gkay's supplement to the pharmacopceia. "Sl::::::^ 
features of the earlier editions, with the very striking differ- 
ence that the objectionable recipes have been omitted, an 
alphabetical arrangement adopted in the formulary, and the 
arrangements of Cuvier and De CandoUe applied to the ex- 
tended catalogue of animals and plants used in medicine. 
The first hundred pages are devoted to weights and mea- 
sures, specific gravity, thermometrical tables, tables of 
solubility, pharmaceutical calendar, &g. 
The following five hundred pages are taken up with a 
catalogue of animals and plants,, arranged according to the 
natural systems, including all that are in the remotest man- 
ner connected with medicine, and many that have no claims 
to such a position. The majority of them are merely no- 
ticed, whilst those that are more important are somewhat 
enlarged upon. As the vulgar names and scientific syno- 
nyms are given, this^catalogue affords a valuable reference 
in the constantly recurring queries after herbs, etc., under 
local names. 
The remaining four hundred pages are occupied with 
formulae, occupied with short descriptions of substances,lthe 
whole arranged in alphabetical order. The formulary in- 
cludes all the preparations of the British Pharmacopcsias, 
those of our own not recognized in England ; many from 
the French Codex and other French authorities, besides 
very many preparations not officinal, though used occasion- 
ally. Besides these, the patent medicines, veterinary medi- 
cines, enamels, varnishes, inks, cements, essences, etc., etc , 
are fully represented, and present an array of information 
not found in any similar work. 
The index is exceedingly copious, occupying near one 
hundred pages, of three columns each, and embracing over 
fifteen thousand references. On the whole, we cannot but 
admit that the editor has acquitted himself well of the task 
proposed in the preface, viz : " to fulfil the objects contem- 
plated by the original author/^ and that the work before us 
