Am.  Jour.  Pliarm.  \ 
Aug.,  1885.  j 
Reviews,  etc. 
415 
Proceedings  of  the  Connecticut  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  the  ninth 
Annual  meeting  lield  in  Hartford  February  3  and  4,  1885.  Also  the  con- 
stitution, by-laws  and  roll  of  members.    8vo,  pp.  87. 
A  brief  account  of  the  meeting  was  published  on  page  360  of  our  July 
number. 
Sanitarij  suggestions  on  IIoiv  to  disinfect  our  Homes.  A  resume  of  the 
latest  and  best  information  on  the  household  use  of  disinfectants, 
deodorants  and  antiseptics,  and  of  practical  precautions  preventive  of 
cholera,  diphtheria,  scarlet  fever  and  other  infectious  diseases.  Prepared 
for  popular  perusal  by  B.  W.  Palmer,  A.M.,  M.D.  Detroit :  George  S. 
Davis,  1885.    Pp.  58.    Price  25  cents. 
A  timely  publication,  wliich  deserves  to  be  widel^^  known  and  read. 
Hay  Fever  and  its  successful  treatment  by  superficial  organic  alteration  of 
the  nasal  mucous  membrane.  By  Charles  E.  Sajous,  M.D. ,  etc.  Phila- 
delphia:  F.  A.  Davis,  Att'y.,  1885.    12rao,  pp.  103. 
This  essay  was  read  before  the  Philadelphia  Laryngological  Society  in 
April  and  discusses  the  causes  of  hay  fever  and  its  treatment,  the  latter  con- 
sisting, in  order  to  effect  a  permanent  cure,  in  cauterizing  by  means  of 
galvano-cautery  or  acids  the  hyperjesthetic  portions  of  the  nasal  mucous 
membrane.  The  little  book  is  well  written  and  handsomely  printed,  and 
contains  13  good  wood  cuts,  illustrating  the  various  instruments  and  the 
operations. 
Second  Report  of  the  State  Board  of  Health  of  the  State  of  Tennessee. 
October,  1880  to  December,  1884.  Published  by  Authority.  Nashvill? : 
1885.    8vo,  p.  600. 
Contains  numerous  official  reports  on  sanitary  subjects. 
The  physiological  and  medicinal  action  of  fluoric  acid  and  the  fluorides. 
By  D.  A.  Waddell,  M.B.,  Surgeon  I. M.S.,  etc.    C  alcutta.    Pp.  112. 
A  reprint  from  the  "Indian  Medical  Gazette,"  1883.  The  hydrofluoric 
acid  experimented  with  was  \  i^er  cent,  solution,  tiie  dose  of  which  is  10 
minims  to  2  drachms,  vomiting  being  excited  by  \  ounce.  The  alkaline 
fluorides  are  more  advantageously  used  than  the  acid,  in  doses  of  \  grain  to 
3  grains,  emesis  resulting  from  doses  of  6  grains  and  upwards.  These  salts 
are  incompatible  with  the  salts  of  calcium,  lead  and  other  metals;  they 
should  be  diluted  and  given  after  food  to  relieve  the  nauseating  after  effects. 
Extract  of  liquorice  was  found  to  be  the  best  corrective  of  taste.  Solutions 
of  ammonium  fluoride  should  be  kept  in  glass  bottles  coated  with  wax  on 
the  inside. 
Practical  Results  from  the  Study  of  the  preservatioyi  of  Alimentary  Sub- 
stances.   By  Filippo  Artiniini.    Florence,  1885.    4vo,  pp.  24. 
The  author  claims  having  discovered  a  process  for  the  preservation  of 
carcases  of  animals  in  the  fresh  state  without  the  use  of  ice  ;  the  material 
used  is  not  mentioned.  The  pamphlet  is  printed  in  two  languages,  Italian 
and  English. 
