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Reviews,  etc. 
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m  preparing  some  or  many  of  the  numerous  definite  compounds  employed  in  medi- 
cine.   It  may  be  obtained  from  E.  Steiger,  New  York. 
Gmelin-Kraufs  Handbuch  der  Chemie.     Anorganische    Chemie  in  drei  Banden. 
Heidelberg.    1878:  Carl  Winter's  Universitats-Buchhandlung. 
Gmelin-Kraut's  Hand-book  of  Chemistry.    Inorganic  Chemistry,  in  three  vols. 
Parts  9,  10  and  11  of  the  first  division  of  the  second  volume  contain  the  follow- 
ing metals  :  cerium,  lanthanium,  didymium,  yttrium,  erbium,  beryllium,  aluminium, 
gallium  and  thorium.  Parts  5  and  6  of  the  second  division  of  the  second  volume 
treat  of  the  metals  vanadium  and  chromium. 
Lehrbuch  der  Gdhrungschemie,  in  dreizehn  Vorlesungen,    Von.  Dr.  Adolf  Mayer, 
Professor,  etc.,  zu  Wageninen,  Holland.  Dritte  umgearbdtete  Ausgabe.  Heidel. 
berg,  1876:  Carl  Winter's  Universitats-Buchhandlung.    Large  8vo,  pp.  220. 
Chemistry  of  Fermentation,  in  thirteen  lectures.    Third  edition. 
The  first  lecture  is  devoted  to  a  historical  introduction  and  to  the  definition  of 
fermentation.  The  following  nine  lectures  treat  of  alcoholic  fermentation,  and  give  a 
complete  review  of  the  various  theories  advanced  and  experiments  made  since  the 
time  of  Lavoisier,  particular  attention  being  paid  to  the  patient  labors  of  Pasteur  and 
others  in  this  direction,  and  to  the  controversies  which,  even  at  the  present  time, 
have  not  been  finally  settled. 
The  last  three  lectures  treat  of  the  other  processes  of  fermentation,  such  as  acetic, 
lactic,  etc.,  fermentation,  the  fermentation  of  fatty  acids,  alcohols,  urea  and  othei 
bodies. 
The  work  is  an  excellent  exposition  of  the  gradual  progress  of  our  knowledge 
concerning  the  causes  and  changes  produced  in  those  processes  which  are  known  as 
fermentations,  and  will  be  read  with  profit  by  those  interested. 
Universal  International  Exhibition,  Paris,  1878.  Report  on  the  Exhibits  connected 
with  Materia  Medica,  Pharmacy,  Chemical  Industry,  etc.  By  B.  H.  Paul,  Ph.D., 
E.  M.  Holmes,  F.L.S.,  and  F.  Passmore.    London,  1878.   i6mo,  pp.  198. 
This  interesting  and  valuable  report  is  a  reprint  of  a  series  of  communications  to 
the  London  "Pharmaceutical  Journal,"  and  gives  a  full  account,  embracing  much 
information  of  lasting  value,  of  the  exhibits  as  designated  in  the  title. 
Index  to  Original  Communications  in  the  Medical  Jeurnals  of  the  United  States  and 
Canada  for  1877.  Compiled  by  Wm.  D.  Chapin,  New  York.  8vo,  pp.  100. 
Price,  $1.00 
The  object  of  this  work  is  explained  by  the  title.  It  is  somewhat  similar  to  the 
Index  Medicus  noticed  in  our  last  issue,  but  its  scope  is  more  confined  and  its  arrange- 
ment different.  As  far  as  we  have  examined  it,  its  references  are  correct.  The 
journals  consulted  embrace  nearly,  but  not  quite  all,  those  published  in  North 
America.  The  Index  for  1878,  which  will  soon  be  published,  will  be  more  com- 
plete than  this  one.  We  believe,  however,  that  few,  if  any,  papers  of  importance 
have  escaped  the  compiler's  vigilance. 
