Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  ) 
January,  1920.  ) 
Book  Reviews. 
67 
E.  Moorei  Maiden  and  Cambage;  E.  dumosa  A.  Cunn;  E.  torquata 
Luehmann;  E.  amygdalina  lyabill;  E.  radiata  Sieber;  E.  numerosa 
Maiden;  E.  nitida  Hook.  f. 
Bulletins  of  thb  University  of  Wisconsin. 
It  is  a  pleasure  to  review  the  two  bulletins  of  the  University  of 
Wisconsin  that  have  recently  come  to  hand. 
The  first  of  these  bulletins  is  a  study  of  the  Galenical  Oleoresins, 
by  Andrew  G.  Du  Mez,  and  is  a  thesis  submitted  for  the  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Philosophy  at  the  University  of  Wisconsin.  The  history 
and  bibliography  of  this  class  of  preparations  has  been  very  carefully 
compiled.  A  review  of  the  work  done  by  various  investigators  on 
each  of  the  official  oleoresins  is  thus  brought  together  and  compared 
in  the  various  tables.  In  addition  to  the  bibliographic  study  involved 
by  this  comprehensive  review  of  the  subject  covering  288  pages, 
there  is  considerable  original  investigations  of  the  various  methods 
proposed  for  the  manufacture  of  oleoresins  and  the  chemistry  of  the 
individual  preparations.  It  exhibits  a  high  type  of  study  and  re- 
search work  and  demonstrates  that  the  research  spirit  in  pharmacy 
in  America  in  not  inactive.  Furthermore,  that  the  Department  of 
Pharmacy  of  the  University  of  Wisconsin  and  several  more  of  the 
schools  of  pharmacy  are  stimulating  the  research  spirit  by  requiring 
thesis  contributions  for  degrees  in  course.  This  is  an  example  which 
might  well  be  followed  at  least  by  all  schools  claiming  to  educate  in 
the  higher  courses  in  pharmacy. 
It  is  regretted  that  the  space  at  our  command  will  not  permit 
of  the  reprinting  of  abstracts  of  this  valuable  thesis  which  should  be 
read  by  aH  interested  in  the  development  of  pharmacy  and  its  litera- 
ture and  preserved  as  a  work  of  reference  on  this  subject. 
The  second  of  these  bulletins  is  a  thesis  by  Nellie  A.  Wakeman, 
likewise  submitted  for  a  degree  at  the  University  of  Wisconsin.  It 
is  upon  the  subject  of  "Pigments  of  Flowering  Plants."  The  subject 
of  pigmentation  in  plants  is  one  that  is  of  especial  interest  to  both 
chemists  and  botanists.  The  author  of  this  thesis,  under  the  guidance 
of  Prof.  Edward  Kremers,  has  also  performed  a  valuable  service  in 
presenting  this  comprehensive  bibliographic  study  of  such  an  inter- 
esting subject.  Numerous  structural  and  graphic  formulas  are  given, 
illustrating  the  chemical  composition  of  the  various  organic  com- 
