AmDe£yiSarm'}     Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices.  623 
objects  of  the  law;  but  considerable  work  was  accomplished  in  the  brief 
space  of  time  covered  by  this  first  annual  report. 
Transactions  of  the  American  Bermatological  Association  at  the  tenth  annual 
meeting  held  at  Indian  Harbor  Hotel,  Greenwich,  Conn.,  on  the  25th, 
26th  and  27th  of  August,  1886.  Boston  :  G.  H.  Tilden,  M.D.,  Secretary. 
8vo,  pp.  71. 
The  Proceedings  of  the  following  State  Pharmaceutical  Associations  have 
been  received  : 
Alabama.    Pp.  24.    See  July  number,  p.  358. 
Illinois.    Pp.  199.    See  July  number,  p.  358. 
New  Hampshire.  Pp.  57.  The  thirteenth  annual  meeting  was  held  in 
Manchester,  September  14th,  and  another  meeting  will  be  held  in  the  same 
place  on  the  fourth  Tuesday  of  January,  1887.  The  present  secretary  is 
€has.  B.  Spofford,  Claremont. 
New  Jersey.    Pp.  105.    See  July  number,  p.  361. 
Ohio.  Pp.  161.  See  July  number,  p.  365.  Assistant  Secretary  is  C.  T. 
In  man,  Akron. 
Virginia.    Pp.  102.    See  June  number,  p.  319. 
Wisconsin.  Pp.60.  See  October  number,  p.  527.  The  pamphlet  contains 
^ilso  the  fifth  annual  report  of  the  Wisconsin  Board  of  Pharmacy,  covering 
36  pages. 
Resorcin  and  Cocaine  in  Whooping  Cough.— Dr.  Moncorvo 
has  used  resorcin  immediately  after  the  application  of  a  ten  per  cent,  solu- 
tion of  muriate  of  cocaine  to  the  larynx  and  pharynx,  and  found  that  the 
combined  use  of  these  drugs  furnished  better  results  in  the  treatment  of 
whooping  cough,  than  could  be  obtained  from  their  application  singly. — 
Central  bl.  f.  Med.  Wiss. 
Iodide  of  Sodium. — A  leading  article  in  the  British  Medical  Journal 
thus  sums  up  the  advantages  of  iodide  of  sodium  over  iodide  of  potassium  : 
"  (1)  It  can  be  used  therapeutically  for  almost  all,  certainly  the  chief,  pur- 
poses for  which  potassium  iodide- is  used,  and  with  similar  beneficial  results. 
(2)  Sodium  iodide  is  more  assimilable  than  the  iodide  of  potassium,  both 
locally  to  the  digestive  organs  and  to  the  general  system.  (3)  Many  of  the 
local  and  general  undesirable  effects  which  are  produced  by  potassium 
iodide  do  not  follow  the  use  of  sodium  iodide." — N.  Y.  Med.  Monthly. 
