^uneiSraf*"}  Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices.  285 
consulting  the  Index,  as  it  enables  us  not  only  to  find  the  volume  and  page 
containing  a  notice  of  a  certain  article,  but  likewise  the  substance  of  such 
notice  as  far  as  it  can  be  expressed  in  a  few  words. 
The  arrangement  adopted  will  greatly  facilitate  the  use  of  the  book,  dupli- 
cations being  avoided,  if  possible,  without  losing  sight  of  the  synonyms,  while 
the  system  chosen  is  strictly  adhered  to.  Thus  we  find  under  Acacia,  the 
references  to  the  botanical  species  of  this  genus,  and  the  information  to  seek 
for  the  references  concerning  Gum  arabic,  Catechu,  &c,  under  the  letters  G 
and  C.  As  a  synonym  of  Acacia,  Mimosa  is  likewise  noticed.  Under  the 
head  of  Mercury  are  contained  only  the  facts  relating  to  the  metal  and  to  the 
.general  properties  of  its  compounds;  while  all  special  references  to  the  chem- 
ical compounds,  and  particularly  to  the  salts,  are  found  under  Hydrargyrum, 
and  the  pharmaceutical  preparations,  like  Mercurial  and  Citrine  ointments,  only 
under  Unguentum,  the  heading  of  their  class.  It  follows  from  this  statement 
that  notices  to  the  same  preparation  are  not  scattered  in  different  places,  but 
are  found  together  in  one  place,  no  matter  which  term  or  synonym  may  have 
'been  used  by  the  author  of  the  paper.  . 
To  further  increase  the  usefulness  of  this  Index  to  the  American  pharmacist, 
copious  references  have  been  made  to  Wood  and  Bache's  Dispensatory  of  1869 
and  to  Parrish's  Pharmacy,  1867,  two  books  readily  accessible  to  all. 
The  references  under  each  heading  are  again  systematically  grouped  together 
-and  alphabetically  arranged,  the  chief  information  contained  in  the  papers 
being  indicated  by  italics  ;  thus  we  have  under  Elemi  the  following  subheadings 
in  italics  :  account — analysis — artificial — behavior— from  Bengal — oil — resin 
— solubility. 
The  second  part,  covering  68  pages,  is  an  index  of  authors,  their  papers  or 
mere  notices  of  their  observations  as  published  in  the  "  Journal  "  being  grouped 
together  under  the  name  of  the  authors.  Though  of  less  importance  than  the 
first  part,  it  is  nearly  as  complete  as  the  latter,  the  credits  to  American  authors 
being,  perhaps,  fullest ;  while  no  paper  has  been  omitted  which  had  been  printed 
in  the  usual  type  among  the  original  and  selected  matter,  also  the  more  impor- 
tant references  contained  under  the  headings  of  Miscellany,  Varieties,  &c.? 
have  been  enumerated  in  this  part. 
The  work  as  a  whole  is  creditable  alike  to  its  author,  the  printer,  and  the 
College  which  ordered  its  publication,  though  by  the  advance  subscriptions 
less  than  one-tenth  of  the  final  cost  had  been  secured. 
•Grundlagen  der  Pharmaceutischen  Waarenkunde.  Einleitung  in  das  Studi- 
um  der  Pharmacognosies  Von  Dr.  F.  A.  Fliickiger,  Professor  an  der  Uni- 
versitat  Strassburg.    Berlin,  1873:  Julius  Springer.    8vo,  pp.  138. 
Principles  of  Pharmaceutical  Materia  Medica.  Introduction  into  the  Study 
of  Pharmacognosy. 
The  microscope  has  exerted  an  important  influence  upon  the  study  of  phar- 
maceutical materia  medica,  so  that  during  the  last  two  or  three  decades  the 
more  or  less  vague  descriptions  of  external  appearances  have  gradually  disap- 
peared to  make  room  for  the  by  far  more  important  relations  of  internal  struc- 
