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Reviews. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Feb.,  1894. 
clamps  capable  of  holding  fifty  of  them,  and  are  coated  twice  with  the  lymph 
from  two  animals  by  means  of  a  camel' s-hair  pencil,  so  that  the  operator  does 
not  touch  them  at  all.  When  the  points  have  been  thus  twice  coated  they  are 
carefully  inspected,  packed  in  glass  containers  and  labelled.  Dampness  with  a 
temperature  above  ioo°  F.  is  sure  to  injure  the  virus  ;  good  vaccine  points  can 
generally  be  relied  on  for  sixty  or  ninety  days  ;  and  it  has  been  sent  to  Palestine, 
Hindoostan  and  China,  where  it  was  used  successfully. 
The  method  of  vaccination  is  a  matter  of  importance  and  upon  its  proper 
performance  the  result  will  almost  always  determine  successfully.  The  best 
plan  is  to  scrape  off  the  scarf-skin  and  scratch  the  abraded  surface  in  two 
directions  when  the  serum  is  just  apparent.  The  point  barely  moistened  on  one 
side  is  applied,  and  the  pasty  virus  is  applied ) to  the  absorbents  and  the  opera- 
tion is  completed. 
The  whole  subject  so  far  as  it  is  needful  for  intelligent  persons  to  understand 
the  methods  and  care  necessary  to  deal  in  good  articles  of  the  kind,  has  been 
fully  explained  and  is  most  gladly  submitted  to  your  consideration. 
As  Mr.  Crawford  was  unable  to  be  present  to-day  to  continue  this  interesting 
paper  upon  the  forestry  of  the  Columbian  Exposition,  Mr.  H.  C.  Barker  read 
a  paper,  Pycnanthemum  lanceolatum,  or  mountain  mint.  See  p.  65,  of  present 
number  of  the  journal. 
A  couple  of  boxes  each  containing  about  a  quarter  of  a  pound  of  Keifun,  or 
Japanese  Calomel,  was  exhibited  by  Professor  Trimble,  who  received  it  from 
Chicago,  through  the  efforts  of  Mr.  Joseph  Crawford,  where  it  was  on  exhibi- 
tion among  the  Japanese  manufactures  of  the  Columbian  Exposition.  Its  appear- 
ance is  different  from  the  Calomel  as  obtained  by  the  processes  adopted  in  the 
more  Western  countries,  those  of  Europe  and  America.  It  is  in  fine  scales  and 
much  lighter  than  Calomel  obtained  by  the  officinal  processes  of  Continental  or 
American  Pharmacopoeias.  It  is  prepared  in  a  very  simple  manner  from  mercury 
salt  and  an  earth  found  in  the  neighborhood  of  the  Village  of  Isawa,  Japan.  It 
has  been  made  for  about  300  years  by  members  of  the  family  of  the  present 
maker,  whose  works  employ  about  ten  persons,  and  the  output  is  about  15,000 
pounds  annually.  The  maker  is  Heirjiro  Kokubu.  It  sells  for  $1.40  per  pound, 
silver. 
A  vote  of  thanks  was  given  to  Dr.  Alexander  for  the  interesting  and  instruc- 
tive lecture,  and  also  to  Mr.  Barker  for  the  paper  read,  both  of  which  were 
referred  to  the  committee  on  publication. 
There  being  no  further  business,  a  motion  to  adjourn  was  put  and  carried. 
T.  S.  Wiegand,  Registrar. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Belladonna,  A  Study  of  its  History,  Action  and  Uses.  Edited  by  F.  B. 
Kilmer.    New  York  :  Johnson  &  Johnson.  1894. 
A  short  monograph,  containing  contributions,  translations  and  abstracts  from 
the  following;  Henry  Kraemer,  Ph. G.,  Chas.  Rice,  Ph.D.,  Prof.  E.  S.  Bastin, 
J.  M.  Maisch,  Ph.M.,  Prof.  C.  V.  Riley,  Prof.  J.  Bernard  Smith,  Prof.  J.  P.  Rem- 
ington, Ph.M.,  Dr.  E.  E.  Eccles,  Prof.  J.  U.  LJoyd,  Prof.  H.  C.  Wood,  Dr.  A.  R. 
L.  Dohme,  Prof.  J.  B.  Smith  and  others.  It  is  a  small  pamphlet  of  72  pages, 
profusely  illustrated,  treating  of  the  history,  botany,  pharmacognosy,  pharmacy, 
