476 
Reviews,  etc. 
f  Am.  J  our.  Pharm. 
\      Sept.,  1883. 
The  verdict  is  almost  draconic  in  severity.  Some  years  ago  a  druggist 
in  tlais  country  bougtit  cinchonidine,  converted  it  into  the  hydrochlorate, 
and  sold  it  in  considerable  quantities  in  bottles,  with  Pelletier's  labels  and 
wrappers  imitated  ;  he  may  have  made  some  money  by  this  fraud,  but  his 
punishment  consisted  in  the  loss  of  confidence  and  reputation  he  may 
have  enjoyed  previous  to  this  transaction.  What  would  have  been  his 
fate  if  measured  by  the  strict  laws  of  France  ? 
KEVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGKAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Proceedings  of  the  Second  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Massachusetts  State  Phar- 
maceutical Association,  held  in  Peabody  Guard  Hall,  Springfield,  May 
16  and  17,  1883.    Lynn.    8vo,  pp.  198. 
A  brief  notice  of  the  meeting  will  be  found  on  page  334  of  our  June  num- 
ber. It  was  at  this  meeting  that  the  proposition  for  the  organization  of  a 
National  Retail  Druggists'  Association  took  a  practical  shape.  The  first 
122  pages  contain  the  minutes  and  reports;  the  following  55  pages  the 
various  essaj'-s  on  ethical  and  practical  subjects.  The  book  is  very  credit- 
ably printed,  but  the  absence  of  an  index  or  table  of  contents  detracts  from 
its  usefulness. 
Handworterhuch  der  Pharmakognosie  des  PJianzenreichs.  By  Prof.  Dr. 
G.  C.  Wittstein.  Sechste  Lieferung.  Breslau  :  Eduard  Trewendt,  1883. 
8vo. 
Dictionary  of  Vegetable  Pharmacognosy.    Part  6. 
The  part  now  before  us,  covering  pages  721  to  864,  embraces  the  articles 
Sandelholz  (santal  w^ood)  to  Traubenkirsche  (grape  cherry,  Prunus  Padus), 
the  different  drugs  being  treated  of  in  the  manner  previously  described. 
A  Treatise  on  Therapeutics  comprising  Materia  Medica  and  Toxicology, 
with  special  reference  to  the  application  of  the  jDhysiological  action  of 
drugs  to  clinical  medicine.  By  H.  C  Wood,  M.D.,  Professor  of  Materia 
Medica  and  Therapeutics,  etc.,  in  the  University  of  Pennsylvania.  Phil- 
adelphia: J.  B.  Lippincott  &  Co.,  1883.    8vo,  pp.  740.    Price  $6. 
The  favor  with  which  this  work  has  been  received  is  evidenced  by  the 
rapid  exhaustion  of  the  previous  editions,  so  that  now  the  fifth  edition  is 
put  into  the  hands  of  the  physician,  which  as  compared  with  its  predeces- 
sors has  been  thoroughly  revised  and  enlarged.  As  indicated  in  the  title 
the  work  was  written  with  special  reference  to  the  application  of  the  phy- 
siological action  of  drugs  to  clinical  medicine.  With  regard  to  experiments 
upon  animals,  the  author  states  that  in  the  vast  majority  of  cases,  the  actions 
of  drugs  upon  man  and  uj^on  the  lower  animals  are,  though  seemingly  dif- 
ferent, in  reality  similar ;  that  the  more  knowledge  we  acquire,  the  fewer 
exceptions  remain  unexplained  ;  and  that  the  whole  matter  is  in  all  proba- 
bility subject  to  laws  whose  development  will  greatly  aid^in  our  explana- 
tions of  various  obscure  clinical  phenomena. 
