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Reviews,  etc. 
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Mar.,  1883. 
tators  of  Plinius,  and  rendered  the  writings  of  the  latter  not  merely  interest- 
ing as  historical  relics,  but  through  the  annotations,  as  valuable  as  possible 
for  present  use. 
Sur  V  extraction  des  matieres  color  antes  des  ui^ines  hleus  {indigotine  et  in- 
dirubine).    Par  le  Dr.  C.  M6hu.    Paris,  1882. 
On  the  extraction  of  the  coloring  matters  of  blue  urine.    Reprint  from 
Annales  des  Maladies  des  organes  genito-urinaires,  I. 
In  his  investigations  of  the  blue  coloring  matter  of  urine,  Dr.  M6hu 
noticed  that  it  dissolves  with  a  violet  color  in  the  oils  of  anise  and  winter- 
green  ;  but  both  solutions  are  decolorized  on  boiling — that  in  oil  of  anise 
rapidly,  and  that  in  oil  of  wintergreen  more  slowly.  Indigotin  from  indigo, 
on  the  contrary,  dissolves  in  oil  of  anise  with  a  violet  color,  which  changes 
to  blue  on  cooling,  or  finally  to  greenish.  Oil  of  wintergreen  yields  with 
indigotin  a  solution  which  retains  its  handsome  blue  color  for  a  long  time. 
The  author  is  engaged  with  the  further  investigation  into  the  nature  of  the 
coloring  matters  of  urine. 
The  reception  of  the  following  pamphlets  and  reprints  is  herewith  ac- 
knowledged : 
A  Review  of  the  Sixth  Decennial  Revision  of  the  Pharmacopceia  of  the 
United  States  of  America.  By  D.  Webster  Prentiss,  A.M.,  M.D.,  etc. 
Washington,  D.  C. 
From  "  New  Remedies,"    December,  1882. 
A  Brief  Review  of  the  TJ.  S.  Pharmacopoeia  of  1880.  By  Charles  Mohr,. 
Mobile,  Ala. 
From  the  "Druggist,"    January,  1883. 
Unification  of  Moneys,  Weights,  and  Measures.  By  Alfred  B.  Taylor. 
Philadelphia. 
From  the  "  International  Review." 
The  Dangers  of  Dnpure  Ice.   Report  to  the  Sanitary  Protection  Association, 
of  Newport,  R.  I. 
From  the  "Sanitarian." 
Fiftieth  Ayinual  Report  of  the  Managers  of  the  Pennsylvania  Institution  for 
the  Instruction  of  the  Blind.    Philadelphia,  1883. 
Addresses  Delivered  on  the  Occasion  of  the  Dedication  of  Cooper  Medical 
College  Building.  By  Levi  C.  Lane,  A.M.,  M.D.,  etc.,  and  by  Edward  R. 
Taylor.    San  Francisco. 
The  Bacillus  Tuberculosis  and  some  Anatomical  Points  which  suggest  the 
refutation  of  its  etiological  relation  iDith  Tuberculosis.    First  communi- 
cation.   By  H.  F.  Foimad,  B.M.,  M.D.,  etc. 
From  the  "  Philadelphia  Medical  Times,"    November  18,  1882. 
Scrofida  and  its  Gland  Diseases..  An  introduction  to  the  general  pathology 
of  scrofula,  witli  an  account  of  the  histology,  diagnosis  and  treatment  of 
its  ghuidular  affections.  By  Frederick  Freves,  F.R.C.S.,  Eng.,  etc:  Phi- 
ladelphia: Henry  C.  Lea's  Son  &  Co.    8vo,  pp.  77.    Price  ten  cents. 
Bromide  of  Ethyl;  the  most  perfect  ancesthetic  for  short  painful  surgical 
operations.    By  Julian  J.  Chisolm,  M.D.,  Professor,  etc.  Baltimore. 
From  the  "Maryland  Medical  Journal."    Januarj^  1,  1883. 
