390       Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association.    { A%JgOuusrt*,i903.rm' 
by  H.  W.  F.  Lorenz.  New  York :  John  Wiley  &  Sons.  London : 
Chapman  &  Hall,  Limited. 
In  this  well-known  work  of  Lassar-Cohn  the  author  confines 
himself  to  the  chemical  determination  of  those  constituents  of  urine 
and  stomach  contents,  the  results  of  which  will  prove  valuable  in 
diagnosis.  The  title  of  the  book  is  unfortunately,  however,  mislead- 
ing, as  the  work  contains  more  than  the  title  indicates.  The  follow- 
ing is  an  enumeration  of  the  contents  : 
Part  I.  Urinary  analysis,  {a)  Qualitative  tests  for  the  detection 
of  albumen,  sugar,  acetone,  acetoacetic  acid,  bile-pigment,  urobilin, 
blood-pigment,  indican,  sulphuric  acid,  ester-sulphuric  acids,  chlo- 
rine, phosphates  in  urine,  and  ammonia  in  urine,  (b)  Quantitative 
methods.  Quantitave  estimation  of  albumen,  sugar,  and  total  sul- 
phuric acid  and  ester-sulphuric  acids,    (c)  Normal  urine. 
Part  II.  Analysis  of  stomach  contents  :  Detection  of  hydrochloric 
acid,  lactic  and  volatile  acids,  test  for  absence  of  pepsin,  alphabeti- 
cal list  of  all  the  reagents  required,  reagents  used  in  urinary  analy- 
sis, reagents  and  apparatus  for  the  quantitative,  etc.,  estimation  of 
constituents  of  urine,  and  reagents  used  in  the  analysis  of  stomach 
contents. 
The  book  is  original  and  written  with  clearness  and  directness, 
and  will  no  doubt  have  a  success  equal  to  that  of  the  German  edition. 
PENNSYLVANIA  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.1 
The  twenty-sixth  annual  meeting  was  held  at  Eaglesmere,  Sulli- 
van County,  Pa.,  June  23d  to  25th.  The  Association  convened  on 
Tuesday  evening  with  nearly  200  members  in  attendance,  and  the 
President,  C.  L.  Hay,  in  the  chair.  The  members  were  welcomed 
by  Mr.  Henry  Clay,  and  J.  H.  Redsecker  and  M.  N.  Kline  responded 
on  behalf  of  the  Association.  The  delegates  from  the  various  associa- 
tions, including  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  the  Alumni 
Association  of  the  P.C.P.,  the  Philadelphia  Association  of  Retail  Drug- 
gists, the  Western  Pennsylvania  Association  of  Retail  Druggists 
1  Credit  is  due  to  Dr.  J.  A.  Miller,  Prof.  C.  B.  Lowe  and  Dr.  C.  A.  Weide- 
mann  for  courtesies  in  the  preparation  of  this  report ;  in  fact,  the  report  of  Dr. 
Weidemann,  as  chairman  of  the  delegates  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy, has  been  largely  drawn  upon  for  the  facts  presented. 
