Am.  Jour.  Pharin. 
Oct.,  1890. 
Revieivs. 
541 
A  Libel  Suit  has  been  entered  by  William  Radam,  manufacturer  of 
Radam's  Microbe  Killer,  against  the  Druggists'  Circular,  of  New  York,  for 
$200,000  damages,  the  largest  amount  so  far  as  heard  from  that  was  ever  asked 
for  in  a  suit  of  this  kind.  The  pleadings  show  that  the  action  is  brought  to 
recover  damages  claimed  to  have  been  done  the  business  of  the  plaintiff  by  an 
article  published  in  the  Druggists'  Circular  for  September,  1889.  This  article 
gave  the  result  of  an  analysis  made  by  Dr.  R.  G.  Bccles,  who  stated  that  a 
preparation  identical  with  the  Microbe  Killer  could  be  made  at  a  cost  of  less 
than  five  cents  per  gallon  for  which  Radam  charged  three  dollars,  by  mixing 
oil  of  vitriol  (impure)  4  drams,  muriatic  acid  (impure)  1  dram,  red  wine,  about 
1  ounce,  and  well  or  spring  water  1  gallon. 
The  Druggists'  Circular  expresses  a  desire  to  hear  of  any  case  in  which 
unfavorable  results  have  followed  the  administration  of  the  Microbe  Killer,  or 
of  any  other  fact  that  would  be  interesting  under  the  circumstances.  Should 
any  of  our  readers  be  in  possession  of  such  facts,  they  are  requested  to  com- 
municate the  same  to  that  publication. 
The  American  Public  Health  Association  will  hold  its  eighteenth  annual 
meeting  in  the  city  of  Charleston,  S.  C,  December  16  to  19,  next.  Besides  the 
papers  which  will  be  read,  the  following  subjects  will  be  presented  for  discus- 
sion :  Heating,  lighting,  drainage  and  ventilation  of  houses  ;  sewage  disposal ; 
maritime  sanitation  at  ports  of  arrival ;  prevention  and  restriction  of  tuber- 
culosis ;  isolation  hospitals  ;  climatic  establishments  for  tuberculous  persons. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Arzneibuch  fur  das  Deutsche  Reich.  Dritte  Ausgabe.  Pharmacopcea  Ger- 
manica,  Editio  III.  Berlin,  1890.  R.  V.  Decker's  Verlag.  8vo.  Pp.  432. 
Price,  bound,  Mark  2.30. 
Perhaps  the  most  striking  difference  of  the  present  edition  of  the  German 
Pharmacopoeia  from  its  predecessors  is  that  it  has  been  printed  in  the  German 
language,  instead  of  in  the  Latin  tongue.  But  the  names  of  the  drugs  and 
preparations  are  given  in  Latin  with  their  German  equivalents.  It  is  impossible 
to  give,  within  the  limited  space  of  this  notice,  a  critical  review  of  the  con- 
tents of  the  book,  and  for  the  present  we  have  to  content  ourselves  with  the 
enumeration  of  the  most  important  changes  regarding  admission  and  rejection 
of  officinals. 
The  following,  which  were  contained  in  the  second  edition,  have  been 
dropped:  Acet.  digitalis,  acid,  carbol.  crud.,  acid,  hydrochlor.  crud.,  antidotum 
arsenici,  aq.  aurantii,  aq.  menthae  crispae,  calc.  phosphor,  crud.,  castoreum, 
chininum  bisulfuricum,  chinoidinum,  codeinum,  cupr.  oxyd.,  decoct,  sarsap. 
compos,  mitius,  extr.  aconiti,  extr.  cannab.  ind.,  extr.  digitalis,  extr.  graminis, 
extr.  helenii,  extr.  quassise,  extr.  sabinae,  extr.  scillae,  ferrum  jodatum,  fol. 
menth.  crisp.,  gelat.  carrag.,  gelat.  lich.  island.,  gland,  lupuli,  herb,  cannab. 
ind.,  hydrarg.  jodat.,  lactucarium,  laminaria,  linim.  terebin.,  liquor  corrosivus, 
liq.  ferri  sulf.  oxydat.,  mangan.  sulfur.,  morphin.  sulfur.,  natrium  benzoic,  ol. 
aurant.  flor.,  ol.  cajeputi,  ol.  cocos,  ol.  rapae,  plumb,  jodat.,  rad.  helenii,  rad. 
liquir.  (Spanish),  rhiz.  graminis,  rhiz.  imperat.,  rhiz.  torment.,  summit,  sabinae, 
syr.  aurant.  flor.,  tinct.  aloes,  tine,  asae  foet.,  tine,  cannab.  ind.,. tine,  castor., 
