382  Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices.  {Amju^iSarnu 
Untersuchungen  uber  die  Darstellung  und  Eigenschaften  des  Inosit,  sowie  uber 
dessen  Verbreitung  im  Pflanzenreiche.   Von  Richard  Fick. 
Researches  on  the  preparation  and  properties  of  inosit,  and  the  distribu- 
tion of  the  same  in  the  vegetable  kingdom.    (Dorpat  Dissertation). 
The  author  showed  the  presence  of  inosit  in  a  large  number  of  plants ;  it 
exists,  however,  always  in  such  minute  proportion  that  it  cannot  be  a  promi- 
nent factor  in  vegetable  physiology.  Climbing  plants  like  aristolochia,  am- 
pelopsis,  humulus,  vitis,  pisum  and  phaseolus,  contained  considerably  more 
inosit  than  the  other  plants  examined. 
Der  Kohlensdure-Gehalt  der  Luft  in  Dorpat  besiimmt  in  den  Monaten  Februar 
bis  Mai,  1887.   Von  Victor  Feldt. 
The  amount  of  carbonic  acid  of  the  air  in  Dorpat,  determined  during  the 
months  of  February  to  May,  1887.    (Dorpat  Dissertation.) 
The  large  number  of  determinations  seem  to  indicate  that,  with  the  wind 
from  west  and  southwest,  the  air  contains  a  smaller  amount  of  carbonic 
acid,  while  the  largest  amount  was  found  with  the  direction  of  the  wind 
from  the  northeast. 
Des  Poisons  de  Fleches  et  d'Epreuve  en  general,  et  de  I'inee  en  particulier.  Par 
Gaston  Fontaine,  pharmacien  de  I.  classe. 
On  arrow  poisons  and  ordeal  poisons  in  general,  and  on  inee  (strophan- 
thus)  in  particular.    (These,  Montpellier.) 
We  hope  to  give  a  condensed  account  of  this  thesis  in  a  subsequent  num- 
ber. 
Programme  of  the  Sixth  International  Congress  for  Hygiene  and  Demography. 
The  documents  (in  French  and  English)  are  addressed  to  boards  of  health, 
educational  institutions,  societies,  managers  of  hospitals,  &c.  The  Congress 
will  be  held  in  Vienna,  Austria,  September  26  to  October  2, 1887.  Applica- 
tions for  subscription  cards  of  delegates  at  30  florins  are  to  be  addressed  to 
the  Commission  on  Organization,  I,  Renngasse  50,  Vienna. 
Tracts  on  Massage,  No.  III.  The  Uses  of  Massage  in  Medical  Practice.  Trans- 
lated from  the  German  of  Reibmayr,  with  notes  by  Benjamin  Lee,  A.  M., 
M.  D.,  Ph.  D.,  etc.  Philadelphia:  1887.  Published  by  the  Author.  Price, 
25  cents. 
An  essay  of  forty-four  pages,  to  which  has  been  added  another  of  twenty 
two  pages  on  "  Blood,  and  how  to  make  it ;  Fat,  and  how  to  reduce  it." 
A  fatal  result  from  tnalline  is  reported  by  Prof.  Ehrlich  [Munch 
Med.  Wochenschr.),  after  giving  the  thalline  tartrate  in  progressive  doses  from 
*08  to  *58  gm.  He  suggests  0"2  gm.  (griij)  as  the  maximum  dose  for  hourly 
administration,  commencing  with  0*08  gm.  and  increasing  the  dose  daily 
by  0*01  gm. 
