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ria  Medica,"  conveniently  arranged  in  alphabetical  order,  with  full  descriptions 
of  the  medical  properties  and  action,  and  the  therapeutic  uses  of  each  drug. 
Part  second  speaks  of  "Medicinal  Agents  and  Classes  of  Medicines,"  and  is 
likewise  arranged  in  alphabetical  order.  The  book  closes  with  an  alphabetical 
index  of  diseases. 
Every  page  of  this  manual  gives  evidence  of  the  author's  industry,  his  critical 
observation,  and  his  familiarity  with  the  current  medical  literature,  the  impor- 
tant facts  of  which  are  condensed  so  as  to  be  at  once  available  to  the  physician, 
who  will  be  particularly  pleased  with  the  full  accounts  given  of  most  of  the  new 
and  even  some  of  the  rarest  therapeutical  agents,  as,  for  instance,  apomorphia, 
chloral,  carbolic  acid,  cryptopia,  peroxide  of  hydrogen,  iodide  of  methyl,  &c. 
If  we  have  a  suggestion  to  make,  it  is  this,  that  an  account  of  some  of  the 
American  articles  of  Materia  Medica  would  be  welcome  to  the  American  prac- 
titioner, the  most  important  ones  of  which  have,  however,  received  their  full 
share  of  attention. 
The  medical  student  as  well  as  the  physician  will  find  it  a  very  useful  work. 
Headaches;  their  Causes  and  their  Cure.  By  Henry  G.  Wright,  M.  D.. 
M.  R.  C.  S.  L.,  L.  S.  A.,  &c.  From  the  fourth  London  edition.  Philadel 
phia  :  Lindsay  &  Blakiston,  1871.    12mo,  154  pages.    Price,  in  cloth,  $1.25' 
This  little  volume  aims  at  imparting  correct  views  of  the  varieties,  symptoms, 
causes  and  treatment  of  headaches  ;  and,  while  the  practitioner  will  find  in  it 
many  useful  hints,  suggestions  and  facts,  every  intelligent  reader  will  derive 
special  benefit  from  the  perusal  of  its  pages,  inviting  him  to  reflect  on  the 
causes  of  the  headache  which  occasionally  troubles  him,  and  pointing  out  their 
avoidance.  We  consider  this  work  ol  special  value  to  the  pharmacist,  who  is 
so  frequently  applied  to  to  relieve  headache;  it  will  convince  him,  if  he  did 
not  know  it  already,  that  headache  is  merely  a  symptom  and  not  a  disease, 
which,  to  be  permanently  relieved,  requires  often  the  careful  observations  of 
the  physician.  Pil.  cathart.  comp.  and  liq.  magnes.  citrat.,  though  relieving 
some  headaches,  are  not  specifics  for  headache. 
Report  of  the  Executive  Committees  of  the  Apothecaries^  Union  of  New  York 
City  and  Suburbs,  in  relation  to  the  Drug  Laiv  and  the  Legal  Regulation  of 
Pharmacy,  ^t.   New  York  :  "Journal  of  Applied  Chemistry"  Print,  1871.  ' 
We  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  this  report,  which  contains  also  an  address  by 
Dr.  Fr.  Hoffmann,  giving  a  historical  sketch  of  the  efforts  made  by  American 
pharmacists  to  obtain  suitable  legislation,  and  showing  the  absurdities  and  in- 
consistencies of  the  New  York  law.  A  draft  of  a  proposed  act  is  added,  which 
is  based  upon  the  Rhode  Island  law,  but  has  some  other  features  which  we  may, 
perhaps,  allude  to  hereafter. 
Ueber  die  Wirkungen  der  Wasserluftpumpe,  deren  Anwendung  heim  Abdamp- 
fen,  Kochen,  Destilliren  und  Filtriren  im  Vacuum,  sowie  beim  Trocknen  von 
Krdutern  und  Krystallen.    Yon  F.  A.  Wolff  &  Sobne,  in  Heilbronn. 
On  the  effects  of  the  water  air-pump  ;  its  uses  in  evaporation,  boiling,  distillintr 
