320 
Reviews,  ete. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
June,  1886. 
Pharmacy,  it  does  not  seem  necessary  to  speak  of  its  scope,  arrangement  and 
general  correctness.  The  facts  are  well  presented  and  concisely  stated,  and 
the  book  is  well  adapted  for  a  student's  note-book,  to  be  used  for  the  thorough 
study  of  the  subject. 
The  Modern  Crematist.    Edited  and  published  by  M.  L.  Davis,  M.D.,  and  W. 
TJ.  Hensel,  Lancaster,  Pa.    Price,  $1.00  per  year. 
This,  we  believe  is  the  first  journal  published  in  the  United  States  which  is 
devoted  to  the  subject  of  cremation.  It  is  neatly  printed  and  contains  many 
well  written  articles.  We  may  be  permitted  to  quote  the  result  of  an  analysis 
made  by  Prof.  T.  R.  Baker,  of  the  gases  from  the  chimney  of  the  Lancaster 
Crematorium,  both  befjre  and  during  a  cremation;  the  figures  given  are 
fractions  of  a  cubic  inch  to  the  gallon,  the  gases  having  been  passed  through 
U  tubes  and  through  distilled  water : 
H20.  CO  2-  Illuminating  gas.   O.  CO.  N. 
Before   '0011  "00080  .  .  -0080  .  .  -016 
During  0044  -00091  012  -0065  -0017  -015 
Department  of  Agriculture,  Division  of  Chemistry.  Bulletin  No.  9.  Third  report  on 
the  chemical  composition  and  physical  properties  of  American  cereals :  wheat, 
oats,  barley  and  rye.  By  Clifford  Richardson.  Washington :  Government 
Printing  Office,  1886.   8vo,  pp.  82. 
Third  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Control  of  the  State  Agricultural  Experiment 
Station  at  Amherst,  Mass.    (18S5).    Boston.    8vo.  pp.141. 
Massachusetts  Slate  Agricultural  Experiment  Station.  Bulletin  Xo.  19.  April,  1886. 
pp.  12. 
These  three  pamphlets  contain  numerous  analyses  of  agricultural  products ; 
also  of  fertilizers,  etc. 
On  the  Limitation  of  the  Contagious  Stage  of  Syphilis,  especially  in  its  Relations  to 
Marriage.  By  Prof.  F.  N.  Otis,  M.D.  New  York:  Wm.  Wood  &  Co.,  1886. 
8vo,  pp.  16. 
Reprint  from  the  Journal  of  Cutaneous  and  Venereal  Diseases,  Vol.  IV. 
The  following  reports  have  been  received : 
Of  the  Council  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Australasia,  for  1886. 
Of  the  Illinois  State  Board  of  Pharmacy. 
Of  the  North  Carolina  Board  of  Health.   No.  1.    (Published  monthly). 
Of  the  German  Hospital  of  the  City  of  Philadelphia,  for  1885. 
Of  the  Observatory  in  Yale  College,  for  1884-5. 
Of  the  Civil  Service  Reform  Association.    (Fifth  annual). 
Ttiebaine  Hydrochlorate,  according  to  Dr.  Bono,  is  an  excellent 
myotic,  similar  to  eserine,  but  producing  less  spasm  and  myosis.  One  drop  of  a 
1:40  solution  produces  its  effect  in  half  an  hour,  the  effect  passing  off  in  four 
or  five  hours. — Les.  Nouv.  Remedes,  March  1,  1886. 
