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the  nature  of  the  contents,  especially  in  respect  to  liability  to  duty 
or  otherwise.  As  the  primary  object  of  the  volume  is  legal  rather 
than  pharmaceutical,  there  is  more  variety  in  the  formulas  than  the 
writer  of  a  book  of  formulas  would  ever  dream  of  presenting,  but 
the  collection  has  the  great  merit  of  representing  the  actual  working 
formulas  of  those  who  have  been  selling  the  preparations." 
The  book  contains  chapters  on  the  following  subjects :  The  medi- 
cine-stamp Acts;  Australian  formulas;  preparations  with  ailment 
names  (abscess-croup) ;  preparations  for  coughs,  indigestion,  neural- 
gia, toothache ;  preparations  with  body-names,  with  descriptive 
titles ;  galenical  preparations  ;  miscellaneous  preparations ;  prepara- 
tions chiefly  for  the  toilet ;  unclassified  formulas ;  etc.  A  good 
index  completes  the  volume.  The  book  is  very  interesting  in  pre- 
senting, as  has  already  been  stated,  actual  working  formulas.  Care 
must  be  exercised  in  the  practical  use  of  the  book,  as  some  of  the 
formulae  can  be  improved.  The  book  is  also  valuable  from  a 
historical  point  of  view,  containing,  as  it  does,  without  any  editing 
the  formulae  sent  in  by  the  subscribers  of  The  Chemist  and  Druggist. 
Universite  de  Paris.  Ecole  Superieure  de  Pharmacie.  Theses 
for  obtaining  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Pharmacy  of  the  University 
of  Paris  during  1 903- 1 904: 
"Histologic  Comparee  des  Gelsemiees  et  Spigeliees,"  by  Edmond 
Morelle.  An  illustrated  monograph  on  the  comparative  histology 
of  gelsemium  and  spigelia  and  other  members  of  the  Loganiaceae. 
"  Contribution  a  l'Etude  de  la  Presure  chez  les  Vegetaux,"  by 
Maurice  Javillier.  A  thesis  on  the  rennet-like  ferments  found  in 
plants. 
"  Action  de  l'Eau  sur  la  Secretion  Urinaire,"  by  Henri-Joseph 
Bretet.  A  thesis  on  the  influence  of  water  on  the  character  of  the 
urine. 
"Dosage  de  l'Azote  Nitrique,"  by  Leon  Debourdeaux.  The 
author  gives,  as  a  result  of  his  work  on  the  determination  of  nitric 
acid,  a  modification  of  the  method  of  Pelouze-Fresenius. 
"  Des  Bacteries  Denitrifiantes,"  by  Augustin-Francois-Alexis 
Boutron.  A  monograph  in  the  denitrifying  bacteria,  giving  morpho- 
logical data,  character  of  cultures  and  biochemical  character. 
"  Contribution  a  l'Etude  des  Fluorures,"  by  Paul-Edouard 
Defacqz.  A  study  of  the  fluo-chlorides,  fluo-bromides  and  fluo- 
iodides  of  the  alkaline  earth  metals. 
