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BOOK  REVIEWS. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Investigations  of  the  Therapeutic  Re- 
search Committee  of  the  Council  on  Pharmacy  and  Chem- 
istry of  the  American  Medical  Association,  volume  hi,  19 14. 
This  report  consists  of  eight  papers  which  exhibit  on  every  page 
evidence  that  careful  and  painstaking  work  has  been  undertaken 
to  place  the  drugs  studied  in  their  proper  niche. 
We  know  of  no  better  way  to  speak  of  these  papers  than  to  give 
the  titles  of  the  various  subjects  mentioned  so  that  they  may  speak 
for  themselves.  By  this  we  mean  that  a  glimpse  of  these  titles  may 
awaken  sufficient  interest  on  the  part  of  some  pharmacists  to  become 
acquainted  with  the  report  as  a  whole.  The  work  done  by  this 
Research  Committee  is  of  inestimable  value  to  both  the  medical  and 
pharmaceutical  professions,  and  is  bound  to  result  in  a  more  rational 
therapy.  The  titles  are:  "The  Liberation  of  Formaldehyde  from 
Hexamethylenamin  in  Pathologic  Fluids."  "  The  Mutual  Action 
of  Certain  Digestive  Ferments."  "  Studies  in  Cardiac  Stimulants. 
I.  Strychnine  and  Caff  em  Group."  "  Therapy  of  Cardiovascular 
Disturbances."  "  A  Comparison  of  Methods  for  the  Determination  of 
the  Proteolytic  Activity  of  Pancreas  Preparations."  "  The  Present 
Status  of  Organic  Iodin  Preparations."  "  Clinical  Studies  in  Caf- 
fein."  "The  Salicylates:  A  Historical  and  Critical  Review  of  the 
Literature."  This  last  paper  is  a  particularly  instructive  and  inter- 
esting resume  of  what  has  been  written  on  this  drug. 
John  K.  Thum. 
•New  and  Non-official  Remedies,  1915:   Containing  Descrip- 
tions of  the  Articles  Which  Have  Been  Accepted  by  the 
Council  on  Pharmacy  and  Chemistry  of  the  American 
Medical  Association  Prior  to  January  i,  191 5. 
Next  to  the  Pharmacopoeia  itself,  we  know  of  no  book  that  we 
refer  to  with  more  frequency,  in  the  course  of  our  work,  than  this 
useful  little  volume.     The  usefulness  of  this  volume  is  further 
enhanced  by  the  fact  that  it  is  revised  every  year  and  placed  in  the 
hands  of  the  medical  profession  before  the  first  quarter  of  the  year 
has  passed.    Pharmacists  can  certainly  appreciate  this ;  we  have 
never  been  treated  to  such  celerity  in  the  revision  of  our  pharmaco- 
poeia.  Would  not  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia,  and  all  pharma- 
