Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Nov.  1875. 
Reviews^  etc. 
absorption,  action,  elimination,  classification,  resemblance  to  diseases,  symptoms, 
&c.  The  main  portion  of  the  work  is  devoted  to  the  detailed  consideration  of  the 
poisons  which  are  classified  as  irritant  (mineral,  vegetable  and  animal),  narcotic, 
spinal,  cerebro- spinal  and  cerebro-cardiac  poisons. 
As  far  as  the  external  features  are  concerned,  it  needs  but  be  mentioned  that  pub- 
lisher and  printer  have  clothed  the  work  in  a  very  creditable  garb. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Supewising  Surgeon  of  the  Marine  Hospital  Service  of  the  United 
States  for  the  Fiscal  Tear  1874.  By  John  M.  Woodworth,  M.D.  Washington: 
Government  Printing  Office.    8vo,  pp.  256. 
The  efficient  Supervising  Surgeon  of  the  Merchant  Marine  Hospital  Service  has. 
incorporated  into  this  report  many  important  statistical  facts,  and  added  valuable 
suggestions  for  increasing  the  efficiency  and  importance  of  the  service.  Eleven 
papers  on  various  subjects  connected  with  the  service  will  be  found  in  the  appendix. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Board  oj  Regents  of  the  Smithsonian  Institution  ,•  showing  the 
Operations,  Expenditures  and  Conditions  of  the  Institution  for  the  Year  1874. 
Washington:  Government  Printing  Office.    8vo,  pp.  416. 
The  title  explains  the  nature  of  this  volume  only  in  part.  It  consists  of  the  reports 
of  the  Secretary  and  Executive  Committee,  the  proceedings  of  the  Board  of  Regents, 
and  of  an  appendix,  in  which  eulogies  on  several  deceased  scientists  and  a  number 
of  scientific  papers  will  be  found ;  of  particular  interest  are  the  papers  on  the  anti- 
quities of  various  localities  of  the  United  States. 
Antiseptica  und  Bakterien.    Von  Leonid  Buchholtz,  Stud.  Med.    8vo,  pp.  81. 
Antiseptics  and  Bacteria. 
The  experiments  were  made  in  Prof.  Dragendorff's  laboratory,  and  the  essay  was 
published  in  the  "Archiv  fiir  Experim.  Pathologie  und  Pharmakologie." 
Vergleichende  Untersuchungen  der  ivichtigeren  im  Handel  <vorkommenden  Sort  en  des 
Ammoniak- und  Galbanumgummis.    Von  Edward  Hirschsohn.    8vo,  pp.  75. 
Comparative  Examinations  of  the  more  important  Commercial  Varieties  of  Ammo- 
niac and  Galbanum. 
Another  one  of  those  excellent  investigations  performed  in  the  laboratory  of  Prof. 
Dragendorff.  We  hope  to  be  enabled  to  give  a  brief  abstract  of  this  prize-essay  in 
our  next  number. 
The  Physicians'  Visiting  List  for  1876.    Twenty-fifth  year  of  its  publication.  Phil- 
adelphia: Lindsay  &  Blakiston. 
Contents  and  arrangements  are  the  same  as  in  previous  years. 
