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Reviews. 
Atu.  Jour.  Pharm. 
June,  1398. 
Collateral  Information.  By  E.  R.  Squibb,  E.  H.  Squibb  and  Charles  F. 
Squibb.    Vol.  V,  No.  I,  January,  1898.    Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  1898. 
Owing  to  the  absence  of  Dr.  E.  R.  Squibb  in  Europe  this  number  contains 
brief  comments  on  the  Materia  Medica,  Pharmacy  and  Therapeutics  of  the 
Year  ending  October  1,  1S97,  by  Dr.  E.  H.  Squibb.  This  is  a  record  of  infor- 
mation on  the  prominent  features  of  these  subjects  during  the  past  year.  We 
find  a  wide  range  of  subjects  treated,  as  the  use  of  acetic  acid  as  a  menstruum  ; 
the  outlook  for  camphor  ;  the  commercial  history  of  rhubarb  ;  the  uses  of  for- 
malin ;  the  status  of  antitoxin,  and  the  therapeutical  value  of  the  newer  syn- 
thetic   products  ;   the  application  of  Roentgen  rays  to   medical  use,  etc. 
The  British  Pharmacopoeia,  1898.  Formulae  and  Processes — Alterations, 
Additions  and  Omissions.  Second  Edition.  Pharmaceutical  Journal  Reprint. 
1898. 
This  is  a  summary  sufficiently  full  of  details  concerning  all  medicinal  pre- 
parations in  the  British  Pharmacopoeia,  1898,  to  enable  the  reader  to  appreciate 
fully  the  extent  of  the  alterations  in  and  additions  to  existing  official  prepara- 
tions. It  will  be  seen,  on  comparing  these  notes  with  the  1885  edition,  that  the 
majority  of  the  older  formulas,  processes,  doses,  etc.,  have  been  modified  to  a 
greater  or  less  extent. 
The  following  are  some  of  the  changes  that  may  be  noted  : 
Aqua  Chloroformi. — 2*5  c.c.  in  1,000  c.c. 
Extractum  Belladonnas  Alcoholicum. — contains  1  per  cent,  of  the  alkaloids  of 
the  root. 
Extractum  Opii  Liquidum. — Each  100  c.c.  contains  075  gramme  of  morphine. 
Injectio  Apomorphinae  Hypodermica. — Each  ico  c.c.  contains  1  gramme  of 
apomorphine  hydrochloride. 
Pilula   Phosphori. — Each  ioo  grammes  contains  2  grammes  of  phosphorus. 
Suppositoria  Morphinae. — Each  suppository  contains  %  gramme  of  morphine 
hydrochloride. 
Syrupus  Ferri  Iodidi. — 1  grain  of  ferrous  iodide  in  each  ti  minims. 
Tinctura  Aconiti. — 1  gramme  of  aconite  root  for  20  c.c.  of  tincture. 
Tinctura  Belladonnas. — In  each  100  c.c.  there  is  o'04S-o*052  gramme  of  alka- 
loids of  the  root. 
Tinctura  Chloriformi  et  Morphinae  Composita. — In  each  10  minims  there  is  % 
minim  of  chloroform,  l/z  minim  of  diluted  hydrocyanic  acid  and  TXT  grain 
of  morphine  hydrochloride. 
Tinctura  Ciuchonoe. — Each  100  c.c.  contains  1  gramme  of  alkaloids. 
Tinctura  Cinchonae  Composita — Each  100  c.c.  contains  0*5  gramme  of  alkaloids. 
Tinctura  Jalapa. — Each  i<  o  c.c.  contains  1*5  gramme  of  resin. 
Tinctura  Nucis  Vomicae. — Each  100  c.c.  contains  from  0*24  gramme  to  0*26 
gramme  of  strychnine. 
Tinctura  Podophylli. — Each  100  c.c.  contains  3-65  grammes  of  resin. 
Tinctura  Quiniuae. — Each  100  c.c.  contains  2  grammes  of  quinine  hydrochloride. 
Tinctura  Ouiuinae  Ammoniata. — Each  100  c.c.  contains  2  grammes  of  quinine 
sulphate. 
Tinctura  Strophanthi.  —  2*5  grammes  of  strophanthus  seeds  for  100  c.c. 
Trochiscus  Bismuthi  Compositus. — Each  contains  in  grains  of  bismuth  oxycar- 
bonate,  2;  heavy  magnesium  carbonate,  2;   precipitated  calcium  car" 
bouate,  4- 
