220  Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices.  {Amlp°rnr/f^7arm 
stated  on  the  appearance  of  the  second  German  edition,  that  the  subject 
matter  of  the  work,  the  lucid  and  attractive  manner  of  its  treatment,  the 
literary  references,  and  the  handsome  illustrations,  186  in  number,  all  com- 
bine to  make  the  work  a  most  valuable  one  for  the  study  of  vegetable  his- 
tology, preliminary  to  that  of  materia  medica. 
Proceedings  of  the  Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  its  fourth  annual 
meeting,  held  in  the  city  of  Grand  Eapids,  October  12,  13  and  34,  1886; 
also  the  constitution  and  by-laws,  roll  of  members,  &c.  Detroit :  D.  0. 
Haynes  &  Co.    8vo,  pp.  237. 
A  brief  account  of  this  meeting  was  published  on  page  18  of  our  Decem- 
ber number.  Among  other  valuable  papers  it  contains  one  by  Prof.  Pres- 
cott,  entitled  "  Outline  of  a  Plan  of  Study  of  Assistants  in  Pharmacy;"  a  re- 
print of  this  paper  has  also  been  received. 
A  Plea  for  Legitimate  Pharmacy  versus  Proprietary  Articles  partaking  of  the 
Character  of  Nostrums;  with  a  compilation  of  formulae  for  remedies  pre- 
scribed by  physicians  and  lists  of  simple  remedies.  By  Emlen  Painter^ 
Ph.G.    8vo,  pp.  35. 
The  author  is  earnest  in  his  plea  concerning  a  subject  which  has  been 
frequently  discussed  in  this  Journal  in  the  past.  A  number  of  factors  have 
been  operative  in  producing  the  continually  increasing  proprietary  articles  : 
one  of  these  factors  must  be  looked  for  in  the  indifference  of  many  apotheca- 
ries and  their  want  of  pride  in  preparations  of  their  own  make,  even  simple 
pharmacopoeial  galenicals,  through  which  course  the  laboratory  of  the  phar- 
macist has  been  reduced  in  extent,  and  that  of  the  manufacturer  more 
increased. 
Manuel  des  Etudiants  en  Pharmacie.  Par  Ludovic  Jammes,  pharmacien  de  Ire 
classe,  medecin.  Paris  :  J.  B.  Bailliere  et  Fils,  1886.  12mo,  pp.  475  and 
768. 
Manual  for  Students  in  Pharmacy. 
The  two  volumes  before  us  give  an  interesting  picture  of  the  educational 
course  prescribed  by  law  for  pharmacists  in  France.  The  first  volume  opens 
with  the  decrees,  decisions  and  regulations  relating  to  the  studies  and  the 
examinations  of  pharmacists.  There  are  two  classes  of  pharmacists ;  those 
of  the  first  class  may  settle  in  the  large  cities,  but  those  of  the  second  class 
only  in  certain  districts.  Yet  the  requirements  for  the  two  classes  are  very 
similar — three  years  apprenticeship  in  a  store,  and  examination  in  practical 
pharmacy  and  practical  botany,  and  subsequently  three  years  studies  at  a 
pharmaceutical  school ;  they  differ  mainly  in  the  preliminary  education  re- 
quired, and  in  the  extent  of  the  final  examinations.  To  become  a  pharma- 
cist of  the  first  class,  the  aspirant  is  required  to  produce,  when  entering  as 
apprentice  and  when  matriculating  at  the  school  of  pharmacy,  the  diploma 
of  bachelor  of  arts  or  bachelor  of  sciences;  of  others  either  the  grammar 
school  certificate,  or  the  certificate  of  proficiency  in  the  first  stage  tow- 
