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Pharmaceutical  Education  in  Indiana. — We  have  received  a  circular  of 
Fort  Wayne  College,  in  which  hereafter  instruction  in  pharmacy  will  be  given 
by  Mr.  H.  V.  Sweringen.  This  college  is  under  the  patronage  of  the  North 
and  North-West  Indiana  Conferences  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and 
is  intended  as  an  educational  institution  for  both  sexes.  The  circular  does  not 
state  to  what  extent  and  in  what  manner  pharmacy  is  to  be  taught;  but  from 
private  information  we  learn  that  the  course  is  intended  as  a  preparatory  one 
to  those  who  purpose  afterwards  finishing  their  pharmaceutical  education  at  a 
college  of  pharmacy,  and  as  an  aid  and  guide  in  their  subsequent  private  stud- 
ies to  those  who  are  not  so  fortunately  situated  as  to  be  able  to  attend  the  lec- 
tures at  a  college  of  pharmacy.  Similar  classes  have  been  formed  in  Rhode 
Island,  Richmond,  Va  ,  and  other  places,  and  have  met  with  success.  We  look 
with  pleasure  upon  such  courses,  as  a  sure  indication  that  the  necessity  of  a 
more  thorough  education  of  pharmacists  is  being  appreciated  everywhere,  and 
that  the  progress  made  in  it  of  late  is  destined  to  become  more  apparent  year 
after  year. 
EEVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGEAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
•Chemistry  :  General,  Medical  and  Pharmaceutical,  including  the  Chemistry  of 
the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia.  A  Manual  of  the  General  Principles  of  the  Sci- 
ence, and  their  Applications  to  Medicine  and  Pharmacy.  By  John  Attfield. 
Ph.D.,  F.C.S.,  &c.  Fifth  edition,  revised  from  the  fourth  ( English)  edition 
of  the  work  by  the  author.  Philadelphia:  Henry  C.  Lea.  1873.  12mo, 
pp.  606. 
We  are  truly  gratified  at  the  favor  with  which  the  first  American  edition  of 
this  work,  published  two  years  ago,  has  been  received  by  the  American  student. 
An  extensive  experience  with  it  as  a  text- book  in  the  practical  laboratory  of 
the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  has  even  more  fully  convinced  us  of  its 
utility  and  its  value  as  a  guide  in  the  practical  instruction  in  chemistry.  The 
comprehensive  character  of  the  work  has  been  faithfully  adhered  to  in  this  new 
edition,  in  which  the  chemistry  and  nomenclature  of  the  latest  U.  S.  Pharma- 
copoeia have  received  their  full  share  of  attention,  increasing  the  size  of  the 
volume,  with  the  new  matter  added  to  it,  over  fifty  pages.  We  bespeak  for 
this  one  the  same  favor  that  has  been  extended  to  the  former  edition,  and,  not. 
withstanding  our  views  differ  in  some  particulars  from  those  of  Professor  Att- 
field, we  expect  to  use  the  volume  in  our  practical  instructions  with  the  same 
benefits  to  the  students  that  has  been  afforded  by  the  use  of  its  precursor. 
A  Botanical  Index  to  all  the  Medicinal  Plants,  Barks,  Roots,  Seeds  and  Flow- 
ers usually  kept  by  Druggists,  arranged  in  Alphabetical  Order,  with  their 
Officinal  and  Common  Names.  By  Allan  Pollock,  druggist.  New  edition, 
revised  and  enlarged.    New  York  :  Allan  Pollock,  1873.    8vo,  pp.  137. 
This  useful  little  work  consists  of  two  parts.  The  first  part,  occupying  a 
little  less  than  one-third,  consists  of  an  alphabetic^  list  of  the  botanical  names 
of  officinal  plants,  with  their  common  and  local  names  in  the  adjoining  column. 
The  second  pari  is  arranged  with  the  Knglish  names  in  alphabetical  order, 
