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1      Feb.,  1883. 
don,  and  it  may  now  be  taken  for  granted  that  this  article  with  which  Lie- 
big's  name  is  so  prominently  and  deservedly  associated,  may  henceforth 
be  manufactured  and  sold  as  such  without  further  interference. 
Dover's  Powder. — It  is  well-known  that  the  Dover's  pow'der  as  at  pre- 
sent recognized  by  most  pharmacopoeias  is  a  far  simpler  preparation  than 
it  was  when  first  introduced  ;  but  the  name  of  the  inventor  remains  coupled 
with  the  compound  opium  powder,  though  but  few  persons  are  probably 
conversant  with  the  history  of  the  man  whose  name  is  thus  perpetuated. 
The  subjoined  sketch  will  therefore  be  read  with  interest;  in  addition  it 
should  be  stated  that  the  privateer  Duke  was  commanded  'by  Captain 
Woodes  Rogers. 
"  People  whose  '  inward  griefs  and  peristaltic  woes  '  have  been  relieved  by 
the  power  of  Dover  do  not  generally  know  to  whom  they  are  indebted  for 
this  excellent  compound.  Dr.  Dover  was  a  friend  and  probably  pupil  of 
the  great  Sydenham.  He  commenced  practice  in  Bristol  where,  having 
made  some  money,  he  longed  to  make  more.  The  roll  of  the  College  of 
Physicians  tells  us  that  he  joined  with  some  merchants  in  fitting  out  two 
privateers  for  the  South  Seas,  in  one  of  which,  the  'Duke,'  he  himself 
sailed  from  Bristol,  August  2, 1708.  On  the  passage  out  they  touched  at  the 
island  of  Juan  Fernandez,  where  Dover,  on  the  2d  of  February,  1709,  found 
Alexander  Selkirk,  who  had  been  alone  on  the  island  for  four  years  and 
four  months,  and  whom  Dover  brought  away  in  the  'Duke.'  In  the 
April  following  Dover  took  Ginaguil,  a  city  or  town  of  Peru,  by  storm.  In 
December,  1709,  the  two  privateers  took  a  large  and  valuable  jDrize,  a  ship 
of  twenty  guns  and  one  hundred  and  ninety  men,  to  which  Dover  removed 
from  the  'Duke,'  taking  Alexander  Selkirk  with  him  as  master,  and 
finally  reaching  England  in  October,  1711.  After  this  cruise  Dr.  Dover 
removed  to  London,  where  his  practice  soon  became  great.  His  patients, 
and  the  apothecaries  who  wished  to  consult  him,  addressed  their  letters  to 
the  Jerusalem  Coflfee-house,  where  at  certain  hours  of  the  day  he  received 
most  of  his  patients. — Can.  Jour,  of  Med.  Science. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
■Companion  to  the  latest  edition  of  the  British  Pharmacopoeia,  comparing 
the  strength  of  its  various  preparations,  Vith  those  of  the  United  States 
and  other  Pharmacopceias ;  to  which  are  added  non-otficial  preparations 
and  practical  hints  on  prescribing.  By  Peter  Squire,  F.L.S.  etc.,  assisted 
by  his  sons  Peter  Wyatt  Squire,  and  Alfred  Herbert  Squire.  Thirteenth 
edition.    London:  j.  and  A.  Churchill,  8vo,  1882. 
A  work  like  this,  of  which  thirteen  editions  became  necessary  in  eighteen 
years,  must  be  a  useful  work,  and  little  need  be  said  in  commendation  of 
it.  The  principal  portion  of  the  book  is  occupied  with  the  medicinal  drugs 
and  chemicals  arranged  in  alphabetical  order,  and  comprising  not  only 
those  which  have  been  admitted  into  the  British  Pharmacopoeia,  but  like- 
wise a  large  number  which  have  not  been  recognized  by  this  authority,  and 
many  of  which  have  come  into  more  or  less  extensive  use,  since  the  last 
revision  of  that  Pharmacopoeia.  In  each  case,  the  article  is  briefly  charac- 
terized ;  its  medicinal  properties,  uses,  doses,  and  for  poisonous  articles,  the 
antidotes  are  given,  and  the  pharmacopoeias  are  enumerated,  by  which  the 
drug  is  recognized.  Under  the  same  head  are  also  giv^en  all  the  pharmaco- 
poeial  preparations,  compared  with  those  of  the  pharmacopoeias  of  Europe 
