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Reviews,  etc. 
A.m.  Jour.  Pharm. 
May,  1884. 
Die  Pfianzenstoffe  in  chemischer,  2:>hy8iologi8cher,  pharmakologischer  und 
tox'ikologischer  Hinsicht.  Fur  Aerzte,  Apotheker,  Chemiker  und  Pharrna- 
kologen,  bearbeitet  von  Dr.  Aug.  Huseraann,  Prof.  Dr.  A.  Hilger  und 
Prof.  Dr.  Tb.  Husemann.  Zweite  vollig  umgearbeitete  Auflage.  In 
zwei  Banden.  Berlin:  Julius  Springer,  1884.  Vierte  Lieferung.  Svo, 
pp.  985  to  1571. 
The  Vegetable  Compounds  in  their  Chemical,  Physiological,  Pharmaco- 
logical and  Toxicological  Relations.  For  Physicians,  Apothecaries, 
Chemists  and  Pharmacologists.  Second  edition,  rewritten.  Part  fourth. 
Price  12  marks. 
The  part  now  before  us  concludes  a  work  which  in  its  first  edition  already 
attracted  the  attention  of  those  for  whose  use  it  was  prepared,  and  which 
in  its  present  shape  will  sustain  the  reputation  it  acquired  when  it  made 
its  first  appearance  more  than  ten  years  ago.  In  noticing  the  preceding 
three  parts,  we  have  already  pointed  out  the  general  arrangement  of  the 
vast  amount  ©f  material  on  hand,  and  the  manner  in  which  each  compound 
is  considered,  according  to  its  importance.  The  medicinally  most  impor- 
tant natural  orders  of  the  present  part  are :  Thymelacese,  Rosacea^,  Legu- 
minosse,  Ericaceae,  Convolvulacese,  Solanacere,  Labiatee,  Oleacese,  Genti- 
anacese,  Loganiacese,  Apocynaceae,  Lobeliacese,  Cucurbitaoere,  Rubiaceae 
and  Composite.  Many  drugs  of  more  or  less  importance  are  procured  from 
these  orders;  and,  aside  from  the  volatile  oils,  many  of  these  yield  proxi- 
mate principles  which  are  either  in  common  use,  like  the  cinchona  and 
strychnos  alkaloids,  salicylic  acid,  the  resins  of  jalap  and  scammony,  etc., 
or  give  promise  of  greater  usefulness  in  the  future,  like  those  of  the  Sola- 
nacese,  Apocynacese,  etc.  After  carefully  examining  the  last  part,  and 
comparing  it  with  the  preceding  ones,  we  feel  justified  in  saying  for  the 
completed  work  what  we  stated  on  the  appearance  of  the  first  three  parts, 
that  it  shows  a  most  careful  compilation  of  the  vast  material  which  has 
accumulated  in  the  course  of  time,  critical  sifting  of  sometimes  conflicting 
statements,  and  excellent  judgment  in  giving  due  prominence  to  those 
principles  which  are  of  real  importance.  While  we  should  have  liked  to 
see  more  extended  notices  of  several  articles,  we  cannot  but  admit  that,  no 
matter  what  special  interest  may  attach  to  them,  these  are  as  yet  of  no,  or 
but  limited,  importance  considering  the  scope  of  the  work. 
That  the  publisher  has  done  his  part  equally  well  we  have  said  on  pre- 
vious occasions. 
Consultation  Chart  of  the  Eye-symptoms  and  Eye-complications  of  General 
Diseases.  Arranged  after  Foerster  and  others  by  Henry  G.  Corn  well, 
M.  D.,  Clinical  Lecturer  on  Ophthalmology  and  Otology,  Starling  Med- 
ical College.    Columbus,  Ohio  :  H.  C.  McClelland  &  Co.*  Price  25  cents. 
Alchemical  Notation.  Compiled  from  a  paper  read  by  Prof.  H.  Carrington 
Bolton  before  the  New  York  Academy  of  Sciences.  New  York  :  Waring 
&  Williams.    Price  20  cents. 
This  chart  will  doubtless  be  of  interest  to  students  of  chemistry  in  gen- 
eral, and  specially  to  physicians  and  pharmacists,  since  it  contains  those 
signs  which  are  occasionally  seen  in  old-fashioned  prescriptions.  That  por- 
tion of  the  chart  containing  the  "Chymical,  etc.,  characters"  might  be 
somewhat  clearer. 
