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Book  Reviews. 
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Cardiovascular  Drugs  :  Detailed  study  of  clinical  actions  by 
modern  methods. 
Chloroform :  Effects  of  Impurities. 
Digitalis  Group :  Cumulative  action  and  absorption. 
Iodides,  relative  efficiency  and  side  effects  of  organic  and 
inorganic. 
Phosphorus  Compounds :   Critical  literature. 
Salicylates  :  Causes  of  idiosyncrasy. 
Salicylates :   Comparison  of  natural  and  synthetic. 
[Editor.] 
BOOK  REVIEWS. 
Jahresbericht  der  Pharmazie,  'herausgegeben  vom  Deutschen 
Apotheker  Verein.  Bearbeitet  von  Dr.  Heinr.  Beckurts  unter  Mit- 
wirkung  von  Dr.  H.  Frerichs  und  Dr.  H.  Emde.  46  Jahrgang,  191 1, 
Gottingen,  Vandenhoeck  &  Ruprecht,  1912. 
It  is. by  no  means  presumptuous  to  assume  that  pharmacists  who 
are  at  all  conversant  with  the  German  language  or  with  German 
pharmaceutical  literature  are  also  more  or  less  familiar  with  the 
Jahresbericht  der  Pharmazie.  To  pharmacists  who  know  the  book  it 
will  perhaps  not  be  necessary  to  say  that  the  Jahresbericht  for  191 1 
is  fully  equal  to  its  predecessors.  On  the  other  hand,  it  would  be 
futile  to  attempt  to  describe  to  pharmacists  who  are  not  familiar  with 
the  volumes  of  this  widely  known  annual  review  of  the  literature 
of  pharmacy,  such  a  wonderfully  comprehensive  fund  of  information 
in  the  course  of  an  ordinary  book  review.  As  a  matter  of  record  it 
will  suffice  therefore  to  state  that  the  "  Jahresbericht  "  for  191 1  con- 
tains a  total  of  547  octavo  pages,  no*  less  than  67  of  which  are  devoted 
to  a  comprehensive  double  and  in  part  triple  column  index,  including 
approximately  8,000  references.  In  conformity  with  previous  vol- 
umes the  material  is  arranged  under  the  general  headings :  I, 
Pharmacognosy;  II,  Pharmaceutical  chemistry;  III,  Organothera- 
peutic  and  serum  preparations  ;  IV,  Galenical  preparations ;  V,  Medi- 
cal chemistry  ;  VI,  Chemistry  of  foods  ;  VII,  Toxicological  chemistry. 
These  several  sections  are  followed  by  a  reflection  of  the  permanent 
literature,  on  pharmacy,  of  the  year  191 1,  and  the  very  complete 
and  comprehensive  index  referred  to  above.  An  occasional  typo- 
graphical error,  particularly  in  connection  with  the  names  of  Ameri- 
can authors,  is  somewhat  annoying  and  may  prove  misleading  to 
future  generations  of  pharmaceutical  workers  who  may  have  occasion 
