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Book  Reviews. 
iAm.  Jour.  Pharm. 
January,  1914. 
proven;  yet,  in  the  light  of  our  present  knowledge,  the  consensus 
of  opinion  is  that  a  wise  combination  of  mercury  plus  salvarsan  or 
neosalvarsan  intravenously  procures  the  best  results. 
The  work  recorded  in  this  Bulletin  clearly  emphasizes  the  fact 
that  the  Medical  Corps  of  the  Army,  in  its  care  of  our  fighting  men, 
possesses  unusual  facilities  for  the  scientific  observation,  study,  and 
treatment  of  .this  disease.  John  K.  Thum. 
Essentials  of  Prescription  Writing.  By  Cary  Eggleston, 
M.D.,  Instructor  in  Pharmacology,  Cornell  University  Medical 
College,  New  York  City.  W.  B.  Saunders  Company,  Philadelphia 
and  London. 
Within  the  confines  of  this  small  volume  which  consists  of  only 
115  pages,  a  medical  student  or  graduate  physician  may  find  all 
the  information  necessary  to  equip  himself  in  the  principles  of 
prescription  writing,  a  branch  of  medicine  in  which  most  graduates 
in  medicine  find  themselves  utterly  at  sea  when  first  starting  prac- 
tice. Some  overcome  this  handicap  and  some  do  not;  to  the  latter 
we  most  heartily  recommend  this  handy  little  book,  although,  as  a 
matter  of  fact,  it  may  be  read  with  profit  by  all  who  practise 
medicine. 
This  book  consists  of  ten  chapters  which  embody  the  funda- 
mentals in  a  sequential  manner ;  the  chapter  devoted  to  Latin  gram- 
mar is  brief  but  thorough — the  author  has  evidently  learned  the  art 
of  saying  much  in  few  words — while  the  suggestions  offered  as  to 
flavoring,  coloring,  and  vehicles  (aqueous,  hydro-alcoholic  and  alco- 
holic), if  carefully  studied  and  faithfully  carried  out  by  physicians, 
would  soon  result  in  diminishing,  if  not  abolishing,  the  proprietary 
medicine  evil.  John  K.  Thum. 
Genealogy  of  the  Descendants  of  Thomas  French,  with 
Some  Account  of  Colonial  Manners  and  Doings,  together  with  One 
Hundred  and  Fifty  Picture  Prints  Compiled  and  Published  by 
Howard  Barclay  French,  of  the  Seventh  Generation.  Vol.  II,  Phila- 
delphia.   Privately  printed,  1913. 
Oliver  Wendell  Holmes  once  wrote  that  "  Philadelphia  was  the 
center  of  genealogy."  With  this  new  contribution  which  is  now 
completed,  Dr.  Holmes'  views  are  confirmed.  A  very  extended  re- 
view of  the  first  volume  was  given  in  this  Journal  in  June,  1909, 
p.  309.  The  work  is  handsomely  gotten  out  and  will  stand  as  a 
monument  to  Mr.  French. 
