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have  been  introduced  within  these  eight  years.  No  mention  is 
made  of  the  newer  antiseptics  commonly  prescribed  and  called  for. 
Chapter  XVI  treats  of  sterilization  and  disinfection  in  the  phar- 
macy. The  information  here  is  identical  with  the  same  data  pub- 
lished in  the  first  edition.  The  information  given  is  practical  and 
interesting.  Though  ampul  making  has  advanced,  the  author  has 
little  to  add  to  the  methods  of  sterilizing  medicaments  in  ampuls. 
It  would  be  interesting  to  learn  where  the  table,  naming  the  steri- 
lizing temperature  for  solutions  in  ampuls  was  obtained.  There 
has  been  very  little  information  regarding  experimentation  along 
these  lines  in  American  pharmacy.  Such  work  requires  consid- 
erable time  and  research,  but  it  is  urgently  needed.  A  large  amount 
of  this  data  seems  to  have  been  traveling  from  book  to  book  with 
no  one  standing  directly  responsible  for  the  information  given. 
Chapter  XVII  treats  of  the  causes  and  prevention  of  the  common 
commimicable  diseases.  A  small  portion  of  the  information  here 
is  far  advanced  for  the  pharmacist.  A  specific  example  is  the  at- 
tempt to  explain  briefly  the  Wassermann  test. 
In  the  last  chapter  (Chapter  XVIII)  will  be  found  an  outline 
of  microscopical  and  bacteriological  work  together  with  numerous 
suggestions  on  a  micro-analytical  and  bacteriological  laboratory. 
Another  chapter  should  have  been  added  giving  information 
regarding  the  more  commonly  observed  bacteria  together  with 
their  illustrations.    This  is  important. 
The  book,  taken  as  a  whole,  is  of  value  not  only  to  advanced 
pharmacy  students,  but  probably  more  so  to  bacteriologists  in 
general,  and  it  is  a  question  whether  the  author  would  not  gain 
more  by  naming  the  book  "General  Bacteriology,"  with  special 
mention  in  the  preface  of  certain  facts  to  pharmacists,  rather  than 
"Pharmaceutical  Bacteriology."  To  the  average  two-year  phar- 
macy student,  only  a  few  of  the  chapters  in  the  book  are  of  value. 
The  others  treat  of  the  more  advanced  information  relating  to 
bacteriology.  It  is  on  this  account  that  the  previous  suggestion 
is  raised.  Louis  Gershknfei^d 
Standards  and  Tests  i^or  Reagent  Chemicals.  By  Benja- 
min Iv.  Murray,  member  of  American  Chemical  Society,  Chemical 
Society  (London),  American  Electrochemical  Society,  Societe  de 
Chimie  Industrielle,  Society  Chemical  Industry,  etc.,  etc.  385 
pages.    Price,  $3.00  net.    D.  Van  Nostrand  Co.,  New  York,  1920. 
