Am.  Jour.  Pliarm. ) 
May,  188^5.  j 
Rcvieirs,  etc. 
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3^ ear  since  1877  with  the  exception  of  1878 ;  on  tlie  other  hand  the  quantity 
of  opium  prepared  for  smoking  has  rapidly  increased,  and  reached  during 
the  last  fiscal  year  the  unprecedented  quantity  of  106,221  i)ounds,  an  in- 
<}rease  of  nearly  80,000  pounds  over  the  preceding  year.  But  slight  varia- 
tions are  observed  in  the  importation  of  such  staple  articles  like  ammoninum 
chloride,  argols,  gum  arabic,  camiDhor,  potassium  chlorate,  potassium 
nitrate,  liquorice,  cloves,  pepper  and  others,  while  an  erratic  variation  in 
the  quantities  annually  imported  is  noticed  in  vanilla,  asafetida,  squill, 
oolombo,  senna,  catechu,  mercury,  indigo  and  a  number  of  other  articles. 
A.uszu(j  am  dem  Zolliarife  fi'ir  Productc  der  chonischeyi  uitd  vei'wandten 
Industrie  von  Amerika,  dem  Deutsclien  Zollgebiete,  England,  Frank- 
reich,  Italien,  Oesterreich-T'ngarn,  Russland  und  der  Schweiz.  Cothen 
1883.    8vo,  pp.  19. 
Abstract  from  the  customs  taritt',  for  products  of  the  chemical  and  allied 
industries  of  the  United  States,  Germany,  England,  France,  Italy,  Austria- 
JEungary,  Russia  and  Switzerland. 
These  interesting  tables  have  been  carefully  compiled  by  Dr.  G.  Krause, 
editor  of  the  Chemiker  Zeitung.''  Since  by  recent  legislation  the  duties 
on  many  articles  of  commerce  have  been  changed  in  the  United  States, 
many  of  the  statements  relating  to  this  country,  necessarily  apply  to  the 
past. 
The  Untoward  Effects  of  Druf/s.  A  pharmacological  and  clinical  manual. 
By  Dr.  L.  Levin,  Docent  of  materia  medica,  hygiene,  and  public  health, 
in  the  University  of  Berlin.  Second  edition,  revised  and  enlarged. 
Translated  by  J.  J  Mulheron,  M.D.,  Professor  of  principles  of  medicine, 
materia  medica,  and  therapeutics,  in  the  Michigan  College  of  Medicine. 
Detroit:  Geo.  S.  Davis,  1883.    8vo,  pp.  220.    Price  S!;2. 
The  action  of  medicines  is  determined  by  observations  made  either 
experimentally  in  the  laboratory,  or  by  experience  at  the  bedside;  the  mean 
results  of  such  observations  constitute  the  typical  or  normal  action  of  the 
drugs.  Occasionally,  however,  the  action  differs  more  or  less  essentially 
from  that  expected,  and  tliough  such  cases  have  been  frequently  rej)orted, 
the  records  are  mostly  not  readily  accessible,  and  are  frequently  but  super- 
ficially considered.  The  author  has,  for  this  reason,  patiently  collected 
these  scattered  facts,  and  has  added  his  own  observations,  which  labor 
resulted  in  the  publication,  two  years  ago,  of  a  work  in  German,  entitled 
"Die  Nebenwirkungen  der  Arzneimittel."  The  translation  has  been  made 
with  the  author's  consent,  who  has  also  furnished  copious  additions,  so  that 
the  book  now  before  us  is  virtually  a  second  and  revised  edition. 
The  drugs  are  classified  according  to  their  general  effects  as  tonics,  astrin- 
gents, alteratives,  etc.,  and  in  each  case  reference  is  made  to  the  literature. 
The  translation  has  been  well  made,  and  this  in  connection  with  the 
importance  of  the  subject,  will  secure  for  the  book  the  attention  which  it 
merits. 
I^ro feedings  of  the  Neiv  Hampshire  Phdvmaoeutical  Association  at  the 
