^'"nov.'^'isS^"'  }    Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices.  591 
phj'sics  and  to  the  non-metallic  elements ;  in  the  present  edition  they  are 
extended  so  as  to  include  also  the  metals,  so  that  the  work  now  embraces 
the  whole  range  of  inorganic  chemistry.  Of  the  carbon  compounds,  usually 
denominated  organic  compounds,  a  few  only,  with  hydrogen,  are  considered, 
namely :  Marsh  gas,  acetylene,  olefiant  gas,  and  illuminating  gas.  As  in- 
dicated by  the  title,  the  work  is  mainly  intended  to  serve  the  purpose  of 
notes  on  lectures  on  the  branches  indicated,  and  it  serves  this  purpose  very 
well. 
Chemical  Experiments  for  Medical  Students,  arranged  after  Beilstein.  By  W. 
S.  Christopher,  M.  D.,  Demonstrator  of  Chemistry,  Medical  College  of 
Ohio,  Cincinnati.  Cincinnati:  Robert  Clarke  &  Co.,  1888.  12mo.  Pp.84. 
Price,  cloth,  $1. 
Beilstein's  elementary  work  for  laboratory  practice  was  made  available  to 
the  American  student  five  years  ago,  when  Professor  Curtman  of  St.  Louis 
translated  it,  and  made  many  additions,  so  as  to  adapt  it  to  the  wants  of  this 
country.  As  this  work  has  passed  through  a  second  edition,  a  new  version 
of  the  original  work  would  scarcely  appear  to  be  necessary.  The  present 
editor's  object  was  to  limit  the  number  of  experiments.  In  our  opinion,  a 
more  thorough  chemical  knowledge  would  be  of  vast  benefit  to  the  medical 
student. 
The  text  is  printed  on  good,  strong  paper,  and  the  book  is  provided  with 
a  number  of  blank  leaves  for  the  addition  of  notes  by  the  student. 
Therapeutics ;  its  Principles  a,nd  Practice.  By  H.  C.  Wood,  M.  D.,  LL.  D., 
Professor  of  materia  medica  and  therapeutics,  and  clinical  Professor  of 
diseases  of  the  nervous  system,  in  the  University  of  Pennsylvania.  A  work 
on  medical  agencies,  drugs  and  poisons,  with  especial  reference  to  the  re- 
lation between  physiology  and  clinical  medicine.  The  seventh  edition 
of  a  Treatise  on  Therapeutics,  rearranged,  rewritten  and  enlarged. 
Philadelphia:  J.  B.  Lippincott  Company.  1888.  8vo.  Pp.  908.  Price,  cloth 
$6,00. 
The  lengthy  title  of  the  present  edition  of  this  work  is  sufficiently  descrip- 
tive of  its  aims  and  objects.  Having  been  written  for  the  use  of  the  physi- 
cian, prominence  is  given,  as  a  matter  of  course,  to  physiological  action, 
therapeutic  uses,  toxic  efi'ects,  administration  and  doses,  while  the  pharma- 
cognostical,  chemical  and  pharmaceutical  relations  of  the  drugs  are  neces- 
sarily quite  briefly  mentioned.  The  arrangement  and  classification  of  the 
material  have  been  described  somewhat  in  detail  in  notices  of  former  edi- 
tions; they  have  been  somewhat  altered,  and  as  at  present  adopted  seem  to 
be  more  convenient  for  consultation.  Thus  for  instance  the  remedial  agents 
and  measures  which  are  not  drugs,  now  form  Part  I,  instead  of  the  last  part 
as  heretofore ;  and  of  the  drugs  the  general  remedies  are  divided  into  the 
three  orders,  nervines,  cardiants,  and  nutriants,  each  order  being  again 
subdivided  into  families,  corresponding  to  analogous  subdivisions  in  former 
issues. 
