AMj£!?;m2?M'}    Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices.  4& 
Aid  for  the  Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy. — On  another  page  we  publish 
the  action  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  in  aid  of  its  young  and  un- 
fortunate sister  institution,  and  we  take  great  pleasure  in  announcing  that  in 
England  a  similar  movement  bas  been  inaugurated,  as  we  learn  from  the  Phar- 
maceutical Journal  and  Transactions  of  December  2d.  Professor  Attfield,  in 
conjunction  with  Mr.  Haselden,  the  President  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society, 
Mr.  Hills,  the  Treasurer,  Mr.  Brady,  the  President  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Con- 
ference, and  Sir  Thomas  Dakin,  the  late  Lord  Mayor  of  London,  have  formed 
the  nucleus. of  a  committee  for  collecting  books,  specimens,  apparatus,  etc., 
and  funds  with  which  to  purchase  others.  The  Pharm.  Journal  of  December 
16th,  informs  us  that  Professor  Attfield  has  received  a  letter  from  Dr.  J.  L. 
Soubeiran,  stating  that  he  and  his  colleagues  of  the  school  of  pharmacy  in 
Paris  desire  to  contribute  to  the  fund,  and  that  a  case  of  books  will  shortly  be 
forwarded  to  London  for  that  purpose.  Such  friendly  acts  make  us  feel  in 
reality  that  pharmacy  unites  her  followers  into  a  large  brotherhood,  wherein 
the  weal  and  the  woe  that  may  befall  one  of  its  members,  is  felt  by  all.  There 
is  now,  we  judge,  no  uncertainty  about  the  early  resumption  of  its  educational 
functions  by  the  Chicago  College,  and  we  invite  all  who  are  willing  to  contribute 
to  its. library  or  cabinets,  to  communicate  with  Professor  William  Procter,  or 
with  the  Editor,  who  will  gladly  place  all  contributions  into  the  hands  of  the 
committee. 
Elixir  Quinine  Ferri  et  Strychnine  Phosphatis. — On  page  531  of  our  last 
volume  we  published  a  formula  for  this  elixir,  in  regard  to  which  we  have  re- 
ceived several  letters,  which  show  that  the  formula  has  not  been  correctly  in- 
terpreted by  all  our  readers.  The  quantity  made  by  the  formula  is  f^vijss  or 
60  fluidrachms  containing  30  grains  of  the  alkaloid  quinia  (not  the  sulphate.) 
The  crystallized  sulphate  of  quinia  equals  about  75  per  cent,  of  its  weight  of 
hydrate  of  quinia,  or  30  grains  of  the  latter  are  equal  to  about  40  grains  of  the 
sulphate,  so  that  each  fluidrachm  of  the  preparation  would  contain  enough 
quinia  to  represent  two-thirds  of  a  grain  of  the  sulphate  ;  if  intended  to  represent 
fully  one  grain  of  this  salt,  the  hydrate  of  quinia  in  the  formula  should  be  in. 
creased  to  45  grains. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Gmelin- Kraut's  Handbuch  der  Ghemie.  Anorganische  Ghemie  in  drei  Bdnden. 
Sechste  umgearbeitete  Auflage.  Mit  Abbildungen  in  Holzschnitt.  Heraus- 
gegeben  von  Dr.  Karl  Kraut,  Professor  der  Ghemie  an  der  polytechnischen 
Schule  in  Hannover.  Heidelberg  :  Garl  Winter's  Universitdtsbuchhandlung , 
1871.  8vo. 
Gmelin-Kraut's  Handbook  of  Chemistry.  Inorganic  Chemistry  in  three 
volumes.    Sixth  edition,  thoroughly  revised.    With  illustrations  in  wood  cuts. 
Gmelin's  handbook  of  chemistry  has  a  world-wide  reputation  ;  it  is  an  ever- 
lasting monument  of  patient  research,  and  of  the  critical  sifting  of  a  countless 
number  of  facts  and  of  theories,  the  results  of  the  labors  of  hundreds  of  investi- 
gators.   There  is  no  chemical  work  in  existence  in  which  the  entire  scientific 
