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editions  of]  the  Pharmacologia,  but  they  are  inferior  to  those  of  the 
third  edition  of  that  work.  In  the  present  instance,  for  example, 
"  Gentian  Roots  "  are  described  as  "  hot  and  dry,"  but  this  Aris- 
totelian taint  is  the  only  relic  left  of  medieval  superstition,  and  the 
remainder  of  the  description,  which  seems  to  have  been  originally 
condensed  from  Parkinson,  is  similar  to  that  given  by  Dale. 
The  monograph  ends  with  the  statement  that  the  "Officinal  Prep- 
arations are  a  Compound  Water  and  an  Extract  " — information  obvi- 
ously useful  to  the  Apothecary's  apprentice. 
We  have  dealt  at  some  length  with  these  two  books,  as  they  are 
of  especial  interest  to  the  pharmacist,  but  the  remainder  of  the 
works  on  our  list  must  be  considered  as  briefly  as  possible. 
There  is  little  to  add  to  what  has  already  been  said  on  the  subject 
of  Philip  Miller's  and  Isaac  Rand's  catalogues,  save  that  Rand's 
Index  of  1739  is  written  entirely  in  Latin,  that  the  arrangement  is 
alphabetical,  and  that  "  Ray  and  Tournefort  are  the  principal 
authorities  referred  to." 
The  scope  of  J.  L.  Wheeler's  catalogue  will  be  made  apparent  by 
the  following  abstract : — 
CLASSIS  V. 
ORDO  II. 
PENTANDRIA  DIGYNIA. 
*  Flores  Monopetali  inferi. 
GENTIAN  A.    Willd.  Spec.  Plant,  i.  1331.    Persoon  Syn.  i.  284. 
ORDO  NAT.  ROTACE^E.  Linn. 
CLASSIS  VIII.  ORDO  XIII.  GENTIAN.E.  Capsula  simplex  unilocu- 
laris.  Juss. 
CHAR.  GEN.    Corolla  monopetala.    Capsula  bivalvis,  unilocularis.  Recep- 
taculis  duobus,  longitudinalibus. 
*  Corollis  5-9  fidis  subcatnpanulatis. 
47.  GENTIANA  LUTEA. 
CHAR.  SPEC.    Foliis  latis  ovatis  nervosis,  corollis  subquinquefidis  rotatis 
verticillatis.   Calycibus  spathaceis. 
ANGLICE,  Gentian. 
LOCUS.    In  alpibus  et  subalpinis  pratis.  Perennis. 
VIS.    Amarissima.    Tonica  prsestans,  parum  nauseosa. 
USUS.    In  Dyspepsia. 
COMP.  Ext.  Gentianse.  Lond.  Edin.  Eblan.1  Inf.  Gent.  Comp.  Lond, 
Edin.  Eblan.  Tinct.  Gent.  Comp.  Lond.  Edin.  Eblan.  Vinum  Gent.  Comp. 
Edin. 
1  These  refer  to  the  preparations  official  in  the  Pharmacopoeias  of  London, 
Edinburgh,  and  Dublin  respectively,  now  merged  into  one  :  the  British  Phar- 
macopoeia. 
