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Reviews,  etc. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
May,  1886. 
trums,  etc.,  perfumery  and  cosmetics,  beverages,  dietetic  articles  and  condi- 
ments, photographic  chemicals  and  formulae,  trade  chemicals,  scientific 
processes  and  an  appendix  of  useful  tables.  By  Henry  Beasly.  Ninth  edi- 
tion. Philadelphia :  P.  Blakiston,  Son  &  Co.,  1886.  16mo,pp.507.  Price,  $2.25. 
The  volume  now  before  us  is  the  revised  edition  of  a  work  which  has  been 
in  the  hands  of  druggists  for  many  years,  proving  its  utility  and  value  by  the 
new  editions  which  have  from  time  to  time  become  necessary,  and  which  have 
been  noticed  in  previous  volumes  of  the  Journal.  The  present  edition  has 
been  revised  and  enlarged,  and  though  it  covers  about  the  same  number  of 
pages  as  the  eighth  edition,  room  has  been  provided  for  the  new  material  by 
increasing  the  text  on  each  page  about  three  lines. 
A  Lecture  on  Piper  Methysticum  (Kava-kava).   By  Dr.  L.  Lewin. 
A  condensed  account  of  the  subject  of  this  lecture  will  be  found  on  page  138 
of  our  March  number.  The  complete  translation  made  from  Berl.  Klin. 
Wochenschrift,  was  published  by  Parke,  Davis  &  Co. 
Asa  Gray.  8vo,  pp.  16.  A  biographical  sketch  of  the  celebrated  American 
botanist.  Written  by  Prof.  C.  S.  Sargent  and  published  in  the  Sun  news- 
paper, Jan.  3,  1886.  .   
Twenty-seventh  Annual  Report  of  the  Inspector  of  Milk  and  Vinegar,  from  April  6, 
1885  to  December  31, 1885.    Boston.   8vo,  pp.  60. 
Outlines  for  a  Museum  of  Anatomy,  prepared  for  the  Bureau  of  Education.  By 
R.  W.  Shufeldt.    Washington.    8vo,  pp.  65. 
Esthetics  of  Medicine.   The  doctorate  address  in  the  medical  department  of  the 
University  of  Louisville.   By  Prof.  H.  A.  Cottell,  M.  D. ;  pp.  26. 
L'Epilepsie  et  son  moyen  curatif    Par  H.  Bonnewyn,  etc.   Aven  une  Introduc- 
tion par  M.  le  Dr.  Hubert  Bosns.    Charleroi,  1886.   8vo,  pp.  19. 
A  New  Departure  in  Uterine  Therapeutics.  The  Dry  Treatment.  By  Dr.  Geo.  J. 
Engelmann.  St.  Louis.  Address  before  the  St.  Louis  Obstetrical  and  Gyneco- 
logical Society;  pp.  11.   
The  Organization  of  Local  Boards  of  Health  in  Pennsylvania.  By  Benj.  Lee,  A.  M., 
M.  D.,  Ph.  D.  8vo,  pp.  16.  Read  before  the  Philadelphia  Social  Science 
Association. 
Twenty-fifth  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Managers  of  the  Woman's  Hospital  of 
Philadelphia.    January,  1886.    8vo,  pp.  44. 
International  Electrical  Exhibition,  1884,  of  the  Franklin  Institute. 
The  following  reports  of  examiners  are  jefore  us  : 
Section  XI.    Steam  engines;  pp.  32. 
Section  XXII.  Electric  signal  apparatus,  electric  registering  apparatus,  etc. ; 
pp.  96. 
Section  XXII.  Supplementary  report  on  meteorological  and  other  registers; 
pp.  13. 
