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legitimate  and  essential  to  the  welfare  of  the  people,  we  claim  to  have  the 
same  rights  to-day  that  we  have  always  had,  and  demand  the  same  privileges 
that  are  accorded  to  other  American  manufacturers  and  dealers. 
"  Resolved,  That  we  denounce  this  attempt  to  extort  a  tax,  under  the  fLinisy 
guise  of  a  license,  to  help  pay  the  expenses  of  the  Agricultural  Department  ; 
we  deny  that  the  exigencies  of  the  case  call  for  an  arbitrary  interference  with 
our  business  ;  we  condemn  this  attempt  to  put  us  under  the  control  of  an 
imperious  chief  of  a  division  or  Secretary  of  a  department,  with  whom  we  have 
never  had  any  connection  whatever,  and  never  can  have  any  analogical  relation 
so  long  as  agriculture  and  materia  medica  remain  separate  and  distinct. 
" Resolved,  That  we  shall  oppose  such  inconsiderate,  unjust  and  partial 
legislation,  believing  that  this  is  the  proper  and  only  course  for  us  to  pursue  as 
free  American  citizens." 
Committees  of  druggists  from  New  York  and  Philadelphia  had  a  hearing 
before  the  Senate  Committee,  May  27,  and  learned  that  the  bill  had  been 
entirely  remodelled  upon  the  basis  of  the  one  submitted  by  the  former  Com- 
mittee, and  that  the  objectionable  features  had  been  eliminated. 
Lactose  and  Glucose,  according  to  the  observations  made  by  Dr.  Sophie 
Meilach(i?w//.  Gin.  de  Therap.,  1890,  p.  24-39),  are  powerful  diuretics.  They 
do  not  produce  any  nervous  troubles,  and  do  not  pass  into  the  urine,  but  are 
burned  up  in  the  organism.  The  dose  of  lactose  is  100  gm.  for  2  liters  of 
liquid.  A  syrup  containing  75  per  cent,  of  glucose  produces  its  maximum 
effect  in  the  dose  of  200  gm. ;  150  gm.  cause  an  abundant  polyuria,  and  100  gm. 
suffice  for  giving  a  diuresis  greater  than  normal. — See  also  Amer.  Jour,  of 
Pharm.,  1889,  p.  417. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Poisons  and  Their  Antidotes. — St.  Louis,  Mo.  Druggist  Publishing  Co. 
A  chart  arranged  in  tabular  form  and  in  alphabetical  order  for  convenience 
of  reference,  giving  the  common  poisonous  compounds  and  their  antidotes  . 
The  treatment  is  described  with  sufficient  details  for  practical  application.  In 
some  cases  where  particular  indications  require  special  treatment,  the  symp- 
toms are  also  described,  and,  when  necessary,  the  mode  of  preparing  antidotes, 
which  cannot  be  kept  on  hand  ready  made,  is  indicated.  The  chart  will  serve 
a  useful  purpose  to  apothecaries  and  others  who,  in  cases  of  emergency  and  in 
the  absence  of  a  physician,  may  be  called  upon  to  administer  antidotes  in  cases 
of  poisoning. 
Uses,  tests  for  purity  and  preparation  of  chemical  reagents  employed  in 
qualitative,  quantitative,  volumetric,  docimastic,  microscopic  and  petrographic 
analyses,  with  a  supplement  on  the  use  of  the  spectroscope.  By  Charles  O. 
Curtman,  M.D.,  Professor  of  Chemistry  and  Director  of  Chemical  Laboratory 
in  the  Missouri  Medical  College.  With  twelve  plates.  St.  Louis,  Mo. :  J.  L. 
Boland  Book  and  Stationery  Co..  1890.  pp.  256.  Price,  cloth,  $1.75  ;  leather, 
$2.25. 
An  excellent  and  very  useful  work  for  all  who  are  engaged  in  analytical 
researches.    It  gives  full  and  reliable  information  on  almost  any  question  con- 
