Book  Reviews. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Fharm. 
February,  1918. 
Among  these  may  be  mentioned  acetyl  salicylic  acid,  ethyl  morphine, 
beta  eucaine,  bismuth  betanaphtholate  and  diacetyl  morphine. 
These  oversights  will  doubtless  be  corrected  in  the  next  printing 
and  need  not  seriously  detract  from  the  everyday  value  of  a  book 
which  should  be  owned  not  only  by  every  physician  but  by  every 
pharmacist  and  chemist  as  well. 
Charles  H.  LaWall. 
The  Chemist  and  Druggist  Diary  for  1918.  50th  Year  of 
Publication. 
This  is  a  handy  desk  companion  giving  in  its  necessarily  re- 
stricted space  authentic  information  on  many  subjects  of  present  in- 
terest to  the  drug  trade.  The  contents  are  classified  under  appro- 
priate headings  and  with  the  index  makes  ready  reference  possible. 
The  Trade  Directory  is  an  alphabetical  list  of  business  houses 
dealing  in  drugs,  chemicals,  pharmaceuticals,  sundries  and  allied 
products  and  gives  for  each  firm  the  address,  telephone  number  and 
cable  address  (if  any)  and  a  list  of  the  principal  products  marketed. 
The  Buyer's  Guide  is  a  classified  list  of  articles  with  the  names 
of  the  producers  appearing  in  the  Trade  Directory: 
The  Chemist's  Calendar  consists  of  short,  descriptive  chapters 
of  the  popular  ideas  of  the  characters  of  the  month  and  of  the 
medicines  that  may  be  needed  with  a  selection  of  formulas  for 
these.  The  formulas  take  a  very  wide  range  from  cosmetics  to 
"  blood  purifiers,"  from  chilblain  paint  to  emulsions  of  cod-liver  oil. 
This  is  followed  by  pages  containing  a  diary  with  titles  of  the 
months  and  days  in  Latin,  and  the  English  in  brackets,  with  a  space 
for  daily  notations,  and  the  reader  is  advised  to  "  Cultivate  the  diary 
habit  and  save  yourself  much  mental  worry." 
Not  the  least  important  part  of  this  desk  book  are  the  pages  de- 
voted to  Military  Hospitals  Formulary,  in  which  is  found  a  selection 
of  the  formulas  found  useful  in  the  present  world  war. 
In  short  chapters  are  presented  the  important  features  of  the 
British  Income  Tax  and  Stamp  Duties,  Schedules  of  Poisons,  Co- 
caine and  Opium  Regulations  and  a  table  of  comparative  prices  of 
the  more  important  drugs  and  chemicals  at  various  periods  since  the 
outbreak  of  hostilities  in  1914,  list  of  preparations  withdrawn  from 
the  British  Pharmacopoeia  because  of  the  war,  Postal  Information, 
etc. 
The  92  pages  contain  much  that  will  be  of  daily  service  to  the 
busy  druggists  of  the  British  Isles.  G.  M.  B. 
