556 
Reviews. 
(Am.  Jour.  Ptaarm. 
I  November,  1894. 
Handbook  of  Pharmacy,  embracing  the  theory  and  practice  of  pharmacy  and 
the  art  of  dispensing.  For  students  of  pharmacy  and  medicine,  practical  phar- 
macists and  physicians.  By  Virgil  Coblentz,  Ph.G.,  A.M.,  Phil.D.  With  395 
illustrations.     P.  Blakiston,  Son  &  Co.     Philadelphia,  1894.    Pp.  480. 
This  attractive  volume  is  a  credit  to  both  author  and  publisher.  It  inclines 
to  the  chemical  side  of  pharmacy,  and  is  especially  strong  in  its  description  and 
illustration  of  the  manipulations  incidental  to  the  everyday  life  of  the  phar- 
macist. Twenty  chapters  of  these  operations  serve  to  make  up  Part  I ;  Part  II 
is  devoted  to  galenical  pharmacy  ;  Part  III  considers  the  art  of  dispensing, 
and  Part  IV  volumetric  analysis.  An  appendix  is  compiled  from  the  various 
pharmacopceial  tables. 
Books  on  pharmacy  are  not  so  numerous  in  this  country  that  we  may  pass 
over  them  lightly,  and  this  one  is  especially  welcome,  since  it  considers  the  sub- 
ject in  a  scholarly  manner  that  is  sure  to  be  appreciated. 
Consular  Report.    Vol.  46.    No.  168.    September,  1894. 
Occasionally  in  these  reports  we  are  treated  to  rather  stale  information,  espe- 
cially when  the  consul  gathers  his  information  from  the  scientific  literature  of 
the  country  in  which  he  is  located,  this  literature  having  in  many  cases  been 
abstracted  from  the  original  papers  which  were  published  long  before  in  this 
country  or  England.  It  is  very  desirable,  therefore,  that  consuls  should  con- 
fine themselves  strictly  to  facts  gathered  from  their  immediate  locality. 
The  number  before  us  is  full  of  practical  information,  and  is  especially  full  in 
statistics  of  our  imports  from  a  number  of  foreign  countries. 
The  articles  that  are  of  interest  to  pharmacists  are,  twenty  pages  devoted  to 
the  eucalyptus  tree,  five  pages  to  the  adulteration  and  analysis  of  essential  oils, 
and  something  over  two  pages  devoted  to  tea  culture  in  Japan. 
Proceedings  of  the  Thirteenth  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Virginia  Pharma- 
ceutical Association,  held  at  Blue  Ridge  Springs,  Va.,  July  10,  it,  12,  1894. 
The  members  of  this  association  evidently  had  a  good  time,  but  managed  to 
devote  some  of  it  to  the  consideration  of  scientific  contributions  on  "Cream 
of  Tartar  Adulteration,"  and  "Morphine  and  Opium  Poisoning  and  Perman- 
ganate of  Potash  as  an  Antidote,"  by  G.  B.  Barksdale  ;  "The  Unity  of  Mat- 
ter," by  Gordon  Blair;  and  "  What  is  the  Plant  Used  in  Domestic  Practice  in 
Virginia,  called  'Sarsaparilla'  ?"  by  C.  B.  Fleet. 
This  last  paper  is  especially  creditable,  and  informs  us  that  Menispermum 
Canadense  is  generally  sold  in  that  State  when  sarsaparilla  is  called  for,  and 
from  its  chemical  constituents,  as  determined  by  Professor  Maisch,  we  may 
safely  assume  that  it  is  superior  in  medicinal  value  to  the  true  sarsaparilla. 
Proceedings  of  the  Nineteenth  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Georgia  Pharmaceut- 
ical Association,  held  in  Americus,  Ga.,  May  8  and  9,  1894. 
This  is  evidently  what  is  known  as  a  live  association,  and  the  proceedings 
are  condensed  into  a  dainty  volume.  A  few  papers  were  read,  the  most  note- 
worthy one  being  by  J.  W.  Goodwyn,  on  a  solution  of  ferrous  iodide  from 
which  to  prepare  the  syrup,  and  containing  hypophosphorous  acid,  as  directed 
by  the  National  Formulary. 
Plantce  Novce  Hispanice.  Bditio  secundus.  Autoribus  Martino  Sesse  et 
Josepho  Marianno  Mocino.  Mexico,  1893.  Received  from  Prof.  Alfonso 
Herrera. 
