverers in all parts of the 
world. The great learning of the author, and his remarkable industry in 
pushing his researches into every source whence information is derivable, 
has enabled him to throw together an extensive mass of facts and state- 
ments, accompanied by full references to authorities ; which last feature ren- 
ders the work practically valuable to investigators who desire to examine the 
original papers. The intention of the author appears to be, to present to 
the fullest extent the latest researches of others, without any attempt to 
question, modify, or improve, their results and statements, resting them 
solely on their own merits. By so doing, he has saved himself a world of 
trouble, and has left the field open to all enquirers who may be disposed 
to call in question any of the facts, etc., set forth in his pages. 
The author observes in the preface, "The Therapeutical agents now first 
admitted in this work, some of which have been newly introduced into 
pharmacology, and the old agents brought prominently foward with novel 
applications, and which may consequently be regarded as New Remedies, 
are the following : Adansonia Ligitata, Benzoate of Ammonia, Valeri- 
anate of Bismuth, Sulphate of Cadmium, Chloroform, Collodion, Canthari. 
