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Reviews. 
/Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
I  November,  1896. 
kingdom.  Part  IV  considers  organic  carbon  compounds.  Part  V  discusses 
non-pharmacopceial  organic  carbon  compounds.  Part  VI  is  devoted  to  the 
microscope  and  its  use  in  materia  medica. 
The  book,  as  a  whole,  has  many  features  that  will  recommend  it  to  the  phar- 
macist and  student.  A  considerable  amount  of  space  is  devoted  to  some  gen- 
eral subjects,  like  definitions  of  pharmaceutical  terms  and  of  classes  of  prepa- 
rations, as  vinegars,  waters,  etc.,  the  avenues  by  and  through  which  medicines 
enter  the  system,  incompatibility,  and  some  other  topics  not  often  found  in 
books  for  pharmacists. 
Part  I  opens  with  the  Ranunculaceae.  The  order  of  treating  each  is  somewhat 
different  from  that  in  a  number  of  other  works  on  this  subject.  The  Latin  and 
English  names  of  the  drug  are  first  given,  then  botanical  origin,  part  employed, 
synonyms,  description  of  the  plant  yielding  the  drug,  adulterations,  constitu- 
ents, preparations,  properties  and  uses,  followed  in  many  cases  by  a  description 
of  allied  plants  or  drugs. 
Numerous  tabular  recapitulations,  occupying  two  adjacent  pages,  are  dis- 
tributed through  the  book,  which  will  be  of  assistance  to  the  student  in  mak- 
ing comparative  studies. 
The  book  is  fully  illustrated,  and  in  a  manner  to  be  of  advantage  to  the  stu- 
dent, although  a  few  inaccuracies  of  illustration  may  be  observed,  notably  the 
one  of  Quercus  alba,  which  only  resembles  that  species  in  the  shape  of  the 
acorns  ;  the  other  characters  bear  a  close  resemblance  to  the  European  Quercus 
pedunculata.  It  is  doubtful  whether  the  extremes  of  variation  allowed  the  oaks 
ever  produced  a  white  oak  like  the  illustration  ;  certainly  it  is  not  typical. 
It  may  be  said  of  Part  III,  devoted  to  inorganic  drugs  from  the  mineral  king- 
dom, that  the  author  has  made  the  most  out  of  a  condensation  of  such  a  vast 
amount  of  material  into  a  little  over  100  pages. 
The  closing  part  of  the  book,  devoted  to  a  consideration  of  the  microscope 
and  its  accessories,  will  be  found  of  use  to  all  who  wish  to  have  a  true  knowl- 
edge of  botany  and  materia  medica,  that  is  a  knowledge  founded  on  observa- 
tion instead  of  temporarily  on  memory  alone. 
Botany  (Phanerogams  and  Vascular  Cryptogams).  By  Baron  F.  von 
Mueller  and  Professor  Ralph  Tate.  Reprinted  from  Transactions  of  Royal 
Society,  South  Australia,  Vol.  16. 
Proceedings  of  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
Nineteenth  annual  meeting,  at  Mt.  Holly  Springs,  Pa.,  June  16-18,  1896. 
Proceedings  oe  the  Tennessee  State  Druggists'  Association.  Elev- 
enth annual  meeting,  at  Chickamauga,  Tenn.,  July  15-16,  1896. 
Essai  des  Medicaments  Nouveaux.  Par  Et.  Fayn.  Extrait  du  Journal 
de  Pharmacie  d' Anvers. 
The  author  considers  it  of  the  greatest  importance  that  pharmacists  should 
know  the  properties  and  methods  of  preparing  the  numerous  new  substances 
which  are  forced  upon  him.  He  has,  therefore,  given  the  name  and  synonyms, 
preparation,  physical  properties,  solubilities,  therapeutics  and  dose,  and  method 
of  assaying  a  number  of  the  best  known  new  compounds.  Working  formulas 
for  substances  like  bismuth  subgallate,  glycerophosphate  of  calcium,  salipy- 
rine,  etc.,  are  given  in  full. 
