Am.  Jour.  Pharm. ) 
December,  1899.  J' 
Reviews. 
60 1 
Besides  the  president's  address,  this  volume  contains  abstracts  of  papers 
read  at  the  fourteenth  annual  meeting  on  mathematical,  physical,  chemical, 
botanical,  zoological,  geological  and.  general  subjects.  The  papers  are  of  an 
unusually  high  order,  and  the  proceedings  are  a  valuable  contribution  to  sci- 
ence. 
Preliminary  Catalogue  oe  Plants  Poisonous  to  Stock.  By  V.  K. 
Chestnut.  Reprinted  from  the  annual  report  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Indus- 
try for  1898. 
This  catalogue  contains  a  list  of  plants  known  to  be  poisonous  to  stock,  a 
list  of  plants  probably  poisonous  to  stock,  and  a  list  of  plants  suspected  of 
being  poisonous  to  stock. 
One  Hundred  and  Forty-eighth  Annual  Report  oe  the  Board  of 
Managers  oe  the  Pennsylvania  Hospital. 
The  report  of  the  Board  of  Managers  indicates  a  year  of  unusual  activity  in  the 
work  of  the  hospital.  Two  weeks  after  the  late  war  broke  out  the  use  of  the 
wards  was  tendered  the  Surgeon-General,  and  hundreds  of  soldiers  were  cared 
for.  There  were  a  larger  number  of  patients  admitted  during  the  year  than 
heretofore,  there  being  3,644  new  patients  received  in  the  wards.  A  three-years' 
course  is  now  required  for  graduation  of  nurses  in  the  Pine  Street  Hospital,  and 
an  attendance  on  lectures  and  an  examination  by  members  of  the  Staff  of  Physi- 
cians. The  officers  of  the  Pennsylvania  Hospital  are  :  President,  Benjamin  H. 
Shoemaker  ;  Treasurer,  Henry  Haines  ;  Secretary,  James  T.  Shinn. 
Shall  Pharmacists  Become  Tradesmen  ?    By  George  J.  Seabury. 
This  book  is  a  reproduction  of  a  series  of  articles  that  appeared  in  the 
Weekly  Dtug  News  and  American  Pharmacist.  They  were  written  between 
1880  and  1885,  together  with  subsequent  reviews  on  the  same  subject.  The 
object  of  Mr.  Seabury  in  reproducing  these  papers  in  book  form  is  that  they 
may  prove  interesting  to  a  new  generation  of  pharmacists  and  druggists,  who, 
doubtless,  are  unaware  of  their  existence.  The  majority  of  them  were  written 
between  1880  and  1883.  His  extenuation  for  the  constant  repetition  and  plead- 
ing for  the  pivotal  foundation  of  power,  unity  and  organization,  was  at  that 
time,  and  still  is,  to  engraft  into  the  minds  of  pharmacists  the  stupendous  re- 
sults that  are  invariably  achieved  by  concentrated  power,  activity,  aggressive- 
ness and  vigilance,  a  power  that  should  be  formed  into  local,  county  and  State 
organizations,  and  finally  merged  into  a  national  association  governed  by  State 
delegations.  The  book  is  written  in  an  original  and  forcible  style,  and  is  in- 
tended to  encourage  the  work  of  organization  of  all  concerned  in  the  progress 
and  future  of  pharmacy  and  its  trade  interests.  The  author  believes  that  an 
honestly  upheld  tripartite  compact  cannot  fail  to  bring  relief  and  success. 
From  the  Wellcome  Chemical  Research  Laboratories,  Frederick  B.  Power, 
Director,  the  following  pamphlets  have  been  received  : 
The  Assay  of  Preparations  Containing  Pilocarpine  and  the  Char- 
acters of  Pilocarpine  Nitrate  and  Hydrochloride.  By  H.  A.  D. 
Jowett.  An  abstract  of  this  paper  has  already  been  given  in  this  Journal 
(see  September,  1899,  p.  449). 
Preparation  of  Acid  Phenylic  Salts  of  Dibasic  Acids.  By  S.  B. 
Schryver.  It  is  interesting  to  note  that  several  of  the  products  described  may 
find  applications  for  therapeutic  purposes. 
