Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Aug.,  1891. 
Reviews. 
419 
Arzneimittel  welche  in  dem  Arzneibuch  fur  das  Deutsche  Reich,  Dritte  Aus- 
gabe  (Pharniacopcea  Germanica,  editio  III),  nicht  enthalten  sind.  Bearbeitet 
und  herausgegeben  von  dem  Deutschen  Apotheker-Verein.  Berlin.  1891. 
Selbstverlag  des  Deutschen  Apotheker-Vereins.    8vo.    Pp.  320. 
Medicaments  which  are  not  contained  in  the  German  Pharmacopoeia,  third 
edition. 
A  pharmacopoeia  naturally  does  not  contain  all  the  drugs  and  preparations 
which  are  employed  as  medicines,  but  only  such  which,  on  account  of  their 
general  use  or  their  efficiency,  have  attained  a  certain  prominence  over  others. 
Medicaments  not  thus  officially  recognized  are,  however,  more  or  less  pre- 
scribed by  p'hysicians,  and  in  order  to  obtain  the  desirable  uniformity  also  in 
non-pharmacopoeial  medicines,  the  Pharmaceutical  Associations  of  several 
countries  have  found  it  necessary  to  issue  what  may  be  considered  Supple- 
ments to  their  pharmacopoeias.  In  such  a  manner  originated  the  "  National 
Formulary"  as  a  supplement  to  the  pharmacopoeia  of  the  United  States  ;  and 
the  work  now  before  us  is  an  analogous  supplement  to  the  recently  issued  Ger- 
man pharmacopoeia.  It  is  printed  in  the  German  language,  and  has  been  prepared 
in  a  style  similar  to  that  of  the  pharmacopoeia,  by  a  special  commission  of  the 
German  Apothecaries'  Association  charged  with  pharmacopoeial  labors.  The 
number  of  medicaments  in  this  work  is  811  ;  but  of  these  a  large  number  are 
either  chemical  compounds,  or  crude  drugs  of  vegetable  or  animal  origin. 
Among  the  former  may  be  mentioned  crude  hydrochloric  acid,  oxalic  acid, 
stearic  acid,  some  ammonium  salts  (benzoate,  iodide,  nitrate,  oxalate  and 
phosphate),  salts  of  quinine,  morphine,  barium,  lithium,  etc.,  alkaloids  (aconi- 
tine,  atropine,  hydrastine,  eseridine,  etc.),  other  proximate  principles  (amyg- 
dalin,  cumarin,  cantharidin,  kosin,  papayotin,  etc.),  synthetic  chemicals  (iodol, 
methacetin,  orexin,  thiol,  saccharin,  etc.).  Among  the  crude  drugs  alluded 
to  are  found  cochineal,  castoreum,  cuttle-fish,  various  roots,  rhizomes,  leaves, 
flowers,  fruits,  seeds,  resins,  six  wines  of  different  origin,  etc.  It  will  be 
observed  that  the  work  is  far  more  comprehensive,  than  those  issued  in  this 
country  and  in  Great  Britain,  both  of  which  confine  themselves  to  formulas 
for  medicinal  preparations  of  various  kinds,  a  course  which  appears  to  us  to 
be  preferable  to  the  one  adopted  in  the  work  just  described.  The  articles  are 
alphabetically  arranged  by  their  Latin  titles,  which  are  followed  by  the  Ger- 
man synonyms  ;  a  table  is  appended  giving  the  usual  maximal  doses  of  the 
more  active  medicaments  ;  and  two  other  tables  contain  the  names  of  poisonous 
articles  which  are  recommended  to  be  kept  under  lock  and  key,  and  others 
which  are  less  dangerous,  but  are  recommended  to  be  kept  separate  from  the 
non -poisonous  medicaments.  Among  the  numerous  formulas  we  find  many 
which  are  apparently  little  used  in  this  country.  The  work  is  handsomely 
gotten  up  ;  the  types  are  clear,  and  the  text  is  well  displayed. 
A  Course  of  Home  Study  for  Pharmacists ;  first  lessons  in  the  study  of 
Pharmacy.  By  Oscar  Oldberg,  P.D.,  Professor  of  Pharmacy,  etc.  With  150 
'illustrations.  Chicago  :  Published  by  the  Apothecaries'  Company.  8vo.  Pp. 
XIV  and  523. 
The  author  presents  here,  in  a  compact  form,  the  outlines  of  the  sciences 
related  to  applied  pharmacy  (botany  is  excepted)  in  such  a  manner  as  to  be 
adapted  for  home  study.    In  Part  I  the  elements  of  pharmaceutical  physics 
