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society,  the  charter  of  the  society,  the  various  acts  relating  to  pharmacy,  sales 
of  poison  and  registration,  the  lists  of  members,  students,  prize  men,  tables  of 
weights  and  measures,  subscribers  to  the  Benevolent  Fund  and  Orphan  Fund. 
A  System  of  Instructio?i  in  Qicalitative  Chemical  Analysis.  By  Arthur  H. 
Elliott,  Ph.D.,  Professor  of  Chemistry  and  Physics,  and  Director  of  the  Chemi- 
cal Laboratory  in  the  College  of  Pharmacy  of  the  City  of  New  York.  Second 
edition.    Published  by  the  author.    1894.    8vo,  pp.  120. 
The  first  edition  of  this  work  appeared  a  little  over  a  year  ago,  and  was 
reviewed  in  this  Journal,  1893,  p.  107.  What  was  said  of  the  book  then,  is  true 
of  this  edition  ;  and  the  fact  that  a  new  edition  is  demanded  after  the  lapse  of 
so  short  a  time,  is  evidence  that  many  teachers  and  students  have  found  the 
work  a  useful  one.  H.  T. 
An  Illustrated  Encyclopedic  Medical  Dictionary,  being  a  dictionary  of  the 
technical  terms  used  by  writers  on  medicine,  and  the  collateral  sciences  in  the 
Latin,  English,  French  and  German  languages.  By  Frank  P.  Foster,  M.D., 
with  the  collaboration  of  Wm.  C.  Ayres,  M.D. ;  Edward  B.  Bronson,  M.D.; 
Chas.  Stedman  Bull,  M.D.;  Henry  C.  Coe,  M.D.;  Andrew  F.  Currier,  M.D.; 
Alex.  Duane,  M.D.;  Simon  H.  Gage,  M.D.;  Henry  J.  Garrigues,  M.D.;  Chas. 
B.  Kelsey,  M.D.;  Russell  H.  Nevins,  M.D.;  Burt  G.  Wilder,  M.D.  Vol.  IV. 
New  York  :  D.  Appleton  &  Co.    1894.    4to.    Pp.  2321  to  3096. 
This  volume  completes  a  valuable  and  elaborate  work,  which  cannot  but  be 
appreciated  by  everyone  connected  with  the  science  of  medicine.  Partaking 
of  an  encyclopaedic  character,  it  becomes  much  more  interesting  than  an 
ordinary  dictionary.  Illustrations  have  been  inserted  wherever  they  were 
found  necessary  to  elucidate  the  text.  The  frontispiece  consists  of  a  handsome 
colored  plate,  illustrating  urinary  sediments.  The  first  word  of  this  volume  is 
Minnequa  Springs,  and  from  this  to  the  last,  Zythum,  there  is  not  one  too 
many.  The  following  are  a  few  of  the  titles  that  have  received  especial  atten- 
tion, and  are  of  particular  interest  to  the  pharmacist :  Pilula,  Opium,  Mor- 
phine, Quinine.  A  good  example  of  the  thoroughness  of  the  work  is  shown 
under  opium,  where  every  known  pharmaceutical  preparation  with  its  synonym 
appears  to  have  been  given.  A  very  valuable  feature  of  the  book  is  the  concise 
but  clear  definitions  of  the  newer  synthetic  remedies.  Just  so  much  chemistry 
concerning  them  has  been  included,  as  to  furnish  the  busy  professional  man 
with  necessary  information,  without  surrounding  them  by  too  technical  lan- 
guage. Sixteen  pages  of  supplement  bring  the  whole  down  to  the  latest  date 
possible. 
Of  course,  such  a  work  is  not  absolutely  without  errors.  For  instance, 
Quercus  Prinus  is  given  as  "  (yellow)  Swamp  Chestnut  Oak."  This  species, 
however,  is  not  yellow,  and  its  habits  are  far  from  swampy,  as  it  strongly 
inclines  to  rocky  hillsides.  Q.  Muhlenbergii  has  yellow  wood,  and  O.  bicolor 
is  a  chestnut  oak  that  is  found  in  swampy  localities. 
Under  Wintergreen  it  is  stated  that  the  oil  "when  pure  consists  of  90  per 
cent,  of  methyl  salicylate  and  10  per  cent,  of  gaultherilene."  More  recent 
investigators  have  shown  that  the  latter  constituent  does  not  amount  to  one 
per  cent,  of  the  oil.  A  few  cases  of  wrong  pages  in  references,  and  improper 
spelling  of  authors'  names,  have  been  noticed.  The  mechanical  part  is  of  that 
high  class  which  characterizes  the  Appleton  Press.  H.  T. 
