Am-^-1|h6arm-}  Reviews,  etc.  269 
brief  synopsis  of  the  various  papers  will  be  found.  Several  of  the  papers  have 
been  published  in  full  in  the  Journal.  An  important  addition  to  the  Proceed- 
ings is  the  New  York  and  Brooklyn  Formulary  of  unofncinal  preparations, 
which  thus  assumes  a  national  character  and  which  will,  hereafter,  be  extended 
so  as  to  embrace  also  the  unonicinal  preparations  used  in  other  parts  of  North 
America,  always  provided  that  those  interested  will  not  fail  to  communicate 
their  observations  in  this  line  to  the  Committee  on  Unofncinal  Formulas,  Dr. 
Chas.  Rice,  Chairman,  College  of  Pharmacy,  209  East  23d  street,  New  York. 
The  Proceedings  contain  the  phototype  of  the  late  Henry  B.  Parsons,  who 
died  shortly  before  the  last  meeting.  The  picture,  we  understand,  was  made 
from  a  photograph  taken  several  years  ago,  the  last  one  that  could  be  procured 
by  the  committee.   
Proceedings  of  the  Illinois  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  the  sixth  annual  meeting, 
held  in  Chicago,  Sept.  22-24,  1885.  Chicago:  T.  N.  Jamieson,  Secretary. 
8vo,  pp.  85. 
The  meeting  was  noticed  on  page  632  of  the  December  number  of  this 
Journal. 
Proceedings  of  the  New  Hampshire  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  the  eleventh  and 
and  twelfth  annual  meetings,  held  in  Concord,  Oct.  14, 1884,  and  Nov.  3, 1885. 
Concord,  N.  H.    8vo,  pp.  64. 
The  thirteenth  annual  meeting  will  be  held  in  September  next. 
Erythroxylon  Coca  and  Its  Derivatives. — A  resume  of  their  history,  botanical 
origin,  production  and  cultivation,  chemical  composition,  physiological  action 
and  medicinal  preparations;  embracing  reports  on  their  employment  in  gen- 
eral and  minor  surgery,  etc.,  etc  Compiled  by  the  scientific  department 
of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.    Detroit  and  New  York.   8vo,  pp.  103. 
About  one-third  of  the  pamphlet  treats  of  the  botanical,  economical  and 
chemical  history  of  the  plant;  the  remainder,  of  its  uses  and  those  of  cocaine 
in  medicine  and  surgery.  It  is  a  very  useful  and  timely  compilation  of  papers 
on  a  subject  which  has  attracted  considerable  attention  for  several  years. 
Coca,  Cocaine  and  its  Salts:  their  history,  medical  and  economic  uses,  and  medi- 
cinal preparations.  By  William  Martindale,  F.  C.  L.,  etc.  London  •  H  K 
Lewis,  1886.    16mo,  pp.  69. 
The  scope  of  this  little  work  is  similar  to  that  of  the  preceding  one  ;  but  the 
information  is  given  in  a  necessarily  very  condensed  form,  which  is  more  espe- 
cially the  case  with  the  uses  in  medicine.  The  little  book  is  handsomely 
printed  in  blue  ink  upon  green-tinted  paper. 
Cocaine  in  Hay  Fever.   A  lecture  delivered  at  the  Chicago  Medical  College  Bv 
Seth  S.  Bishop,  M.  D.,  etc.  b  '  J 
Reprint  from  the  Journal  of  the  American  Medical  Association. 
The  Druggists1  General  Receipt  Book;  comprising  a  copious  veterinary  formu- 
lary, numerous  recipes  in  patent  and  proprietary  medicines,  druggists'  nos- 
