Am,  Jour.  Pharm. 
Mar.  1875. 
Reviews^  etc. 
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statements  and  admissions  of  the  borough  analyst,  Thomas  Fairley,  who  fairly 
writhed  under  the  searching  cross-examination,  ably  conducted  by  Mr.  Simpson, 
counsel  for  the  defendant  j  and  while  admitting  on  the  one  hand  that  two  distinct 
substances  were  sold  under  two  distinct  trade  names,  would  insist  that  they  ought 
to  be  chemically  alike.  The  prosecution  was  abandoned  and  the  summons  with- 
drawn. 
We  felt  obliged  to  call  attention  to  these  cases,  in  order  to  show  to  what  annoy- 
ances persons  may  be  subjected  who  endeavor  faithfully  to  comply  with  the  spirit  of 
the  law.  Pharmacists  and  druggists  in  this  country  have  had  considerable  experi- 
ence in  such  matters  under  the  changing  and  variable  rulings  under  the  provisions 
of  our  Interna]  Revenue  Laws  5  and  while  we  rejoice  that  the  latter  have  now  been 
njerbally  altered,  so  as  to  express  unmistakably  the  meaning  originally  intended  for 
one  partic\dar  provision,  we  may  be  permitted  to  express  the  hope,  that  if  ever  an 
adulteration  of  food  act  should  be  passed  here,  we  may  have  profited  from  the  ex- 
perience of  other  countries,  so  that  its  provisions  may  be  clear,  and  not  liable  to  be 
used  as  means  for  annoyance  under  erroneous  preconceived  opinions  on  the  part  of 
prosecutors. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES, 
Compendium  of  Children  s  Diseases.  A  Hand- Book  for  Practitioners  and  Students.  By 
Dr.  Johann  Steiner,  Professor  of  the  Diseases  of  Children  in  the  University  of 
Prague,  etc.     Translated  from  the  second  German  edition  by  Lawson  Tait, 
F.  R.  C.  S.,  Surgeon  to  the  Birmingham  Hospital  for  Women,  etc.  New  York  : 
D.  Appleton  &  Co.     1875.    8vo,  pp.  408. 
The  first  edition  of  this  work  was  so  well  received  in  Austria  and  Germany  that 
after  a  very  short  period  a  second  edition  had  to  be  prepared,  which  is  now  pre- 
sented to  the  English  speaking  profession.  An  excellent  work  might  have  been 
expected  from  the  position  of  its  author,  during  a  period  of  fifteen  years  in  the  Fran- 
cis-Joseph Hospital  for  Children  in  Prague,  and  the  manner  in  which  it  has  been 
received,  speaks  for  Its  value. 
The  work  is  divided  into  the  following  nine  divisions  :  the  investigation  of  dis- 
ease 5  diseases  of  the  nervous  system  5  diseases  of  the  organs  of  respiration  j  diseases 
of  the  organs  of  circulation  and  of  the  lymphatic  system  5  diseases  of  the  organs  of 
digestion  5  diseases  of  the  urinary  and  sexual  organs  5  general  diseases  of  nutrition  j 
zymotic  diseases  and  diseases  of  the  skin.  A  very  acceptable  appendix  contains  the 
rules  for  the  management  of  infants,  issued  by  the  staff  of  the  Birmingham  Hospital 
for  Sick  Children. 
On  Diseases  of  the  Hip-joint.  By  Lewis  A.  Sayre,  M.  D.,  Professor  of  Orthopedic 
Surgery  and  Clinical  Surgery  in  Bellevue  Hospital  Medical  College.    New  York  : 
G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons.     1874.     8vo,  pp.  24. 
This  Is  the  first  number  of"  A  Series  of  American  Clinical  Lectures,"  edited  by 
E.  C.  Seguin,  M.  D.  It  Is  Intended  to  select  lectures  upon  topics  of  practical  in- 
terest, and  only  by  recognized  medical  Instructors  of  the  United  States.    At  present 
