9° 
Book  Reviews. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
February,  19 17. 
In  Part  III  the  histology  of  the  following  drugs  is  given:  Spi- 
gelia,  Ruellia,  Marrubium  vulgar e,  Marrubium  peregrinum,  Buchu, 
Pinus  alba,  Quassia-,  Pyrethri,  Flores,  Petroselinum,  Amygdala 
Dulcis.  Sections  of  mountain  laurel  and  trailing  arbutus  are  also 
given,  together  with  a  study  of  pollen  grains  and  the  papillae  of  the 
stigmas  of  a  number  of  flowers.  Of  course  every  author  has  his 
own  ideas  as  to  proper  selection  of  material  for  study  and  will  be 
largely  influenced  by  his  own  practical  experience.  An  incomplete 
index  handicaps  the  book  for  use  as  a  work  of  reference. 
This  book  will  be  found  valuable  in  courses  of  histology  where 
there  are  well-trained  teachers  to  handle  the  subject  and  interpret 
the  author's  drawings  and  statements.  It  will  also  be  found  useful 
as  a  work  of  reference  for  the  special  drugs  which  are  considered 
in  detail. 
John  Moser,  Jr. 
The  National  Standard  Dispensatory. — Containing  the  Nat- 
ural History,  Chemistry,  Pharmacy,  Actions  and  Uses  of  Medicines, 
including  those  recognized  in  the  Pharmacopoeias  of  the  United 
States,  Great  Britain  and  Germany,  with  numerous  references  to 
other  Foreign  Pharmacopoeias.  In  accordance  with  the  Ninth  De- 
cennial Revision  of  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia.  By  Hobart  Amory 
Hare,  B.Sc,  M.D.,  Professor  of  Therapeutics,  Materia  Medica,  and 
Diagnosis  in  Jefferson  Medical  College,  Philadelphia;  Charles  Cas- 
pari,  Jr.,  Ph.G.,  Phar.D.,  Professor  of  Theoretical  and  Applied 
Pharmacy  in  the  University  of  Maryland,  Baltimore;  and  Henry  H. 
Rusby,  M.D.,  Professor  of  Botany  and  Materia  Medica  in  the  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy  of  the  City  of  New  York.  New  (3d)  edition,  thor- 
oughly revised.  Magnificent  imperial  octavo,  2103  pages,  with  465 
engravings.  Cloth,  $9.50;  full  leather,  $11.50;  thumb-letter  index, 
50  cents  extra.  Lea  &  Febiger,  Publishers,  Philadelphia  and  New 
York,  1 91 6. 
With  the  advent  of  the  new  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia,  we  are  accus- 
tomed to  the  announcements  of  new  editions  of  the  several  dispen- 
satories. The  first  of  the  latter  in  the  field  apparently  is  the  Na- 
tional Standard  Dispensatory.  When  one  reaches  middle  life  and 
has  been  accustomed  to  consult  this  class  of  works,  he  is  not  likely 
to  become  very  enthusiastic  over  the  new  editions.  The  publishers 
may  say  that  they  have  "been  revised  in  every  line  to  cover  the 
latest  advances  in  the  whole  vast  field  of  Materia  Medica,  Phar- 
