94  Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices.  {^ebtifisS^1' 
medical  dictionary  ia  the  English  language,  Dunglison's  work  has  been  well 
known  for  about  forty  years,  and  needs  no  words  of  praise  on  our  part  to 
recommend  it  to  the  members  of  the  medical  and  likewise  of  the  pharmaceu- 
tical profession.  The  latter  especially  are  in  need  of  such  a  work  which  gives 
ready  and  reliable  information  on  thousands  of  subjects  and  terms  which  they 
are  liable  to  encounter  in  pursuing  their  daily  avocation,  but  with  which  they 
cannot  be  expected  to  be  familiar.  The  work  before  us  fully  supplies  this 
want. 
The  title  indicates  the  scope  of  the  work,  which  is  very  extensive,  embracing 
such  a  multitude  of  subjects  and  so  many  branches  of  science,  that  it  is  ex. 
ceedingly  difficult  and  next  to  impossible  for  one  man  to  be  equally  posted  in 
all  and  to  keep  up  with  the  rapid  progress  made  in  the  various  departments; 
hence  it  is  possible  that,  notwithstanding  the  most  diligent  research,  old  views 
may  be  retained  occasionally  or  new  facts  overlooked  or  misconceived.  In 
carefully  going  over  the  pages,  we  have  observed  but  few  cases  of  the  kind, 
and  mostly  such  of  little  importance.  The  origin  of  sumbul  root  has  now  been 
determined  ;  it  is  yielded  by  Sumbulus  moschatus.  Rheum  palmatum,  undula- 
tum  and  compactum  do  not  yield  the  officinal  rhubarb,  the  Pharmacopoeia 
notwithstanding;  it  is  most  likely  a  new  species,  Eh.  officinale,  and,  instead  of 
a  root,  appears  to  be  the  ascending  axis.  Russian,  or  so-called  Turkey  rhu- 
barb has  long  since  disappeared  from  the  market,  and  is  now  only  met  with  in 
cabinets.  The  so-called  Levant  wormseed  consists  of  the  flower  buds,  not  of 
the  broken  peduncles,  of  Artemisia  cina.  We  should  have  preferred  to  find 
the  chestnuts  described  under  Castanea,  instead  of  under  Fagus ;  the  leaves 
used  for  whooping  cough  are  obtained  from  Castanea  vesca,  not  from  0.  pumila. 
Yiridia  and  veratroidia  are  names  proposed  for  two  alkaloids  found  in  Veratrum 
viride;  they  do  n©t  occur  in  Sabadilla,  and  cannot,  therefore,  contaminate  the 
officinal  veratria.  Pepsin  is  now  obtained  in  this  country  by  SchefFer's  process, 
by  precipitation  with  chloride  of  sodium,  and  is  better  than  when  made  by  the 
old  process  wth  lead  salt. 
The  revision  of  the  present  edition  was  commenced  by  the  author  of  the 
work,  and  completed,  after  his  decease,  by  his  son,  who  has  successfully  endeav- 
ored to  carry  out  the  author's  plan,  to  bring  the  volume  up  to  the  present  time, 
and  to  retain  for  it  the  position  of  a  work  of  satisfactory  reference,  which  it 
has  enjoyed  for  so  long  a  time.  Over  6000  new  subjects  and  terms  have  been 
introduced,  and,  although  the  capacity  of  the  page  has  been  enlarged,  the  vol- 
ume has  been  increased  by  one  hundred  pages. 
The  Tennessee  Pharmacol  Gazette.  An  eclectic  monthly  of  practical  phar- 
macy. Published  by  authority  of  the  Tennessee  College  of  Pharmacy  and 
the  Tennessee  Pharmaceutical  Association.  Edited  by  Professors  Benjamin 
Lillard  and  Thomas  Black.    Nashville.    Monthly.  Price,  $1.25. 
We  heartily  welcome  this  new  pharmaceutical  periodical,  and  trust  that  it 
may  have  a  successful  career.  Judging  of  the  large  number  of  pharmacists 
and  druggists  in  the  United  States,  the  pharmaceutical  literature  of  the  coun- 
try has  ample  room  for  improvement  and  extension,  not  only  in  bringing  out 
what  is  usually  termed  practical  information,  but  also  such  which  aims  at  rais- 
