i6o 
Reviews,  etc. 
f  Am.  Tour.  Pharm 
\       Mar.,  1879. 
Physiology:  Preliminary-course  Lectures,  by  Jas.  T.  Whittaker,  M.D.,  Professor  of 
Physiology  and  Clinical  Medicine  in  the  Medical  College  of  Ohio,  etc.  Illus- 
trated. Cincinnati  :  Chaney  R.  Murry,  1879.  Robert  Clarke  &  Co.  Pp.  288  j 
price,  $1.75. 
The  lectures  are  twelve  in  nnmber,  and  comprise  the  influence  of  physiology  upon 
practice  j  the  conservation  of  force ;  the  origin  of  life ;  the  evolution  of  its  forms  $ 
protoplasm,  bone,  muscle,  nerve  and  food.  The  work  has  been  written  to  meet  the 
wants  of  the  medical  student,  and  it  appears  to  well  fulfill  this  object. 
Diphtheria:    Its  Causes,  Prevention  and  Proper  Treatment.    By  J.  H.  Kellogg,. 
M.D.,  etc.    Battle  Creek,  Mich.  :  Good  Health  Publishing  Go.    i2mo,  pp.  64. 
The  praiseworthy  aim  of  this  little  volume  is  to  supply  popular  information  in 
regard  to  the  nature,  causes  and  symptoms  of  this  dreaded  disease  and  the  best 
means  for  its  prevention.  We  doubt,  however,  the  utility  of  the  book,  or  at  least 
that  part  of  it — about  one-third — which  is  devoted  to  the  treatment  of  diphtheria. 
A  little  knowledge  is  a  dangerous  thing,  and  this  seems  to  be  particularly  applicable 
to  the  treatment,  by  laymen,  of  this  and  other  diseases. 
The  Popular  Science  Monthly.     Conducted  by  E.  L.  and  W.  J.  Youmans.  New 
York  :  D.  Appleton  &  Co. 
Among  the  many  valuable  papers  contained  in  the  March  number  of  this  journal,, 
we  desire  to  call  the  special  attention  of  cur  readers  to  the  essay  by  J  N.  Lockyer, 
F.R.S.,  entitled  "  The  Chemcal  Elements,"  in  which  reasons  are  given  for  regarding 
the  so-called  elementary  bodies  as  being  compound  ones  ;  also,  to  an  interesting 
sketch  of  that  celebrated  scientist,  Chr.  G.  Ehrenberg,  from  the  pen  of  Dr.  Fred, 
Hoffmann. 
The  reception  of  the  following  pamphlets  is  hereby  acknowledged: 
Proceedings  of  the  Nevo  Hampshire  Pharmaceutical  Association,  at  the  Fifth  Annual 
Meeting,  held  in  the  City  of  Concord,  October  8th,  1878,  and  Reports  on  the  Pro- 
gress of  Pharmacy  for  1 877  and  1878;  with  the  Address  of  Prof.  W.  P.  Bollesj  also,, 
the  Roll  of  Members  and  Pharmacy  Law.    Concord,  N.  H  ,  1879.   8vo>  PP«  64. 
First  Annual  Report  of  the  State  Board  oj  Health  of  Illinois.  Made  to  the  Governor, 
1878.    Springfield,  111  ,  1879.    8vo,  pp.  56. 
History  oj  the  Yellovo  Fever  Epidemic  in  the  Fourth  District.  Excerpted  from  the 
Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Health  for  1878.  By  Jos.  Holt,  M.D  ,  Sanitary 
Inspector.    New  Orleans,  1879. 
Beitrdge  zur  Chemie  der  voichtigeren  Gummiharze,  Harze  und  Balsame.  II.  Von 
Mag.  Pharm.  Ed.  Hirschsohn.    8vo,  pp.  70. 
Contributions  to  the  Chemistry  of  the  More  Important  Gum-resins,  Resins  and 
Balsams.     Reprinted  from  "  Archiv  der  Pharmacie,"  1878,  Vol.  X. 
Report  of  the  Committee  on  Coinage,  Weights  and  Measures,  on  the  Adoption  of  the 
Metric  System  of  Weights  and  Measures.  Forty- fifth  Congress,  Third  Session, 
House  of  Representatives.     Report  No.  53.    8vo,  pp.  234. 
Address  of  W.  O*  Daniel,  M.D ,  President  of  the  Medical  Association  of  Georgia, 
delivered  at  the  Twenty-Ninth  Annual  Meeting. 
