Am.  Jour.  Pharm,  \ 
September,  1913.  j 
Book  Reviezvs. 
429 
"  An  examination  of  the  very  complete  index  will  show  that  the 
book  contains  a  wealth  of  information  condensed  into  a  compara- 
tively small  bulk,  and  the  information  is  exact  and  reliable.  By  the 
use  of  type  of  two  sizes  it  was  possible  to  separate  the  elementary 
matter  which  is  suitable  for  the  beginner  from  the  more  advanced 
information,  desired  by  the  man  behind  the  dispensing  counter." 
In  general  style  the  arrangement  of  the  matter  reminds  one  of 
the  foreign  text-books  of  which  Richters  may  be  considered  to  be 
a  type.  The  treatment  of  the  subject  resembles  that  of  Bloxham's 
work  on  "  Inorganic  and  Organic  Chemistry,"  and  which  the  re- 
viewer has  always  regarded  among  the  most  valuable  of  the  books 
treating  of  the  underlying  principles  in  chemistry.  Gordin's  work, 
however,  has  an  individuality  of  its  own  and  may  be  recommended 
to  all  teachers  and  students  in  pharmacy,  medicine  and  dentistry. 
Pharmacy,  Theoretical  and  Practical.  A  Text-book  Treat- 
ing of  the  General  Principles  of  Theoretical  and  Practical  Phar- 
macy. By  Oscar  Oldberg,  Dean  Emeritus,  Northwestern  Univer- 
sity School  of  Pharmacy.    Chicago :  George  D.  Oglesby, 
This  is  the  last  book  written  by  Professor  Oldberg,  whose  . de- 
mise in  February  of  this  year  (see  this  Journal,  pp.  272-275)  was 
the  cause  of  profound  sorrow  not  only  among  his  former  students 
and  associates  at  Northwestern  University  but  among  his  colleagues 
and  friends  throughout  the  pharmaceutical  world.  Professor  Old- 
berg understood  students  and  saw  the  subjects  which  he  taught 
from  their  point  of  view.  He  had  an  unusually  happy  faculty  of 
knowing  how  to  begin  a  subject,  to  develop  it,  and  to  keep  at  it  until 
the  student  saw  every  part  clearly  and  was  not  confused  when  he 
had  finished  with  it.  It  is  by  reason  of  this  gift  as  a  teacher  that 
he  will  continue  to  live  through  his  text-books  even  when  his 
students  and  colleagues  have  gone.  Pie  was  capable  of  digesting 
what  he  read,  to  sift  the  useful  from1  that  which  was  unimportant 
and  to  present  his  knowledge  in  an  original  manner  and  as  a  finished 
product.  This  is  well  illustrated  in  his  text-book  on  Pharmacy,  the 
subject  of  this  review.  We  find  fundamental  subjects,  like  the  fol- 
lowing, considered  in  distinct  chapters :  The  Brussels  Conference ; 
General  plans  of  construction  of  Pharmacopoeias ;  Differences  in 
purpose  of  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia  and  National  Formulary;  Prin- 
ciples of  Selection  of  Pharmacopceial  Medicines,  Nostrums  in 
Pharmacopoeias,  etc.  Under  the  "  Mathematics  of  Pharmacy  "  we 
find  it  stated  "  In  the  absence  of  national  laws  defining  the  exact 
