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f Am.  Jour.  Pharm 
\    January,  1896. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Les  Drogues  Simples  D'Origine  Vegetaees.  Par  MM.  G.  Planchon  et 
E.  Collin.    Tome  Deuxieme.    Paris:  Octave  Doin.  1896. 
As  promised  one  }rear  ago,  when  the  first  volume  appeared,  this,  the  second 
volume,  has  been  completed  within  the  specified  time.  It  is  an  octavo  of  988 
pages,  and  includes  the  index  to  the  two  volumes.  The  illustrations  are 
numerous  and  of  a  high  order  of  excellence,  753  of  them  being  distributed 
through  the  text. 
Volume  I  closed  with  the  Campanulaceae,  and  Volume  II  commences  with 
the  Compositae,  and  terminates  with  the  Ranunculaceae.  If  one  part  of  this 
second  volume  is  more  complete  than  another,  it  is  that  section  devoted  to  the 
Cinchonas,  in  which  a  reasonable  amount  of  space  is  devoted  to  those  cultivated 
in  India.  Throughout  the  work,  American  drugs  have  received  a  full  share  of 
consideration,  and  the  microscopic  structure  of  many  of  them  is  illustrated. 
An  additional  feature  of  the  book  is  the  illustration  of  the  microscopic 
appearance  of  many  drugs  in  powder  form. 
Handbook  oe  Pharmacy,  embracing  the  theory  and  practice  of  pharmacy, 
and  the  art  of  dispensing.  By  Virgil  Coblentz,  Ph.G.,  Ph.D.,  F.C.S.  Second 
edition.  Revised  and  enlarged,  with  437  illustrations.  Philadelphia  :  P.  Blak- 
iston,  Son  &  Co.    1895.    Pp.  572. 
Just  about  a  year  ago,  the  first  edition  of  Coblentz'  Pharmacy  was  reviewed 
in  this  Journae.  The  new  edition  has  been  enlarged  and  improved  by  the 
addition  of  a  chapter  on  the  "Analysis  of  Urine,"  and  one  on  the  "Applications 
of  the  Microscope  in  Pharmacy,"  both  of  which  are  attractively  written,  and 
increase  the  value  of  the  book.  This  work  has  earned  for  itself  a  well-deserved 
reputation,  and  should  be  in  the  library  of  every  pharmacist  and  pharmaceut- 
ical student  in  the  country.  Part  III,  on  "The  Art  of  Dispensing, "  is  especially 
well  written,  and  if  more  physicians  would  carefully  study  the  whole  work,  and 
especially  this  part  of  it,  there  would,  perhaps,  be  less  mistakes  for  the  phar- 
macist to  detect,  and  fewer  hair-breadth  escapes  for  the  patient. 
The  Art  of  Compounding,  a  text-book  for  students  and  a  reference-book  for 
pharmacists  at  the  prescription  counter.  By  Wilbur  L,.  Scoville,  Ph.G.  Phila- 
delphia :  P.  Blakiston,  Son  &  Co.    1895.    Pp.  264. 
The  author  has  experienced  the  need  of  an  extended  treatise  on  the  prescrip- 
tion, and  we  can  best  convey  an  idea  of  the  scope  of  the  work  by  giving  the 
titles  of  the  chapters,  as  follows  :  Introductory  ;  The  Prescription  ;  Nomencla- 
ture ;  Mixtures  ;  Emulsions  ;  Confections  ;  Electuaries  and  Jellies  ;  Pills  ;  Loz- 
enges, Trochee,  Bacills,  Tablets,  Pastilles  and  Darnels;  Powders;  Suppositories; 
Ointments,  Cerates  and  Plasters ;  Poultices,  Plasmas,  Pencils  and  Medicated 
Dressings;  Homoeopathic  Pharmacy;  Incompatibility.  The  chapter  on  Homoeo- 
pathic Pharmacy  is  a  concise  statement  of  that  subject,  and  will  be  a  novelty 
to  most  pharmaceutical  readers. 
The  author  has  realized  that  dispensing  pills  is  still  an  important  part  of  the 
pharmacist's  duty,  and  he  has,  therefore,  devoted  considerable  space  to  the 
subject  and  done  himself  credit.  The  whole  book  is  carefully  written  and  will 
well  repay  thorough  reading. 
