Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Jan..  1891. 
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has  been  entirely  rewritten  and  enlarged  to  bring  it  up  to  our  present  knowl- 
edge, and  that  a  new  chapter  on  the  microscopical  examination  of  urinary 
sediments  has  been  added.  The  remainder  of  the  work  is  an  exact  reprint  of 
the  first  edition,  except  that  typographical  errors,  as  far  as  observed,  have  been 
corrected,  and  that  several  alterations  have  been  made  in  the  descriptions  of 
the  methods  of  preparing  certain  pharmaceutical  products. 
A  Manual  of  Weights  and  Measures,  including  principles  of  metrology,  the 
weights  and  measures  now  in  use,  weight  and  volume,  and  their  reciprocal 
relations,  weighing  and  measuring,  balances  (scales)  and  weights,  measures  of 
capacity,  specific  weight  and  specific  volume,  etc.,  with  rules  and  tables.  By 
Oscar  Oldberg,  Ph.D.,  etc.  Third  edition,  revised.  Chicago  :  W.  T.  Keener. 
1890.   8vo.    pp.  256.    Price,  $1 .50. 
The  first  and  second  editions  of  Professor  Oldberg's  work  on  weights  and 
measures  were  noticed  at  the  time  of  their  appearance  ;  the  present  edition 
differs  from  the  preceding  one  mainly  in  the  re-arrangement  of  the  tables  of  the 
co-efficient  of  expansion  of  certain  liquids.  It  is  obvious  that  a  study  of  the 
subject  matter  is  of  especial  interest  at  the  present  time,  since  the  metric 
system  has  been  adopted  for  the  revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia. 
Proceedings  of  the  Ninth  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Virginia  Pharmaceutical 
Association,  held  at  Old  Point  Comfort,  September  9  and  10,  1890.  Lynch- 
burg.   8vo.    pp.  79. 
A  brief  account  of  the  meeting  will  be  found  on  page  539  of  our  last  volume. 
Catalogue  des  theses  soutenues  devant  l'Bcole  de  Pharmacie  de  Paris, 
1815-1889.  Par  le  Dr.  Paul  Dorveaux,  Bibliothecaire  de  l'Bcole  superieure  de 
pharmacie  de  Paris.  Avec  une  preface  de  M.  G.  Planchon,  Directeur  de 
l'Bcole  superieure  de  pharmacie  de  Paris,  membre  de  l'Academiede  medecine, 
etc.  Accompagne  d'un  fac-simile  de  la  syntheseillustree  de  cheradame.  Paris  : 
H,  Welter,  Bditeur.    1891.    8vo.    pp.  75.  t 
The  collection  of  theses  at  the  Paris  School  of  Pharmacy  is  incomplete,  but 
in  some  cases  the  titles  of  the  missing  theses  could  be  supplied.  The  list  is 
arranged  in  chronological  order,  and  gives  also  brief  biographical  data  of  the 
authors,  dates  of  the  publication  of  the  theses,  etc. 
Beitrag  zur  Kenntniss  der  Isomerieverhaltnisse  innerhalb  der  Terpenreihe. 
Inaugural-Dissertation  von  Bdward  Kremers  aus  Milwaukee.  Gottingen. 
1890.    8vo.   pp.  74. 
Contribution  to  the  knowledge  of  isomerism  within  the  terpene  series. 
A  dissertation  from  the  University  of  Gottingen  for  the  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Philosophy. 
The  Treatment  of  the  Morphine  Disease.  By  J.  B.  Mattison,  M.D.,  Home 
for  Habitues,  Brooklyn,    pp.  24. 
Reprint  from  the  Therapeutic  Gazette,  September,  1890. 
Abnormal  Intra-Thoracic  Air-Pressures  and  their  Treatment.  By  Charles 
Denison,  A.M.,  M.D.,  of  Denver,  Col.    8vo.    pp.  41. 
An  address  delivered  by  President  Denison,  at  the  Seventh  Annual  Meeting 
of  the  American  Cliinatological  Association,  and  reprinted  from  the  Sanitarian 
of  November,  1890. 
