608 
Reviews,  etc. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Nov.,  1884. 
been  specially  considered  is  also  evidenced  by  restricting  the  consideration 
of  the  elements  and  their  compounds  to  those  which  are  of  medicinal  use, 
or  which  are  of  importance,  theoretically  or  practically,  in  the  various 
chemical  processes  or  as  constituents  of  important  products  of  nature.  At 
the  same  time  the  work  is  comprehensive  and  embraces  nearly  the  whole 
field  of  chemistry  in  its  application  to  pharmacy  and  medicine. 
The  work  is  divided  into  seven  parts,  treating  of  chemical  physics,  prin- 
ciples of  chemistry,  non-metals,  metals,  qualitative  analysis,  carbon-com- 
pounds and  physiological  chemistry,  the  latter  including  the  testing  of 
milk,  urine,  etc.  A  welcome  feature  for  the  beginner  are  the  56  illustra- 
tions upon  seven  plates,  showing  the  exact  color  or  change  of  colors  of 
characteristic  chemical  reactions  ;  they  have  been  very  faithfully  executed, 
and  represent  a  very  large  amount  of  well  directed  labor. 
Also  in  all  other  respects  the  book  is  not  only  presentable,  but  good,  and 
will  be  found  useful  and  instructive. 
Addenda  to  Drugs  and  Medicines  of  North  America.    By  J.  U.  and  C. 
G.  Lloyd.  Cincinnati. 
The  quarterly  publication  by  the  same  authors  which  we  have  noticed  on 
page  346  of  the  June  number  of  the  Journal,  and  of  which  now  three 
parts  have  appeared,  not  only  continues  in  the  path  lined  out  for  it  in  the 
first  part,  but  the  following  ones  have  been  made  even  more  interesting 
and  valuable  by  the  histological  decriptions  and  the  maps  showing  the  dis- 
tribution of  the  plants  under  consideration.  The  periodical  now  before  us, 
is  intended  to  supplement  the  former,  by  noting  information  which  may 
have  come  to  light  after  publication  in  the  first  periodical,  and  to  collate 
notes  on  the  medical  properties  of  American  plants  in  local  use.  The 
"  Addenda  "  will  be  issued  at  least  four  times  a  year,  at  the  low  price  of  25 
cents. 
The  Physician's  Visiting  List  for  1885.    Philadelphia  :  P.  Blakiston,  Son 
&Co. 
This  is  the  thirty-fourth  year  of  the  publication  of  this  visiting  list, 
which  may  be  obtained  arranged  for  from  25  to  100  patients  weekly,  the 
larger  ones  bound  either  in  one  or  two  volumes.  Interleaved  lists  are 
likewise  furnished. 
Sur  la  recherche  de  ires  petites  quantites  de  sucre  dans  Vurine.    Par  le  Dr. 
C.  Menu,  pharmacien  a  l'hopital  de  la  charity. 
On  the  detection  of  very  small  quantities  of  sugar  in  urine. 
Reprint  from  "Annales  des  maladies  des  organes  genito-urinaires,"  Au- 
gust, 1884. 
Pharmaceutical  Education  in  the  United  States.    By  Prof.  Oscar  Oldberg, 
Chicago,  111. 
A  fair  exposition  of  the  educational  courses  adopted  by  Colleges  of  Phar- 
macy, with  suggestions  by  the  author. 
