Am.  Tour.  Pharm. 
July,  19 18. 
Book  Reviezvs. 
545 
Many  of  the  illustrations  are  well  executed  and  many  are  exceed- 
ingly appropriate  as  representing  the  text.  A  few,  however,  could 
have  been  improved  upon,  especially  the  microphotographs  which  in 
some  instances  exhibit  the  imperfection  of  the  sections  from  which 
they  have  been  prepared.  For  the  purpose  of  clearly  presenting  il- 
lustrations of  microscopic  appearances,  free-hand  drawings  would 
possibly  have  been  better.  In  a  few  cases  more  appropriate  illustra- 
trations  representing  official  drug  plants  might  well  have  been  se- 
lected. 
On  the  whole,  this  will  prove  a  most  useful  guide  and  handbook 
for  the  pharmacy  student  and  especially  to  those  whose  preliminary 
education  in  botany  was  very  limited  or  had  no  bearing  on  the 
special  application  thereof  to  drugs.  The  student  who  studies  it 
as  a  textbook  will  not  fail  to  have  a  fair  basic  knowledge  of  phar- 
maceutical botany  and  a  clear  understanding  of  the  official  standards 
for  organic  drugs. 
G.  M.  B. 
Animal  Parasites  and  Human  Disease.  By  Asa  C.  Chand- 
ler, M.S.,  Ph.D.  Instructor  in  Zoology,  Oregon  Agricultural  Col- 
lege, Corvallis,  Oregon. 
The  volume  is  divided  into  three  parts. 
The  author  enters  upon  the  interesting  discussion  of  Protozoa  in 
Part  I,  commencing  with  a  brief  consideration  and  historical  review 
of  exotic  diseases,  infection,  immunity,  and  anaphylaxis.  Chapter 
IV,  comprising  thirty-six  pages,  deals  with  the  Spirochetes.  Here 
the  author  has  placed  the  important  facts  of  our  knowledge  of  re- 
lapsing fever,  syphilis,  yaws  and  infectious  jaundice  into  form  for 
the  lay  reader.  He  considers  all  the  aspects  of  these  diseases  as  it 
effects  the  individual,  giving  opinions  of  his  own  on  some  of  the 
mooted  questions  relating  to  these  infections.  The  remaining  chap- 
ters under  Part  I  contain  a  thorough  description  and  review  of  leish- 
man  bodies  and  leishmaniasis,  trypanosomes  and  sleeping  sickness, 
intestinal  flagellata,  amoeba,  malaria  and  yellow  fever. 
Under  Part  II,  there  are  many  chapters  devoted  to  a  general 
consideration  of  the  different  kinds  of  worms,  as  tapeworms,  hook- 
worms, intestinal  round  worms,  trichinae,  filarise,  and  their  allies. 
A  brief  description  of  the  anatomy  of  these  forms  is  followed  by 
their  life  histories,  their  relation  to  infestation,  together  with  methods 
of  prevention  and  treatment. 
