Am.  .Tour.  Pharm.  1 
June,  1890.  j 
Reviews, 
317 
apparatus  and  with  the  spectra  of  the  sun  of  about  a  dozen  metals  and  of  a 
number  of  organic  compounds. 
The  book,  notwithstanding  the  convenient  alphabetical  arrangement,  is  pro- 
vided with  a  good  general  index,  containing  also  the  synonymous  terms  used 
for  the  reagents,  and  with  a  second  index  giving  in  alphabetical  order  the 
names  of  the  different  inorganic  and  organic  compounds,  with  the  tests  applied 
to  them,  and  in  each  case  with  references  to  the  page  of  the  work  where  the 
more  detailed  information  is  to  be  found. 
It  will  be  seen  from  the  above  that  we  regard  the  work  as  a  very  meritorious 
one,  containing  information  which  is  widely  scattered  throughout  the  chemical 
literature,  and  its  value  and  reliability  is  enhanced  by  the  care  bestowed  upon 
its  preparation,  it  being  evident  that  the  author  is  not  only  familiar  with  the 
literature  of  the  subject,  but  is  also  practically  acquainted  with  the  various 
reagents  and  methods  described,  and  with  their  relative  value  for  the  purposes 
for  which  they  have  been  recommended.  The  book  fills  a  want,  and  since  that 
want  is  well  filled,  it  deserves  a  place  in  every  library  intended  for  consultation 
in  connection  with  chemical  analytical  work. 
A  New  Medical  Dictionary ;  including  all  the  Words  and  Phrases  used  in 
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Medical  Literature.  By  George  M.  Gould,  B.A.,  M.D.,  Ophthalmic  Surgeon 
to  the  Philadelphia  Hospital,  etc.  With  Tables  of  the  Bacilli,  Micrococci,  Leu- 
cotnames,  Ptomaines,  etc.,  of  the  Arteries,  Muscles,  Nerves,  Ganglia  and 
Plexuses  ;  of  Weights  and  Measures,  Thermometers,  etc.  ;  and  Appendices 
containing  Classified  Tables,  with  Analyses  of  the  Waters  of  the  Mineral 
Springs  of  United  States,  and  Tables  of  Vital  Statistics.  Small  octavo,  520 
pages.  Half  Dark  Leather,  $3.25  ;  Half  Morocco,  Thumb  Index,  $4.25.  Phila- 
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Compactness  and  logicalness  of  arrangement,  conciseness  of  definitions, 
elimination  of  the  useless  and  convenience  of  size  and  price — such  are  the  aims, 
as  stated  by  the  author,  which  guided  him  in  preparing  the  volume  before  us  ; 
and  to  these  must  be  added  the  endeavor  to  include  those  new  words  and 
phrases  created  during  the  past  ten  years  which  appeared  destined  to  continuous 
usage.  These  objects,  on  the  whole,  have  been  well  accomplished.  The  occa- 
sional erroneous  accentuation  of  a  word — as,  f.  i.,  Anthemis,  p.  44  ;  Viridis, 
p.  258,  and  Oleum,  pp.  313,  384  and  400 — is  evidently  due  to  oversight.  But  in 
a  number  of  cases  errors  are  noticed  which  can  scarcely  be  attributed  to  the 
same  cause.  Thus  we  find  on  p.  44  Antharobiu,  instead  of  Anthrarobin  ;  on 
pp.44  and  107,  Chrysobarin,  instead  of  Qhrysarobin ;  on  pp.  56  and  373, 
Aspi^'o-sperma,  etc.  The  horse-chestnut  is  spelled  Esculus  (^Escuius).  Under 
Coco  or  Cocoa,  p.  112,  Theobroma  is  referred  to,  but  nothing  is  said  of  Cocos. 
Uncertainties  are  observed  due  to  the  otherwise  commendable  aim  of  briefness 
and  for  economizing  space,  thus  01.  is  used  for  Oleum  as  well  as  for  Oleatum  ; 
Pelargonic  Acid  is  defined  as  a  Complex  Ether ;  The  Latin  terms  Artemisia, 
Gynocardia,  Heracleum,  Paullinia  and  others  have  been  omitted,  though  the 
corresponding  English  terms  are  assigned  to  their  proper  places. 
A  number  of  carefully  prepared  tables  have  been  admitted  in  the  text  in 
appropriate  places,  such  as  tables  of  arteries,  bacilli,  micrococci,  muscles, 
