58  Reviews,  etc.  | 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Jan.,  1883. 
Proprietes  optiques  des  liquides  et  leur  application  d  V analyse    Par  Theo- 
dore Malosse,  pharmacien  sup6rieure,  etc.  Montpellier,  1882.  8vo,  j)p.  159. 
Optical  properties  of  liquids,  and  their  application  in  analysis. 
A  thorough  treatise  on  the  above  subject,  which  is  considered  first  in  its 
general  relations  and  more  particularly  in  regard  to  refraction,  absorption, 
fluorescence,  and  rotating  power  under  various  conditions.  The  second 
part  contains  the  practical  application  of  the  optical  laws  to  analysis,  both 
qualitative  and  quantitative,  and  gives  a  number  of  practical  examples. 
Becueil  de  quelque  m^moires publies pendant  Vannee  1882  dans  le  Comos  les 
Mondes.    Par  le  Dr.  Donato  Tommasi.    8vo.,  pp.  18. 
A  republication  in  Ipamphlet  form  of  several  essays  on  physical  and 
chemical  subjects. 
Annual  Beport  of  the  Surgeon-General^  United  States  Army .  1882.  Pp.18 
The  report  gives  a  full  exposition  of  the  general  transactions  of  the  med- 
ical department  of  the  army  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1832.  The 
library,  devoted  entirely  to  medicine  and  its  branches,  now  contains  57,0(;0 
volumes  and  63,700  pamphlets,  and  forms  a  most  valuable  source  of  infor- 
mation which  is  used  by  investigators  residing  in  all  parts  of  the  country. 
A  considerable  increase  is  also  reported  in  the  number  of  specimens  con- 
tained in  the  Army  Medical  Museum,  aggregating  over  22,500  in  the  differ- 
ent sections.  The  value  of  the  library  and  museum  is  such  that  these  col- 
lections fully  deserve  to  be  protected  against  the  possibility  of  being 
destroyed,  and  the  erection  of  a  suitable  firetj^roof  building  for  their  accom- 
modation is,  therefore,  urged  ui3on  Congress. 
The  following  pamphlets  and  reprints  have  been  received  : 
Statement  of  the  present  condition  of  bankruptcy  legislation  in  Great  Brit- 
ain, France,  and  the  United  States  Prepared  for  the  information  of  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce  of  the  State  of  New  York  by  D.  C.  Robbins.  Pp.40. 
Conjoint  Sessio?i  of  North  Carolina  Board  of  Health  and  Medical  Society 
of  North  Carolina,  held  in  Concord,  May  10,  1882.    Raleigh.    Pp.  66. 
On  the  Treatment  of  the  Night-siueatinq  of  Phthisis  with  Agaric.  By 
William  Murrell,  M.D,  etc.    (From  "  The  Practitioner,"  Nov.,  1882.) 
The  Oleates  and  Oleo-palmitates  in  Skin  Diseases. 
The  Therapeutic  Action  of  Potassium  Chlorate.  And 
The  Treatment  of  Syphilis  with  Subcutaneous  Sublimate  Injections.  By 
J.  V.  Shoemaker,  A.M.,  M.D.  (From  Transactions  of  the  Pennsylvania 
and  of  the  American  Medical  Association.) 
