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do,  work  that  will  be  recognized  as  a  credit  to  pharmacy  in  time 
still  to  come. 
A  more  detailed  account  of  the  work  done  in  connection  with 
these  two  works  alone  would  prove  interesting  and  would  be  of 
inestimable  value  as  an  incentive  for  better  work  on  the  part  of 
future  pharmacists.  Information  relating  to  this  particular  feature 
of  his  work  must  be  still  available.  It  can  hardly  be  supposed  that 
of  the  thousands  of  circular  letters,  written  and  prepared  by  him 
himself,  none  have  been  preserved.  But,  even  if  this  were  true,  we 
still  have  the  voluminous  report  of  the  Committee  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  on  the  Revision  of  the  United  States 
Pharmacapoeia,  published  in  1880;  the  files  of  the  proceedings  of 
the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association ;  the  National  Formulary; 
the  Pharmacopoeia  of  the  United  States ;  the  Digest  of  Criticisms, 
and  last  but  not  least,  the  personal  recollections  of  a  number  of  his 
co-workers  and  contemporaries  who  should,  and  no  doubt  would, 
furnish  the  information  necessary  for  a  more  extended  sketch  of 
this  eminent  pharmacist.  It  is  sincerely  to  be  hoped,  therefore,  that 
this  little  volume  is  but  a  forerunner  of  something  still  more  elabo- 
rate in  the  future,  and  that  the  present,  or  at  least  the  succeeding 
Pharmacopceial  Revision  Committee  may  see  its  way  clear  to  collect 
and  record  much  that  will  be  of  interest  in  connection  with  a  study 
of  the  life  work,  times  and  surroundings  of  this  truly  noble,  original 
and  unselfish  worker  in  the  field  of  pharmacy. 
M.  I.  W. 
The  Urine,  the  Gastric  Contents,  the  Common  Poisons  and 
the  Milk.  By  J.  W.  Holland,  M.D.,  Professor  of  Medical  Chemistry 
and  Toxicology,  Jefferson  Medical  College  of  Philadelphia.  Sev- 
enth edition,  revised  and  enlarged.  P.  Blakiston's  Son  &  Co.  1904. 
This  handy  laboratory  manual,  embracing  as  it  does  the  clinical 
microscopy  and  chemistry  of  the  urine,  as  well  as  the  clinical  chem- 
istry of  the  gastric  contents,  the  common  poisons,  including  alka- 
loids and  the  milk,  is  a  most  compact,  as  well  as  trustworthy,  labo- 
ratory guide  for  the  practical  clinician  or  the  up-to-date  pharmacist. 
It  is  a  substantially  bound  working  guide,  with  every  other  page 
blank,  for  the  addition  of  certain  data  which  the  practical  man 
should  have  in  close  proximity  to  the  original  considerations. 
One  valuable  feature  of  this  volume  is  that  it  not  only  describes 
instruments  that  are  upon  the  market  for  performing  the  special 
