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Potter's  Materia  Medica  is  one  of  the  most  widely  used  books 
on  this  subject  in  the  United  States.  In  the  present  edition  one 
hundred  and  thirteen  new  articles  and  paragraphs  appear,  and  four 
hundred  articles  have  been  rewritten.  There  is  a  thumb  index  in- 
dicating each  main  division  of  the  book,  which  will  greatly  facilitate 
its  use. 
A  Text-Book  on  Modern  Materia  Medica  and  Therapeutics. 
By  A.  A.  Stevens,  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  and  the 
Woman's  Medical  College  of  Philadelphia.  Fouth  edition,  revised. 
Octavo  of  670  pages.  Cloth,  $3.50  net.  Philadelphia  and  London  : 
W.  B.  Saunders  &  Co.  1905. 
This  new  edition  of  Stevens's  work  on  materia  medica  and  thera- 
peutics has  been  revised  and  adapted  to  the  Eighth  Decennial 
Revision  of  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia.  New  articles  dealing 
with  scopolamin,  ethyl  chloride,  theocin,  veronal  and  radium  have 
been  introduced,  and  in  the  section  on  radiotherapy  much  new 
matter  has  been  incorporated. 
A  Short  Manual  of  Analytical  Chemistry,  qualitative  and 
quantitative — inorganic  and  organic.  By  John  Muter.  Fourth 
American  edition.  Illustrated.  The  chapters  relating  to  the  analysis 
of  drugs  being  based  upon  the  Eighth  Revision  (1905)  of  the  United 
States  Pharmacopoeia.    Philadelphia  :  P.  Blakiston's  Son  &  Co. 
Muter's  manual  has  long  been  recognized  as  a  concise  and  valuable 
work  on  the  qualitative  and  quantitative  analysis  of  inorganic  and 
organic  substances.  The  present  edition  has  been  made  to  conform 
to  American  requirements  and  has  been  edited  for  the  use  of  analysts 
in  this  country.  Part  I,  on  qualitative  analysis,  is  devoted  to  the 
consideration  of :  (a)  the  processes  employed  by  practical  chemists ; 
{&)  detection  of  the  metals;  (c)  detection  and  separation  of  acid 
radicals;  (d)  qualitative  analysis,  as  applied  to  the  detection  of  un- 
known salts;  [e)  qualitative  detection  of  alkaloids  and  certain 
organic  bodies  used  in  medicine,  with  a  general  sketch  of  toxicological 
procedure.  In  Part  II,  on  quantitative  analysis,  are  considered  :  (a) 
weighing,  measuring  and  specific  gravity ;  (b)  volumetric  quantita- 
tive analysis;  (c)  gravimetric  quantitative  analysis  of  metals  and 
acids ;  (d)  ultimate  organic  analysis ;  (e)  special  processes  for  the 
analysis  of  water,  air  and  food;  (/)  analysis  of  gases,  polarization 
and  spectrum  analysis,  etc. 
