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Reviews. 
( Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
t      March,  1891. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
The  Missouri  Botanical  Garde?i.    8vo.  Pp.165. 
This  handsomely  illustrated  volume  contains  a  biographical  sketch  of  Henry- 
Shaw,  who  established  the  botanical  garden  at  St.  Louis  ;  his  will,  deed  for 
the  endowment  of  a  school  of  botany,  inaugural  exercises,  etc.  Under  the  guid- 
ance of  Professor  Wm.  Trelease,  both  the  garden  and  school  will  doubtless 
become  important  factors  for  the  study  of  the  science  of  botany  in  the  United 
States. 
Text-Book  of  Hygiene.  A  comprehensive  treatise  on  the  principles  and 
practice  of  preventive  medicine  from  an  American  standpoint.  By  George  H. 
Rohe,  M.D.,  Professor  of  Obstetrics  and  Hygiene  in  the  College  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons,  Baltimore,  etc.  (second  edition).  Thoroughly  revised  and 
largely  rewritten,  with  many  illustrations  and  valuable  tables.  Philadelphia 
and  London  :    F.  A.  Davis.    1891.    Svo.    Pp.  421.    Price,  $2.50. 
Hygiene  is  gradually  developing  into  one  of  the  most  important  branches  of 
the  medical  sciences.  The  work  now  before  us  is  a  trustworthy  exponent  of 
what  has  been  accomplished  in  this  direction  ;  or  what  is  known  in  regard  to 
the  numerous  agencies  influencing  the  health  of  mankind,  such  as  air,  water, 
food,  soil,  sewage,  dwellings,  clothing,  contagion,  etc.,  and  the  means  for  pre- 
venting disease,  like  quarantine,  antiseptics,  disinfectants,  etc.  The  work  is 
tersely  written.  The  statements  are  clear  and  to  the  point,  without  being 
encumbered  by  prolixity.  It  is  a  work  that  seems  to  be  well  adapted  to  the 
wants  of  the  student,  and  for  awakening  an  interest,  where  it  does  not  already 
exist,  into  deeper  inquiries  into  the  ultimate  causes  of  disease,  and  the  correct, 
means  of  preserving  health. 
First  Annual  Report  of  the  State  Dairy  and  Food  Commissioner  of  Wis- 
consin.   1890.    Svo.    pp.  114. 
The  report  was  made  to  Governor  Hoard  by  the  Commissioner,  H.  C.  Thorn, 
and  refers  to  dairy  products  and  to  articles  of  medicines  and  of  food,  or  used  in 
the  preparation  of  food. 
Proceedings  of  the  Iowa  State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  held  at  Des 
Moines,  February  12  and  13,  1890.    Eleventh  Annual  Meeting.    8vo.    Pp.  134. 
An  account  of  the  meeting  will  be  found  on  page  200  of  our  last  volume. 
Proceedings.  Ninth  annual  meeting  of  the  Massachusetts  State  Pharmaceu- 
tical Association,  held  in  Brittan  Hall,  Haverhill,  June  18-20,  1890.    Pp.  209. 
A  brief  report  of  this  meeting  will  be  found  on  page  427  of  our  last  volume. 
A  pamphlet  of  24  pages  has  been  added,  giving  the  proceedings  of  a  special 
meeting  of  the  same  Association,  held  in  Boston,  Dec.  2,  at  which  the  subject 
of  co-operation  was  discussed,  and  a  committee  of  fifteen  was  appointed  relative 
to  the  organization  of  a  corporation. 
Proceedings  of  the  Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  at  its  eighth 
annual  meeting,  held  at  Saginaw,  Sept.  16-18,  1890.    Pp.  95. 
One  of  the  papers  read  at  this  meeting,  viz  :  "  On  the  iodine  absorption  of 
essential  oils  as  a  criterion  of  purity,"  by  H.  W.  Snow,  was  published  in  our 
November  number.  The  officers  of  the  Association  for  the  present  year  are 
D.  B.  Prall,  Saginaw,  president ;  Chas.  A.  Bugbee,  Cheboygan,  secretary  ; 
Wm.  Dupont,  Detroit,  treasurer ;  and  Henry  J.  Brown,  local  secretary.  The 
