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more  importance  in  American  practice  than  are  Acaciae  Cortex,  Belae 
Fructus,  Buteae  Semina,  Ispaghula,  Sappan,  etc.,  included  in  Part  I, 
because  they  are  in  the  British  Pharmacopoeia.  It  is  noted  that 
these  are  given  under  their  Latin  official  titles  while  the  N.  F.  drugs 
as  a  rule  are  listed  under  their  English  or  common  names.  Very 
few  of  the  drugs  listed  in  Part  I  are  of  greater  commercial  value 
than  are  the  legal  standards  for  Crocus,  Cacao,  and  Vanilla,  which 
as  N.  F.  Drugs  are  listed  in  Part  II. 
The  rule  laid  down,  however,  could  not  be  invariably  carried  out 
in  the  case  of  drugs  that  were  not  recognized  by  the  U.  S.  P. 
but  were  in  both  the  British  Pharmacopoeia  and  the  National  Formu- 
lary. We  rind  consequently,  that  such  drugs  as  Chirata,  Cusso, 
Euonymus  and  Krameria  are  presented  under  their  British  Phar- 
macopoeial  titles  and  the  legal  title,  that  of  the  N.  F.,  may  be  only 
referred  to  in  the  article  and  in  most  of  these  cases  the  description 
and  standards  of  the  N.  F.  are  given  only  secondary  consideration, 
even  if  they  are  the  law  of  the  country. 
We  note  also  that  in  the  class  of  Wines  in  Part  I,  the  plan  has 
had  a  "slip  up"  and  that  here  after  the  titles  for  certain  of  the 
Br.  Ph.  wines  such  as  those  of  antimony,  colchicum,  iron  citrate,  and 
ipecacuanha,  (N.  F.)  has  been  added  and  not  always  bracketed. 
All  of  the  important  parts  of  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia 
IX  have  'been  included,  almost  verbatim,  in  this  work  and  the  N.  F. 
only  in  abstract,  at  least  so  far  as  the  formulas.  Thus  this  book 
will  in  many  ways  replace  the  necessity  for  the  two  legal  standards. 
The  typography  and  "  bookmaking  "  parts  are  excellent,  clear,  dis- 
tinctly legible. 
The  recognized  standing  of  the  authors  and  editors  makes  the 
book  especially  valuable  as  a  work  of  reference  that  can  as  a  rule  be 
relied  upon.  It  will  continue  to  be  indispensable  to  every  active  phy- 
sician, pharmacist  and  laboratory  worker. 
G.  M.  B. 
Treatise  on  Applied  Analytical  Chemistry.  Methods  and 
Standards  for  the  Chemical  Analysis  of  the  principal  Industrial  and 
Food  Products,  by  Professor  Vittorio  Villavecchia,  Director  of  the 
Chemical  Laboratories  of  the  Italian  Customs,  with  the  collabora- 
tion of  a  number  of  trained  investigators.  Translated  by  Thomas 
H.  Pope,  B.Sc,  A.C.G.I.,  F.I.C.,  University  of  Birmingham,  Eng- 
land.   Published  by  P.  Blakiston's  Son  and  Company,  Philadelphia. 
