332  Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices.  {^jRftfgg?- 
We  wish  this  undertaking  all  the  success  which  the  object  aud  the  prompt- 
ness of  action  deserves.  Some  years  ago  a  similar  movement  had  been  inaugu- 
rated in  Philadelphia,  but  we  have  never  learned  of  any  steps  looking  towards 
accomplishing  the  desirable  end. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
A  Treatise  on  the  Principles  and  Practice  of  Medicine,  designed  for  the  use  of 
Practitioners  and  Students  of  Medicine.  By  Austin  Flint,  M.  I>.,  Professor 
of  the  Principles  and  Practice  of  Medicine  and  of  Clinical  Medicine  in  the 
Bellevue  Hospital  Medical  College  Fourth  edition,  carefully  revised.  Phil- 
adelphia: Henry  C.  Lea.  1873  8vo..  pp.  1070.  Price,  bound  in  cloth, 
$6.00;  in  leather,  raised  bands,  87.00. 
The  fact  that  within  a  brief  period  thiee  editions  of  this  work  have  been  ex- 
hausted, is  sufficient  evidence  of  its  value  to  the  medical  student  and  practi- 
tioner. In  his  extensive  clinical  experience  and  private  practice,  the  author 
has  had  many  facilities  for'observation.  the  results  of  which  have  been  used  in 
this  new  revision,  together  with  the  contributions  to  medical  literature  both  in 
Europe  and  this  country,  so  that  the  revised  edition  fully  sustains  the  reputa- 
tion acquired  by  the  preceding  ones.  Correctness,  clearness,  and  convenience 
in  the  arrangement,  as  well  as  in  all  the  details,  render  the  work  what  the  au- 
thor intended  it  to  be,  a  text-book  and  a  work  of  reference. 
The  Passions,  in  their  r<-l<iti<>us  to  Health  and  Diseases.    Translated  from  the 
French  of  Dr.  X.  Bourgeois,  Laureate  of  the  Academy  of  Medicine  of  Paris, 
&c.    By  Howard  F.  Damon,  A.  M.,  M.  D.     Boston  :  James  Campbell.  1873. 
The  author  states  in  the  preface  that  in  writing  the  book  lie  has  been  guided 
by  the  maxim  of  Aristotle :  "'To  say  what  should  be  said,  to  only  say  what 
should  be  said,  and  to  say  it  as  it  should  be  said."    In  our  opinion,  neither  por- 
tion of  this  maxim  has  been  carried  out.  and  the  world  would  have  lost  nothing 
if  the  book  had  never  been  written  and  never  been  translated. 
Reform  oder  Umsturz  des  Concessions- Systems  im  Apothekenwesenl  Denk- 
schrift  des  Deutschen  Apotheker- Vereins.  &c.  Von  Dr.  G.  Hartmann, 
Apotheker  in  Magdeburg1.  Mit  einer  Anlage  enthaltend  5  statistische  Ta- 
bellen.    Magdeburg.    1873.    Fol.  60  pages. 
Reform  or  Overthrow  of  the  Concession- System  in  Pharmacy  ?  Memorial  of 
the  German  Apothecaries'  Union,  &c.  With  an  Appendix,  containing  five 
statistical  tables. 
Those  of  our  readers  who  are  not  familiar  with  the  exceptional  position  of 
German  pharmacy  and  pharmacists  are  referred  to  the  essay  of  Dr.  Fred.  Hoff- 
mann on  this  subject,  which  was  published  in  this  .Journal  iu  1871  Since  the 
removal  in  Germany  of  the  former  guild-restrictions,  the  abrogation  of  the  va- 
rious restrictions  placed  on  the  practice  of  pharmacy  has  been  very  extensively 
discussed,  and  particularly  the  principal  question  relating  to  the  limitation  of 
officines  to  a  certain  number  of  inhabitants.  A  discussion  of  this  question, 
however,  is  impossible  without  the  simultaneous  consideration  of  all  the  side 
issues,  every  one  of  which  is  of  vital  importance  in  its  relation  to  and  the  solu- 
tion of  the  main  point  of  contention.    The  regulation  of  apprenticeship  and 
