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Medical  Symbolism,  in  connection  with  historical  studies  in  the  arts  of 
healing  and  hygiene.  Illustrated.  By  Thos.  S.  Sozinskey,  M.D.,  Ph.D.,  etc. 
Philadelphia  and  London  :  F.  A.  Davis.    1891.    pp.171.    Price,  $1.00. 
A  very  interesting  little  work,  treating  quite  fully  of  medical  mythology  and 
the  origin  and  meaning  of  such  symbols  like  the  ifjsculapian  staff  and  serpent, 
the  pinecone,  tree  of  life,  pentacle,  etc.  A  small  chapter  is  also  devoted  to 
pharmacists'  symbols,  and  the  author  comes  to  the  conclusion  that  "say  1,000 
years  before  Moses,  people  were  in  the  habit  of  having  medicines  stored  in 
vases  of  a  set  kind,  and  that  the  Babylonians  had  considerable  pharmaceutical 
knowledge."  The  work,  is  posthumous,  the  author  having  died  two  years  ago, 
and  is  published  as  No.  9  in  the  Physicians'  and  Students'  Ready  Reference 
Series. 
Apergu  du  Premier  Rapporl  du  Laboratoire  Chimico-Pharmaceutique 
du  Jardin  Botanique  de  l'Etat  de  Buitenzorg.    Par  M.  Greshoff.    8vo,  pp.  14. 
Brief  account  of  the  first  report  from  the  chemico-pharmaceutical  Laboratory 
of  the  State  Botanical  Garden  at  Buitenzorg. 
A  reprint  from  vol.  ix  of  the  Annales  du  Jardin  Botanique  de  Buitenzorg. 
The  interesting  results  of  the  investigations  carried  on  by  the  author,  are  given 
in  a  paper  published  in  our  last  number,  pp.  230-236. 
Proceedings  of  the  New  Hampshire  Pharmaceutical  Association,  at  the 
seventeenth  annual  meeting  held  at  The  Weirs,  September  16  and  17,  1890. 
Derry  :  1891,  pp.  37. 
The  executive  officers  for  the  current  year  are  E.  H.  Currier,  Manchester, 
president ;  S.  H.  Bell,  Derry  Depot,  secretary  ;  and  P.  A.  James,  Manchester, 
treasurer.  The  next  annual  meeting  will  be  held  at  Exeter  on  the  second 
Tuesday  of  September,  1891. 
The  Total  Eclipse  of  the  Sun,  January  1,  1889.  A  report  of  the  Observations 
made  by  the  Washington  University  Eclipse  Party  at  Norman,  California. 
Published  by  the  Academy  of  Science,  of  St.  Louis.  Cambridge  :  John  Wilson 
&  Son,  1891,  40.    pp.  39. 
The  interesting  pamphlet  contains  seven  large  illustrations  from  photographs 
and  drawings  made,  during  the  eclipse,  of  the  sun  and  corona. 
How  should  girls  be  educated?  A  public  health  problem,  for  mothers,  edu- 
cators and  physicians.  By  William  Warren  Potter,  M.D.,  of  Buffalo.  8vo, 
PP-  17. 
The  anniversary  address  of  the  President,  delivered  at  the  85th  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  Medical  Society  of  the  State  of  New  York,  reprinted  from  the 
Transactions. 
Ueber  eine  interessante  Reaction  des  p-Phenetidins  und  Phenacetins.  Von 
Ludwig  Reuter.    Heidelberg,  1891,  pp.  8. 
On  an  interesting  reaction  of  para-phenetidin  and  phenacetin. 
