Amjine?Sarm'}  Revieivs  and  Bibliographical  Notices.  319 
and  from  North  America  (gum  mezquite).  It  will  be  observed  that  pharma- 
ceutical and  therapeutical  considerations  do  not  enter  into  the  scope  of  the 
work.  It  is  scarcely  necessary  to  state  that  in  connection  with  the  organized 
substances  the  anatomical  structure  receives  due  attention  ;  in  fact,  we  gener- 
ally find  an  explanation  of  the  development  of  the  plant  part,  its  appearance 
as  met  with  in  commerce,  its  internal  structure,  and  comparison  with  other 
articles  liable  to  be  mistaken  for  it. 
Bvery  page  of  the  book  bears  evidence  of  the  scrupulous  care  bestowed  upon 
the  text,  the  researches  of  the  author  and  the  collection  and  consideration  of 
all  available  researches  on  each  subject,  the  literature  being  very  fully 
quoted. 
The  text  is  followed  by  an  appendix  containing  biographical  accounts  of  the 
more  important  old  writers  on  materia  medica,  and  historical  notes  on  some 
interesting  documents  and  publications  ;  this  appendix  comprises  46  pages.  A 
full  index  facilitates  the  use  of  the  work. 
Those  who  are  familiar  with  Professor  Fliickiger's  writings  need  not  be  told 
of  their  attractive  character,  the  completeness  and  correctness  of  literary 
research,  the  lucidness  of  statements  and  the  logical  deductions.  We  know  of 
no  other  work  on  pharmacognosy,  that  is  so  complete,  so  reliable,  and  even  so 
fascinating  as  the  one  now  before  us ;  it  will  be  a  lasting  monument  to  its 
author,  and  we  feel  assured  that  it  will  be  read  and  studied  with  close  atten- 
tion by  those  interested  in  the  materia  medica  of  the  vegetable  kingdom. 
Commentar  zum  Arzneibuch  fiir  das  Deutsche  Reich  (Pharmacopcea  Ger- 
manica,  editio  iii),  mit  vergleichender  Beriicksichtigung  der  friiheren  deut- 
schen  u.  a.  Pharmakopoen,  von  Dr.  Bruno  Hirsch,  Apotheker  in  Berlin,  und 
Dr.  Alfred  Schneider,  Korps-Stabsapotheker  in  Dresden.  Gottingen  :  Vanden- 
hoeck  &  Ruprecht.    1890.    8vo,  p.  720.    Price,  13  Marks. 
Commentary  to  the  German  Pharmocopoeia  with  reference  to,  and  com- 
parison with,  the  former  German  and  other  Pharmacopoeias. 
This  valuable  work  is  now  completed.  In  the  December  number  of  our  last 
volume  we  have  commented  somewhat  in  detail  on  its  scope,  arrangement  and 
excellent  qualities.  The  expectations  then  based  on  the  character  of  a  portion 
of  the  work,  have  been  fully  realized.  The  value  as  a  commentary  on  the  new 
German  Pharmacopoeia  is  enhanced  by  occasional  references  to  and  comparisons 
with  other  pharmacopoeias,  for  which  purpose,  aside  from  the  old  German  and 
Prussian,  those  of  Austria,  Belgium,  Denmark,  Finland,  France,  Great  Britain, 
Greece,  Hungary,  Japan,  Netherlands,  Norway,  Roumania,  Russia,  Spain, 
vSweden,  Switzerland  and  the  United  States  have  been  used.  As  a  practical 
and  trustworthy  guide  to  the  apothecary  the  work  will  be  appreciated  by  all 
who  may  consult  it. 
Materia  Medica  and  Therapeutics,  with  Especial  Reference  to  the  Clinical 
Application  of  Drugs.  By  John  V.  Shoemaker,  A.  M .,  M  ;D. ,  Professor  of  Materia 
Medica,  Pharmacology,  Therapeutics  and  Clinical  Medicine,  and  Clinical  Pro- 
fessor of  Diseases  of  the  Skin  in  the  Medico-Chirurgical  College  of  Phila- 
delphia, etc.  Philadelphia  and  London  :  F.  A.  Davis,  publisher.  1891.  8vo> 
p.  640.    Price,  cloth,  $3.50;  sheep,  #4.50. 
Published  as  the  second  and  last  volume  of  a  "Treatise  on  Materia  Medica, 
Pharmacology  and  Therapeutics,"  this  volume  is  paged  consecutively  with  the 
