590 
Reviews,  etc. 
(  Am.  .Tour.  Pharm . 
1      Nov.,  1882. 
The  volume  is  published  as  one  of  the  current  series  of  the  Library  of 
Standard  Medical  Authors. 
Nitroglycerine  as  a  Remedy  for  Arigina  pectoris.  By  Wm.  Murrell,  M.D., 
M.R.C.P.,  etc.  Detroit:  Geo.  S.  Davis,  1882.  Small  8vo,  pp.  78.  Price, 
11.25. 
'  After  giving  a  brief  chemical  history  of  nitroglycerin,  the  author  pro- 
<?eeds  to  describe  its  physiological  action  upon  animals  and  man,  and  then 
relates  his  experience  with  it  in  the  treatment  of  angina  pectoris,  in  which 
disease  it  proved  to  be  of  decided  service.  The  remedy  is  used  in  the  form 
of  the  one  per  cent,  alcoholic  solution,  which  is  preferable  to  the  solution 
in  ether,  and  is  given  diluted  with  water  or  peppermint  water,  sometimes 
in  connection  with  a  little  spirit  of  chloroform.  It  may  also  be  made  into 
pills  or  tablets.  The  commencing  dose  of  the  solution  is  about  one  minim, 
but  occasionally  persons  are  affected  by  a  much  smaller  dose,  or  require  a 
larger  quantity,  the  object  being  to  get  the  physiological  effect  of  the  drug  ; 
after  a  time  tolerance  is  established  and  larger  doses  are  required.  Alarm- 
ing symptoms,  resulting  from  an  overdose,  are  commonly  transitory,  and 
the  patient  recovers  before  assistance  can  be  obtained. 
The  little  volume  is  gotten  up  in  good  style,  with  clear  type,  heavy  toned 
paper,  and  cloth  binding,  embossed  in  gold. 
The  Physician^ s  Visiting  List  for  1883,  for  25  Patients  per  Week.  Phila- 
delphia:  P.  Blakiston,  Son  &  Co.    Price,  %l. 
This  is  the  thirty-second  year  of  the  publication  of  this  visiting  list. 
Handworterbueh  der  Pharmacognosie  des  Pflanzenreichs.    Von  Prof.  Dr. 
G.  C.  Wittstein.    Breslau:  Eduard  Trewendt,  1882. 
Dictionary  of  Pharmacognosy  of  the  Vegetable  Kingdom. 
The  third  part  of  this  valuable  work  contains  the  articles  in  alphabetical 
order  from  Gurgunbalsam  to  Kornblume.  The  statements  made  of  two 
North  American  drugs  need  slight  corrections  :  Kalmia  latifolia  was  found 
by  Kennedy  (1875)  to  contain  arbutin,  and  gelsemine  was  isolated  by  Kol- 
lock  in  1855 ;  although  physiological  experiments  have  been  made  with 
this  alkaloid  we  are  not  aware  that  it  is  therapeutically  employed. 
Proceedings  of  the  Third  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Iowa  State  Pharmaceuti- 
cal Association^  held  in  Des  Moines,  Tuesday  and  Wednesday,  February 
14  and  15,  1882.    Iowa  City.    8vo,  pp.  178. 
Proceedings  of  the  Pennsylvania,  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  its  Fifth 
Annual  Meeting,  held  in  Altoona,  June  13,  14,  1882.  Harrisburg.  8vo, 
pp.  184.    Price,  75  cents. 
Proceedings  of  the  Fifth  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Kentucky  Pharmaceutical 
Association^  held  in  Covington,  May  17  and  18,  1882.  Louisville.  8vo, 
pp.  72. 
The  meetings  of  the  above  associations  have  been  noticed  on  pages  204, 
381  and  428  of  our  present  volume.  The  Proceedings  of  the  Iowa  Associ- 
ation contains  a  good  lithographic  portrait  of  the  second  President,  G.  B. 
