43  o  Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices.  {^Vepri8^7^5^"^" 
In  three  cases  we  administered  two  full  bottles  of  the  extract  to  men,  from  twenty-five  to  thirty-five, 
suffering  from  exhaustion  of  the  generative  powers,  incident  to  excessive  coition  and  self-abuse.  From 
one  of  these  we  have  not  heard.  The  second  reports,  after  using  it  steadily  for  three  weeks,  a  loss  of 
appetite,  and  '  so  little  improvement  in  the  strength  of  the  organs  that  he  can  haidly  tell  if  there  is  any." 
The  third,  an  intelligent  gentleman,  writes  as  follows  :  "  I  do  not  consider  the  damiana  did  me  any  good. 
It  increased  the  desire  for  sexual  congress  during  the  first  few  days  I  used  it ;  after  that  the  inclination 
passed  away,  and  now,  after  finishing  the  second  bottle,  I  have  no  desire  at  all.  I  had  intercourse  once 
while  using  the  first  bottle,  but  did  not  observe  any  increase  of  strength  in  the  organs." 
Medicated  Waters. — In  our  last  number  we  referred  to  the  proposition  of  Mr. 
Shamalia  for  the  extemporaneous  preparation  of  medicated  waters  from  volatile  oils 
bv  means  of  animal  charcoal.  This  substance  has  repeatedly  been  recommended 
for  the  purification  of  old  resinified  volatile  oils,  alone  as  well  as  in  connection  with 
borax  and  other  substances.  We  were,  however,  not  aware  that  it  had  been  sug- 
gested as  a  medium  for  the  purpose  for  which  it  was  used  by  Mr.  Shamalia  until 
our  attention  was  called  to  a  paper  by  Mr.  Jas.  S.  Talbot,  published  in  the  Boston 
Laboratory"  for  September,  1874;  he  recommends  to  dissolve  half  a  fluidrachm 
of  the  volatile  oil  in  20  minims  of  ether,  to  triturate  the  solution  with  one  drachm 
of  purified  animal  charcoal  until  the  ether  has  evaporated  and  then  to  add  gradually 
two  pints  of  distilled  water. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Proceedings  of  the  Fifth  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Ne^iv  Jersey  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation, held  in  Morgan  Hall,  Camden,  N.  J.,  February  loth,  1875.  Jersey  City: 
"Jersey  Times'"  Print.    8vo,  pp.  52. 
We  have,  on  page  134,  briefly  reported  the  transactions  of  this  meeting.  The 
pamphlet  before  us  contains  the  minutes,  address  of  the  President,  reports  and 
essays  read,  one  of  which  we  publish  in  this  number,  and  desire  to  direct  the  atten- 
tion of  our  readers  to  it. 
An  Address  delivered  before  the  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy^  at  the  'Ninth  An- 
nual Commencemefit^  on  the  Relations  of  Chemistry  to  Pharmacy  and  Therapeutics. 
By  T.  Sterry  Hunt,  LL.D.,  F.R.S.  With  the  Valedictory  to  the  Graduating 
Class  of  1875,  by  Professor  Wm.  Bolles,  M.  D.  Boston:  May  30,  1875.  8vo, 
pp.  27. 
We  have  already,  on  a  former  occasion  (page  282),  referred  to  these  Interesting 
addresses,  of  which  the  latter  gives  some  good  advice  to  the  graduates,  while  the 
former  is  a  brief  but  excellent  review  of  the  relations  of  chemistry  to  pharmacy  and 
therapeutics. 
Report  of  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Fifth  Cincinnati  Industrial  Exposition^ 
held  under  the  auspices  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and 
Ohio  Mechanics'  Institute,  from  September  2d  to  October  3d,  1874.  Cincinnati. 
8vo,  pp.  335. 
Besides  the  reports  of  the  judges,  &c.,  this  volume  contains  special  reports  of 
experiments  made  with  steam-engines,  reaping  machines,  &c.  A  pamphlet  has  also 
been  issued  announcing  that  the  Sixth  Exposition  will  be  held  from  September  8th 
to  October  9th  next,  and  containing  the  list  of  premiums  which  will  be  awarded. 
Lehrbuch  der  Gdhrungs-Chemie,  in  elf  Vorlesungen.    By  Dr.  Adolf  Mayer.    Mit  23 
