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I       May,  1885. 
EEVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Micro-Chemistri/  of  Poisons ;  iucludiiig  their  pliysioloj^ical,  pathological 
and  legal  relations.  With  an  Appendix  on  the  detection  and  micro- 
scopic discrimination  of  blood.  Adapted  to  tlie  use  of  the  medical  jurist, 
physician  and  general  chemist.  By  Theodore  G.  Wormley,  M.D.,  etc., 
Professor  of  cliemistry  and  toxicology  in  the  Medical  department  of  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania.  With  96  illustrations  upon  steel.  [Second 
edition.  Philadelphia:  J.  B.  Lippincott  Company,  188'i.  8vo,  pp.  784. 
Price,  in  cloth,  ?7.50. 
"This  excellent  work  is  a  very  valuable  addition  to  the  literature  on  the 
subject  of  poisons.  Each  page  bears  evidence  of  untiring  research,  and  of 
a  vast  amount  of  labor."  With  these  words  we  introduced  the  review  of 
the  first  edition  of  this  work,  in  1867,  and  we  repeat  them  now,  as  equally 
applicable  to  the  new  edition  now  before  us.  Even  a  superficial  compari- 
vson  with  the  former  would  show  that  the  j^resent  volume  has  been  thor- 
oughly revised  and  brought  up  to  the  requirements  of  the  present  time. 
While  its  scope  and  design  have  not  been  altered,  the  additions  are  nume- 
rous, the  more  important  being  poisoning  by  potassium  chlorate,  post-mor- 
tem diffusion  of  arsenic,  presence  of  arsenic  in  various  articles,  including 
glass,  Dragendorflf''s  method  for  the  isolation  of  vegetable  poisons,  the  pto- 
maines, jervine  and  gelsemium,  with  its  two  characteristic  principles,  gel- 
semic  acid  and  gelsemine ;  finally,  tiie  properties,  detection  and  discrimi- 
nation of  blood,  which  subject  is  illustrated  by  eight  engravings  on  steel 
and  a  chronio-lithograph  of  blood  spectra.  In  addition  to  these,  a  number 
of  wood-cuts  have  been  added,  and  ten  steel  engravings,  showing  the 
micro-chemical  reactions  of  jervine  and  of  gelsemium,  the  total  number  of 
illustrations  on  steel  being  96,  all  of  which  have  been  engraved  by  Mrs. 
Wormley  and  her  daughter,  Mrs.  J.  Marshall.  A  table  giving  the  beha- 
vior of  15  alkaloids  to  chemical  reagents  is  also  a  valuable  addition  for  the 
comparison  of  the  reactions  of  these  alkaloids  and  of  the  observable  limits. 
The  importance  of  the  subject  treated,  and  the  care  and  labor  bestowed 
upon  all  the  details,  render  the  volume  a  standard  work  to  which  those 
interested  may  refer  with  the  assurance  of  finding  trustworthy  informa- 
tion. The  book  is  handsomely  gotten  up,  and  the  proof-sheets  have  been 
very  carefully  read,  the  typographical  errors  being  very  few  ;  on  page  652 
the  name  of  Prof.  Ladenburg  has  been  twice  rendered  Landenburg. 
Year-Book  of  Pharmacy  ;  comprising  Abstracts  of  jDapers  relating  to  phar- 
macy, materia  medica  and  chemistry  contributed  to  British  and  foreign 
Journals  from  July  1,  1S83,  to  June  3  J,  1884;  with  the  Transactions  of  the 
British  Pharmaceutical  Conference  ac  the  21st  annual  meeting,  held  at 
Hastings,  August,  1884.    London  :  J.  &  A.  Churchill.    8vo,  pp.  628. 
Proceedings  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  the  thirty- 
second  annual  meeting,  held  at  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  August,  1884.  Phila- 
delphia :  published  bv^tiie  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  8vo, 
pp.  623. 
The  first  one  of  these  annual  publications  reached  here  early  in  Febru- 
ary. The  "  Proceedings"  have  been  printed,  and  will  be  distributed  about 
the  middle  of  May  ;  with  it  will  be  bound  the  "  General  Index  to  vols. 
