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Reviews. 
Am.  Jour.  Phartrt. 
June,  1890. 
nerves,  etc.  ;  and  in  the  Appendix  are  found  a  very  valuable  account  of  the 
mineral  springs  of  the  United  States,  and  numerous  interesting  tables  on  vital 
statistics.  The  preliminary  pages  contain  also  some  valuable  reference  tables, 
namely,  lists  of  abbreviations,  prefixes,  suffixes,  etc. 
The  mechanical  part  of  the  work  «is  very  inviting.  The  shortcomings  which 
we  have  pointed  out  are  such  as  are  likely  to  happen  in  the  first  edition  of  such 
a  work  ;  they  do  not  seriously  affect  its  value  as  a  reliable  book  of  reference, 
and  as  such  it  will  doubtless  be  found  valuable  by  those  consulting  it. 
The  Extra  Pharmacopoeia,  with  the  additions  introduced  into  the  British 
Pharmacopoeia,  1S85.  By  Wm.  Martindale,  F.C.S.,  etc.  Medical  References 
and  a  Therapeutic  Index  of  Diseases  and  Symptoms,  by  W.  Wynn  Westcott, 
M.  B.  Lond.,  etc.    Sixth  edition.    London  :    H.  K.  Lewis.    1890.    p.  485. 
The  preceding  edition  of  this  work  was  noticed  by  us  in  the  issue  for  October, 
1888.  Compared  with  the  present  edition,  the  text  of  the  latter  is  found  to 
have  been  in  part  rewritten,  deleted  and  condensed,  so  as  to  make  room  for 
the  new  material,  among  which  we  find  phenylacetic,  phenylpropionic,  and 
trichloracetic  acids,  anthrarobin,  cresalol,  chloralamide,  benzanilide,  monobro- 
manilide,  exalgin,  hydracetin,  methacetin,  orexine,  safrol,  thiol,  thioresorcin, 
soninal,  ural  and  others.  The  work,  from  the  time  of  its  first  appearance,  has 
met  with  great  favor,  because  dealing  with  extra-pharmacopceial  compounds 
and  preparations.  It  is  an  excellent  reference  book  for  this  class  of  medicines, 
which  during  recent  years  have  been  introduced  in  great  numbers.  Regarding 
some  of  these  preparations,  Ave  desire  to  quote  from  the  author's  preface  a  short 
paragraph  to  which  we  have  not  previously  referred,  and  in  which  they  hold 
"that  the  art  of  pharmacy  should  tend  towards  making  medicines  palatable, 
but  not  at  the  expense  of  their  efficacy  ;  they  should  be  combined  extempora- 
neously to  suit  the  disease  ;  the  reverse  method  should  be  avoided,  in  which 
the  patient  is  treated  by  ready-made  compounds,  prepared  to  suit  imaginary 
cases,  as  is  too  much  the  tendency  of  the  present  day." 
Pharmacographia  Indica.  A  History  of  the  Principal  Drugs  of  Vegetable 
Origin,  Met  with  in  India.  By  AVm.  Dymock,  Brigade  Surgeon,  Bombay  Army, 
etc.  ;  C.J.  H.Warden,  Surgeon-Major,  Bengal  Army,  etc.,  and  D.  Hooper,  Quin- 
ologist  to  the  Government  of  Madras,  Ootacamund.  London  :  Kegan  Paul, 
Trench,  Triibner  &  Co.  1890. 
In  our  issue  of  last  October,  we  commented  on  the  first  part  of  this  excellent 
and  important  work,  and  endeavored  to  give  an  idea  of  its  scope  and  arrange- 
ment. We  have  now  before  us  Part  II,  which  concludes  the  first  volume  of 
600  pages.  It  concludes  with  the  drugs  from  the  order  of  Rhizophoreae,  leaving 
about  a  dozen  orders  of  the  polypetalous  dicotyledons  to  be  considered,  several 
of  which  are  of  considerable  importance,  owing  to  the  drugs  derived  from  them, 
or  to  the  number  of  species  belonging  thereto.  The  most  important  orders  in 
the  part  now  before  us  are  Burseraceae,  Anacardiacese,  Leguminosee  and  Rosa- 
ceae,  all  of  which  furnish  a  number  of  important  drugs  used  in  India,  many  of 
which  are  but  little  known  outside  of  that  country.  The  drugs  are  too  numer- 
ous to  be  mentioned  in  a  review  of  the  work,  but  we  are  satisfied  that  we  shall 
frequently  have  occasion. to  refer  to  Pharmacographia  Indica  for  reliable  infor- 
mation on  Indian  drugs,  and  more  particularly  such  which  are  not,  or  only  to 
