448  Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices.    { A  Sep0™', 
Materia  Medica,"  and  comprising  the  various  elements  and  their  inorganic  com- 
pounds, together  with  ethylic  and  amylic  alcohols,  their  derivatives,  creasote 
and  carbolic  acid  ;  the  other  organic  chemicals  are  treated  in  connection  with 
the  crude  drugs  from  which  they  are  derived. 
Part  II,  Organic  Materia  Medica,  comprising  about  one  half  of  the  work,  is 
arranged  according  to  De  Candolle's  botanical  system,  and  closes  with  the 
drugs  derived  from  the  animal  kingdom,  similarly  arranged  in  natural  classes. 
Descriptions  of  drugs  are,  as  a  rule,  not  given,  the  author  referring  to  the 
characteristics  as  mentioned  in  the  British  Pharmacopoeia,  which  authority  is- 
likewise  adhered  to  in  the  galenical  preparations.  The  chemistry  and  medici- 
nal properties  and  uses  are  clearly  described,  and  will  be  found  useful  also  to- 
the  American  student,  although  for  him  the  value  of  this  guide  is  seriously 
affected  by  the  total  neglect  of  the  drugs  and  preparations  peculiar  to  the* 
United  States  Pharmacopoeia.  As  a  guide  to  the  Materia  Medica  of  the  Brit- 
ish Pharmacopoeia,  and  if  used  in  connection  with  the  latter,  the  work  fulfils 
its  object. 
Nomenclature  of  Diseases,  prepared  for  the  use  of  the  Naval  Officers  of  the 
United  States  Marine-Hospital  Service,  by  the  Supervising  Surgeon,  John 
M.  Woodworth,  M.  D.  Washington:  Government  Printing  Office,  1874. 
8vo,  pp.  210. 
This  is  the  classification  and  English-Latin  terminology  of  the  provisional 
nomenclature  of  the  Royal  College  of  Physicians,  of  London,  which  has  been 
adopted  by  the  U.  S.  Marine-Hospital  Bureau  as  the  nosological  system  to  be 
observed  by  medical  officers  of  the  service  in  their  reports  and  communica- 
tions, and  is  also  intended  for  the  guidance  and  information  of  others  not  con- 
cerned with  the  professional  details  of  the  service. 
Circulars  of  Information  of  the  Bureau  of  Education,  No.  1.    1874.  Wash- 
ington :  Government  Printing  Office,  1874.    8vo,  pp.  77. 
The  pamphlet  contains  the  Proceedings  of  the  Department  of  the  Superin- 
tendence of  the  National  Teachers'  Association,  a  meeting  of  which  was  held 
at  Washington,  in  January  last.  As  one  of  the  subjects  considered  was  the 
manner  in  which  education  shall  be  represented  at  the  Centennial  Exposition, 
in  1876,  this  circular  claims  the  prompt  attention  of  all  educational  institutions 
in  the  United  States. 
Cincinnati  Industrial  Exposition  ;  Rules  and  Premium  List  of  the  Fifth  Ex- 
position. 1874.    8vo,  pp.  54. 
This  Exposition  commences  September  2d  and  closes  October  3d. 
Exhibition  of  the  Franklin  Institute  of  the  State  of  Pennsylvania  for  the  Pro- 
motion of  the  Mechanic  Arts.  Rules  and  Regulations  with  address  of  the 
Board  of  Managers,  1874. 
This  Exposition  will  be  open  from  October  6th  until  October  31st. 
