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ures  of  plants  and  scenes  encountered  on  the  trip  along  with  a  map 
of  the  Anglo-Egyptian  Soudan. 
Part  II  comprises  a  doctorate  thesis  written  by  Frangois  J.  Dore, 
entitled  "La  Therapeutique  et  L'Hygiene  en  China"  ("Therapeutics 
and  Hygiene  in  China").  The  author  discusses  the  influence  of 
superstitions  in  China  on  the  development  of  the  medico-pharmaceu- 
tical sciences  of  that  country. 
Part  III  is  a  treatise  on  "Composition  Chimique  du  Bacille  Tu- 
berculeux"  ("Chemical  Composition  of  Bacillus  Tuberculosis''),  by 
A.  Goris.  In  this  article  the  author  gives  the  history  of  the  subject 
and  then  discusses  the  methods  employed  and  results  attained  in  his 
personal  investigations.  Both  the  organic  and  mineral  constituents 
are  described  and  observations  recorded  on  the  acid  resistance  of  the 
organism. 
Part  IV  comprises  two  articles.  The  first  of  these,  by  Professor 
Emile  Perrot  and  G.  Blaque,  is  entitled  "Les  efforts  de  l'etranger 
pour  la  production  des  drogues  vegetales"  ("Foreign  efforts  for 
the  production  of  vegetable  drugs")  and  treats  of  the  recent  work 
(up  to  1920)  in  this  direction  in  Germany,  England,  Canada,  India, 
Austria,  Belgium,  United  States,  Holland,  Dutch  East  Indies,  Hun- 
gary, Italy,  Poland  and  Russia.  A  bibliography  of  some  of  the  re- 
cent literature  bearing  upon  vegetable  drug  production  accompanies 
the  article. 
The  second  article,  by  A.  Goris  and  Ch.  Vischniac,  treats  of  the 
character  and  composition  of  primeverose  from  Primula  officinalis 
Jacquin. 
H.  W.  Y. 
French-English  Dictionary  for  Chemists.  By  Austin  Patter- 
son, Ph.  D.,  formerly  Editor  of  "Chemical  Abstracts."  John 
Wiley  &  Sons,  Inc.,  New  York,  192 1 ;  xvii+384  pages,  5  by  7 
inches ;  $3.00  postpaid. 
This  book  is  a  companion  volume  to  the  author's  "German- 
English  Dictionary  for  Chemists."  As  stated  in  the  prospectus, 
"everything  possible  has  been  done  to  make  the  reader  of  chemical 
