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whether  the  pharmaceuticals  purchased  are  equal  in  quality  or  not  to  those 
made  by  himself,  has  a  priori  nothing  to  do  with  the  ultimate  result. 
From  personal  acquaintance  with  a  number  of  manufacturers  and  their 
products,  we  know  that  the  material  used  and  the  products  turned  out  by 
them,  are  as  good  as  can  be  had  from  the  better  class  of  apothecaries. 
Moreover,  we  regard  them,  as  merchants,  to  be  perfectly  justified  in  sup- 
plying an  existing  demand,  or  if  possible  creating  a  demand  for  their 
products  ;  but  in  our  opinion  the  true  pharmacist  is  not,  habitually,  a  pur- 
chaser of  ready-made  medicines. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTIGES. 
Quarantine  and  Sanitary  Operations  of  the  Board  of  Health  of  the  State  of 
Lousiana  during  1880, 1881,  1882  and  1883.  By  Joseph  Jones,  M.D.,  Pres- 
ident of  the  Board  of  Health.    Baton  Rouge  :  1884.    8vo,  pp.  393. 
Poisoning  by  Canned  Goods.    By  John  G.  Johnson,  M.D.    Reprint  from 
the  Medico-Legal  Journal. 
This  paper  advocates  the  abandonment  of  the  chlorides  of  zinc  and  tin  in 
soldering  canned  foods,  as  being  very  detrimental  to  health.  Sufficient 
chemical  evidence  is  not  furnished;  for  the  latter,  see  paper  by  Professor 
Attfield,  in  Amer.  Jour.  Phar.,  1884,  p.  269. 
Poisoning  by  Cannabis  Indiea.    By  A.  B.  Cook,  A.M.,  M.D. 
This  reprint  from  the  American  Practitioner  for  July,  1884,  gives  the  his- 
tory of  a  case  of  accidental  poisoning  and  recovery  after  taking  two  drachms 
of  Herring's  extract  of  cannabis. 
Sur  la  recherche  de  V  Albuminose  ou  Peptone  dans  V  Urine.    Par  le  Dr.  C. 
Menu. 
On  the  recognition  of  albuminose  or  peptone  in  urine.  Reprint  from 
Annales  des  Maladies  des  organes  genito-urinaires,  May,  1884. 
Catalogue  general  des  livres  anciens  et  modemes,  francais  et  etrangers  de 
medecine,  de  chirurgie,  de  phar  made,  de  fart  veterinaire  et  des  sciences 
qui  s'y  rapportent.  Paris  :  B.  Balliere  &  Fils,  1884.  8vo,  pp.  448.  Price 
2  francs. 
Catalogue  of  old  and  new  French  and  foreign  works  on  medicine,  surgery, 
pharmacy,  etc. 
Einige practische  Ergebnisse  meiner  Untersuchungen  fiber  das  Chlorophyll 
der  Pflanzen.  Von  Dr.  A.  Tschirch  in  Berlin.  Halle  a.  S.,  1884.  8vo, 
pp.  20. 
Some  practical  results  of  my  investigations  on  chlorophyll. 
This  pamphlet  was  published  in  commemoration  of  the  fifth  anniversary 
of  the  Academical  Pharmacognostic  Society  in  Berlin,  July  7,  1884. 
