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Book  Reviews. 
(  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
\    February,  1911. 
carilla,  Caulophylkim,  Celery  Seed,  Centaury,  Coal  Tar,  Cocculus 
Indicus,  Condurango,  Coto  Bark,  Cudbear,  Diacetyl  Morphine,  Dia- 
cetyl  Morphine  Hydrochloride,  Dextrin  (White),  Dextrin  (Yellow), 
Euphorbia  Pilulifera,  Foenugreek,  Formic  Acid,  Formic  Acid  (Con- 
centrated), Kava  Kava,  Kieselguhr,  Kola,  Lead  Carbonate,  Oil  Car- 
damom, Phenolphthalein,  Poppy  Capsules,  Potassium  Glycerophos- 
phate, Quince  Seed,  Red  Gum  (Eucalyptus),  Kino,  Rennin,  Saffron, 
Sherry  Wine,  Strontium  Arsenite,  Thuja  (Arbor  Vitse),  Tonka 
Bean,  Venice  Turpentine,  White  Pine  Bark,  Zinc  Peroxide. 
It  is  the  intent  to  publish,  from  time  to  time,  supplemental  lists 
as  new  articles  are  taken  up  for  standardization.  In  order  to  give 
the  desired  publicity  to  our  work,  we  respectfully  request  the  phar- 
maceutical press  to  give  sufficient  space  to  present  this  matter  and 
request  that  any  suggestions  as  to  the  proper  standards  to  be  adopted 
should  be  sent  to  the  undersigned. 
Yours  respectfully, 
George  M.  Beringer, 
Chairman. 
501  Federal  St.,  Camden,  N.  J. 
BOOK  REVIEWS. 
Pharmacopceia  Nederlandica,  Edito  Quarta,  Supplenda  et 
MuTANDA  I.  Amstelodami  mcmx.  TJlis,  the  first  instalment  of 
additions  and  corrections  to  the  fourth  edition  of  the  Netherlands 
Pharmacopoeia,  published  in  1905,  comprises  an  octavo  pamphlet 
of  approximately  55  pages  the  same  shape  and  size  as  the  pharma- 
copoeia published  5  years  ago. 
The  book  or  pamphlet  is  published  by  the  standing  pharmaco- 
poeia commission  and  like  the  Netherlands  Pharmacopoeia  itself 
is  available  in  both  a  Dutch  and.  a  Latin  edition. 
The  new  additions  number  14  and  include,  Acidum  acetylo- 
salicylicum,  Acidum  diaethylobarbituricum,  Amylum  Manihot, 
Antipyrinum  cum  Coffeino  et  Acido  citrico,  Dimethylaminoantipy- 
rinum,  Emulsum  Olei  lecoris  Aselli  compositum,  Extractum  Cola 
liquidum,  Flores  Lavandulae,  Hexamethylentetraminum,  Semen 
Cola,  Solutio  Hydrochloratis  Suprarenini,  s-Suprareninum,  Tannas 
hydrargyrosus,  and  Thiosulphas  Natricus. 
The  recognition  of  suprarenal  alkaloid  under  the  general  title 
