4-^2  Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices.    { ^"^ sip"'" ; 87^5"'''" ' 
ness.  It  describes  the  course  to  be  pursued  and  points  out  the  sources  of  possible 
errors,  and  the  manner  in  which  they  may  be  avoided  ;  also,  the  principles  upon 
which  the  grouping  of  the  determined  elements  into  salts  should  be  based. 
Dr.  P.  SchuKs  Reference  Table,  for  the  convenience  of  Druggists  and  Physicians  in 
referring  to  Doses,  Incompatibles,  and  Antidotes  of  Poisons,  Drugs  and  Chem- 
icals.   Philadelphia.    Price,  Si. 
The  table  is  mounted  upon  both  sides  of  paste-board,  and  is  evidently  intended 
to  be  hung  up  near  the  prescription-counter,  or  in  the  office  of  the  physician,  so  that 
it  may  be  conveniently  referred  to.  On  one  side  we  find  tables  of  doses,  of  appor- 
tioning doses,  of  avoirdupois,  troy  and  metrical  weights,  of  apothecaries'  and  ap- 
proximate measures  and  Procter's  and  Parrish's  tables  of  drops. 
The  first  one  mentioned  comprises  only  the  more  powerful  medicines,  opposite 
the  names  of  which  marks  are  placed  to  indicate  whether  they  are  severe  poisons, 
poisonous,  narcotic  poisons,  slightly  narcotic,  emetic  or  cathartic  and  drastic.  Acetic 
acid,  the  iron  salts,  ferrocyanide  of  potassium,  and  others,  are  marked  poisonous, 
and  among  the  narcotic  poisons  we  find  camphor,  lobelia,  &c.,  while  such  powerful 
drugs  as  colocynth,  elaterium,  gamboge,  veratrum  album  and  ver.  viride  are  merely 
marked  drastic,  or  emetic  and  drastic.  The  doses  Indicated  are  those  ordinarily  given, 
up  to  the  largest  that  may  be  safely  administered  to  adults.  In  some  cases  however  the 
latter  are  decidedly  too  low,  like  morphia  and  its  salts,  opium,  &c.,  the  largest  dose 
of  the  former  being  given  as  \  gr.,  and  of  the  latter  i  grain. 
The  reverse  side  of  the  table  gives  the  general  treatment  in  cases  of  poisoning, 
together  with  the  special  antidotes  5  also  a  list  of  incompatibles.  In  such  lists  many 
articles  are  usually  mentioned  which  are  perhaps  never  combined  together,  and  in- 
consistencies can  scarcely  be  avoided.  We  find  them  also  in  this  table.  We  do  not 
know  upon  what  ground  sulphuric  and  nitric  acids  are  considered  incompatible  with 
citric  acid  j  or  nitric  and  muriatic  acids  with  sulphate  of  potassium.  Baric  chloride 
is  mentioned  as  being  incompatible  with  sulphate  of  sodium,  but  is  not  found  among 
the  incompatibles  of  sulphate  of  potassium.  Instead  of  naming  iron  salts  generally 
as  incompatible  with  nut-gall,  ferrous  iodide  alone  is  mentioned.  Chlorides  and 
astringents  are  enumerated  among  the  incompatibles  of  nitrate  of  silver,  which  is 
likewise  precipitated  by  iodides  and  bromides,  and  decomposed  by  nearly  all  tinc- 
tures and  infusions. 
That  the  nostrums  svapnia  and  chlorodyne  have  found  a  place  in  the  table  of 
doses,  is  hardly  consistent  with  the  care  shown  in  the  selection  of  the  drugs. 
This  reference  table  has  evidently  been  prepared  with  a  great  deal  of  care,  and 
much  labor  has  been  bestowed  upon  it ;  its  arrangement  is  very  convenient,  and  by  the 
use  of  different  types,  the  various  parts  strike  the  eye  very  readily.  Pharmacists  and 
physicians  will  find  it  to  give  ready  information  on  many  points,  for  which  usually 
books — and  often  bulky  works — have  to  be  consulted. 
A  Clinical  Contribution  to  the   Treatment  of  Tubal  Pregnancy.     By  T.  Gaillard 
Thomas,  M.  D.    New  York:  D.  Appleton  &  Co.,  1875.    8vo,  11  pages. 
A  reprint  from  the  "  New  York  Medical  Journal"  for  June,  1875. 
Correction. —  Our  readers  will  please  correct  the  following  figures  : 
Page  208,  line  10  from  top,  read  1*502  instead  of  i'05a. 
"     343,   "    16    "      "      "     180°      "      "  108°. 
