56 
Rex'iews,  etc. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Jan.,  1885. 
The  Life  Work  of  Carl  Wilhelm  Scheele.    By  B.  Frank  Hays,  Ph.G.  New 
York  :  P.  W.  Bedford,  1884.    Pp.  14. 
The  paper  was  read  before  the  Alumni  Association  of  the  College  of 
Pharmacy  of  the  City  of  New  York,  and  published  in  the  "  Pharmaceutical 
Record,"  December  1,  1884. 
List  of  Tests  {Reagents)  arranged  in  alphabetical  order  according  to  the 
names  of  the  originators.  Translated  from  the  German  of  Mr.  Schneider 
(Dresden),  with  additions  from  various  sources.  By  Hans  M.  Wilder. 
New  York  :  P.  W.  Bedford,  1884. 
This  list  contains  one  hundred  and  sixty-four  tests,  which  need  some  cor- 
rections. The  test  for  carbolic  acid  with  pine  wood  moistened  with  hydro- 
chloric acid  is  attributed  to  Hoppe-Seiler,  but  was  first  suggested  by  Runge. 
Juiigmann's  test  with  phosphomolybdic  acid  and  ammonia  was  recom- 
mended for  arbutin,  not  for  alkaloids.  DragendortT  recommended  testing 
for  alcohol  in  essential  oils  by  sodium ;  the  test  giving  potassium  in  place 
of  sodium  is  erroneously  attributed  to  Maisch,  who  recommended  caustic 
potassa  for  the  detection  of  nitrobenzol  in  oil  of  bitter  almonds. 
Fifth  Annual  Report  of  the  State  Board  of  Health,  Lunacy  and  Charity 
of  Massachusetts.  Supplement  containing  the  Report  and  Papers  on 
Public  Healtb.  Boston  :  Wright  &  Potter  Printing  Co.,  1884.  8vo,  pp. 
282. 
Of  particular  interest  to  pharmacists  are  the  reports  of  tbe  analysts  on 
food,  milk  and  on  drugs,  and  a  paper  entitled  "Arsenic  as  a  domestic 
poison."  In  glancing  over  these  reports  we  have  not  observed  that  any 
new  hitherto  unknown  adulterants  have  been  detected.  The  last  paper 
mentioned  shows  that  arsenical  colors  for  papers  and  arsenical  dyes  are  still 
largely  used,  although  their  dangerous  character  has  been  often  shown. 
The  Plaster  of  Paris  Dressing  in  the  Treatment  of  Fractures.    By  W. 
O'Daniel,  M.  D.,  Bullards,  Georgia. 
Reprint  from  the  Transactions  of  the  Medical  Association  of  Georgia, 
Pharmaceutical  Journals. — A  year  ago  "New  Remedies"  changed  its 
title  to  "American  Druggist,"  and  the  "St.  Louis  Druggist"  to  the 
"National  Druggist."  Now  the  "Druggist"  published  in  Chicago  has 
been  converted  into  tbe  "Western  Druggist."  This  last  mentioned  paper 
has  at  the  last  meetings  of  the  American  and  of  the  Illinois  Pharmaceutical 
Associations  published  daily  editions  containing  not  merely  a  synopsis 
of  the  business  done  at  these  meetings,  but  likewise  a  good  portion  of  the 
discussions  and  the  papers,  in  abstract  or  entire,  which  were  read  at  the 
meetings. 
The  "Pharmacist,"  which  is  published  by  authority  of  the  Chicago 
College  of  Pharmacy,  has  been  placed  under  the  editorial  management  of 
Prof.  Oscar  Oldberg,  whose  learning  and  experience  in  pharmaceutical 
practice,  literature  and  education  will  doubtless  be  impressed  upon  the 
course  of  our  valued  cotemporary. 
