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Salpetresaure Quecksilberoxydutflussigkei t — 
although when this is translated into every word that it expresses 
— solution of the nitrate of protoxide of mercury — it is really no 
longer than the corresponding English. 
The third division is devoted to chemical analysis. It comprises 
reagents, analytic instruments and apparatus, general directions 
for testing medicinal substances, remarks concerning chemical 
poisons and the manner of conducting judico-chemical examina- 
tions, together with the mode of analysing milk, blood, urine and 
urinary calculi. Those chemical substances which from their 
destructive action on the living organism have been classed 
among the poisons, the author divides as follows : 1. The so-called 
mineral acids, together with some of vegetable origin (oxalic, for 
instance.) 2. The alkalies. 3. The caustic alkaline earths, 
(caustic lime, etc.) 4. Hydrocyanic acid. 5. The organic alka- 
lies, (from opium, the strychneae and strychnoids.) 6. Many pre- 
parations of the metals, (preparations of copper, lead, arsenic, 
etc.) 7. A few salts, comparatively inert in small portions, but 
not without risk in large quantities, (hydrochlorate of ammonia, 
nitrate of potassa.) 
The modus operandi of poisons, their antidotes, and the means 
by which they may be detected in organic mixtures, are matters 
which although they may perhaps belong more especially to the 
province of the physician, are nevertheless of much importance 
to pharmaceutists. The unrestrained and too frequently indiscri- 
minate sale of the most virulent poisons, and the numerous cases 
of poisoning, either by accident or design, which must necessarily 
follow, render us at any moment liable to be called upon for 
assistance at times when chemical knowledge and coolness of 
judgment are absolutely necessary for the relief of the unfortunate 
sufferer. Consequently it is incumbent upon every pharmaceutist 
to be prepared for such emergencies. 
The fourth part, termed a Hiilfs-Register, is the Index. The 
Latin, French and German terms used in the work are separately 
arranged. 
We are tempted to take advantage of the opportunity to remind 
our junior readers of the propriety of acquiring a sufficient know- 
ledge of the German language to make use of the many scientific 
works with which it teems. Independent of the pecuniary ad- 
