AmDJe0cU,ri8P84arm"}  Reviews,  etc.    .  655 
number  of  new  species  are  described.  An  index  of  the  hosts  facilitates  the 
use  of  this  carefully  prepared  list,  which  is  a  reprint  from  the  Transactions 
of  the  Wisconsin  Academy  of  Sciences,  Arts  and  Letters,  vol.  vi. 
Jahresbericht  des  Vereins  Kosmos  von  Philadelphia,  fur  das  Vereinsjahr 
1883-84,  8vo,  pp.  99. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Society  "  Kosmos  "  of  Philadelphia. 
Besides  the  officers'  reports  the  pamphlet  contains  the  lectures,  either  in 
full  or  abstract,  delivered  before  the  Society,  and  among  which  may  be 
mentioned  the  following  subjects  :  The  influence  of  chemistry  on  the  devel- 
opment of  industry  ;  the  telephone  and  its  inventors ;  the  sculpture  of  the 
earth's  surface ;  the  human  voice  ;  pulmonary  consumption  ;  unused  forces, 
etc.   
One  Aspect  of  the  Subject  of  Medical  Examination,  as  set  forth  in  the  work 
of  the  North  Carolina  Board  of  Medical  Examiners. 
From  the  North  Carolina  Board  of  Health. 
On  the  Development  of  Physiological  Chemistry  and  its  significance  for 
Medicine.  By  Prof.  Felix  Hoppe-Seyler.  Translated  by  T.  Wesley  Mills, 
M.  A.,  M.  D.,' Montreal,  Canada. 
The  address  was  delivered  at  the  opening  of  the  new  institute  for  physi- 
ological chemistry  of  the  imperial  University  of  Strassburg,  February  18, 
1884.  Reprinted  from  the  New  York  "  Medical  Journal,"  Aug.  16  and  23, 
1884.   
Explanation  of  the  Pathology  and  Therapeutics  of  the  diseases  of  the  nerve 
centres,  especially  epilepsy.  By  J.  McF.  Gaston,  M.  D.,  Atlanta,  Ga. 
8vo,  pp.  28. 
Advance  sheets  from  Transactions  of  the  Georgia  Medical  Association , 
1884.   
Aiken,  S.  C,  as  a  Winter  Resort. 
Besides  a  description,  etc.,  of  the  Highland  Park  Hotel,  the  pamphlet 
contains  a  treatise  on  the  sanitary  qualities  of  the  location  and  climate  of 
Aiken,  by  Dr.  P.  G.  Rockwell,  and  meteorological  tables,  by  Dr.  W.  H. 
Geddings.   
Permanganate  of  Potassium,  its  Action  and  Uses.  By  Prof.  Roberts  Bar- 
tholow,  M.  D. 
Reprint  from  the  4  4  Medical  News." 
Action  of  the  Halogen  Acids  and  Ammonia  on  Lactones.  By  L.  I.  Morris, 
of  Emporia,  Kansas. 
Inauguial  dissertation  submitted  to  the  Kaiser  Wilhelm  University, 
Strassburg,  for  the  acquisition  of  the  doctorate. 
The  following  dissertations  from  the  University  of  Dorpat  have  been 
received  : 
Vergleichende  Untersuchung  der  Oerbstoffe  der  Nymphaza  alba,  Nym.  odo- 
rata,  JVuphar  luteum,  Nuph.  advena,  Cwsalpinia  coriaria,  Terminalia 
Chebula  und  Punica  Granatum.    Von  Alexander  Fridolin.    8vo,  pp.  94. 
Comparative  examination  of  the  tannins  of  the  plants  named. 
