AMMayRi,i87A2RM'}  Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices.  239 
History  of  Medicine  from  the  Earliest  Ages  to  the  Commencement  of  the  Nine- 
teenth Century.  By  Robley  Dunglison,  M.D,  LL.D.,  &c.  Arranged  and 
edited  by  Richard  J.  Dunglison,  M.D.  Philadelphia:  Lindsay  &  Blakiston, 
1872.    Small  8vo,  287  pages.    Price,  bound  in  cloth,  $2.50. 
This  is  a  posthumous  work  of  the  late  distinguished  Dr.  Robley  Dunglison, 
well  known  by  his  numerous  contributions  to  medical  science  and  as  a  success- 
ful teacher  of  the  institutes  of  medicine  and  medical  jurisprudence  in  the  Jef- 
ferson Medical  College  of  Philadelphia.  The  work  was  arranged  and  revised 
by  the  son  of  the  deceased,  from  the  manuscript  lectures  on  this  subject  for- 
merly delivered  at  the  University  of  Virginia  at  the  time  when  Thomas  Jefferson 
was  Rector  thereof.  While  it  does  not  pretend  to  be  exhaustive,  it  gives  a  clear 
picture  of  medicine,  and  its  gradual  development,  in  an  attractive  style,  pre- 
senting all  the  principal  laborers  in  this  science,  with  their  chief  accomplish- 
ments and  theories,  but  carefully  avoiding  prolixity,  to  which  a  discussion  of 
these  subjects  is  apt  to  lead.  A  chapter  has  been  added  by  the  editor  relating 
to  the  medical  history  of  America. 
The  work  is  printed,  in  clear  types,  upon  strong  tinted  paper,  and  presents  a 
handsome  volume,  deserving  a  place  in  the  library  of  the  physician. 
Memoranda  on  Poisons.  By  the  late  Thomas  Hawkes  Tanner,  M.D.,  F.L.S. 
Third  and  completely  revised  edition.  Philadelphia:  Lindsay  &  Blakiston, 
1872.    16mo,  155  pages.    Price,  bound  in  cloth,  75  cents. 
This  appears  to  be  a  useful  little  volume,  adapted  particularly  for  the  student, 
and  also  the  practitioner  of  medicine.  Descriptions  of  the  poisons,  symptoms 
of  poisoning,  post-mortem  appearances,  treatment  and  the  detection  of  poisons, 
are  treated  under  the  different  headings,  the  poisons  being  conveniently  arranged 
in  accordance  with  their  chemical  nature  or  their  influence  upon  the  animal 
economy.  An  attempt  has  been  made  by  the  editor  to  adopt  the  modern  sys- 
tem of  nomenclature,  but  has  not  been  carried  through,  the  so-called  modern 
and  older  systems  being  promiscuously  mixed.  In  the  appendix  is  a  table  from 
Dr.  Garrod's  "Materia  Medica,"  showing  the  proportions  in  which  some  of  the 
more  important  drugs  are  contained  in  the  officinal  preparations.  This  table 
refers  to  the  British  Pharmacopoeia,  but  ought  to  have  been  altered  to  agree 
with  our  national  standard  ;  for,  although  most  officinal  preparations  approxi- 
mate in  their  strength  as  prepared  by  the  two  pharmacopoeias,  they  are  by  no- 
means  alike,  and  the  difference,  for  instance  in  tincture  of  aconite  root,  is  too 
considerable  to  be  overlooked.  A  pretty  complete  index  is  a  valuable  addition, 
enhancing  the  usefulness  and  convenience  of  the  volume. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Regents  of  the  Smithsonian  Institution,  show- 
ing the  Operations,  Expenditures  and  Condition  of  the  Institution  for  the 
Year  1870.  Washington  :  Government  Printing  Office,  1871.  8vo,  494 
pages. 
The  official  report  contains,  upon  the  first  88  pages,  the  usual  information 
concerning  the  operations  of  this  institution  during  the  year  1870.  This  is  fol- 
lowed by  biographical  memoirs  and  sketches  of  several  scientific  persons:  Pro- 
fessor A.  D.  Bache,  Francis  Arago,  William  Herschel,  H.  G.  Magnus  and 
