278  Progress  in  Pharmacy.  {Amjimer'i9uarm* 
index  of  35  pages.  As  a  compendium  of  suggestions  for  the  up-to- 
date  pharmacist  this  book  should  appeal  to  all  pharmacists  who  are 
desirous  of  giving  to  their  patrons  the  best  possible  service  that  they 
are  capable  of. 
Pharmaceutisch  Weekblad. — The  number  of  this  journal  for 
April  3,  19 14,  concludes  the  fiftieth  year  of  the  publication  and  com- 
prises 155  pages  devoted  to  historical  reviews  of  the  progress  of 
pharmacy  during  the  past  fifty  years.  As  a  supplement  the  publishers 
present  a  pamphlet  of  98  pages,  entitled  "  Monumenta  Pharmaceu- 
tical and  containing  a  reprint  of  several  historical  papers  of  phar- 
maceutical interest.  The  first  paper  is  a  reprint  of  the  communica- 
tion by  M.  de  la  Condamine,  "  Sur  l'Arbre  du  Quinquina,"  published 
in  Paris  in  1740.  The  pamphlet  also  contains  a  reprint  of  the  paper 
by  F.  W.  Sertiirner  (1817)  in  which  he  reports  his  discovery  of 
morphine,  a  new  base,  and  of  meconic  acid  as  being  the  principal 
constituents  of  opium.  A  paper  by  Smithson  Tennant  (1814)  on 
the  means  of  producing  a  double  distillation  by  the  same  heat,  a 
paper  by  John  T.  Barry  (1819)  on  a  new  method  of  preparing  phar- 
maceutical extracts,  a  paper  by  Thomas  Thompson  (1818)  on  Mr. 
Henry  Tritton's  patent  for  an  improved  apparatus  for  distillation, 
and  a  paper  on  the  education  of  the  apothecary,  G.  J.  Mulder  (1842), 
are  also  reprinted.  This  supplement  is  exceptionally  interesting,  in 
that  it  makes  available  for  ready  reference  a  number  of  the  more 
important  contributions  to  pharmaceutical  literature. 
Acetyline  is  a  new  name  used  in  some  portions  of  Europe  for 
acetylsalicylic  acid,  and  serves  to  further  complicate  the  nomenclature 
of  this  now  widely  used  substance. — Pharm.  Weekblad,  1914,  vol. 
51,  p.  578.  ^ 
Afridol  is  described  as  sodium  mercuri-o-toluylate,  said  to  be  an 
efficient  substitute  for  corrosive  mercuric  chloride.  Afridol  is  said 
to  be  active  in  dilutions  up  to  1 :  100,000,  while  corrosive  sublimate 
is  no  longer  active  in  solution  of  1 :  50,000. — Sudd.  Apoth.-Ztg., 
1914,  vol.  54,  p.  62. 
Alypin. — Lichtenstein,  L.,  refers  to  the  sudden  fatal  collapse 
after  injection  of  alypin  in  a  case  reported  by  Proskauer  and  one  by 
Ritter.  Schroder  and  Garash  have  also  reported  cases  of  con- 
vulsions, stupor,  and  asphyxia  after  its  use,  and  Lichtenstein  adds 
another  to  this  group. — /.  Am.  M.  Assoc.,  1914,  vol.  62,  p.  975. 
Amorphous  Phosphorus.  (Anon.) — A  criticism  on  the  introduc- 
tion of  amorphous  phosphorus,  a  practically  inert  substance  which  is 
