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Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices.  { 
Am.  Jour.  Pharjux 
]\Iay  1,  1S71. 
Subsequently  the  eclectics  applied  the  same  name  to  the  precipitate  occurring 
in  the  infusion  and  tincture  of  hydrastis  by  muriatic  acid,  and  obstinately  per- 
sist in  this  error  to  the  present  day,  although  Dr.  F.  Mahla,  in  1862,  proved  this> 
precipitate  to  be  muriate  of  berberina,  and  notwithstanding  the  impropriety  of 
the  course  puisued  has  been  repeatedly  pointed  out  to  them. 
Uebersicld  der  Cinchonea,  von  H.A..  Weddell,  Dr.  med.  Deutsch  bearbeitet  voD' 
Dr.  F.  A.  Fliickiger,  Prof,  an  der  Universit  it  Bern.  Schaffhausen  und  Ber- 
lin, 1871.    8vo.    43  pages. 
Review  of  the  Cinchonas,  by  H.  A.  AVeddell,  M.D. 
An  elaboration  in  German  of  Weddell's  Noten  sur  les  Quinquinas,  by  Fliick- 
iger. 
Twenty- two  years  ago  Weddell  opened  the  way  for  a  truly  scientific  study  of 
cinchona  barks.  His  labors  were  well  appreciated  in  Europe,  and  many  others^ 
prominent  among  whom  was  Howard,  followed  in  his  path,  whose  works  are 
comparatively  little  known  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic.  The  work  in  question 
is  not  merely  a  translation  into  German,  but  it  is  a  valuable  addition  to  the 
vast  literature  on  the  cinchonas,  enriched  by  Fliickiger's  extensive  knowledge, 
of  the  subject  and  his  critical  sifting  of  facts. 
Proceedings,  Gonstituiioyi  and  By-Laws  of  the  Vermont  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation, incorporated  at  the  October  session  of  the  Vermont  Legislature,. 
1870.    Rutland  :  Tuttle  &  Co.,  printers.  1871. 
With  a  commendable  spirit,  our  pharmaceutical  friends  in  Vermont  formed 
a  State  association,  and  became  a  body  politic  by  act  of  their  Legislature- 
Constitution  and  by-laws  are  modelled  after  those  of  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association,  and  the  code  of  ethics  after  that  adopted  by  the  Phila- 
delphia College  of  Pharmacy.  The  discussions,  to  judge  from  the  minutes^ 
were  valuable  and  interesting,  and  with  such  sentiments  as  were  expressed 
at  the  several  meetings,  we  bespeak  for  the  new  State  association  a  hearty  wel- 
come in  the  councils  of  the  National  association.  The  following  are  the  officers;- 
Dr.  C.  L.  Case,  Brandon,  President ;  Wm.  H.  Northrup,  Castleton,  and  Julia© 
S.  Hickock,  Vergennes,  Vice-Presidents;  Albert  W.  Higgins,  Rutland,  Secre- 
tary; Collins  Blakeley,  Montpelier,  Treasurer. 
Jahreshericht  iiber  die  Fortschritte  der  Pharmacognosie,  Pharmacie  und  Tax- 
icologie.  Von  Med. -Rath  l)r.  Wiggers,  Prof,  in  Gottingen,  und  Dr.  A. 
Husemann,  Prof,  in  Chur.  Neue  Folge.  4  Jahrgang,  1869.  Gottingen, 
1870.    8vo.    Pp.  568. 
Annual  Report  on  the  Progress  of  Pharmacognosy,  Pharmacy  and  Toxi- 
cology. 
The  4th  volume  of  the  new  series — the  first  25  volumes  having  appeared 
under  the  title  of  "  Cannstatt's  Jahreshericht" — sustains  the  high  reputation 
acquired  for  this  annual  by  the  previous  volumes.  The  matter  is  arranged  in 
a  systematic  order,  under  the  three  headings  mentioned  in  the  title,  chemistry- 
being  included  under  Pharmacy,  which  is  divided  into  eight  parts,  of  which  "  Phar- 
macy of  the  inorganic  bodies,"  "  Pharmacy  of  organic  bodies,"  and  "  Pharmacy 
of  mixed  medicinal  substance,"  are  the  most  voluminous.  The  different  essays 
on  the  same  subjects  are  not  merely  enumerated  and  extracted  one  after  the 
