346 
Reviews,  etc. 
Am.  Jour.  I'harm. 
Juue,  1884. 
cinally  or  analytically,  in  the  free  state  or  combined.  Then  follows  the 
systematic  course  of  qualitative  analysis  in  which  all  the  more  frequently 
occurring  elements  and  organic  as  well  as  inorganic  acids,  with  their  soluble 
and  insoluble  constituents  are  considered  ;  the  most  important  reactions  of 
the  inorganic  acids ;  the  determination  of  inorganic  and  organic  poisons ; 
volumetric  analysis  with  special  reference  to  the  second  edition  of  the 
German  Pharmacopoeia,  and  finally  a  table  giving  the  strength  of  the 
reagents  in  use. 
The  work  is  well  gotten  up,  the  illustrations  are  very  good,  and  the  differ- 
ent kinds  of  type  used  readily  attract  the  eye  and  direct  special  attention  to 
the  various  facts,  conditions  and  causes. 
Drugs  and  Medicines  of  North  America.  A  quarterly,  devoted  to  the  his- 
torical and  scientific  discussion  of  the  Botany,  Pharmacy,  Chemistry  and 
Therapeutics  of  the  Medicinal  Plants  of  North  America,  their  constituents, 
products  and  sophistication.  By  J.  U.  Loyd  (commercial  history,  chemis- 
try and  pharmacy)  and  C.  G.  Lloyd  (Botany  and  Botanical  history)  Cin- 
cinnati :    J.  U.  and  C.  G.  Lloyd. 
The  first  number  of  the  periodical  bearing  the  above  title  made  its  appear- 
ance in  April.  It  is  a  handsome  quarto  containing  thirty -two  pages' of  text, 
which  is  printed  in  clear  type  upon  good  paper,  and  is  published  at  the  low 
price  of  $1  per  year.  The  long  experience  and  the  peculiar  facilities  of  the 
editors  and  authors  in  the  procuring  and  handling  of  North  American 
drugs,  have  led  us  to  expect  this  to  become  a  very  valuable  and  trustworthy 
publication,  and  the  initial  number  more  than  fulfills  our  expectations. 
The  historical  and  descriptive  portions  of  the  several  articles  are  well 
written,  and  the  literature  has  been  thoroughly  searched,  so  that  but  little 
and  nothing  of  importance  has  escaped  the  authors.  The  illustrations  of 
the  plants  and  their  parts  are  clear  and  instructive,  and  the  microscopical 
section  of  the  stem  of  Clematis  virginiana  has  been  artistically  rendered. 
Judging  from  this  number  the  plants  will  be  considered  in  accordance 
with  their  botanical  relations,  which  also  indicate  in  many  cases  close  con- 
nection in  regard  to  their  chemical  and  medicinal  properties,  so  that  the 
different  volumes  will  constitute  a  systematically  arranged  account  of  those 
North  American  plants  which  have  been  more  or  less  employed  as  curative 
agents.  It  is  one  of  those  works  which  deserve  to  be  in  the  hands  of  every 
one  interested  in  the  subject. 
Elements  of  Modern  Chemistry.  By  Adolphe  Wurtz,  Senator,  member  of 
the  Institute,  etc.  Second  American  edition.  Translated  and  edited  with 
the  approbation  of  the  author,  from  the  fifth  French  edition,  by  Wm.  H. 
Greene,  M.  D.,  Professor  of  Chemistry  in  the  Central  High  School,  Phila- 
delphia, etc.  With  132  illustrations.  London  and  Philadelphia :  J.  B. 
Lippincott  &  Co.,  1884.    8vo,  pp.  770.    Price  $2.50. 
We  have  noticed  the  first  American  edition  of  this  valuable  work  in 
V  Amer.  Jour.  Phar.,"  1879,  p.  384,  and  now  on  the  appearance  of  the  second 
edition,  merely  refer  to  what  we  then  stated  more  in  detail.  The  size  of 
the  book  has  been  increased  by  eighty-three  pages,  but  this  increase  alone 
does  not  represent  the  labor  bestowed  upon  it.  It  has  been  thoroughly 
revised  so  as  to  embody  the  progress  made  in  the  meantime  and  still  pre- 
serve its  original  character ;  the  metals  have  been  arranged  in  accordance 
with  the  theory  of  atomicity,  and  various  new  chapters  have  been  added? 
