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Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices,  {Am'jineri8^7arm' 
poeial  drugs,  chemicals  and  pharmaceutical  preparations  are  embodied  in 
this  work,  which,  as  the  title  indicates,  is  intended  to  supply  labels  giving 
the  dose  and  price  of  each  article.  But  these  labels  contain  also  synonyms, 
the  origin  of  the  drug,  the  composition  and  strength  of  the  preparation, 
medical  properties,  solubilities,  etc. — information  which  in  many  cases  will 
thus  be  found  useful  and  convenient  of  access.  The  proof-reading  has  been 
done  with  great  care. 
In  addition  to  the  labels,  which  are  intended  to  be  attached  to  the  recep- 
tacles in  the  store  without  replacing  the  usual  shop  labels,  the  book  contains 
also  tables  of  weights  and  measures,  an  explanation  of  thermometer  scales, 
and  lists  of  abbreviations  in  prescriptions,  of  incompatibles,  of  new  reme- 
dies and  of  German  names  with  their  English  equivalents.  We  consider 
the  work,  which  has  been  very  carefully  prepared,  as  a  very  useful  one  for 
the  purposes  indicated  above. 
A  Manual  of  Weights  and  Measures,  including  principles  of  metrology  ;  the 
weights  and  measures  now  in  use ;  weight  and  volume,  and  their  reciprocal 
relations  ;  weighing  and  measuring ;  balances  (scales)  and  weights ;  meas- 
ures of  capacity ;  specific  weight  and  specific  volume,  etc.,  with  rules  and 
tables.  By  Oscar  Oldberg,  Pharm.  D.,  Professor  of  Pharmacy  and  Director 
of  the  Pharmaceutical  Laboratory  in  the  Illinois  College  of  Pharmacy. 
Second  edition,  revised.  Chicago  :  Chas.  J.  Johnson,  1887.  8vo  pp  246 
Price,  $1.50. 
On  its  first  appearance,  we  have  noticed  this  work  at  some  length  in  our 
volume  for  1885,  page  639,  to  which  we  refer.  The  main  portion  of  the 
present  volume  is  identical  with  the  former,  but  a  few  typographical  errors 
have  been  corrected,  and  a  chapter  on  coefficients  of  expansion  has  been 
added,  with  a  number  of  valuable  tables,  showing,  for  numerous  liquids,  the 
rate  of  expansion  by  heat  and  the  variation  in  specific  gravity,  apparent 
and  corrected.  There  has  also  been  added  a  table  containing  the  weight  of 
a  bushel  of  a  large  number  of  articles  as  established  by  the  laws  of  the 
different  States ;  these  weights  vary  in  some  cases  for  the  same  commodity 
in  the  proportion  of  2:3,  or  7:10,  or  even  more.  We  conclude  our  present 
notice  with  what  we  said  of  the  work  two  years  ago,  namely  :  That  it  deserves 
to  be  carefully  read  by  physicians  and  pharmacists,  even  though  the  reader 
may  not  agree  with  all  the  views  expressed  by  the  author. 
The  reception  of  the  following  pamphlets  is  hereby  duly  acknowledged : 
Thirtieth  Annual  Report  of  the  Council  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Aus- 
tralasia, with  which  is  incorporated  the  Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Vic- 
toria. With  list  of  members  arid  hon.  members.  Melbourne:  1887.  Pp  ,15. 
Annual  Address  delivered  before  the  American  Academy  of  Medicine  at  Pittsburgh, 
Pa.,  October  12th,  1886, 'by  R.  S.  Sutton,  A.  M.,  M.  D.,  of  Pittsburgh,  Pa., 
President  of  the  Academy.    Pp.  13. 
Twenty-sixth  Annual  Report  of  the  Cincinnati  Hospital  for  the  fiscal  year  ending 
December  31st,  1886.    H.  M.  Jones,  Superintendent.    Pp.  78. 
Massachusetts  State  Agricultural  Experiment  Station  at  Amherst.  Fourth  an- 
nual report  for  1886,  pp.  130;  and  Bulletins  JSTo.  23  and  24  for  March 
and  April,  1887. 
