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Book  Reznews. 
{Am.  ivnt.  Pharui. 
December,  1911. 
macists  will  use  the  forms  which  are  here  illustrated,  yet  the  sug- 
gestions will  no  doubt  be  helpful  in  stimulating  each  one's  individu- 
ality. 
A  second  book  from  the  same  press  was  published  during  1910 
and  is  entitled  350  Dollar  Ideas  for  Druggists."  This  is  a  com- 
pilation of  articles  for  which  pharmacists  were  paid  at  the  rate  of 
$1.00  each.  In  this  are  given  hints  on  dispensing,  manufacturing, 
advertising,  bookkeeping  and  business  methods.  Here  again  is  a 
symposium  on  mechanical  devices,  business  methods  and  other  sub- 
jects which  pharmacists  have  found  helpful  in  the  conduct  of  their 
business. 
The  latest  book  of  this  series  is  entitled  Board  Questions 
Answered."  In  this  are  given  complete  sets  of  examination  ques- 
tions used  by  different  boards  of  pharmacy.  Answers  to  these  ques- 
tions have  been  compiled  by  Mr.  John  Helfman,  Assistant  Editor  of 
The  Bulletin  of  Pharmacy,  for  the  benefit  of  graduates  of  pharmacy 
and  unregistered  men  who  desire  to  review  their  knowledge  prepara- 
tory to  taking  the  board  examinations.  The  object  of  this  book  is, 
as  stated  by  Mr.  Mason  in  his  introduction,  "  on  the  one  hand,  to 
refresh  the  memory  of  students  who  have  already  taken  an  adequate 
course  of  pharmacy,  and  on  the  other  hand  to  give  them  an  idea  of 
the  type  and  character  of  questions  asked  by  the  different  boards  of 
pharmacy.  There  is  no  doubt  that  even  the  recent  graduate  in 
pharmacy  needs  some  such  special  preparation.  The  writer  well 
recalls  his  experience  in  going  before  two  boards  of  pharmacy 
within  a  year  after  he  had  completed  his  college  course.  He  found 
it  absolutely  necessary  in  both  cases  to  spend  two  or  three  weeks  in 
freshening  up,  so  to  speak,  as  well  as  familiarizing  himself  with 
the  sort  of  questions  customarily  asked  by  the  two  boards.  Without 
this  preparation  the  chances  are  that  though  he  was  just  out  from 
college,  he  would  have  failed  in  one  or  both  examinations." 
"  So  well  is  this  condition  of  things  realized  that  in  one  of  the 
leading  University  Schools  of  Pharmacy — a  school  having  high 
ideals  of  scholarship^ — a  special  course  on  pharmacy  board  questions 
and  answers  is  included  in  the  last  year's  curriculum." 
Modern  Drug  Standardization.    H.  K.  Mulford  Co.,  191 1. 
The  present  pamphlet  has  been  prepared  with  the  view  of  furnish- 
ing special  information  on  physiological  methods  and  standards.  It 
contains  a  great  deal  of  valuable  information  for  pharmacists  and 
