2ro  T? s»-fis>atnc  J  A.m.  Jour.  Pharn>. 
52  KeOieWS.  {        May,  1898. 
ment  is  given,  and,  since  no  claim  is  made  that  the  industry  has  advanced 
beyond  the  experimental  stage,  and  the  experiment  is  still  in  progress,  it  is 
difficult  to  see  how  it  can  be  designated  a  failure. 
GEORG  DRAGENDORFF. 
The  death  of  this  well-known  scientist  occurred  on  the  7th  of  April,  at  his 
home  in  Rostock,  Germany.  He  was  born  on  the  20th  of  April,  1836.  A  more 
extended  sketch  will  be  published  in  a  future  number  of  this  journal. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Missouri  Botanical  Garden's  Ninth  Annual  Report.  William  Trelease, 
Director,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  1898.  The  ninth  annnal  report  covers  the  year  1897, 
and  contains  the  reports  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  and  of  the  Director;  these, 
however,  occupy  but  twenty  of  the  160  pages,  the  balance  being  devoted  to 
scientific  papers.  These  papers  are  illustrated  by  150  plates,  and  several  hand- 
some photographic  reproductions  are  interspersed  through  the  other  portion 
of  the  book.  All  the  scientific  papers  are  interesting,  but  the  attention  may 
especially  be  called  to  :  "A  Revision  of  the  Genus  Capsicum  with  especial 
Reference  to  Garden  Varieties,"  by  H.  C.  Irish;  "Miscellaneous  Notes  on 
Yuccas"  by  W.  Trelease;  "The  Missouri  Dogbanes,"  by  W.  Trelease,  and 
"A  Coloring  Matter  found  in  Borraginacese,"  by  J.  B.  S.  Norton.  The  whole 
book  is  fully  up  to  the  high  standard  of  its  predecessors. 
Annual  and  Analytical  Cyclopaedia  of  Practical  Medicine.  By 
Charles  E.  deM.  Sajous,  M.D.,  and  one  hundred  associate  editors.  Volume  I. 
The  F.  A.  Davis  Company,  publishers,  Philadelphia,  New  York  and  Chicago, 
1898. 
The  Annual  of  the  Universal  Medical  Sciences,  consisting  of  five 
volumes,  was  first  issued  ten  years  ago;  it  has  alwaj-s  met  with  a  warm  welcome, 
but  has  come  to  be  considered  too  bulky  for  the  modern  busy  physician  ;  there- 
fore, the  present  work,  which  will  probably  consist  of  six  volumes  of  600  pages 
each,  will  replace  it.  In  this  first  volume  there  is  an  immense  amount  of  valu- 
able medical  and  pharmaceutical  literature  condensed  into  a  small  space.  The 
titles  extend  alphabetically  from  Abdomen  to  Bright's  Disease. 
The  editor  deserves  great  credit  for  the  able  manner  in  which  he  has  per- 
formed his  duties.  Notwithstanding  the  fact  that  he  has  had  the  assistance  of 
so  many  able  associates,  the  detail  work,  arranging,  and  the  bulk  of  the  abstract- 
ing has  been  done  by  himself.  The  illustrations  are  numerous  and  have  been 
well  executed. 
Report  of  Proceedings  of  the  Illinois  Pharmaceutical  Association, 
at  its  Eighteenth  Annual  Meeting,  held  at  Champaign,  June  2-3,  1897. 
In  addition  to  the  committee  work  of  the  Association,  the  following  papers 
were  presented:  "Emergencies,  How  to  Treat  Them,"  by  W.  H.  Garrison, 
and  "  An  Examination  of  Some  Chemicals  of  Commerce,"  and  "A  Microscopic 
Examination  of  Some  Powdered  Drugs  of  the  Market,"  by  the  School  of  Phar- 
macy of  the  University  of  Illinois. 
£loge  de  M.  Caventou,  lu  a  l'Acad£mie  de  Mddecine,  dans  la  Seance  an- 
nuelle  du  14  D€cembre,  1897.  Par  M.  J.  Bergeron,  Secretaire  Perpetuel  de 
l'Acad£mie.    Masson  et  Cie,  Editeurs.    Paris.  1897. 
