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Book  Reviews. 
|  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
January,  19 17. 
The  interest  of  the  public  in  the  development  of  professional 
pharmacy  was  well  expressed  by  the  late  Gov.  Winfield  S.  Ham- 
mond who  stated  (Amer.  Jour.  Pharm.,  191 5,  p.  142),  "  It  would  be 
unfortunate  if  this  old-time  honorable  profession  should  become 
merely  business.  .  .  .  We  would  not  want  our  lawyers,  our  doctors, 
our  apothecaries,  our  clergymen  to  be  distinguished  principally  as 
mere  business  men.  We  like  to  have  them  remain  in  the  realm  of 
professionalism,  and  be  as  great  and  as  useful  in  professional  work 
as  others  are  in  the  business  field.  .  .  . 
"We  are  all  interested  in  legislation  tending  to  restrict  the  use 
of  noxious  drugs.  Here  is  a  line  of  endeavor  that,  of  course,  should 
be  absolutely  divorced  from  the  business  end  of  the  work.  Here  is 
a  question  that  appeals  to  you  as  professional  men  and  as  men  wdio 
desire  to  adapt  your  profession  to  the  best  interests  of  your  brothers 
and  your  sisters,  and  any  attempt,  I  fear,  to  connect  this  kind  of 
legislation  with  the  business  end  of  the  pharmacist's  occupation  and 
profession  would  tend  to  detract  from  the  high  professional  stand- 
ing that  the  apothecary  has  always  had  and  that  the  modern  phar- 
macist should  endeavor  to  maintain." 
BOOK  REVIEWS. 
A  Treatise  on  Pharmacy  for  Students  and  Pharmacists, 
by  Charles  Caspari,  Jr.  Fifth  Edition,  Enlarged  and  Revised.  Il- 
lustrated with  337  engravings.  Publishers,  Lea  and  Febiger,  Phila- 
delphia and  New  York. 
This  textbook  for  students  of  pharmacy  is  intended  as  a  com- 
pendium to  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia  and  the  National 
Formulary.  The  recent  revision  of  these  two  legal  authorities  for 
drug  standards  and  formulas  necessitated  the  fifth  edition  of  this 
publication  to  bring  it  up  to  date  and  in  order  that  its  statements 
may  conform  to  the  official  requirements. 
From  the  viewpoint  of  the  book  maker,  the  book  is  excellent ; 
paper  and  binding  both  good,  type  clear,  and  the  illustrations,  judi- 
cious selections,  well  serving  their  purpose.  The  typographical 
errors  are  few  indeed :  unfortunately,  the  typesetter  had  to  bungle 
"  official  formulas  "  on  the  first  page  of  the  preface. 
The  subject  matter  is  divided  into  three  parts.  Part  I  is  called 
General  Pharmacy  and  treats  of  the  pharmacopoeias  and  what  could 
