592  Revieuos  and  Bibliographical  Notices.  {^°^nov.?S''°"" 
A  Textbook  of  Pharmacology ,  Therapeutics  anO,  Materia  Medica.  By  T.  Lauder 
Brunton,  M.D.,D.Sc.,F.R.  S.,  etc.  Adapted  to  the  United  States  Phar- 
acopceia  by  Francis  H.  Williams,  M.  D.,  Boston,  Mass.  Third  edition. 
Philadelphia:  Lea  Brothers  and  Co.  1888.  8vo.  Pp.  1261.  Price  in  cloth 
$5.50:  leather  $6.50. 
When  a  work  like  this  requires  the  publication  of  three  editions  within 
three  years  it  must  possess  special  merits  to  secure  for  it  undiminished  favor. 
We  have  pointed  this  out  on  a  former  occasion,  and  now  reiterate  briefly 
that  the  systematic  arrangement,  the  precise  and  correct  statements,  the 
clear  and  exact  deductions  and  directions  render  it  useful  alike  to  the  medi- 
cal student  and  practitioner,  and  likewise  to  the  pharmacist.  While 
the  latter  is  not  especially — but  merely  in  a  general  way — interested 
in  general  pharmacology  and  therapeutics,  of  which  the  first  section  speaks 
upon  500  pages,  all  the  following  sections  have  a  direct  application  to  his 
vocation.  Under  general  pharmacy  we  find  the  galenical  preparations  of 
the  British  and  United  States  Pharmacopoeias  grouped  together,  with  refer- 
ences as  to  strength  and  doses.  Inorganic  materia  medica  treats  of  the 
elements  and  their  medicinal  compounds,  with  the  exception  of  the  carbon 
compounds,  which  are  noticed  under  organic  materia  medica,  without  in- 
cluding the  crude  vegetable  and  animal  drugs,  the  two  classes  being  com- 
prised in  the  last  two  sections.  The  copious  index  arranged  in  three  parts — 
general,  diseases  and  remedies,  and  bibliographical — covers  160  pages,  and 
renders  every  item  contained  in  the  book  easily  available.  The  present 
edition  will  doubtless  prove  to  be  at  least  equal  in  value  and  usefulness  to 
those  that  preceded  it.  New  remedies  which  promise  to  be  of  more  than 
mere  transient  use,  have  been  embodied  in  their  proper  places,  and  the  illus- 
trations have  been  increased  to  230  in  number. 
Notes  on  New  Remedies.  Under  this  title  Messrs.  Lehn  &  Fink  of  New 
York  publish  a  periodical,  of  which  No.  5  for  October  has  been  received,  and 
which  is  intended  to  collect  the  observations  made  with  newly  introduced 
remedies,  and  more  particularly  those  which  have  been  obtained  by  syn- 
thesis.   These  "  Notes  "  will  be  mailed  on  request  to  the  publishers. 
Guide  Book  for  Distillers  and  Manufacturers  of  Arrack,  Cognac,  Gin,  Rum,  Cor- 
dials, Liqueurs,  etc.    By  E.  Sachsse  &  Co.,  Leipzig. 
Those  who  wish  to  learn  how  French  brandy,  Jamaica  rum,  diff'erent 
kinds  of  whiskj'-,  etc.,  may  be  prepared  from  alcohol,  and  how  cider  and  the 
diff'erent  kinds  of  grape  wine  may  be  imitated,  will  find  instructions  in  this 
pamphlet.  As  we  regard  sophistication  as  a  crime,  and  imitation — unless 
sold  as  such — as  a  fraud,  the  formulas  contained  in  this  pamphlet  are  of 
little  use  to  us. 
Bericht  von  Schimmel  Sc  Co.  (Gebr.  Fritzsche)  in  Leipzig. 
A  report  on  essential  oils,  the  sources  of  supply,  causes  of  fluctuations  in 
price,  etc.,  information  which  is  valuable  for  reference. 
