AMFebUi;i?72RM  }    Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices.  95 
hereafter  be  devoted  to  a  general  summary  of  gynaecological  literature  through- 
out the  world. 
Western  Medical  Advance  and  Progress  of  Pharmacy.  An  illustrated  quar- 
terly Journal.    Edited  by  W.  H.  Lathrop,  A.M.,  M.D.    Detroit,  Mich. 
Number  3  of  this  quarto  publication  is  before  us,  containing,  besides  the  ad- 
vertisements, about  12  pages  of  reading  matter,  arranged  under  the  following 
heads:  General  notes  ;  new  instruments;  medical  notes  ;  surgical  notes  ;  edi- 
torial; publications  received.  It  appears  to  be  mainly  devoted  to  advertise- 
ments, the  limited  space  being  hardly  in  accord  with  its  title,  although  many  of 
the  items  are  judiciously  selected.  The  chromo  representing  eight  plants,  more 
or  less  used  in  medicine,  shows  bright  colors,  but  some  of  the  figures  bear  little 
resemblance  to  the  plants.  This  is  especially  true  of  Golchicum  autumnale  and 
its  tuber.  • 
Proceedings  of  the  Vermont  Pharmaeeutical  Association  at  the  Second  Annual 
Meeting,  held  at  Rutland  Oct.  11th,  1871.  Also,  Constitution,  By-Laws, 
Roll  of  Members,  &c.  Rutland  :  Tuttle  &  Co.,  Printers.  1871.  8vo,  32 
pages. 
This  Association,  consisting  of  40  members,  appears  to  be  in  good  working- 
order,  and  the  Proceedings  show  that  the  members  are  earnesty  endeavoring 
to  labor  for  the  advancement  of  the  profession.  Five  papers  were  read.  Mr. 
A.  0.  Gates  reported  on  Valeriana  officinalis  cultivated  in  Vermont,  but  with- 
out being  able  to  furnish  statistics.  A  comparative  analysis  of  this  and  the 
European  is  very  desirable.  Mr.  J.  R.  Cheney  reported  on  the  use  of  bicarbo- 
nate of  soda  and  sulphuric  acid  for  making  soda  water,  with  the  view  of  utiliz- 
ing the  sulphate  of  soda  formed.  The  reporter  considers  the  value  of  the  pro- 
duct as  scarcely  sufficient  to  warrant  the  expenditure  of  time  and  labor  neces- 
sary for  its  recovery.  Mr.  E.  C.  Lewis  reported  on  the  course  of  reading 
necessary  for  the  apothecary  ;  Mr.  W.  H.  Northrup,  on  the  fineness  of  powders 
required  for  percolation;  Mr.  F.  Dutcher,  on  indigenous  drugs  collected  in 
Vermont,  giving  some  curious  facts,  without  succeeding  in  obtaining  statistics. 
Proceedings  of  the  Second  Annual  Session  of  the  State  Medical  Association  of 
Arkansas,  held  at  Little  Rock  Nov.  5th  and  6th;  1871.    8vo,  39  paues. 
Besides  the  President's  address  four  papers  were  read  at  this  meeting.  The 
business,  most  important  to  apothecaries,  transacted  here  is  expressed  in  the 
following  resolutions,  offered  by  Dr.  Ed.  Cross,  of  Pulaski  Co.,  and  adopted  : 
Resolved,  That  it  shall  be  of  binding  force  and  obligation  on  each  and  every 
member  of  this  Society  to  withdraw  all  patmnaare  and  support  from  any  apoth- 
ecary or  establishment  where  medicines  are  dispensed,  on  proof  and  evidence 
sufficiently  clear  and  satisfactory  that  the  proprietor  or  clerks  employed  therein, 
not  being  graduates  in  medicine  are  in  the  habit  of  assuming  the  responsibility 
and  incurring  the  hazard  and  damage  of  prescribing  supposed  remedies  and 
specifics  without  the  written  prescription  or  advice  of  a  physician. 
Resolved,  That  it  shall  be  and  is  hereby  the  duty  of  the  members  of  this  So- 
ciety to  request  the  proprietors  or  pharmaceutists  to  whom  they  are  in  the 
habit  of  sending  prescriptions  to  be  made  out  or  filled  for  the  use  and  benefit 
of  their  patients,  not  to  duplicate  or  refill  the  same  under  any  circumstances 
without  the  written  or  verbal  permission  to  do  so,  and,  on  neglect  or  refusing  to 
