564 
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f  Am.  Jour.  Pharos. 
X       Nov.,  1891. 
loin.  Dr.  Miller  said  that  in  veterinary  practice  Barbadoes  aloes  is  the  only  one 
at  all  used. 
Mr.  Beringer  read  a  paper  upon  the  ideal  preceptor,  which  was  well  re- 
ceived ;  and  on  motion  all  the  papers  read  were  referred  .  to  the  committee 
on  publication.  Jos.  W.  England,  Secy. 
REVIEWS. 
A  Hand-book  of  Industrial  Organic  Chemistry \  adapted  for  the  use  of  manu- 
facturers, chemists  and  all  interested  in  the  utilization  of  organic  materials  in 
the  industtial  arts.  By  Samuel  P.  Sadtler,  Ph.D.,  author  of  "A  Hand-book  of 
Chemical  Experimentation,"  etc.  Philadelphia  :  J.  B.  Lippincott  Company. 
1891.    8vo.    Pp.  519. 
The  field  covered  by  this  work  comprises  those  industries  working  with  raw 
materials  of  organic  origin,  namely,  petroleum,  fats,  volatile  oils,  resins,  sugar, 
starch,  fermentation  products,  milk,  textile  fibres,  animal  tissues,  destructive 
distillation,  coloring  matters,  bleaching,  dyeing  and  textile  printing.  It  was 
the  author's  aim  within  the  compass  of  a  moderate  sized  volume  to  show  in 
language  capable  of  being  understood  even  by  those  not  specially  trained  in 
chemistry  the  existing  conditions  of  a  number  of  the  more  important  chemical 
industries.  These  conditions  are  explained,  in  a  brief  but  very  lucid  and 
thorough  manner,  in  the  different  chapters  under  the  following  headings  :  raw 
materials  ;  processes  of  manufacture  ;  products  ;  analytical  tests  and  methods  ; 
bibliography  and  statistics.  It  will  be  observed  that  the  information  imparted 
by  the  text  is  quite  comprehensive.  It  gives  the  outlines  of  the  processes, 
tests,  etc.,  with  sufficient  minuteness  to  be  of  practical  usefulness  to  the  intelli- 
gent reader,  and  in  addition  refers  those  in  quest  of  still  greater  details  to  the 
most  available  sources.  The  127  well  executed  illustrations  which  are  scat- 
tered through  the  text,  are,  with  few  exceptions,  representations  of  apparatus 
employed  in  the  manufacture  of  the  products  treated  of,  and  will  materially 
aid  in  comprehending  the  working  processes.  The  diagrams  will  likewise  be 
appreciated  by  the  student,  as  they  show  at  a  glance  the  manipulations  for 
carrying  out  the  processes  thus  illustrated,  and  the  results  to  be  obtained. 
The  appendix  contains  useful  tables  explaining  the  metric  system,  thermo- 
metric  equivalents  and  specific  gravity  tables  ;  a  good  index  occupies  the  last  19 
pages.  The  mechanical  make-up  of  the  book  is  in  keeping  with  its  intrinsic 
literary  value. 
Influence  of  Heredity  in  producing  disease  and  degeneracy.  The  remedy- 
By  Gonzalva  C.  Smythe,  A.M.,  M.D.,  of  Greencastle,  Ind.    8vo.    Pp.  24. 
The  presidential  address  delivered  before  the  Indiana  State  Medical  Society, 
June  10,  1891. 
The  following  printed  Proceedings  of  State  Pharmaceutical  Associations 
have  been  received ; 
Georgia.  Sixteenth  annual  meeting.  Pp.  88.  See  July  number,  p.  369. 
Next  meeting  at  Columbus,  May  10,  1892  ;  J.  P.  Turner,  Local  Secretary. 
Nebraska.  Tenth  annual  meeting.  Pp.  136.  Next  meeting  at  Grand 
Island,  June  7,  1892  ;  F.  S.  Hazard,  Local  Secretary. 
New  fersey.     Twenty-first  annual  meeting.     Pp.  82.     See  July  number, 
