4/8 
Reviews, 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Sept.,  1890. 
one  sample  was  strongly  acid,  and  eight  were  of  good  or  fair  quality.  The 
various  diluted  acids  were  not  unfrequently  found  to  be  deficient  in  strength, 
or  occasionally  considerably  stronger  than  they  should  have  been.  Twenty- 
one  out  of  68  samples  of  stronger  ether  had  an  excessive  specific  gravity.  The 
remaining  chemicals  and  drugs  were  of  good  quality,  with  but  few  exceptions. 
The  Preferable  Climate  for  Consumption ,  or  the  comparative  importance  of 
different  climatic  attributes  in  the  arrest  of  chronic  pulmonary  disease.  By 
Chas.  Denison,  A.M.,  M.D.,  etc. 
The  author,  who  is  professor  of  diseases  of  the  chest  and  of  climatology  in 
the  Medical  Department  of  the  University  of  Denver,  treats  of  a  subject 
of  great  importance  in  the  treatment  of  the  disease  mentioned.  His  essay  was 
presented  to  the  Ninth  International  Medical  Congress,  and  is  now  republished 
by  order  of  the  Legislature  of  Colorado. 
The  reception  of  the  following  pamphlets  is  herewith  acknowledged  : 
The  Valedictory  Address.— By  B.  Ogle  Tayloe,  Phar.D.,  of  the  National 
College  of  Pharmacy,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Analysis  of  Chocolate  and  Cocoa. — By  Geo.  F.  Weida,  assistant  in  the 
University  of  Kansas. 
A  History  of  Spectacles. — By  L.  Webster  Fox,  M.D.,  ophthalmic  surgeon  to 
the  Germantown  Hospital,  Philadelphia. 
Electrolysis  i?i  the  Treatment  of  Stricture  of  the  Rectum. — By  Rob.  New- 
man, M.D.,  consulting  surgeon  Hackensack  Hospital. 
A  Rational  Brace  for  the  Treatment  of  Caries  of  the  Vertebrce. — (Potts' 
disease.) 
A  Practical  Splint  for  Inflammatory  Conditions  of  foints. 
The  Treatment  of  Torticollis.— (Wry-Neck.) 
The  last  three  essays  are  by  Dr.  Chas.  F.  Stillman,  of  Chicago. 
A  Compend  of  Chemistry,  inorganic  and  organic ;  including  Urinary 
Analysis.  By  Henry  Leffmann,  M.D.,  etc.  Third  edition,  revised.  Philadel- 
phia :  P.  Blackiston,  Son  &  Co.  1890.  i6mo,  pp.  193.  Price,  cloth,  $1  ; 
interleaved,  25  cents. 
This  little  book  is  intended  for  the  student,  to  save  him  the  trouble  of 
taking  copious  notes  during  the  lectures,  and  to  aid  him  in  reviewing  the  sub- 
ject matter  systematically .  It  outlines  the  science  of  chemistry  with  special 
reference  to  the  wants  of  the  medical  student,  thus  saving  to  the  latter  the 
time  and  labor  of  preparing  excerpts — or  at  least  many  such — from  the 
larger  text-books.  Its  contents  are  divided  into  chapters  on  general  principles, 
inorganic  chemistry,  organic  chemistry,  biological  chemistry,  urinary  analysis 
and  antidotes.  That  the  author,  who  holds  the  Chair  of  Chemistry  in  sev- 
eral colleges,  understands  the  needs  of  the  students,  is  shown  by  the  entire 
make-up  of  this  book,  its  scope  and  the  clearness  and  accuracy  of  its  state- 
ments ;  also  by  its  freedom  from  stereotypic  queries  and  answers,  notwith- 
standing the  book  is  designated  as  a  "  quiz-compend."  If  we  were  to  suggest 
what  in  our  opinion,  would  be  an  improvement,  we  would  recommend  that 
greater  prominence  be  given  to  those  reactions  between  medicinal  agents 
which  result  in  insoluble,  or  otherwise  strikingly  different  compounds,  causing 
those  agents  to  be  considered  "  incompatible." 
