374 
Reviews. 
( Am.  Jour,  Pharrn. 
t       July,  1891. 
handy  and  useful  remembrancer  to  the  physician,  giving  information  on  all 
pharmacopceial  remedial  agents,  and  on  a  large  number  of  old  and  of  recently 
introduced  drugs. 
Veterinary  Counter  Practice.  A  treatise  on  the  diseases  of  animals  and  the 
most  suitable  remedies  for  them.  Written  expressly  for  chemists  and  drug- 
gists by  qualified  members  of  the  Royal  Veterinary  Colleges.  Published  at  the 
offices  of  the  "  Chemist  and  Druggist,"  London  and  Melbourne.  i2tno,  pp.  268. 
Price,  3^.  6d. 
A  popular  treatise  on  diseases  of  animals  and  on  suitable  remedies  therefor  is 
here  presented,  which  while  mainly  intended  for  the  apothecary  and  druggist, 
may  also  be  consulted  by  other  intelligent  persons  interested  in  domestic 
animals.  Opening  with  general  remarks  on  the  treatment  of  animals  in  disease, 
the  veterinary  medicines  of  more  general  application  are  next  considered  and 
a  number  of  formulas  are  presented,  after  which  the  diseases  of  the  different 
animals  are  described  and  their  special  treatment  indicated.  Most  of  the 
space  is  devoted  to  the  diseases  of  the  horse  ;  next  to  cattle,  sheep,  pigs,  dogs 
and  poultry.  An  appendix  contains  a  copy  of  the  Veterinary  Surgeons  Act  of 
1881,  a  synopsis  of  the. Contagious  Diseases  (Animals)  Acts,  of  the  British  laws 
relating  to  the  sale  of  horses,  and  the  veterinary  curriculum.  A  good  index 
renders  the  consulting  of  the  little  work  quite  easy.  The  book  is  intelligently 
written,  suitably  illustrated,  and  appears  to  well  fulfil  its  aim  of  presenting 
suggestions  which  in  many  instances  will  enable  the  druggist  to  understand 
cases  detailed  to  him  at  his  counter  and  to  supply  the  most  suitable  remedy. 
The  Species  of  Epilobium  occurring  north  of  Mexico.  By  William  Trelease. 
8vo.  pp.  50,  and  48  plates. 
This  monograph  is  a  separate  issue  from  the  second  annual  report  of  the 
Missouri  Botanical  Garden,  in  which  the  author  critically  reviews  the  North 
American  species  of  Epilobium,  describing  thirty-eight,  and  an  additional  one, 
E.  Pringleanum,  Haussknecht,  which  he  had  doubtfully  described  as  a  variety, 
gracillimum,  of  E.  Oregonense,  Haussknecht.  Several  other  plants  are  men- 
tioned which  are  regarded  as  hybrids,  or  some  of  them  possibly  as  distinct 
species.  The  monograph  is  a  very  valuable  addition  to  North  American 
botanical  literature  ;  the  plates  are  handsomely  executed,  and  plainly  illustrate 
the  characteristics  of  the  species. 
Proceedings  of  the  Seventh  Annual  Convention  of  the  Association  of  official 
Agricultural  Chemists,  held  at  the  U.  S.  National  Museum,  August  28,  29  and 
30,  1890.  Edited  by  Harvey  W.  Wiley,  Secretary  of  the  Association.  Pub- 
lished by  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture.  Washington,  1890.  8vo. 
pp.  238. 
The  pamphlet  is  issued  as  Bulletin  No.  28,  Division  of  Chemistry,  U.  S. 
Department  of  Agriculture.  It  contains  methods  of  analysis  of  commercial 
fertilizers,  foods  and  feeding  stuffs,  dairy  products,  fermented  liquors  and 
sugars. 
Annual  Address  of  the  President,  Dr.  C.  A.  Crampton,  delivered  before  the 
Chemical  Society  of  Washington,  January  22,  1891,  on  food  preservation  and 
food  preservatives.    8vo.    pp.  24. 
Reprint  from  Bulletin  No.  6  of  the  Chemical  Society  of  Washington. 
