Am.  Jour.  Pharrn.  1 
Feb.,  188S.  J 
Reviews,  etc. 
Ill 
Iritis:  Its  Relation  to  the  Rheumatic  Diathesis  and  its  Treatment.  By  Chas.  J.  Lundy, 
A.  M.,  M.  D.,  Professor  of  Diseases  of  the  Eye,  Ear  and  Throat  in  the  Detroit 
College  of  Medicine.   Pp.  10. 
Reprinted  from  the  Physician  and  Surgeon. 
Twelfth  Annual  Report  of  the  Maternity  Hospital,  734  South  Tenth  Street,  Philadel- 
phia.   Pp.  11. 
Sixth  Annual  Report  of  the  State  Board  of  Health,  Lunacy  and  Charity,  of  Massachu- 
setts. Supplement  containing  the  report  and  papers  on  public  health.  Boston : 
1885.    8vo,  pp.  403. 
The  most  interesting  part  to  pharmacists  and  druggists  is  the  report  by  Prof. 
B.  F.  Davenport,  the  analyst  of  drugs.  We  note  the  following  results :  of  33 
samples  of  jalap  (whole  or  powdered  ?)  12  yielded  over  12  per  cent,  of  resin 
(the  report  states  alcoholic  extract),  and  11  less  than  10  per  cent.  Of  5  samples  of 
creasot,  3  consisted  of  carbolic  acid.  14  (out  of  15)  samples  of  chloroform  were 
the  crude  article.  The  saffron  purchased  was  in  all  cases  (5)  saffiower ;  it  seems, 
therefore,  as  if  in  Boston  the  latter  article  was  still  demanded  under  the  name 
of  saffron  the  same  as  twenty  years  ago,  when  such  a  statement  was  made  before 
the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
The  Extra  Pharmacopoeia,  with  the  Additions  introduced  into  the  British  Pharmacopoeia, 
1885.  By  Wm.  Martindale,  F.  C.  S.,  etc.  Medical  references  and  a  therapeuti- 
cal index  of  diseases  and  symptoms  by  W.  Wynn  Westcott,  M.  B.,  Lond.,  etc. 
Fourth  edition.    London:  H.  K.  Lewis.    Pp.  416.  » 
After  having  noticed  at  some  length  two  of  the  preceding  editions  of  this  work, 
it  remains  for  us  merely  to  note  the  publication  of  the  fourth  edition,  and  to 
state  that  the  appearance  of  the  new  British  Pharmacopoeia  rendered  a  com- 
plete revision  necessary,  in  which  the  essential  features  of  the  former  editions 
are  preserved,  the  work  including  the  facts,  etc.,  known  at  the  time  of  publica- 
tion. A  secondary  list  has  been  added,  containing  notices  of  American  and 
other  drugs  which  are  rarely  used  in  Europe.  These  drugs,  if  considered  of 
sufficient  importance  for  admission,  it  seems  to  us,  would  find  a  more  conve- 
nient place  if  placed  in  regular  alphabetical  order  with  the  others.  Although 
the  book  has  been  increased  by  86  pages,  it  is  still  suitable  for  the  pocket. 
Introductory  Address  to  the  Fifth  Lecture  Course  of  the  Albany  College  of  Pharmacy. 
Delivered  October  5,  1885,  by  Willis  G.  Tucker,  M.  D.,  Professor  of  Chemistry. 
Pp.  14. 
Beitr'dge  zur  Kenntniss  der  Alkaloide  des  Aconitum  Napellus.    Von  Alexander  Jiir- 
gens.    Pp.  45. 
Contributions  to  our  knowledge  of  the  alkaloids  of  Aconitum  JNTapellus. 
Beitrag  zum  Nachweise  des  Chloralhydrats  im  Thierkdrper.    Von  Hildebert  Baron 
Tiesenhausen.    Pp.  30. 
Contribution  to  the  detection  of  chloral  hydrate  in  the  animal  body. 
Beitrag  zum  Nachweis  des  Phenols  im  Thierkdrper.    Von  Woldemar  Jacobson. 
Pp.  26. 
Contributions  to  the  detection  of  phenol  in  the  animal  body. 
These  three  pamphlets  contain  inaugural  essays  from  the  University  of  Dorpat. 
