Am.  Jour.  Pharin. 
July,  1891. 
Reviews, 
373 
The  Washington  Pharmaceutical  Association  met  at  Ellensburg,  May  n, 
elected  W.  P.  Bonney,  Tacoma,  president  ;  H.  Dubbs,  Seattle,  treasurer,  and 
W.  St.  John,  Tacoma,  secretary,  and  adjourned  to  meet  again  in  Seattle,  May 
10,  1892. 
The  Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Great  Britain  celebrated  the  fiftieth 
anniversary  of  its  foundation,  Tuesday,  May  26,  by  a  reception  in  the  lec- 
ture theatre  of  the  Society's  building,  17  Bloomsbury  Square,  London,  the 
President,  Michael  Carteighe,  receiving  the  visitors.  A  large  number  of 
addresses  were  presented  from  pharmaceutic  and  other  scientific  societies  of 
Great  Britain,  France,  Germany  and  Belgium,  and  by  their  representatives 
were  read,  or  the  congratulations  expressed  verbally.  A  still  larger  number  of 
congratulatory  addresses  had  come  from  similar  societies,  from  members  and 
honorary  members,  and  from  prominent  pharmacists  and  others  residing  in 
different  parts  of  the  globe. 
The  H 'anbury  Medal  was  awarded  on  the  same  evening  (for  previous  awards, 
see  this  Journal,  1889,  p.  492)  to  Dr.  Oswald  Hesse,  of  Feuerbach,  near  Stuttgart, 
Germany,  probably  the  highest  living  authority  on  the  chemistry  of  the 
cinchona  alkaloids,  also  an  investigator  of  santonin,  Calabar  bean,  coto  bark, 
coca  and  of  many  other  drugs.  The  recipient  of  this  mark  of  distinction,  in 
expressing  his  thanks,  presented  in  return  a  valuable  monograph,  entitled  a 
study  of  coca  leaves  and  their  alkaloids,  which  has  since  been  published  in 
Pharmaceutical  Journal  and  Transactions. 
The  Jubilee  came  to  a  close  by  a  grand  dinner  on  the  following  Wednesday 
evening,  at  which  a  number  of  toasts  were  proposed  and  speeches  were  made 
by  many  of  the  scientists  present  as  visitors. 
REVIEWS. 
The  Pocket  Materia  Medica  and  Therapeutics :  a  Resume*  of  the  Action  and 
Doses  of  All  Officinal  and  Non-officinal  Drugs  Now  in  Common  use.  By  C. 
Henri  Leonard,  A.M.,  M.D.,  Professor  of  Medical  and  Surgical  Diseases  of 
Women  and  Clinical  Gynaecology  in  the  Detroit  College  of  Medicine.  Cloth, 
i2mo,  300  pages;  price,  postpaid,  $1.00.  The  Illustrated  Medical  Journal 
Company,  publishers,  Detroit. 
Among  the  special  features  of  this  work  may  be  mentioned  the  indication  of 
pronunciation  of  the  drug-names,  with  the  genitive  case-ending,  and  the  com- 
pactness of  the  information.  Non-pharmacopceial  names  are,  as  a  rule,  indicated 
by  an  asterisk  (*);  the  common  names  are  given,  followed  by  the  dose,  and  then 
by  the  synonyms,  English,  French  and  German,  in  the  latter  case,  however, 
without  paying  any  attention  to  the  use  of  the  customary  capital  letters.  The 
descriptions  of  plants  are  mostly  too  brief  for  botanical  recognition  ;  the  char- 
acterization of  the  drugs  is  quite  condensed  ;  their  action  is  briefly  indicated, 
and  the  diseases  are  mentioned  in  which  their  use  has  been  recommended  ; 
synergists,  antagonists,  antidotes  and  incompatibles  are  also  indicated,  and 
finally  the  various  pharmaceutical  preparations  of  each  drug  with  their  doses. 
The  proof-reader  has  overlooked  some  errors,  like  fiores  arnica,  p.  49  ;  berberina 
sulphas,  p.  61  ;  guai(«)ci  lignum  and  resina,  pp.  138,  139.     The  book  is  a 
