392 
Book  Reviews. 
(  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
t      August,  1911. 
Pharmakognostische  Rundschau  iiber  das  Jahr  1910.  Bericht 
iiber  die  im  Jahre  1910,  periodisch  crschienenc  Literatur  aus  deni 
gebiete  der  Drogenkiinde  und  ihrer  Hilfswissenschaften,  von 
Prof.  Dr.  W.  Mitlacher,  Dr.  O.  Tunmann  and  Dr.  M.  Winckel. 
191 1.  Verlag  der  Pharmazeutischen  Post,  Dr.  Hans  Heger, 
Wien,  I,  Pestallozzigasse  6.  $2.00. 
It  is  rather  stimulating  to  pharmacognosists  to  find  that  a  volume 
of  nearly  300  pages,  containing  a  digest  of  the  important  pharma- 
cognostical  literature  for  1910  is  available  in  this  form.  In  addi- 
tion to  some  50  pages  in  which  are  considered  some  general  articles 
of  a  historical  and  special  nature,  abstracts  of  the  various  drugs 
are  given  under  the  respective  plant  families,  and  the  latter  are 
arranged  in  alphabetical  order.  The  general  disposition  of  the 
matter  is  such  that  it  forms  a  very  handy  reference  work.  The 
abstracts  are  quite  full  and,  having  been  prepared  by  specialists,  con- 
tain all  of  the  essential  features.  It  is  hoped  that  the  sales  of  this 
work  will  be  sufficiently  great  to  warrant  a  continuation  of  its  pub- 
lication. When  we  consider  the  importance  of  the  subject  and  the 
excellence  of  the  work  done,  it  would  seem  unnecessary  to  say  that 
it  is  indispensable  and  should  be  in  the  libraries  of  our  colleges  and 
schools  of  pharmacy,  and  of  botanists,  pharmacognosists  and  food 
analysts. 
Revue  des  Medicaments  Nouveaux  et  de  quelque  medications 
nouvelles.  Par  C.  Crinon.  i8e  Edition.  Paris :  Vigot  Freres, 
Editeurs,  23,  Place  de  I'Ecole-de-Medicine.    191 1. 
Among  the  new  substances  considered  in  the  eighteenth  edition 
of  this  work  the  following  may  be  mentioned :  Trichloracetylsalicylic 
acid,  acoine,  antodyne,  asurol,  bromhydrate  of  codeine,  digistro- 
phane,  eulatine,  hexamethylenetetramine-guiacol,  pantopon,  seiffenol, 
606,  tasi,  thilavene  and  zincopyrine. 
Lectures  on  Cosmetic  Treatment.  A  manual  for  practitioners. 
By  Dr.  Edmund  Saalfeld.  Translated  by  I.  F.  Halls  Dally, 
M.D.,  with  an  introduction  and  notes  by  P.  S.  Abraham,  M.D. 
Paul  B.  Hoeber,  69  East  59th  St.,  New  York. 
This  work  has  been  written  apparently  with  the  view  that  cos- 
metic treatment  is  for  the  regular  practitioner  and  not  for  the 
so-called    beauty  specialist."    Professor  Josef  has  well  said :  The 
