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as  within  their  province.  The  subjects  of  drinking-water,  milk,  yeast 
powders,  and  vinous  liquors,  chiefly  occupy  the  Report,  which  speaks 
strongly  against  the  use  of  lead  pipes  for  water  conduits  into  dwellings. 
About  twenty  original  papers  follow  these  Reports, — most  of  them 
practical  in  their  character.  Three  of  these  papers  will  be  found  in  this 
present  number,  and  will  convey  an  idea  of  the  general  cast  of  the 
remainder.  The  longest  paper  is  that  of  Dr.  Donnelly  on  Cacao,  of  which 
substance  the  history,  botanical  and  economical,  are  given,  and  it  is 
illustrated  with  a  very  well  executed  lithographic  figure  of  the  plant  and 
fruit.  Dr.  D.  proposes,  in  another  paper,  to  complete  the  subject  by  giving 
the  full  history  of  its  manufacture  and  uses  in  medicine  and  dietetics. 
The  paper  of  Dr.  Squibb,  on  Ethereal  Oil,  gives  his  experience  in 
keeping  that  substance,  with  a  rationale  of  the  changes  which  occur  in  it, 
and  the  means  of  preventing  its  decomposition. 
The  paper  of  Prof.  Thomas,  on  a  new  Garlic,  gives  a  very  satisfactory 
argument  in  favor  of  its  being  a  hybrid  between  the  Garlic  and  Leek. 
John  Faber's  paper,  on  manufacturing  Pharmacy,  points  out  the  duty  of 
pharmaceutists  to  watch  their  own  galenical  preparations,  and  gives  an 
estimate  of  cost,  of  several  kinds,  to  prove  that  they  can  be  made  cheaper 
than  the  market  prices  of  the  extracts  manufactured  on  a  large  scale. 
Dr.  Pile's  paper,  on  Dicas'  hydrometer,  is  accompanied  by  tables,  which 
will  prove  highly  useful  to  those  who  have  occasion  to  test  this  instrument. 
Of  the  various  other  papers,  the  following  may  be  enumerated  :  On 
Citric  Acid,  by  C.  T.  Carney  ;  on  the  production  of  Alcohol  in  the  United 
States,  by  F.  Stearns  ;  on  Paraffin  as  a  substitute  for  wax  in  Cerates,  by 
C.  T.  Carney  ;  on  the  depreciation  of  Smyrna  Opium,  by  P.  Wendover 
Bedford  ;  on  Atropia  from  American  Belladonna  root,  by  William  Procter, 
Jr. ;  on  Hops  and  Lupulin,  by  Charlse  A.  Tufts;  on  Patents  in  their 
relation  to  Pharmacy,  by  Edward  Parrish  ;  on  the  preparation  of  Narcotic 
Fluid  Extracts,  by  John  M.  Maisch  ;  and  on  Powdered  Camphor  as  a 
pharmaceutical  preparation,  as  among  the  more  prominent.  None  of  the 
papers  in  this  volume  are  very  elaborate  or  very  strongly  marked,  a 
fact  owing  to  the  character  and  moderate  scope  of  the  subjects  treated. 
The  work  is  well  gotten  up,  and,  though  less  in  size  than  last  year's 
Report,  is  creditable  to  the  body  from  which  it  emanates. 
The  Physician's  Pocket  Memorandum  for  1860,  by  C.  H.  Cleaveland, 
M.  D.,  Cincinnati,  1861. 
This  is  another  example  of  the  Physician's  Memorandum  Book,  con- 
taining  about  87  pages  of  printed  matter,  useful  to  the  practitioner  as  a 
reminder  in  emergencies,  etc. 
