5  IO 
Reviews,  etc. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
\       Feb.,  1879. 
where  the  author  is  assistant  to  Prof.  Dragendorff.  A  hitherto  unknown  com- 
pound, somewhat  resembling  quercitrin,  was  discovered  in  the  willows  examined. 
Vcrtrag  des  Professor  Dr.  Mohr  in  der  Generalversammlung  des  Deutschen  Apothe- 
ker-Vereins  zu  Coblentz,  am  11.  Sept.,  1878. 
Discourse  of  Prof.  Dr.  Mohr  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  German  Apothecaries' 
Society  at  Coblence,  Septb.  11,  1878.    8vo.,  pp.  16. 
A  very  interesting  exposition  of  the  relation  of  pharmacy  to  chemistry. 
Preliminary  Notice  on  Chromometry,  a  nenv  branch  oj  quantitative  analysis  voith 
the  blowpipe.  By  Prof.  Geo.  Aug.  Konig,  Ph.D.,  of  the  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania. 
This  paper,  which  was  read  before  the  American  Philosophical  Society,  describes 
a  method  of  mineral  analysis,  which  seeks  to  quantitatively  determine  elements  by 
the  intensity  of  coloration  produced  in  a  borax  bead,  and  is  very  appropriately 
named  chromometry.  The  paper  is  accompanied  by  an  engraving  of  the  appa- 
ratus. 
Berberina  Phosphate.  By  Henry  B.  Parsons  and  Theo.  J.  Wampelmeier.  New 
York:  Wm.  Wood  &  Co.  1878. 
A  reprint  of  an  interesting  paper,  published  in  "  New  Remedies."  The  authors 
determined  the  composition  of  berberina  phosphate  to  be  C20H1?NO4,  7H;j,P04.4H20  ; 
dried  at  jo°C.  the  salt  was  found  to  be  soluble  in  10*43  parts,  and  after  drying  at 
ioo°C,  in  21*52  parts  of  cold  water.    The  sulphate  requires  68  parts. 
The  receipt  of  the  following  pamphlets  is  herewith  acknowledged  : 
Valedictory  Address  delivered  at  the  Fifth  Annual  Commencement  of  the  California 
College  oj  Pharmacy.    By  Emlen  Painter,  Ph.G.,  Professor  of  Pharmacy. 
.Quarterly  Report  of  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Statistics,  Treasury  Department, 
showing  imports  and  exports  of  the  United  States,  etc.,  for  the  three  months  ended 
June  30,  1878.    Washington:  Government  Printing  Office. 
Annual  Address  delivered  before  the  American  Academy  of  Medicine  at  Easton,  Pa  , 
Sept.  17,  1878,  by  Frank  H.  Hamilton,  A.M.,  M.D.,  President  of  the  Acad- 
emy, etc. 
The  Relation  of  Ozone  to  Disease.  Prize  thesis.  By  Prof.  J.  F.  Baldwin,  M.D., 
Columbus,  O.:  Charles  M.  Cott. 
Hydrobromic  Acid.    By  De  Witt  C.  Wade,  M.D.,  of  Holly,  Mich.    New  York  : 
"  Wm.  Wood  &  Co. 
A  Case  of  Acute  Puerperal  Inversion  of  the  Uterus.  By  John  Byrne,  M.D.,  of 
Brooklyn.    New  York:  D.  Appleton  &  Co. 
■On  Feticide.    By  Prof  Henry  Gibbons,  Sr.,  M.D.    San  Francisco,  Cal. 
The  American  Medical  College  Association,  second  annual  meeting,  held  at  Buffalo, 
N.  Y.,  June  3,  1878.    Detroit  :  Free  Press  Printing  House. 
Thirty-sixth  Annual  Reports  of  the  Board  of  Visitors,  Trustees,  Superintendent,  Treas- 
urer and  Financial  Agent  of  the  Nevu  Hampshire  Asylum  for  the  Insane  to  the  Nevj 
Hampshire  Legislature,  June  session,  1878.  Concord. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Pennsylvania  Free  Dispensary  for  Skin  Diseases.  Fro  n  Nov.  1, 
1877,  to  October  31,  1878. 
