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subject  of  cosmetics  has  been  too  long  neglected  by  the  medical 
profession,  and  on  this  account  has,  unfortunately,  passed  into  the 
hands  of  unc[ualified  persons."  It  is  probably  true  that  a  great 
many  patients  who  could  and  should  be  treated  by  the  general  prac- 
titioner, if  he  only  knew  how,  drift  away  from  him  and  waste  their 
time  and  money  on  various  advertised  nostrums  or  on  other  quack- 
ery. Dr.  Saalfeld's  book  is  written  on  strictly  professional  lines, 
and  the  work  will  no  doubt  prove  useful  to  the  general  practitioner  as 
well  as  to  the  dermatologist. 
Some  Common  Remedies  and  Their  Use  in  Practice.  By  Dr. 
Eustace  Smith.    Paul  B.  Hoeber,  69  East  59th  St.,  New  York. 
Among  the  subjects  treated  in  this  volume  are  the  following: 
On  an  Unjustly  Neglected  Remedy — Tartarated  Antimony  (tartar 
emetic)  ;  On  the  Internal  Use  of  the  Oil  of  Turpentine;  On  the  Use 
and  Misuse  of  Iron  Remedies ;  On  the  Use  of  Alkalies  in  Practical 
Medicine ;  On  Antispasmodics  and  the  Cure  of  Spasm ;  On  Some 
Uses  of  Opium ;  On  the  Use  of  Sodium  Salicylate  in  Certain  Serous 
Inflammations.  The  chapters  making  up  this  book  are  reprints  of 
articles  contributed  to  The  British  Medical  Journal  at  intervals  dur- 
ing the  years  1908  and  1909.  Their  greatest  interest  lies  in  the 
fact  that  the  author  records  his  experience  in  using  some  of  the 
standard  medicines.  Nearly  every  practitioner  of  experience  could 
write  a  book  of  a  similar  character,  and  the  young  practitioner 
is  the  one  who  would  be  most  benefited  by  a  perusal  of  this  work. 
Compte  Rendu  du  Xme  Congres  International  de  Pharmacie. 
Tenu  a  Brusselles  du  ler  an  6  Septembre  19 10.  Par  Dr.  A. 
Schamelhout.  Brusselles :  Imprimerie-Lithographie  L.  Vogels, 
Rue  Verte,  48-50.    19 11. 
This  volume  contains  an  official  account  of  the  proceedings  of  the 
Tenth  International  Congress  of  Pharmacy  held  at  Brussels  during 
the  first  week  of  September  last  year.  The  papers  which  were 
read  and  the  communications  which  were  presented  are  printed  in 
full.  The  discussions  in  connection  with  the  various  papers  and 
reports  are  given  in  abstract  and  show  careful  editing  upon  the 
part  of  Dr.  Schamelhout,  the  secretary-general  of  the  Congress. 
An  interesting  account  is  given  of  the  various  excursions,  fetes  and 
receptions  that  were  held.  In  addition  to  the  list  of  names  of  mem- 
bers of  the  Congress  we  find  a  number  of  photographs  of  those 
