Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Oct ,  1878 
Reviews,  etc. 
work  is  not  intended  to  supplant  the  larger  ones  by  Fresenius,  Rose  and  others,  it 
serves  the  important  purpose  of  leading  to  their  better  appreciation. 
The  translator  and  editor  has  carefully  attended  to  the  task  before  him,  and  the 
publisher  has  given  the  work  an  attractive  garb,  not  the  least  useful  of  which  are 
the  wood-cuts  in  illustration  of  apparatus  and  processes. 
Medicinal  Plants;  being  Descriptions  with  Original  Figures  of  the  Principal  Plants 
employed  in  Medicine,  and  an  Account  of  their  Properties  and  Uses.  By  Robt, 
Bentley,  F.L.S  ,  and  Henry  Trimen,  M.B.,  F.L.S.  Parts  31  and  32.  Philadel- 
phia: Lindsay  &  Blakiston,  1878.    Price  per  part,  $2. 
The  two  parts  before  us  contain  excellent  plates,  with  descriptive  text  of  the  fol- 
lowing medicinal  plants:  Alpinia  officinarum,  Hance  (Galangal)  ;  Astragalus  gum- 
mifer,  Labill.;  Butea  frondosa,  Koen.j  Carum  (Ptychotis,  D.  C.)  ajowan,  Bentl.;  Citrus 
bergamia,  Risso  ,•  Copaifera  Langsdorfii,  Desf.;  Garcinia  indica,  Cboisy  (oil  of  man- 
gosteen) ;  Juglans  cinerea,  Lin.;  Manihot  utilissima,  Pohl ;  Pilocarpus  pennatifolius, 
Lent. ;  Pinus  balsamea,  Lin. ;  Pinus  taeda,  Lin.  j  Quercus  alba,  Lin.  j  Quercus  tinc- 
toria,  Bartr.,  and  Zingiber  officinale,  Roscoe. 
The  Antagonism  of  Therapeutic  Agents,  and  What  it  Teaches.    By  J.  Milner  Fother- 
gill,  M.D.    Philadelphia:  Henry  C.  Lea,  1878.    Pp.  160. 
The  Fothergillian  gold  medal  of  the  Medical  Society  of  London  for  1878  was 
awarded  to  this  essay,  which  will  be  found  highly  interesting  to  the  observers  and 
inquirers  into  the  antagonistic  action  of  toxic  agents.  The  work  commences  with 
accounts  of  experiments  tending  to  illustrate  the  subject,  and  follows  this  up  by  criti- 
cal inquiries  into  the  action  of  poisonous  drugs.  The  application  of  the  results  of 
these  inquiries  in  cases  of  actual  poisoning  and  in  ordinary  practice  concludes  the 
author's  task. 
The  essay  is  tersely  written,  and  contains  many  practical  hints  and  suggestions. 
Bihliotheca  Medica.  A  Catalogue  of  American  and  British  Books,  Periodicals, 
Transactions,  etc.,  relating  to  Medicine,  Surgery,  Dentistry,  Pharmacy,  Chem- 
istry and  Kindred  Subjects.  Cincinnati:  Rob.  Clarke  &  Co.,  1878.  Pp.  244. 
Price,  25  cents. 
This  pamphlet,  we  think,  will  be  welcome  to  many  of  our  readers,  embracing  as 
it  does  a  list  of  the  titles,  together  with  the  price  of  the  works  published,  as  stated 
on  the  title  page.  The  whole  is  classified  by  subjects,  and  this  is  followed  by  an 
index  by  authors. 
Pocket  Therapeutics  and  Dose-Book,  etc.     By  Morse  Stewart,  Jr.,  B.  A.,  M.  D. 
Detroit,  Mich.,  1878.    Price,  50  cents. 
This  little  book  of  100  pages  may  be  conveniently  carried  in  the  vest  pocket,  and 
will,  we  think,  be  found  useful  by  those  who  need  a  remembrancer  on  the  subject 
of  doses  and  uses  of  even  the  most  ordinary  medicines.  In  our  opinion  it  belongs 
to  that  class  of  books  which  are  very  useful  to  those  who  make  the  compilations 
for  their  own  use. 
