432 
Reviews,  etc. 
i  Am.  Jour.  Pharnu 
\      Aug.,  1879. 
the  vest  pocket,  and  is  therefore  very  convenient  for  those  who  feel  the  need  of  such 
a  companion  for  the  purpose  of  refreshing  their  memory. 
The  Druggist's  Cost  Book.  By  John  H.  Nelson,  author  of  the  "  Druggist's  Hand- 
book of  Private  Formulas."  Cleveland, O. :  J.  B.  Savage,  printer,  1879.  8vo.  Price,, 
in  leather,  $3.50. 
This  is  a  cost  book  indexed  on  the  margin  for  convenient  reference,  and  divided 
into  five  parts,  comprising  medicines  proper,  paints  etc.,  liquors,  patent  medicines- 
and  sundries.  In  each  part  the  articles  are  arranged  in  alphabetical  order,  blank, 
space  being  left  for  the  new  articles  not  enumerated  ;  the  remainder  of  the  page  is 
ruled,  the  spaces  being  intended  for  notes  as  to  price,  etc.  The  object  is  the  saving 
of  trouble  to  the  druggist  in  arranging  such  a  useful  memorandum  book. 
The  receipt  of  the  following  pamphlets  and  reprints  is  acknowledged  : 
Untersuchung  des  Wassers  der  Mineralquelle  zu  Rosbeim  im  Elsass.    Von  Fred.  B>. 
Power. 
Analysis  of  the  Mineral  Water  of  Rosheim,  Alsace. 
Riduzione  del  Cloralio. 
Riduzione  del  Gloruro  di  argento  e  del  cloruro  ferrico. 
Azione  dei  raggi  solari  sui  composti  aloidi  d? argento. 
Riduzione  dei  Chlorati  in  Cloruri  senza  rintervento  del  preteso  stata  nascente  dell* 
idrogeno. 
Reduction  du  Chlorate  de  Potasse. 
These  essays  by  Dr.  Donato  Tommasi,  of  Florence,  Italy,  treat  of  the  reduction 
of  chlorates,  chloral,  and  of  chlorides  and  other  halogen  compounds,  under  the 
influence  of  light  and  of  chemical  agents. 
The  Mongumo  Bark  Imported  from  Madagascar.    By  Prof.  Dragendorff. 
Nachiveisbarkeit  des  Strychnins  in  <veriuesenden  Cadavern  (Detection  of  Strychnia 
in  Corpses).    By  Prof.  Dragendorff. 
Chinincitrater  (Citrate  of  Quinia).    By  K.  F.  Mandelin,  Joensuu,  Finland. 
Die  Borcitronensdure  und  ihre  Salze  (Borocitric  acid  and  its  Salts).  By  Edmund 
Scheibe. 
Analysis  of  Rhubarb.    By  Henry  G.  Greenish. 
Action  of  Iodine  upon  Rhubarb.    By  Henry  G  Greenish. 
These  essays  contain  the  results  of  investigations  made  in  the  Pharmaceutical 
Institute  of  Dorpat,  Russia. 
American  Nervousness,  its  Philosophy  and  Treatment.    By  Geo.  M.  Beard,  M.D. 
From  the  "Virginia  Medical  Monthly,"  July. 
Neurility  ,•  Correlated,  Converted  Physical  Forces.    By  S.  V.  Clevenger,  M.D. 
The  Demand  for  a  Woman's  Medical  College  in  the  West.    By  Chas.  W.  Earle,  M.D. 
An  Address  delivered  at  the  Commencement  of  the  Seventh  Course  of  the  Woman's. 
Medical  College,  Chicago,  111. 
