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reading  and  is  a  very  excellent  attempt  to  co-ordinate  the  results  of 
scientific  pharmacology  with  rational  therapeutics.  The  point  of 
view  of  the  author  is  like  that  of  the  more  advanced  teachers  in  the 
United  States  and  he  has  succeeded  in  giving  us  a  work  that  will 
command  the  attention  of  students  in  both  our  colleges  of  phar- 
macy and  medical  schools.  H.  K. 
Handbook  of  the  Historical  Medical  Museum.  At  the  17th 
International  Congress  of  Medicine  held  in  London  this  year  there 
was  exhibited,  for  the  first  time,  the  Historical  Medical  Museum 
organized  by  Henry  S.  Wellcome.  This  museum  contains  objects  of 
historical  interest  connected  with  medicine  and  allied  sciences  and 
a  careful  perusal  of  the  handbook  will  show  that  many  phases  of  the 
healing  art  are  represented  from  the  earliest  to  more  recent  times. 
This  handbook  contains  the  usual  picture  of  Hippocrates  and 
a  plan,  illustrating  the  general  arrangement  of  each  section  and  the 
itinerary  is  in  accord  with  the  sequence  of  objects  described.  Evi- 
dently, judging  from  the  index,  the  museum  consists  of  an  abundance 
of  tremendously  interesting  objects,  objects  that  would  make  glad 
the  heart  of  a  lover  of  things  historical.  Water  color  drawings,  en- 
gravings, oil  paintings,  statuary,  and  carvings  both  in  ivory  and 
wood,  having  for  their  theme  some  connection  with  the  art  and 
science  of  healing  are  much  in  evidence. 
Among  the  pictures  listed  of  special  interest  to  pharmacists  men- 
tion might  be  made  of  the  "  The  Drug-Market  at  Constantinople 
"  The  Apothecary  "  by  an  unknown  painter  of  the  Dutch  school ; 
"  Interior  of  an  Italian  Pharmacy,"  16th  century;  "  Ergot  of  Rye/' 
a  series  of  pictures  showing  its  development ;  "  Discovery  of  Quin- 
ine," showing  Pelletier*  and  Cavanton  in  their  laboratory ;  a  portrait 
of  "  Joseph  Priestley,"  the  discoverer  of  oxygen ;  "  Leuwenhoeck 
with  his  Microscope,"  who  described  minute  living  organisms  and 
laid  the  foundations  of  the  science  of  Bacteriology ;  "■  Christopher 
Wren  making  his  first  demonstration  of  a  method  of  introducing 
drugs  into  a  vein,  before  Dr.  Willis,  1667  " ;  "  Dioscorides,  the  Greek 
Father  of  Pharmacy,  describing  the  method  of  gathering,  and  the 
properties  of  the  mandrake."  If  the  large  number  of  illustrations 
of  this  drug  contained  in  this  handbook  is  any  criterion,  mandrake 
must  have  been  a  much-used  remedy  in  early  medical  times.  Many 
pictures  of  Harvey  and  other  great  thinkers  of  early  times  who  by 
their  work  made  modern  medicine  possible  are  also  exhibited.  One 
