Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  j 
February,  1918.  i 
Book  Reviews. 
149 
drugs  of  the  U.  S.  P.  and  N.  F.,  and  under  such  classifications, 
as  could  be  expected  has  led  to  some  incongruities. 
The  illustrations  are  numerous  and  usually  quite  appropriate. 
We  would  not,  however,  recommend  the  adoption  of  the  apparatus 
as  figured  on  page  220  (Fig.  265)  for  the  manufacture  of  chlorine 
water.  Many  of  the  figures  of  apparatus  show  machinery  suited 
for  the  manufacturer  as  well  as  the  small  types  of  machines  suit- 
able for  the  purposes  of  the  retail  dealer  and  this  is  a  commendable 
feature  of  the  book. 
The  sixth  edition  of  this  standard  work  not  only  maintains 
the  standing  and  reputation  of  the  preceding  editions  but  excels 
these  in  comprehensive  up-to-date  treatment  of  the  theories  and 
practices  of  pharmacy.  It  should  serve  not  only  as  the  leading 
textbook  for  the  student  but  should  be  a  book  of  continuous  use 
and  daily  reference  in  every  pharmacy. 
G.  M.  B. 
American  Pocket  Medical  Dictionary,  edited  by  W.  A.  New- 
man Dorland,  A.M.,  M.D.  Tenth  Edition,  Revised,  Philadelphia 
and  London:  W.  B.  Saunders  Co.,  1917. 
This  useful  adjunct  to  the  physician  is  too  well  known  to  require 
detailed  description  as  to  its  advantages  and  uses.  It  consists  of  a 
pocket-sized  book,  substantially  bound  in  a  flexible  cover,  and  con- 
tains 671  pages  of  definitions  and  tables,  all  of  which  are  intended 
to  have  particular  relevance  and  value  in  connection  with  the  prac- 
tice of  medicine  and  surgery.  There  is  much  to  commend  and  but 
little  to  criticize. 
The  only  criticism  that  is  at  all  applicable  is  that  although  it  has 
been  revised  up  to  September,  191 7,  a  number  of  important  terms 
are  not  defined.  For  instance,  the  word  "  Wassermann  "  does  not 
appear  in  the  alphabetical  list,  but  the  reaction  is  described  under  the 
list  of  reactions,  not  being  cross-indexed  under  the  name  of  its 
author,  as  is  done  in  other  cases. 
Although  the  war  terms  seem  to  have  been  well  covered,  no  ref- 
erence is  made  to  gas  gangrene,  nor  to  Carrel-Dakin  solution,  al- 
though the  Dakin  solution  is  rather  incompletely  and  unsatisfactorily 
defined  as  a  solution  containing  washing  soda,  chlorinated  lime  and 
boric  acid,  used  in  irrigating  wounds. 
The  most  serious  omission  is  in  not  cross-indexing  a  number  of 
important  remedial  agents  under  their  chemical  names  or  the  names 
under  which  they  are  officially  known  in  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia. 
