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veterinary  surgeons  are  to  be  added  to  this  commission.  Supplements  to  this 
codex  may  be  issued  yearly  if  necessary.  The  penalties  vary  in  different  ca^  es 
from  16  to  3000  francs. 
The  corps  of  military  pharmacists  organized  in  1791  was,  in  1882,  placed 
under  the  control  of  the  medical  department  of  the  army,  and  a  bill  has  been 
prepared  by  the  minister  of  war,  with  the  view  of  abolishing  it  altogether.  • 
There  are  at  the  present  time  184  military  pharmacists  in  the  service. 
The  University  of  Brussels,  the  semi-centennial  existence  of  which  was 
solemnized  in  November,  1884,  has  been  destroyed  by  fire  on  the  afternoon 
of  July  7th  last.  The  fire  originated  in  the  chemical  laboratory,  and  made 
such  rapid  headway  as  to  render  the  saving  of  the  large  library  and  of  most 
of  the  valuable  collections  a  matter  of  impossibility.  Since  1842,  the  official  title 
of  the  institution  was  Wniversite  libre  de  Bruxelles. 
EEVIEWS  AKD  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Le  Curare.    Par  Auguste  Auche,  pharmacien  de  Ire  classe.    8vo,  pp.  70. 
Des  lllicium  en  general;  de  la  badaine  et  son  huile  essentielle  en  particulier.  Par 
J.  Tambon,  pharmacien  universitaire  de  Ire  classe.   8vo,  pp.  80. 
De  V huile  de  chaidmoogra  (Gynocardia  odorata),  de  son  utilite  et  de  son  emploi  en 
therapeutique.   Par  le  Dr.  Eugene  Mar9on.    8vo,  pp.  59. 
The  last  one  of  these  three  theses  is  from  the  medical  school,  the  remaining 
two  from  the  school  of  pharmacy  at  Montpellier.  That  on  illicium  and  oil  of 
staranise  deserves  special  mention  for  the  handsomely  executed  plates  illus- 
trating the  anatomy  of  different  species.  We  shall  endeavor  to  give  brief 
abstracts  from  these  theses  in  another  place. 
Beitrdge  zur  gerichtlichen  Chemie.   Von  G.  DragendorfF.    St.  Petersburg,  1886. 
8vo,  pp.  39. 
Contributions  to  forensic  chemistry. 
The  indefatigable  author  describes  in  this  reprint  from  the  Phar.  Zeitschrift 
f.  Eussland,  the  results  of  researches  carried  on  by  himself  and  under  his 
supervision,  and  embracing  the  following  substances:  Aloin  and  aloes;  con- 
volvulin  and  jalapin;  ehloralhydrate;  phenol;  myoctonine;  lobelia  alkaloids ; 
thalline  and  antipyrine.  The  dissertations  on  three  or  four  of  the  above 
subjects  have  been  already  noticed  in  this  journal,  and  the  remaining  ones 
will  be  presented  in  a  condensed  form. 
Massachusetts  State  Agricultural  Experiment  Station.    Bulletin  No.  21.    June,  1886. 
It  contains  the  analyses  of  a  number  of  fertilizing  materials,  bran,  meals  and 
ensilage  made  from  corn  and  from  apple  pomace. 
