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book  for  students  in  medicine  and  physicians,  and  is  published  in 
two  volumes.  Volume  I  is  devoted  to  a  general  consideration  of 
the  subject  of  poisons  and  the  post-mortem  recognition  of  poisons. 
Volume  II  is  divided  practically  into  three  parts:  (i)  The  consider- 
ation of  those  substances  which  produce  decided  alterations  in 
the  tissues,  as  acids,  halogens,  alkalies  and  alkaline  earths,  arsenic, 
antimony,  phosphorus,  organic  substances,  animal  products,  plant 
products,  as  alkaloids,  ethereal  oils,  enzymes,  etc.  (2)  Blood  poi- 
sons, these  being  divided  according  as  they  affect  the  blood  corpus- 
cles or  produce  various  "  amoglobin  "  compounds.  In  part  3  those 
poisons  are  considered  which  cause  death,  but  without  producing 
marked  alterations  in  the  tissues,  and  these  are  taken  up  as  they 
affect  the  cerebrospinal  system  or  act  upon  the  heart. 
The  entire  work  consists  of  over  1600  pages  with  211  illustrations 
and  is  the  most  important  book  on  the  subject  of  poisons  that  has 
been  published.  It  will  be  found  useful  to  the  food  analyst,  who  is 
theoretically  trying  to  determine  the  nature  of  poisons,  as  well  as 
the  therapeutist  whose  notion  as  to  what  constitutes  a  poison  is  often 
vague  and  inadequate.  The  physiological  chemist  and  pharma- 
cologist (the  latter  class  of  whom  there  are  unfortunately  too  few 
representatives  in  this  country)  will  find  this  book  an  epitome  of 
scientific  research  marked  by  an  erudition  which  makes  it,  as  has 
been  stated,  a  masterpiece  of  its  kind. 
Annales  de  LTnstitut  Colonial  de  Marseille.  Treizieme 
annee.    2e  Serie.    3e  volume,  1905. 
In  this  volume  of  the  Annales  of  the  Colonial  Institute  of  Mar- 
seilles, which  was  founded  by  Professor  Edward  Heckel  and  pub- 
lished under  his  direction,  are  the  following  papers  : — 
(1)  Madagascar  in  1756.  By  M.  Bernard.  With  a  preface  by 
Professor  Gaffarel.  ' 
(2)  A  Chemical  Study  of  the  Oil  of  the  Wood  of  one  of  the  Dipto- 
carpeae.    By  M.  Et.  Lefeuvre. 
(3)  The  Morphology  and  Anatomy  of  Hura  Crepitans.  By  M. 
GiHes. 
(4)  The  External  Morphology  and  Anatomy  of  L  Epeura  Falcata 
Aublet.    By  Prof.  L.  Courchet. 
(5)  Perriera  Madagascariensis  Courchet.  A  New  Poisonous 
Simarubaceous  Plant.    By  L.  Courchet. 
