AMaiXiPi872M'}    Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices.  141 
This  volume,  like  its  twenty-nine  forerunners,  will  be  welcomed  by  all  who 
appreciate  the  annual  sifting  and  condensation  of  the  extensive  pharmaceuti- 
cal literature  throughout  the  civilized  world. 
Year- Book  of  Pharmacy  ;■  comprising  abstracts  of  papers  relating  to  Phar- 
macy, Materia  Medica  and  Chemistry  contributed  to  British  and  Foreign 
Journals  from  July  1.  1870,  to  June  30,  1871,  with  the  Transactions  of  the 
British  Pharmaceutical  Conference  at  the  eighth  annual  meeting,  held  at 
Edinburgh,  August,  1871.  London:  John  Churchill  &  Sons.  8vo,  65T 
pages. 
The  "  Year-Book"  occupies  about  470  pages,  while  the  remaining  187 
pages  are  devoted  to  the  44  Transactions,"  the  Constitution,  Roll  of  Members, 
List  of  Local  Associations,  and  the  General  Index.  The  Year-Book  embraces 
the  following  chapters:  Materia  Medica,  Pharmaceutical  Chemistry,  Phar- 
macy, Notes  and  Formula?.  Bibliography.  In  the  different  chapters,  no  attempt 
has  been  made  at  any  systematic  arrangement,  except  that  papers  relating  to 
the  same  subject  are  noticed  one  after  the  other.  Under  the  head  of  "Phar- 
macy" an  alphabetical  enumeration  seems  to  have  been  intended.  Most  of  the 
papers  are  printed  entire  or  in  lengthy  abstracts,  and  rarely  we  meet  with  a  well 
digested  resume  of  a  paper  of  importance.  References  are  usually  made  to  the 
journal  in  which  the  essays  originally  appeared,  although  for  most  of  the  read- 
ers ©f  the  Year-Book  the_  eimultaneons  quotation  of  the  journals  in  the  Eng- 
lish language,  they  being  mere  accessible,  would  probably  have  rendered  the 
work  more  valuable.  We  have  also  noticed  the  omission  of  some  papers  on 
similar  subjects  as  those  selected  by  the  compilers.  The  occasional  reference 
to  the  Year  Book  of  1870  enhances  the  value  of  the  last  issue,  although  these 
references  might  have  been  more  numerous.  Considering  everything,  we  must 
say  that  this  second  Year-Book  is  a  vast  improvement  over  the  first  issue,  and 
the  compilers  will,  with  the  experience  gained  in  these  two  years,  doubtless 
produce  a  still  more  valuable  report  next  year. 
In  the  part  containing  the  Transactions  of  the  British  Pharmaceutical  Con- 
ference a  number  of  interesting  and  valuable  papers  are  printed,  which  were 
read  at  the  eighth  annual  meeting,  held  at  Edinburgh. 
Proceedings  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  the  Nineteenth 
Annual  Meeting,  held  in  St.  Louis,  Mo..  September,  1871.  Also  the  Constitu- 
tion and  Boll  of  Members.  Philadelphia:  Sherman  &  Co.,  printers.  1872. 
8vo,  720  pages. 
This  volume  contains  the  minutes,  reports  and  papers  of  the  last  meeting, 
occupying  605  pages,  or  100  pages  more  than  the  largest  volume  (1868)  ever 
published  by  this  Association  ;  and,  in  addition  thereto,  the  general  index  for 
the  last  ten  years,  occupying  115  pages,  which  was  prepared  by  Mr.  Thos.  S. 
Wiegand.  As  for  some  years  past,  the  report  on  the  Progress  of  Pharmacy, 
covering  200  pages,  is  amongst  the  most  prominent  features  of  this  annual 
publication.  M  r.  Wm.  T.  Wenzell,  the  compiler  of  this  report,  has  adopted 
in  the  main  the  same  systematic  arrangement  which  has  been  used  since  1862  : 
instead  of  merely  reprinting  the  papers  or  copious  extracts  of  the  same,  mere 
abstracts  are  produced  sufficient  to  cover  the  results,  more  particularly  all  the 
information  which  may  be  considered,  really  new,  the  original  source  of  these 
