'^'^  octirim^''"'*}    Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices.  543 
The  Extra  Pharmacopoeia  with  the  Additions  introduced  into  the  British  Phar- 
macopoeia, 1885.  By  Wm.  Martindale,  F.  C.  S.,  etc.  Medical  references 
and  a  therapeutic  index  of  diseases  and  symptoms  by  W.  Wynn  Westcott, 
M.  B.  Lend.,  etc.    Fifth  edition.    London  :  H.  K.  Lewis,  1888.    P.  462. 
The  usefulness  of  this  little  work  is  attested  by  the  fact  that  five  editions 
became  necessary  within  as  many  years.  In  February  1888  we  have  noticed 
the  fourth  edition  ;  the  one  now  before  us  has  been  enlarged  by  46  pages, 
chiefly  through  the  introduction  of  the  numerous  modern  remedies  and 
medicinal  substances,  like  antifebrin,  acetophenone,  phenacetine,  iodol, 
salol,  salufer,  saccharin,  lanolin,  mollin,  methylal,  etc.,  etc.  This  new  edi- 
tion has  been  very  carefully  prepared,  and  being  as  comprehensive  and  re- 
liable in  the  information  imparted  as  its  predecessors,  will  be  equally  useful. 
The  Physician's  Manual  of  the  National  Formulary.  Compiled  by  C.  S.  Hall- 
berg,  editor  of  the  Western  Druggist,  etc.  Chicago :  Feldkamp  &  Hall- 
berg.    Pp.  47. 
It  is  intended  for  physicians,  to  inform  them  of  the  strength  and  applica- 
tions of  the  preparations  admitted  into  The  National  Formulary,  this  infor- 
mation consisting  mainly  of  the  notes  contained  in  the  Formulary,  together 
with  condensed  statements  of  the  ingredients,  editorial  notes,  etc.  On  page 
18  a  fluidram  of  liquor  ferri  iodidi  is  stated  to  contain  about  15  grains  of 
ferrous  iodide ;  it  should  be  45  grains. 
Price  and  Dose  Labels  of  Drugs  and  Preparations  generally  kept  in  a  retail 
pharmacy  including,  besides  those  officinal  in  the  last  revision  of  the  U. 
S.  P.,  many  other  new  and  rare  drugs  and  chemicals,  with  the  Latin,  French 
and  German  synonyms.  Edited  by  Hans  M.  Wilder.  New  York  :  J.  H. 
Vail  &  Co.,  1888. 
This  is  of  the  same  scope  as  Lochman's  "Dose  and  Price  Labels"  of  which 
we  noticed  the  second  edition  in  1887,  p.  319.  In  Mr.  Lochman's  labels  prom- 
inence is  very  properly  given  to  the  Latin  titles,  while  in  Mr.  Wilder's  labels 
the  English  names  have  been  printed  in  large  and  bold  type,  and  the  Latin 
names  relegated  to  a  place  of  secondary  importance.  The  addition  of  French 
and  German  synonyms  will  prove  of  great  convenience  to  many.  That  the 
information  collected  together  on  these  labels,  including  medical  properties 
and  doses,  is  correct  and  trustworthy,  may  be  taken  for  granted  from  the 
compiler's  well  known  carefulness. 
Report  on  the  Experiments  made  in  1887  in  the  treatment  of  the  downy  mildew  and 
the  black-rot  of  the  grapevine  ;  with  a  chapter  on  the  apparatus  for  applying 
remedies  for  these  diseases.  Prepared  by  F.  Lamson  Scribner,  under  the 
direction  of  the  Commissioner  of  A^griculture.    8vo,  pp.  113. 
Sugar-producing  Plants.  Record  of  Analyses  mside  hy  authority  of  the  Com- 
missioner of  Agriculture,  under  direction  of  the  Chemist,  1887-88.  Sor- 
ghum :  Fort  Scott,  Kan.;  Rio  Grande,  N.  J. — Sugarcane :  Lawrence,  La. 
Together  with  a  study  of  the  data  collected  on  sorghum  and  sugarcane. 
8vo,  pp.  132. 
The  foregoing  two  pamphlets  are  issued  by  the  department  of  agriculture, 
and  are  numbered,  the  former  Bulletin,  No.  5,  Section  of  Vegetable  Pathol- 
ogy, and  the  latter  Bulletin,  No.  18,  Division  of  Chemistry. 
