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Reviews. 
(  Am.  Jour.  Pharm 
I      August,  1898. 
Viburnum  opulus  L.,  Viburnum  prunifolium  L.,  Valeriana  officinalis  L.,  Digi- 
talis purpurea  L.,  Verbascum  Thapsus  L.,  Lobelia  inflata  L.,  Eupatorium  per- 
foliatum  L.,  Inula  Helenium  L.,  Anthemis  nobilis  L-,  Matricaria  Chamomilla 
L.,  Tanacetum  vulgare,  Artemisia  Absinthium  L.,  Tussilago  farfara  L.,  Arc- 
tium Lappa  L.,  Leptandra  Virginica,  Nutt,  Grindelia squarrosa  (Pursh),  Dunal., 
Hyoscyamus  niger  L.,  Datura  Stramonium  L. ,  and  a  host  of  other  drug-yield- 
ing plants.  This  is  to  be  regretted,  as  this  leading  botanical  work  could 
readily  have  been  made  a  valuable  aid  to  the  student  of  materia  medica. 
The  appendix  contains  descriptions  and  figures  of  eighty-one  plants,  new 
discoveries  or  determinations  made  while  the  work  was  in  press.  It  is  noted 
that  here  the  distinguishing  characters  are  printed  in  italics,  and  it  is  regretted 
that  the  same  plan  was  not  adopted  in  the  body  of  the  work,  as  it  would  have 
been  of  great  assistance  in  the  determination  of  plants. 
The  key  to  the  orders  and  families  has  been  carefully  elaborated,  and  will 
prove  a  valuable  aid  to  collectors  and  students.  The  indices  are  complete, 
and  in  the  English  index  Judge  Brown  has  carefully  compiled  all  the  popular 
names,  and  this  will  add  greatly  to  the  interest  of  the  work.  Throughout 
Volume  III  more  attention  has  been  paid  to  popular  or  common  names  than  in 
the  preceding  volumes.  Foreign  plants  that  have  become  adventitious  in  cer- 
tain localities  or  escaped  from  cultivation  have  been  introduced  in  the  volume, 
and  not  a  few  of  these  are  plants  of  medicinal  value.  In  pointing  out  a  few 
defects,  we  do  not  desire  to  detract  from  the  deserved  commendation  of  the 
work.  The  typograpical  errors  and  errata  are  remarkably  few.  The  style  and 
character  of  this  flora  is  such  that  it  must  serve  as  a  type  for  future  American 
works  on  systematic  botany.  G.  M.  B. 
The  Extra  Pharmacopoeia.  Revised  in  accordance  with  the  1 '  British 
Pharmacopoeia,"  ICS98.  By  Wm.  Martindale.  Serotherapy,  Organotherapy, 
Medical  References  and  a  Therapeutic  Index  by  W.  Wynn  Westcott.  Ninth 
edition.    Pp.  626.    London  :  H.  K.  Lewis.  1898. 
About  three  years  have  elapsed  since  the  publication  of  the  eighth  edition 
of  "The  Extra  Pharmacopoeia."  The  changes  in  the  present  edition  are  due 
to  the  publication  of  the  new  Pharmacopoeia.  In  addition  to  this,  however, 
we  note  the  numerous  details  and  references  to  the  use  of  the  newer  unofficial 
remedies.  Among  these  may  be  mentioned  new  synthetic  compounds  having 
local  anaesthetic  properties  allied  to  cocaine — eucaine,  holocaine  and  ortho- 
form.  The  vaso-dilators,  erythrol  and  manitol  nitrates,  as  well  as  nitroglycerin 
(trinitrin)  and  amyl  nitrite,  have  received  attention  by  the  authors  according 
to  the  light  of  later  researches.  Compounds  of  silver,  the  citrate  and  lac- 
tate, argentol,  argonin  and  protargol,  have  been  introduced  to  medical  prac- 
tice and  noticed  in  this  new  edition,  as  also  the  use  of  glycero-phosphoric 
acid  as  a  nervine  tonic;  the  new  bismuth  compounds,  chlorodyne  equivalents, 
iodoform  succedanea,  antipyretics  and  antiseptics  for  internal  and  external 
use.  The  last  group  includes  chinosol,  creosote  and  guaiacol  compounds. 
The  official  groups  of  concentrated  infusions,  lozenges,  pills,  ointments  and 
paraffins  are  also  described  and  commented  on.  The  controversies  on  hyoscine 
and  scopolamine,  and  on  pilocarpine  and  pilocarpidine  are  likewise  referred  to, 
as  well  as  euphthalmine — a  synthetic  compound  for  producing  mydriasis — and 
urotropine,  a  solvent  of  uric  acid,  designed  to  assist  in  its  elimination.  The 
work  on  antitoxins,  serums  and  lymphs  has  been  revised  by  noting  the  ex- 
