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The  importance  of  the  study  of  physics  in  any  of  the  sciences 
and  arts  is  becoming  more  and  more  recognized,  and  any  work  which 
has  for  its  object  the  study  of  physics  primarily  for  the  student  of 
pharmacy  and  medicine  is  indeed  welcome.  The  work  before  us  is 
to  be  looked  upon  rather  as  a  good  book  in  physics,  with  numerous 
illustrations  which  are  applicable  not  only  in  medicine  and  phar- 
macy, but  to  all  of  the  arts  and  sciences. 
Missouri  Botanical  Garden.  Eleventh  Annual  Report.  St. 
Louis,  Mo.:  Published  by  the  Board  of  Trustees.  1900. 
The  reports  of  the  officers  of  the  Board,  as  well  as  the  annual 
report  of  the  Director,  show  that  the  work  of  the  Garden  is  pro. 
gressing  satisfactorily.  The  scientific  papers  published  are,  as  usual, 
of  a  high  order,  and  treat  of  various  botanical  subjects. 
A  Pocket  Medical  Dictionary.  By  George  M.  Gould.  Fourth 
Edition.  Revised  and  enlarged.  30,000  words.  Philadelphia :  P. 
Blakiston's  Son  &  Co. 
Besides  the  definitions  and  pronunciations  of  more  than  30,000 
words,  the  Dictionary  contains  fourteen  different  tables  for  hasty 
reference,  such  as  a  dose  table  ;  table  of  tests  used  in  medical  prac- 
tice; comparison  of  thermometers;  table  of  weights  and  measures; 
symbols  and  abbreviations  ;  the  origin  and  distribution  of  the  arte- 
ries ;  the  occurrence  and  character  of  bacteria,  etc.  The  work  is 
conveniently  arranged,  of  a  handy  size,  and  so  well  prepared  that 
it  promises  to  be  even  more  popular  than  the  previous  editions. 
Progress  in  Pharmacy  and  Therapeutics.  Reported  in  "  Notes 
on  New  Remedies,"  from  September,  1898,  to  December,  1899, 
with  Index.    New  York  City:  Lehn  &  Fink,  128  William  Street. 
This. work  of  a  little  over  100  pages  is  a  complete  record  of  every 
advance  in  the  domain  of  pharmacy  and  materia  medica  in  the 
period  under  review  which  is  likely  to  be  of  practical  benefit  or  of 
scientific  interest  to  pharmacists  in  the  pursuit  of  their  profession. 
Material  of  only  apparent  novelty  and  of  doubtful  value,  as  also  a 
large  number  of  new  remedies  of  fantastic  names  and  with  no 
promise  of  recognition  by  the  medical  profession,  has  been  disre- 
garded entirely. 
The  work  has  been  remarkably  well  done.  It  is  furthermore 
so  thoroughly  systematized  and  the  literature  has  been  so  well  sifted 
that  the  work  presents  a  connected  review  of  the  progress  in  phar- 
