1 88  Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices.    { ^^f; S3arm- 
diphtheria  antitoxin;  but  it  must  be  remembered  that  the  distances 
from  the  manufacturers'  laboratories  in  Germany  to  the  Imperial 
Institute  at  Frankfort  are  trifling  as  compared  with  the  magnificent 
distances  to  be  encountered  in  the  United  States,  so  that  the 
question  of  transportation  in  this  country  presents  a  marked 
contrast. 
"  The  use  of  a  preservative,  whether  phenol,  tricresol,  or  some 
other,  was  discussed,  and  it  was  shown  that  there  was  a  lack  of  uni- 
formity among  the  manufacturers  in  this  respect.  The  question  of 
deterioration  and  limitation  labels  was  also  discussed.  The  meeting 
adjourned,  after  arranging  to  meet  again  on  May  1 2th,  in  Wash- 
ington." 
REVIEWS  AND   BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Revue  des  Medicaments  Nouveatjx  et  de  quelques  medications 
nouvelles.  Par  C.  Crinon,  Pharmacien  de  premiere  classe.  Membre 
de  la  Societe  de  Pharmacie  de  Paris  et  de  la  Societe  des  Therapeu- 
tique.  Directeur  du  Repertoire  de  Pharmacie  et  des  Annales  de 
Chimie  analytiques.  ioe  edition,  Revue  et  augmentee.  Paris : 
Rueff  et  Cie,  Editeurs,  106  Boulevard  Saint-Germain,  1903. 
This,  the  tenth  edition  of  this  popular  French  handbook  on  the 
newer  remedies,  has  just  come  to  hand.  From  an  American  point 
of  view  the  first  impression  of  the  book  is  rather  one  of  disap- 
pointment. 
This  is  due  to  the  fact  that  a  number  of  pages  of  advertisements 
are  bound  in  with  the  book.  This  is,  fortunately,  a  feature  that  has 
not  been  adopted  by  the  more  progressive  (?)  publishers  in  this 
country,  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  never  will. 
Outside  of  this  objectionable  feature  the  book  has  a  number  of 
novel  and  meritorious  points  of  vantage.  It  contains  upward  of  400 
closely  printed  pages  and  includes  practically  all  of  the  newer  reme- 
dies that  have  been  introduced  in  France.  In  addition  to  this,  the 
book  also  contains  a  number  of  titles  of  drugs  and  chemicals  that, 
while  they  cannot  be  classed  among  the  newer  remedies,  are  not 
included  in  the  official  French  standard,  the  Codex. 
Among  the  newer  remedies  that  have  been  included  in  this  the 
tenth  edition,  we  find  adrenalin,  arrhenal,  bismutose,  cypridol, 
