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There  seems  to  be  a  special  feature  of  nomenclature  and  defini- 
tions. Stress  is  also  put  on  the  writing  of  equations,  for  which  the 
rules  seem  to  be  particularly  clear  and  comprehensive. 
The  brief  mention  of  the  ionization  in  solutions  is  an  excellent 
example  of  the  way  in  which  the  book  is  brought  up  to  date. 
The  scheme  is  simple  and  only  modified  from  well  tried  forms  in 
ways  that  inspire  every  confidence,  rather  than  otherwise. 
The  whole  treatment  is  very  systematic  and  thorough  without 
being  too  lengthy,  and  the  mechanical  work  makes  it  very  easy  for 
reference. 
To  show  the  arrangement  of  the  book,  the  sections  treated  there, 
in  are  as  follows :  Definitions,  nomenclature  and  notation  ;  equa- 
tions ;  reagents;  rules  leading  to  the  analysis  of  metals;  the  detec- 
tion of  metals  (including  scheme  of  analysis);  table  of  precipitation; 
rules  leading  to  the  analysis  of  acids  ;  the  detection  of  acids  (in- 
cluding scheme) ;  special  tests  for  acids,  and  directions  for  teachers. 
S.  S.  Sadtler. 
Proceedings  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  at 
the  Fifty-second  Annual  Meeting.  Held  at  Kansas  City,  Mo., 
September,  IQ04.  Also  the  Roll  of  the  Members.  Baltimore: 
Published  by  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  1904. 
Volume  LTI  of  the  proceedings  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association  comes  to  us  with  a  number  of  radical,  but  more  or  less 
desirable,  changes.  The  most  evident  of  these  changes  is  to  be 
found  in  the  report  of  the  discussions  on  papers  and  motions ;  these 
discussions  are  for  the  first  time  in  many  years  reported  in  abstract, 
in  place  of  reproducing  them  verbatim,  as  on  previous  occasions. 
This  single  innovation  has  resulted  in  the  saving  of  at  least  IOO 
pages  of  printed  matter  and,  in  addition,  gives  the  book  a  much  more 
presentable  appearance.  In  addition  to  this,  much  of  the  stereotyped 
material  that  has  been  published  annually  for  many  years  has  been 
omitted,  and  the  duplicate  list  of  members  has  been  condensed  into 
a  single  list. 
More  than  one-half  of  this  volume  of  more  than  1,000  pages,  or  a 
total  of  531  pages,  is  devoted  to  the  report  on  the  progress  of  phar- 
macy. This  report,  as  on  former  occasions,  constitutes  practically  a 
year-book  or  review  of  all  the  literature  relating  to  pharmacy,  and 
is  by  far  the  most  important  feature  of  the  book.    Altogether  it 
