i56 
Reviews. 
( Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
I      March,  1894. 
the  attention  of  the  committee  on  property  be  called  to  this,  with  the  view  of 
having  it  remedied,  and  read  a  paper  on  Pharmacal  Prerogative. 
The  discussion  of  this  paper  elicited  the  fact  that  the  public  had  considerable 
confidence  in  the  judgment  of  apothecaries,  and  it  was  shown  that  physicians 
were  apt  to  judge  hastily  when  emergencies  required  the  knowledge  of  doses 
and  therapeutic  effect  of  important  drugs. 
Wallace  Proctor  gave  a  description  of  a  lozenge  apparatus. 
Mr.  ~Lt.  F.  Kebler  read  a  paper  on  assay  of  vinegar  of  opium  and  sample  of 
assay. 
A  vote  of  thanks  was  given  to  the  writers  of  these  papers  and  all  were 
referred  to  the  Publication  Committee.  Wiu,iam  McIntyre, 
Registrar,  pro  tern. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Auto-intoxication  in  Disease.  By  Ch.  Bouchard,  translated  by  Thomas 
Oliver.  8vo.  pp.  302.  Philadelphia  :  F.  A.  Davis  Company.  London  :  F.  J. 
Rebman. 
The  subject  is  treated  apparently  with  great  care,  and  with  a  closeness  of 
detail  that  inspires  confidence  in  the  author's  conclusions.  It  is  entirely  without 
the  pale  of  the  pharmacist's  duty  and  belongs  especially  to  the  diagnostician 
where  we  leave  it.    The  book  is  well  printed  and  bound. 
Stewart's  Quiz  Compend  of  Pharmacy .  Fourth  revised  edition,  embracing  the 
changes  of  the  seventh  decennial  revision  of  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia. 
Philadelphia  :  Blakiston,  Son  &  Co.     i6mo,  pp.  181. 
The  students  of  pharmacy  will  gladly  welcome  the  appearance  of  a  new 
edition  of  this  work  as  being  a  great  help  to  them  in  preparing  for  examination, 
and  if  it  is  used  only  as  a  help  it  is  all  right. 
We  have  received  a  leaflet,  from  M.  C.  Tanret,  reprinted  from  the  Journal  of 
Pharmacy  and  Chemistry,  of  Paris,  giving  a  complete  summary  of  the  value  of 
potassium  iodohydrargyrate  and  potassium  tri-iodide.  The  following  classes 
are  especially  noticed,  Alkaloids,  Glucosides,  Albuminoids,  Albumin,  Peptones, 
Gelatin,  Casein  and  Ammonia. 
The  Physician's  Wife.  By  Ellen  M.  Firebaugh.  Philadelphia  :  F.  A.  Davis 
Company,  1914-1916  Cherry  Street.      8mo,  pp.  200. 
A  lively  picture  of  the  trials  that  beset  the  better  half  of  the  Country  Doctor. 
The  apothecary  cannot,  of  course,  appreciate  this  as  will  the  physician,  who  will 
doubtless  hand  it  over  to  his  wife  for  perusal  when  her  numerous  duties  subside 
sufficiently  to  permit  her  to  enjoy  its  racy  pages. 
Calendar  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Great  Britain  8vo,  pp.  552. 
London  :  Bloom sbury  Square. 
This  work  contains  a  calendar  noting  under  the  appropriate  dates  the  various 
matters  of  interest  to  the  members  of  the  Society,  the  meetings  of  the  various 
committees,  the  holidays,  dates  of  examinations,  the  historical  sketch  of  the 
