Am.  Jour.  Pharrn.) 
April,  189u.  J 
Reviews. 
205 
added.  In  all  other  places  where  a  reference  to  the  plant  named  may  be 
looked  for,  it  will  also  be  found. 
The  useful  tables  alluded  to  on  the  title-page  comprise  the  following  :  1,  doses 
of  medicines  ;  2,  poisoning  and  antidotes  ;  3,  numbering  of  spectacle  glasses  ; 
4,  life  tables  ;  5,  relation  of  girth  of  chest  to  height;  6,  dimensions  of  parts 
and  organs  of  body  ;  7,  weight  of  organs  of  human  body  ;  8,  dimensions  and 
weights  of  fcetus  ;  9  and  10,  graphic  comparison  of  weights,  measures  and  ther- 
mometric  scales,  and,  finally,  six  tables  of  foods  and  dietaries,  prepared  by 
Prof.  Atwater,  and  accompanied  by  two  colored  charts.  The  preliminary 
matter  closes  with  a  list  of  abbreviations  used  in  the  work. 
The  mechanical  part  of  the  book  is  in  keeping  with  the  excellence  of  the 
contents.    Paper,  typography,  binding,  etc.,  leave  nothing  to  be  desired. 
The  Paris  Universal  Exhibition.    Pp.  76. 
A  reprint  from  the  Pharmaceutical  Journal  and  Transactions,  giving  a  full 
and  very  interesting  account  of  the  raw  material  and  products  shown  at  the 
Exposition,  held  during  the  past  year.  In  regard  to  the  general  character  of 
these  exhibits,  the  writer  states  that  ' '  there  is  little  shown  that  can  be 
described  as  sensational  or  novel.  The  exhibits  are  good— more,  many  of  them 
are  of  great  beauty  and  interest — but  it  can  hardly  be  claimed  that  any  very 
important  advance  in  chemistry  or  pharmacy  is  here  represented  for  the  first 
time.  Perhaps  the  most  obvious  impression  that  is  borne  in  upon  the  mind  of 
the  observer  is  that  the  practitioner  of  old-fashioned  galenical  pharmacy  is  in 
France,  as  m  other  countries,  fast  superseded  by  the  chemical  manufacturer  on 
the  one  hand  and  the  medical  confectioner  on  the  other." 
Laboratory  Year-Book,  1890.  By  J.  H.  Appleton,  A.M.,  Professor  of  Chem- 
istry in  Brown  University,  Providence,  R.  I.    Gordon  Roscoe  &  Co. 
A  little  pamphlet  of  31  pages  (price,  12  cents),  containing  a  few  notes  on 
work  done  during  the  past  year  and  several  useful  tables. 
Proceedings  of  the  National  Wholesale  Druggists'  Association,  in  convention 
at  Indianapolis,  October  22,  23,  24,  25,  1889.    Minneapolis,  1890.    Pp.  267. 
The  pamphlet  is  issued  by  the  Secretary,  Mr.  A.  B.  Merriam,  Minneapolis. 
Mr.  Peter  Van  Schaack,  Chicago,  is  the  President  for  the  current  year. 
Proceedings  of  the  Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  its  Seventh 
Annual  Meeting,  held  at  Detroit,  September  17,  18  and  19,  1889.  Ann  Arbor, 
1890.    8vo.    Pp.  149. 
A  number  of  valuable  papers  were  read  at  this  meeting,  many  of  them  on 
subjects  investigated  at  the  School  of  Pharmacy  of  the  University  of  Michigan. 
The  officers  for  the  current  year  are  Frank  Inglis,  Detroit,  President  ;  H.  J. 
Brown,  Ann  Arbor,  Secretary  ;  W.  Dupont,  Detroit,  Treasurer,  and  D.  E. 
Prall,  Local  Secretary.  The  next  meeting  will  be  held  at  Saginaw,  Sep- 
tember 16th. 
Pharmaceutical  Register  of  Victoria  for  1889.    Melbourne,  1890. 
This  Register  is  published  annually,  under  the  direction  of  the  Pharmacy 
Board  of  Victoria. 
Report  of  the  Kansas  State  Board  of  Agriculture  for  the  Quarter  ending 
December  31,  1889.    M.  Mohler,  Secretary,  Topeka.    Pp..  143  and  31. 
Besides  the  statistical  and  meteorological  information,  the  pamphlet  contains 
interesting  reports  on  the  manufacture  of  sugar  from  sorghum  and  beet,  and  a 
