224  Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices.  }AmAprur/u^rm' 
Record  of  Experiments  at  Fort  Scott,  Kansas,  in  the  manufacture  of  sugar  from 
sorghum  and  sugar-canes  in  1886.  By  H.  W.  Wiley,  chemist.  Washington, 
1887.  8mo,  pp.  64. 
This  is  Bulletin  No.  14,  of  the  U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture,  Division 
of  Chemistry. 
Ueber  den  Nachweisdes  Cocains  im  Thierkdrper.  Von  LeonhardHemsing.  Dor- 
pat  1886.    Pp.  39. 
On  the  detection  of  cocaine  in  the  animal  body. 
Mherification  deVacide  sulphurique  dans  V eau  de  Rabel.    Par  Theophile  Gau- 
trand.    Montpellier,  1787.  Pp.  48. 
Etherification  of  sulphuric  acid  in  Babel's  water  (alcohol  and  sulphuric 
acid,  3  :  1). 
Papaina  sua  accao  physiologica  e  therapeutica.  Por  Domingos  Alberto  Niobey. 
Rio  de  Janeiro,  1887.    Pp.  92. 
Papain,  its  physiological  action  and  therapeutics. 
We  hope  to  prepare  abstracts  of  the  above  three  theses  for  a  future  num- 
ber of  the  journal. 
The  Doctorate  Address  at  the  semi-centennial  anniversary  of  the  University 
of  Louisville,  Medical  Department,  March  2,  1887.  By  Professor  David 
W.  Yandell,  M.  D.    8vo,  pp.  16. 
Valedictory  Address,  Medical  Department,  University  of  California.  By 
Professor  A.  L.  Lengfeld,  M.  D.    8vo,  pp.  12. 
The  Increased  Efficacy  of  Massage,  in  combination  with  the  electro-vapor 
bath.    By  F.  E.  Stewart,  M.  D.,  Ph.G. 
Reprint  from  the  Medical  Register. 
Sterility.  Management  of  the  Secundines.  By  Prof.  W.  A.  Wathen,  M.  D., 
Louisville. 
Report  on  Diseases  of  the  Rectum.  By  Prof.  Jos.  M.  Matthews,  M.  D.,  Louis- 
ville. 
The  reception  of  the  above  reprints  is  acknowledged. 
The  Source  of  the  Mississippi.    4vo,  pp.  16. 
This  interesting  pamphlet  is  a  reprint  from  "  Science  "  of  December  24, 
1886,  and  contains  a  letter  from  Messrs.  Ivison,  Blakeman,  Taylor  &  Co., 
(the  publishers  of  Science)  and  the  report  of  Hopewell  Clarke,  Chief  of  the 
L,  B.,  T.  &  Co.  expedition  to  the  headwaters  of  the  Mississippi,  October  1886. 
The  Connoisseur.    Illustrated  quarterly  of  art  and  decoration.    Published  by 
Bailey,  Banks  &  Biddle,  Philadelphia.    Price  50  cents  a  year. 
An  interesting  and  instructive  periodical  for  lovers  of  art,  containing  in- 
structive papers  on  various  subjects  and  a  large  number  of  finely  executed 
illustrations. 
