Am.  Jour.  Pharm. ) 
Oct.,  1879.  / 
Reviews,  etc. 
The  pamphlet,  which  is  accompanied  by  a  list  of  23  queries  suggested  to  the 
members  for  investigation  and  report  in  June  next,  has  been  gotten  up  with  com- 
mendable neatness  and  accuracy,  and  reflects  credit  upon  the  Executive  Committee 
and  the  Secretary,  to  whom  the  publication  has  been  entrusted. 
We  understand  that  the  Treasurer  is  now  ready  to  furnish  those  members  who 
may  desire  it  a  certificate  of  membership,  which  has  been  prepared  in  an  artistic 
style  by  Lehman  &  Bolton,  of  Philadelphia.    The  price  has  been  fixed  at  $3. 
Guide  to  the  Examination  of  Urine,  with  Special  Reference  to  the  Diseases  of  the 
Urinary  Apparatus.  By  K.  B.  Hoffmann,  Professor  at  the  University  of  Graz, 
and  R.  Ultzmann,  Docent  at  the  University  of  Vienna.  From  the  second  edition 
translated  and  edited  by  F.  Forchheimer,  M.D.,  Professor  of  Medical  Chemistry  at 
the  Medical  College  of  Ohio.  Cincinnati:  P.  G.Thomson,  1879.  i2mo,  pp. 
195.    Cloth,  $1.50  j  leather,  $2. 
The  book  opens  with  chapters  treating  of  the  histology  of  the  urinary  apparatus, 
and  the  excretion  of  urine.  The  principal  chapter,  on  the  urine,  occupies  105 
pages,  and  treats  of  the  subject  as  to  its  physical  properties,  its  chemical  composition, 
the  urinary  sediments  and  concretions.  The  composition  is  considered  under  the 
subheadings  of  normal  organic  constituents,  normal  inorganic  constituents,  and 
abnormal  constituents.  The  sediments  are  divided  into  non-organized  (on  p.  88  it 
is  incorrectly  printed  non-organic)  and  organized  sediments,  the  latter  comprising 
mucus,  epithelium,  pus,  blood  corpuscles,  etc.  The  chapter  closes  with  a  descrip- 
tion of  concretions  and  the  analysis  of  calculi. 
While  in  Chapter  III  the  chemical  behavior  of  the  individual  substances  is 
described,  the  following  three  chapters  are  devoted  to  the  analysis,  giving  first  the 
reagents  and  apparatus,  then  the  quantitative  determination  of  the  most  important 
constituents,  and  finally  the  qualitative  (approximate)  analysis  of  urine.  The 
remaining  chapters,  covering  about  50  pages,  are  devoted  to  diagnosis  of  diseases  of 
the  urinary  apparatus. 
The  book  is  evidently  intended  for  the  use  of  beginneis,  but  those  having  some 
experience  in  urinalysis  may  also  consult  it  with  advantage,  since  the  processes  have 
been  carefully  selected  and  are  in  all  cases  clearly  though  briefly  described,  attention 
being  at  the  same  time  directed  to  the  sources  of  possible  errors.  We  have  found 
but  few  typographical  errors,  and  these  are  easily  corrected.  A  number  of  illustra- 
tions have  been  added  which,  though  they  cannot  be  considered  artistically  executed, 
are  serviceable  and  instructive.  If  in  a  second  edition  some  typographical  changes 
were  made  in  the  various  headings  and  subheadings,  we  think  the  usefulness  of  the 
book  for  practical  purposes  would  be  materially  enhanced.  The  addition  of  a  full 
table  of  contents  would  likewise  seem  to  be  desirable. 
Studenfs  Pocket  Medical  Lexicon,  giving  the  Correct  Pronunciation  and  Definition  of 
all  Words  and  Terms  in  General  Use  in  Medicine  and  the  Collateral  Sciences. 
With  an  Appendix.  By  Elias  Longley.  Philadelphia:  Lindsay  &  Blakiston,  1879 
241110,  pp  303.    Cloth,  $1;  Turk.,  $1. 25. 
This  little  book  will  be  welcomed  by  students  in  medicine  and  pharmacy  as  a 
convenient  pocket  companion,  giving  the  pronunciation,  accentuation  and  definition 
of  medical,  pharmaceutical,  chemical  and  botanical  terms.  It  cannot  be  expected 
to  be  as  comprehensive  as  Dunglison's  or  Thomas1  dictionary,  nor,  like  these,  to 
enter  into  the  etymological  derivation  of  the  various  words  and  terms ;  its  chief 
