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instruction  in  forms  and  syntax,  and  according  to  the  authors,  ex- 
cluding everything  which,  however  desirable  and  helpful,  is  not  of 
immediate  practical  use  to  the  pharmacist.  At  the  end  of  each  les- 
son, there  is  a  double  set  of  exercises,  requiring  translations  into 
English  and  into  Latin.  Several  lessons  are  devoted  to  the  practice 
of  writing  and  reading  prescriptions. 
It  is  pleasing  to  note  the  adoption  of  the  English  pronunciation 
in  this  little  volume,  as  it  is  the  custom  of  scientists  generally  to 
apply  the  English  pronunciation  to  such  Latin  terms  as  are  used  in 
scientific  nomenclature.  Moreover,  advanced  medical  educators 
have  adopted  the  English  pronunciation,  and  it  facilitates  matters 
greatly  to  have  uniformity  in  Latin  pronunciations,  as  far  as  the 
druggist  and  physician  are  concerned. 
Undoubtedly,  the  book  is  intended  only  as  a  guide  for  the  mini- 
mum Latin  course  prescribed  in  the  Pharmaceutical  Syllabus,  and 
is  to  be  supplemented  by  classroom  work  under  the  direction  of  the 
teacher.  The  authors  have  succeeded  in  stripping  the  subject  of 
everything  but  absolute  essentials  in  their  book,  and  it  should  there- 
fore be  well  received  by  students  and  teachers  who  have  only  a 
minimum  amount  of  time  to  devote  to  this  subject  of  the  pharma- 
ceutical curriculum. 
Robert  P.  Fischelis. 
OBITUARY  NOTICES. 
The  death  is  announced  of  Prof.  Eduard  Buchner,  Ph.D.,  pro- 
fessor of  chemistry  at  Wurzburg,  who  died  from  wounds  received 
while  serving  as  major  in  the  German  Army  near  Verdun.  Dr. 
Buchner  was  distinguished  for  his  work  on  the  chemistry  of  fer- 
mentation, and  was  the  recipient  of  the  Nobel  prize  for  chemistry 
in  1907. 
Prof.  Adolf  Ritter  von  Baeyer,  professor  of  chemistry  at  the 
University  of  Munich,  honorary  member  of  the  A.C.S.,  and  one 
of  Germany's  best  known  organic  chemists,  died  in  Germany  the 
latter  part  of  August,  at  the  age  of  82.  He  was  distinguished  for 
his  work  on  coal-tar  derivatives  and  dyes,  especially  that  on  syn- 
thetic indigo  and  eosin.  He  was  elected  as  professor  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Berlin  in  1868,  at  Strassburg  in  1872,  going  to  Munich 
in  1875.    In  I9°5  he  was  awarded  the  Nobel  prize  for  chemistry. 
