284  Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices. 
and  rubbed  with  considerable  pressure.  The  truth  is,  the  young  man  was 
showing  off  to  a  customer  with  a  little  fulminating  powder  that  he  had  made; 
Fortunately,  no  one  was  injured. 
I  not  long  ago  received  from  a  physician  a  prescription  ordering  6  oz.  potass,, 
chlor.  and  6  drachms  tannin,  to  be  mixed  together,  and  divided  into  12  parts, 
to  be  used  as  a  nasal  douche.  I  did  not  choose  to  take  the  risk  of  even  mixing 
them  loosely  with  a  spatula,  but  divided  each  ingredient  into  12  parts,  anci 
folded  them  up  separately,  directing  the  customer  to  add  one  of  each  of  the 
powders  to  the  specified  quantity  of  water.  This,  it  appears  to  me,  is  the  onlj 
safe  way  of  dispensing  such  prescriptions. 
Oleate  of  Mercury  and  Morphia. — One  pound  (7000  grs.)  of  this  prepara- 
tion, of  2  per  ct.  morphia  strength,  contains  140  grains  of  basic  morphia.  The 
figure  170  on  page  160,  line  8  from  top,  should  be  corrected  to  140.  The  word 
combined  on  page  159,  line  8  from  bottom,  should  read  uncombined. 
The  "Polaris"  Polar  Expedition. — Our  readers  are  aware  that  a  portion 
of  the  crew  of  the  "  Polaris  "  have  recently  been  rescued  from  the  ice  upon; 
which  they  had  been  drifting  for  six  months.  Among  them  is  Joseph  Mauchv 
a  brother  of  the  celebrated  African  traveller  Carl  Mauch.  Joseph  Mauch,. 
we  have  been  informed,  is  a  graduate  of  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy,, 
and  was  formerly  with  Mr.  Th.  Frohwein.  He  is  described  as  a  highly  edu- 
cated and  scientifically  trained  young  man,  who  sought  to  join  Captain  Hall's- 
expedition  in  a  scientific  capacity,  but,  finding  it  impossible,  joined  as  sailor. 
Although  small  in  stature,  Mr.  Mauch  is  strongly  built,  and,  like  his  brother, 
imbued  with  a  passionate  desire  for  travel  and  exploration. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Index  to  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy,  from  its  commencement,  Decem  - 
ber, 1825,  to  November,  1870,  inclusive.  Compiled  by  Hans  M.  Wilder. 
Philadelphia  :  Merrihevv  &  Son,  Printers.  1873.  8vo,  pp.  318.  Double  column 
This  work,  to  which  we  have  repeatedly  referred  during  the  last  two  years,  i& 
at  last  ready  for  distribution,  its  pages  being  of  the  same  size  as  those  of  the- 
"American  Journal  of  Pharmacy/'  and  printed  with  the  same  clear  type.  It 
is  prefaced  by  a  historical  notice  of  the  "  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy/' 
and  a  note  by  the  author,  from  which  latter  we  learn  that  the  following  rules 
have  been  always  kept  in  mind  in  preparing  the  Index  :  1,  completeness ;  2,. 
systematic  arrangement  (to  put  together  what  belongs  together) ;  3,  synonyms- 
(such  as  are  likely  to  occur  to  the  American  pharmacist),  and,  4,  accuracy  as 
to  volume  and  page. 
Having  had  occasion  to  examine  the  proof-sheets,  we  can  testify  to  the  strict 
adherence  to  these  rules  by  the  author.  The  book  contains  about  30,000* 
references  in  all,  containing  not  merely  an  alphabetical  enumeration  of  the- 
titles  of  the  papers  and  abstracts  published,  but  mentioning  every  scientific 
term,  about  which  some  notice  is  contained,  or  every  general  scientific  fact 
noticed  in  the  "Journal."  Hence  we  find  occasionally  fifty  and  more  refer- 
ences made  to  one  essay.    The  importance  of  this  will  be  readily  noticed  on 
