190  Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices.    { AmAJPOrnr;i903arm' 
A  Guide  to  the  Practical  Examination  of  Urine,  for  the  use 
of  physicians  and  students.  By  James  Tyson.  Tenth  edition. 
Revised  and  corrected,  with  a  colored  plate  and  wood  engravings. 
Philadelphia:  P.  Blakiston's  Son  &  Co.,  1012  Walnut  Street.  1902. 
Price,  $1.50  net. 
Tyson's  "  Guide  to  the  Practical  Examination  of  Urine  "  is  prob- 
ably better  known  to  pharmacists  and  physicians  than  any  other 
analytical  work.  Other  books  of  merit  there  are,  but  Tyson's  was 
the  first  to  appear  that  presented  the  subject  with  conciseness  and 
authority,  and  while  primarily  written  for  the  busy  physician,  has 
also  been  utilized  by  the  practising  pharmacist  in  his  work  as  the 
analyst  for  the  physician.  The  present  work  has  been  carefully 
revised  and  some  matter  expunged.  The  part  treating  of  the  micro- 
organisms found  in  urine  might  be  enlarged  upon  as  modern  path- 
ology would  seem  to  indicate. 
A  Handbook  of  Materia  Medica,  Pharmacy  and  Therapeutics. 
Including  the  physiological  action  of  drugs,  the  special  therapeutics 
of  disease,  official  and  practical  pharmacy,  and  minute  directions  for 
prescription-writing.  By  Samuel  O.  L.  Potter.  Ninth  edition. 
Revised  and  enlarged.  Philadelphia:  P.  Blakiston's  Son  &  Co., 
1012  Walnut  Street.  1902.    Price,  $5  net. 
It  is  only  a  year  since  the  eighth  edition  of  this  handbook  was 
reviewed  in  this  Journal.  The  following  articles  have  been  re- 
written :  Adrenal  Extract,  Argentum,  Cinchona,  Coca,  Coffee, 
Digitalis,  Dulcin,  Ergot,  Ferrum,  Ipecacuanha,  Myrrha,  Sacchari- 
num  and  Veratrum  viride.  The  new  matter  includes  paragraphs 
on  Actol,  Airol,  Argentamin,  Argentol,  Argonin,  Chinosol,  Creosotal, 
Dionine,  Dormiol,  Equinine,  Eucaine,  Eudoxin,  Glycerophosphates, 
Heroine,  Holocaine,  Iodomuth,  Iodothyrin,  Itrol,  Largin,  Mirvanin, 
Nosophen,  Orphol,  Orthoform,  Passiflora,  Pellotine,  Peronine,  Phlo- 
ridzin,  Piperidin,  Protarzol,  Tuberculin.R,  Urotropin,  Xeroform  and 
Zinc  stearite. 
In  the  section  on  Therapeutics  new  articles  were  inserted  on  Local 
anesthesia,  Beriberi,  Dhobic  itch,  Tropical  fevers,  Heat  stroke, 
Hemoglobinuric  fevers,  Lymphadenoma,  Miliaria,  Bubonic  plague, 
Spine,  Tinea  imbricata,  Tinea  versicolor  and  Toxemia.  Thirty-two 
articles  have  been  rewritten  and  the  text  of  many  articles  have  been 
expanded,  by  the  incorporation  of  more  than  300  items  from  current 
