384 
Reviews,  etc. 
J  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
1      July, 1883. 
States  Pharmacopoeia,  several  changes  have  not  been  noticed;  thus  linim. 
camphorse  (p.  99),  lininri.  chloroformi  (p,  106),  and  linim.  plumbi  subacet. 
(p.  189)  are  stated  to  be  made  with  olive  oil,  while  the  new  jDharmacopoeia 
directs  cotton  seed  oil ;  spir.  chloroformi  (p.  99)  is  said  to  be  a  solution  of 
chloroform  in  diluted  alcohol  instead  of  alcohol,  etc. 
An  interesting  addition  are  notes  on  the  Chinese  materia  medica,  in 
comparison  with  that  of  the  United  States. 
Much  of  the  work  has  been  rewritten,  and  it  has  been  brought  up  to  the 
wants  of  the  present  time.  Its  external  aiD}iearance  is  satisfactory ;  the 
illustrations  are  the  familiar  ones  from  former  editions.  It  will  doubtless 
prove  as  useful  and  instructive  as  those  which  jDreceded  it. 
Beport  on  the  Pharmacoj^mas  of  all  Nations.     By  Dr.  James  M.  Flint,  U.  S.  JST. 
Washington,  1883.    8vo,  pp.  28. 
A  very  creditable  rei3ort,  the  result  of  much  inquiry  and  study,  made  to 
the  Surgeon-General  U.  S.  N.,  giving  the  title,  dates,  internal  arrange- 
ment, mode  of  revising,  etc.,  of  all  Pharmacopoeias  now  in  use.  A  tabular 
resume,  at  the  end  of  the  report,  gives,  in  alphabetical  order,  the  different 
countries,  with  the  Pharmacopoeias  or  standard  pharmaceutical  work  in 
general  use. 
Tlie  Calendar  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Ireland,  1883.    Dublin.    Pp.  86. 
Pemarqiies  sur  les  variations  de  la  composition  du  sperme  dans  quelques  cas  patholo- 
giques.    Par  M.  le  Dr.  C.  Melm. 
Eemarks  on  the  variations  in  the  composition  of  sperma  in  several  patho- 
logical cases. 
Reprint  from  "Annales  des  maladies  des  organs  genito-urin aires." 
Notes  liiiguistiqit.es  d  propos  du  reciteil  des  travaux  du  bureau  ethnologique  puhlie  par  la 
Smithsonian  Institution  d  Washington.    Par  M.  Adr.  Nickl^s. 
Linguistic  notes  suggested  by  the  contributions  of  the  Ethnological  Bureau 
published  by  the  Smithsonian  Institution,  Washington. 
Cancer  of  the  Intestinal  Tract,  operations  for  the  removal  of  malignant  strictures  of  pylo- 
rus and  intestines,  etc.  By  Eeuben  A.  Vance,  M.D.,  Professor  in  the  University  of 
Wooster,  Cleveland,  O.    8vo,  pp.  15. 
Reprint  from  "  Columbus  Medical  Journal." 
The  Jirst  annual  report  of  the  Southwestern  Hospital  of  the  City  of  Philadelphia,  1881-2. 
8vo,  pp.  19. 
Proceedings  of  the  fourth  annual  meeting  of  the  Missouri  State  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion at  Kansas  City,  Oct.  25,  1882.    8vo,  pp.  15. 
The  officers  are  W,  W.  Alexander,  St.  Louis,  President ;  A.  R.  Edmunds^ 
Miami,  H.  M.  Pettit,  Carrolton,  and  W.  M.  Cason,  Montgomery,  Vice  Pre- 
sidents; Wm.  T.  Ford,  Kansas  City,  Secietary ;  J.  T.  Plunkett,  Bruns- 
wick, Treasurer ;  O.  A.  Wall,  St.  Louis,  Local  Secretary.  The  fifth  annual 
meeting  will  be  held  in  St.  Louis  on  the  fourth  Tuesday  of  October  next. 
