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the  interest  shown  it  is  presumed  that  the  contemplated  semi-annual  meeting  during 
the  coming  summer  will  be  as  successful  as  the  anniversary  meeting. 
The  pamphlet  contains  a  paper  by  Mr.  R.  H.  Dirnock  proposing  to  prepare  for 
•dispensing  a  solution  of  phosphorus  containing  one-sixtieth  of  a  grain,  dissolved  in 
1  fluid  drachm  of  glycerin,  kept  by  means  of  a  water  bath  at  a  temperature  of 
2i2°F.  and  in  an  atmosphere  of  carbonic  acid. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Supervising  Surgeon-General  of  the  Marine  Hospital  Service  of 
the  United  States,  for  the  fiscal  year  1875.  John  M.  Woodworth,  M.D.,  Wash- 
ington, 1876.    8vo,  pp.  229. 
Supervising  Surgeon-General  Woodworth  presents  in  his  report  valuable  and 
interesting  statistics  concerning  the  operations  of  this  important  service,  and  adds 
in  an  appendix  nine  papers,  written  by  surgeons  of  the  Marine  Hospital  Service, 
upon  topics  which  they  had  special  facilities  to  observe  and  investigate,  and  several 
of  which  possess  such  general  importance  and  interest  to  commercial  men  and 
travelers  as  to  deserve  becoming  more  widely  known  and  to  claim  the  attention 
of  Congress.  The  report  is  accompanied  by  two  maps  and  four  diagrams,  in 
illustration  of  the  various  subjects. 
Second  Annual  Report  of  the  Inspector  and  Assay er  of  Liquors  to  the  Commonwealth  of 
Massachusetts.    Boston,  1877.    8vo,  pp.  39. 
The  report  of  Professor  Babcock  gives  the  results  of  412  samples  of  wines  and 
distilled  spirits  sent  for  analysis,  about  one-third  of  which  number  was  found  to  be 
either  of  very  inferior  or  ordinary  quality,  or  more  or  less  adulterated.  Nine  sam- 
ples of  ale  and  lager  beer  were  analyzed  and  found  to  contain  between  3*55  and  5  02 
per  cent  by  weight  of  alcohol,  and  between  3*20  (ale)  and  7*75  (lager  beer)  of  malt 
extract,  etc.  The  report  enters  into  the  discussion  of  the  manufacture  of  the 
liquors  and  the  adulterations,  as  previously  noticed. 
Third  Annual  Report  of  the  State  Fish  Commissioners  of  Minnesota,  for  the  fiscal  year 
ending  December  31,  1876.    St.  Paul.    8vo,  pp.  14. 
We  are  obliged  to  Mr.  R.  O.  Sweeney,  chairman  of  the  Commission,  for  this 
official  report. 
Tear-book  of  Pharmacy,  comprising  Abstracts  of  Papers  relating  to  Pharmacy, 
Materia  Medica  and  Chemistry,  contributed  to  British  and  foreign  journals,  from 
July  1,  1875,  to  June  3°)  ^76,  with  the  Transactions  of  the  British  Pharmaceu- 
tical Conference  at  the  thirteenth  annual  meeting,  held  in  Glasgow,  September, 
1876.    London:  1877.    8vo,  pp.  640. 
The  publication  of  this  volume,  we  regret  to  say,  has  been  delayed,  owing  to  the 
illness  of  its  editor.  We  have  noticed  the  former  issues  of  this  valuable  annual, 
and  it  remains  for  us  merely  to  state  that  it  presents  the  same  attractive  appearance 
as  its  predecessors,  and  that  the  arrangement  is  nearly  the  same  as  heretofore.  The 
"Year-book"  occupies  380  pages,  and  the  "Transactions,"  including  the  papers 
