296  Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices.     { AmjuOne?i904arm' 
latter  is  due  to  the  fact  that  the  short  sloping  sides  of  the  glass 
make  it  possible  to  bring  the  edge  of  the  glass  to  the  lips  of  the 
patient  without  slopping  or  spilling  any  of  the  contained  liquid, 
while  the  comparatively  wide  mouth  of  the  glass  facilitates  drinking 
from  it.  In  addition  to  this  the  glass  has  no  sharp  corners  and  is 
therefore  very  readily  cleaned  and  easily  kept  clean. 
The  most  surprising  advantage,  however,  is  the  durability  that 
the  glass  has  been  demonstrated  to  possess.  This  particular  shape 
has  been  in  use  at  the  German  Hospital,  Philadelphia,  for  nearly  a 
year,  and  during  that  time,  despite  the  fact  that  there  has  been  a 
decided  increase  in  the  number  of  patients  treated,  they  have  broken 
less  than  one-half  the  number  of  medicine  glasses  that  were  used 
for  a  similar  period  of  the  previous  year.  This  is  all  the  more  sur- 
prising as  it  had  been  argued  that  a  glass  having  a  foot  like  a  goblet, 
would  necessarily  be  more  fragile  than  one  having  straight  sides. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Pharmaceutical  Formulas,  being  a  supplementary  volume  com- 
prising a  consolidation  of  the  Medicine-stamp  Acts  (with  historical 
notes)  ;  formulas  for  known,  admitted,  and  approved  remedies ;  an 
Australian  Hospitals  Formulary  ;  and  many  other  recipes.  Pub- 
lished at  the  offices  of  The  Chemist  and  Druggist,  142  Cannon 
Street,  London,  E.  C.  Branch  offices :  Adelaide,  Melbourne  and 
Sydney,  Australia.  1904. 
In  an  editorial  note  it  is  stated  that  "  the  publication  of  this  sup- 
plementary volume  of  '  Pharmaceutical  Formulas'  is  necessitated  by 
changes  in  the  administration  of  the  Medicine-stamp  Acts,  conse- 
quent upon  judicial  decisions  whereby  medicines  which  are  sold 
under  names  referring  to  ailments  of  the  human  body  become 
dutiable  on  and  after  March  31,  1904;  but  if  such  medicines  are 
sold  by  registered  chemists  as  '  known,  admitted  and  approved  ' 
remedies  they  are  exempt  from  stamp  duty."  The  Board  of  Inland 
Revenues  has  wisely  exempted  the  formulas  published  in  the  British 
Pharmacopoeia  and  other  well  known  books  of  reference.  The 
subscribers  of  the  The  Chemist  and  Druggist  were  invited  to  con- 
tribute their  formulae  for  publication  in  the  present  volume  and  all 
those  received  up  to  the  end  of  1903  are  included. 
"  Each  important  chapter  is  prefaced  by  remarks  which  indicate 
