AmAprii;i903!ruJ'}    Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices.  189 
histogenol,  hypnopyrine,  mesotan,  rheumatin,  saloquinine  and 
ulmarene. 
The  general  plan  has  evidently  been  to  give  for  each  preparation, 
where  possible,  the  mode  of  preparation,  its  physical  properties  and 
chemical  tests  where  any  are  known,  the  most  desirable  forms  of 
dispensing  or  administering  the  remedy  followed  by  its  physiologic 
and  therapeutic  properties  and  the  dose. 
The  arrangement  of  the  contained  matter  is  alphabetical,  and  this 
is  supplemented  by  a  very  complete  index  covering  fourteen  double- 
column  pages  and  containing  upward  of  1,200  references. 
The  amount  of  useful  and  practical  information,  coupled  with  the 
price,  which  is  only  4  francs,  should  make  this  book  popular  with 
all  pharmacists  who  are  conversant  with  the  French  language. 
M.  I.  Wilbert. 
Anleitung  zur  Erkennung  und  Prufung  aller  im  Arzneibuch 
fur  das  Deutsche  Reich  (Veirte  Ausgabe)  aufgenommenen  Arz- 
neimittel.  Von  Dr.  Max  Biechle.  Elfte  vielvach  vermehrte  und 
verbesserte  auflage.    Verlag  von  Julius  Springer,  Berlin,  1902. 
The  popularity  of  this  interesting  little  book  is  evidenced  by  the 
fact  that  this,  the  eleventh  edition,  was  needed  within  a  year  of  the 
publication  of  the  tenth,  which  was  noticed  in  this  Journal  for  Feb- 
ruary, 1902,  page  85. 
The  book  itself  comprises  490  pages,  and  contains  a  description 
and  explanations  of  the  uses  of  all  the  tests  given  in  the  last  edition 
of  the  German  Pharmacopoeia.  In  addition  to  this  it  also  contains 
some  general  directions,  a  number  of  tables  copied  from  the  Phar- 
macopoeia, a  list  of  reagents  and  volumetric  solutions,  a  table  of  the 
melting  and  boiling  points  of  a  number  of  substances  enumerated 
in  the  German  Pharmacopoeia,  also  another  giving  the  solubility,  in 
a  number  of  solvents,  of  the  official  chemicals.  In  addition  to  this 
we  find  a  resume  of  the  iodine  number  of  the  fatty  oils,  also  the 
acid,  ester  and  saponification  numbers  for  a  number  of  substances, 
and  a  list  giving  the  required  fineness  of  the  powder  of  a  number  of 
vegetable  drugs,  with  an  indication  of  the  preparations  in  which 
they  are  to  be  used. 
Altogether  the  contained  material  has  been  arranged  in  such  a 
way  that  it  is  not  alone  readily  available  for  reference,  but  is  par- 
ticularly valuable  for  comparison  and  study.  M.  I.  W. 
