198  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  {AmAprUn;i906arm* 
A  Text-Book  of  Chemistry  for  the  use  of  students  and  practi- 
tioners of  medicine,  dentistry  and  pharmacy.  By  William  R.  Jones, 
University  College  of  Medicine,  Richmond,  Va.  Illustrated.  Phila- 
delphia: P.  Blakiston's  Son  &  Co. 
This  work  is  a  general  chemistry  adapted  to  the  use  of  students 
in  medicine,  dentistry  and  pharmacy.  The  following  subjects  are 
considered :  Physics,  chemical  philosophy,  inorganic  chemistry, 
organic  chemistry,  methods  of  quantitative  analysis,  physiological 
chemistry.  The  book  is  well  written  and  will  be  found  useful  in  the 
courses  for  which  it  is  proposed. 
Text-Book  of  Medical  and  Pharmaceutical  Chemistry.  By 
Elias  H.  Bartley,  Long  Island  College  Hospital.  Sixth  edition, 
thoroughly  revised,  with  ninety  illustrations.  Philadelphia :  P. 
Blakiston's  Son  &  Co. 
Bartley's  chemistry  is  intended  for  students  in  medicine  and 
pharmacy  and  is  becoming  more  valuable  with  each  new  edition. 
It  contains  a  large  amount  of  information  regarding  the  composition 
of  many  common  substances.  The  subject  matter  is  presented  in 
quite  an  instructive  and  more  or  less  original  manner. 
Neue  Arzneimittel  organischer  Natur.  Vom  pharmazeutisch- 
chemischen  Standpunkte  aus  bearbeitet.  Von  L.  Rosenthaler_ 
Berlin  :  Verlag  von  Julius  Springer.    1906.    M.  6. 
This  v^ork  is  written  particularly  for  the  use  of  pharmacists.  The 
more  important  new  remedies  are  considered,  and  they  are  divided  into 
the  following  classes  :  (a)  anesthetics  and  hypnotics  \  (b)  antiseptics ; 
(c)  antipyretics  ;  (d)  purgatives  ;  (e)  diuretics,  etc.  Under  each  syn- 
thetic is  given  the  composition,  preparation  or  mode  of  manufacture; 
properties,  tests,  uses  and  other  special  features. 
It  is  a  first-rate  little  book  and  to  be  recommended  to  pharma- 
cists, chemists  and  others  interested  in  the  subjects  which  are 
considered. 
PHILADELPHIA  BRANCH  OF  THE  AMERICAN  PHAR- 
MACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. 
In  pursuance  of  the  following  letter  a  preliminary  meeting  for 
inaugurating  a  local  branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation was  held  in  the  Museum  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy  on  Tuesday,  March  20,  1906,  at  2.30  p.m.: 
