i8o  Reviews.  { A\S;  f8Srm* 
Plants,"  and  "  Mannane  as  a  Reserve  Material  in  the  Seeds  of  Diospyros  Kaki, 
Iv.,"  by  J.  Ishii;  "  Mannane  as  an  Article  of  Human  Food,"  by  C.  Isuji. 
EES  Tabacs  et  Toubekis  Grecs.  Rapport  Presente  au  Congres 
International  de  Chemie  Appliquee  (Bruxelles  4-10  Aout  1894.)  Par 
A.  K.  Dambergis.    Athens,  1894. 
The  foregoing  report  to  the  International  Congress  of  Technical  Chemists  held 
at  Brussels,  August,  1894,  treats  of  Grecian  tobacco  from  a  chemical  standpoint. 
We  find  that  Greece  is,  to  a  certain  extent,  a  producer  of  tobacco  for  many  of 
the  other  Buropean  countries,  the  exports  in  1893  amounting  to  2,597,740 
kilos.  The  results  of  the  chemical  analyses  of  the  tobacco  from  the  various 
Grecian  provinces  are  tabulated  in  an  instructive  manner. 
The  Pharmacology  of  Coea  Acuminata.  Third  edition  of  Parke,  Davis 
&  Co.'s  "Working  Bulletin,"  on  the  subject  of  Kola.  One  object  of  this 
bulletin  is  to  show  that  Kola  is  by  no  means  a  new  remedy.  It  contains  two 
well-executed  colored  plates  and  much  valuable  information,  but  we  are  still 
looking  for  something  more  recent,  concerning  the  chemical  constituents  and 
therapeutic  action  of  this  drug,  than  the  monograph  of  Heckel  and  Schlagden- 
hauffen. 
Sweet  Cassava  ;  its  Cueture,  Properties  and  Uses.  By  Harvey  W. 
Wiley,  Chemist  of  the  U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture,  Bulletin  No.  44. 
Obituary  Notice  oe  John  M.  Maisch.  By  Charles  S.  Dolley,  M.D. 
Read  before  the  American  Philosophical  Society,  December  7,  1894.  This  con- 
tribution is  especially  valuable,  as  it  gives  a  complete  list  of  Professor  Maisch's 
contributions  to  science.  They  number  over  250,  and  extend  from  the  year 
1854  to  within  a  few  months  of  his  death. 
Ueber  einige  Flechtenstoffe  ;  Notiz  uber  Chrysophansaure  ;  and 
Notiz  uber  die  Pereirorinde  von  O.  Hesse.  Reprints  from  Liebig's 
Annalen. 
Resolutions  adopted  by  the  closing  meeting  of  the  VIII  International 
Congress  of  Hygiene  and  Demography,  held  at  Budapest,  September  9, 
1894. 
The  Shaw  Gas  Tester  for  Detecting  the  Presence  and  Percentage 
of  Fire  Damp  and  Choke  Damp  in  Coae  Mines,  etc.  By  Joseph  R. 
Wilson.  A  paper  read  before  the  Federated  Institution  of  Mining  Engineers 
at  the  Annual  General  Meeting,  Newcastle-on-Tyne,  September  5,  1894. 
Transactions  of  the  College  of  Physicians  of  Philadelphia.  Con- 
taining the  papers  read  before  the  College  from  January,  1894,  to  December, 
1894,  inclusive.    Philadelphia.  1894. 
Boyd's  Business  Directory  of  Philadelphia  for  1895.  Published  by 
C.  E.  Howe  &  Co.,  southwest  corner  Eighth  and  L,ocust  Streets,  Philadelphia. 
The  Calendar  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Great  Britain. 
Warner's  Therapeutic  Ready  Reference  Book  for  Physicians. 
Philadelphia.    W.  R.  Warner  &  Co.  1895. 
