Aru.  Jonr.  Phariu. 
April.  1898. 
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urine  and  urine  sediments,  and  finally  animal  concretions.  The  value  of  the 
whole  work  is  enhanced  by  125  well-executed  illustrations,  those  of  urinary 
sediments  being  especially  noteworthy  ;  in  fact  the  whole  subject  of  urine  and 
its  analysis  is  very  fully  considered. 
This  book  is  a  valuable  addition  to  the  author's  work  on  analytical  chemistry 
noticed  in  this  Journal  two  months  ago. 
Proceedings  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  the 
Forty- fifth  Annual  Meeting,  held  at  Lake  Minnetonka,  Minnesota, 
August,  1897. 
The  Proceedings  appear  this  year  without  any  startling  novelties.  The  one 
part  not  touched  on  in  this  Journal  in  the  report  of  the  meeting  previously 
published  is  the  Report  on  the  Progress  of  Pharmacy.  This  year  it  is  fully  up 
to  its  usual  standard  of  excellence.  The  introductory  is  particularly  appropriate, 
and  although  the  editor  must  have  difficulty  in  adapting  himself  to  the  new 
order  of  things,  he  gives  no  hint  of  his  troubles,  but  sets  himself  energetically 
about  considering  the  various  matters  which  have  crowded  into  modern  phar- 
macy, from  "substitution  "  to  the  ;I  new  woman." 
The  Yea.r-book  of  Treatment  for  1S98.  A  critical  review  for  practi- 
tioners of  meiicine  and  surgery.  Lea  Brothers  &  Co.,  Philadelphia  and  New 
York. 
In  this  work  of  484  pages  will  be  found  a  valuable  epitome  of  the  year's  pro- 
gress in  all  branches  of  practical  medicine.  Xot  the  least  interesting  is  the 
Summary  on  Therapeutics,  which  is  chiefly  occupied  with  the  consideration  of 
new  remedies.  In  treating  of  these  the  contributor  has  been  conservative  to  a 
commendable  degree.  The  toxic  effects  of  some  older  remedies  have  received 
attention.  The  whole  work  is  fully  up  to  the  high  standard  of  its  thirteen 
predecessors. 
Ueber  chroxische  Yergiftungen  mit  Steinkohlentheerbenztn  ; 
vier  Todesfalle.  Zusammgestellt  von  C.  G.  Santesson,  Professor  der  Phar- 
macology in  Stockholm.  Reprint  from  Archiv  fur  Hygiene,  Bd.  31,  Heft  4, 
1S98. 
The  increased  use  of  benzol  is  the  industrial  arts  has  brought  to  light  numer- 
ous cases  of  workmen  suffering  from  the  ill  effects  of  the  vapors  ;  this  is  espe- 
cially the  case  where  the  liquid  is  used  as  a  solvent  for  rubber.  Authorities  are 
quoted  to  show  that  it  must  be  considered  an  active  poison,  destroying  the  red 
corpuscles,  causing  irregular  breathing,  weak  pulse  and  convulsions.  The 
poison  remains  a  long  time  in  the  body,  is  slowly  oxidized,  and  passes  off  in 
the  urine  as  sulphocarbolic  acid/ 
A  number  of  experiments  on  dogs  are  recorded,  a  close  study  of  the  action 
of  the  poison  on  the  human  subject  has  been  made,  and  advice  is  given  as  to 
the  best  means  of  preserving  the  health  of  workmen  who  are  engaged  in 
manufactories  where  the  vapor  is  liable  to  be  present. 
Der  Einfluss  des  Antipyrixs  aue  Chininhydrochlorat.  Yon  C.  G. 
Santesson.  Reprint  from  the  Skandi  navischen  Archiv  fiir  Phyiologie,  Bd.  7, 
1897. 
The  first  notice  of  the  influence  of  autipyrin  on  the  solubility  of  quinine 
