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officinal. The arrangement is alphabetical in relation to the drugs, 
all the simple preparations of each drug being arranged under its 
name, and in compound preparations under the head of the most im- 
portant ingredient. This is decidedly the most eligible way of pre- 
senting the subjects. In addition to the formulary, many valuable 
tables are appended and general pharmaceutical directions, both as to 
manipulation and the classes of preparations. The index of diseases 
and their remedies will be found exceedingly useful in the selection 
of formulae for particular diseases, by young practitioners and by others 
who consult the work with the same view. On the whole, we view 
this work of Dr. Griffith as a valuable acquisition to the medical prac- 
titioner, and as affording a useful book of reference to the apothecary 
on numerous occasions. 
The American Medical Formulary: Based upon the United States and 
British Pharmacopoeias. Including numerous standard formula, derived 
from American and European authorities. Together with the medical 
properties and uses of medicines, poisons, their antidotes, tests, etc., de- 
signed for the medical and pharmaceutical student. By John J. Reese, 
M. D., &c. Philadelphia. Lindsay & Blakiston : 1850. pp. 357. 
We received the book of Dr. Reese too late to give it a close ex- 
amination. It is more concise than the preceding, but embraces a 
variety of formulas besides those officinal in the British and American 
Pharmacopceias. It contains a chapter on tests, another on dietetic 
preparations, a posological table, and as a whole is calculated to 
be useful to the physician as a book of reference. 
