480 
Rericics,  etc. 
J  Am.  Jour.  Fharm: 
\      Sept.,  1882. 
Mental  Pathology  and  Thcrapcatics.  By  W.  (Iriesiiij^er,  M.D.,  Professor  of 
Clinical  Medicine  and  of  Mental  Science  in  the  University  of  Berlin,  etc. 
Translated  from  the  ({ennan  (second  edition),  l)y  C.  Lockhart Robertson, 
M.D.  Cantab,,  and  James  Rutherford,  M.D.  Edinb.  New  York  :  Wm. 
Wood  &  Co.  1882.    8vo,  pp.  375. 
The  work  is  divided  into  5  parts  or  books,  treating  of  general  considera- 
tions, the  origin,  forms,  pathological  anatomy,  prognosis  and  treatment  of 
mental  disease.  The  autlior  is  one  of  the  leaders  of  the  German  school  of 
medical  psychology.  In  this  translation,  which  was  made  in  18G7,  it  lias 
been  the  endeavor  to  give  the  English  reader  an  accurate  and  literal  render- 
ing of  the  German  text. 
A  Treatise  on  the  Physiological  and  Therapeutical  Action  of  the  Sulphate 
of  Quinine.  By  Otis  Frederick  Manson,  M.D.,  Professor  of  Physiology 
and  Pathology  in  the  Medical  College  of  Virginia.  Philadelphia:  J.  B. 
Lippincott  &  Co.  1882.  12mo,  pp.  164.  Price  $1. 
After  refering  to  the  discovery  of  cpiinine  the  history  of  its  introduction 
in  medicine  is  brietly  alluded  to,  after  which  the  action  of  quinine  upon 
animals  and  man  is  considered,  with  observations  on  the  various  modes  of 
administration,  and  the  effects  of  small  and  excessive  doses.  This  is 
followed  by  a  chapter  on  the  therapeutics  of  quinine  sulphate.  The  little 
volume  appears  to  have  been  carefully  prepared,  and  the  current  and  past 
literature  on  the  subject  to  be  well  utilized.  The  total  absence  of  a  table  of 
contents  and  of  an  index  interferes  with  the  usefulness  of  the  work. 
What  to  do  in  cases  of  Poisoning.  By  William  Murrell,  M.D.,  Lecturer  on 
Materia  Medica  and  Therapeutics  at  the  Westminster  Hospital,  etc. 
Second  edition.  Detroit:  Geo.  S.  Davis,  1882.  32mo,  pp.  96.  Cloth 
bound,  embossed  sides,  colored  edges.    Price  |1. 
A  little  volume  which  may  be  conveniently  carried  in  the  pocket,  and 
designed  to  give  brief  practical  directions  for  the  treatment  of  cases  of 
poisoning.  A  list  of  the  requisite  instruments  and  remedies  to  be  kept  in 
the  antidote  bag,  ready  for  use  in  case  of  emergency,  is  first  given,  after 
which  the  various  poisons  are  considered  in  alphabetical  order,  the  reme- 
dial agents  being  indicated  by  broadfaced  type. 
Second  Annual  Report  of  the  Astronomer  in  charge  of  the  Horologieal  and 
Thermometric  Bureaus  m  the  Observatory  of  Yale  College.    1881 — 188i2. 
Perhaps  the  most  interesting  portion  to  physicians  and  pharmacists  of 
this  report  is  the  one  on  thermometers.  During  the  past  year  3,811  physi- 
cians' and  741  other  thermometers  were  examined  ;  such  as  have  been  used 
for  a  year  or  more  give  usually  misleading  indications. 
Zur  Frage  der  dem  Fishlehen  schddlichen  Flachsweichen.  Von  Edwin 
Johanson. 
On  the  noxious  influence  of  the  water-retting  of  flax  upon  fish-life. 
The  experiments  of  the  author  lead  to  the  conclusion  that  the  sickness 
and  death  of  fishes  in  creeks  used  for  flax-retting  is  due  to  the  rapid  disap- 
pearance from  the  water  of  oxygen  during  the  process. 
Report  on  Surgery.  By  Professor  W.  O.  Roberts,  M.D.  Louisville.  Pp.  16. 
A  reprint  from  the  "American  Practitioner,"  June,  1882. 
