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French  Justice. — A  F aris  pharmacien  has  been  subjected  to  a  fine 
of  ODG  hundred  francs,  with  costs,  or  to  be  imprisoned  for  forty  days,  as  a 
penalty  for  supplying  in  a  prescription  a  bottle  of  vin.  cinchonse  of  the 
French  Codex,  instead  of  "  Seguin's  cinchona  wine."  dditional  to  this, 
the  unfortunate  apothecary  was  compelled  to  have  a  copy  of  the  judgment 
displayed  on  his  door,  and  at  the  shops  of  nine  other  pharmaciens  re- 
siding near  him. 
HoKORs  TO  Parisian  Chemists. — M.  Wurtz,  chemist  of  Paris,  has  been 
elected  Yice-President  of  the  Academy  of  Medicine  for  1870,  and  M. 
Bouis  has  been  appointed  to  the  chair  of  Toxicology  in  the  Upper  School 
of  Pharmacy  at  Paris. 
Errata. — Our  readers  are  particularly  requested  to  correct  an  annoy- 
ing little  error  of  the  press  in  the  article  on  Liquid  Pepsin,  by  Mr.  E. 
Scheffer,  in  the  last  number,  at  page  98,  line  19  from  top.  Instead  of  the 
words,  "possessing  a  faint  and  disagreeable  odor,"  it  should  read,  "  pos- 
sessing a  faint,  not  disagreeable  odor."  The  correction  is  so  easily  made 
that  it  should  be  done  at  once.  Also,  at  page  134,  article  Sulpho-carbo- 
late  of  Soda,  at  line  7  from  top  insert  the  words  "of  each"  before  the 
figures  "  16,"  so  as  to  read,  "Take  of  pure  crystallized  carbolic  acid, 
(Calvert's),  Sulphuric  acid  sp.  gr.  1-84,  of  each  16  troy  ounces." 
The  Dis'pensatory  of  the  United  States  of  America,  ly  George  B.  Wood, 
M.D.,  ^c,  4^.,  ^c,  and  Frankliyi  Bache,  3I.D.,  8fC.,  ^c.  Thirteenth 
edition,  carefully  revised.  Philadelphia,  J.  B.  Lippincott  &  Co.,  1870. 
Pp.  1810,  octavo. 
When  the  twelfth  edition  of  the  Dispensatory  was  printed  the  work  was 
stereotyped,  and  there  was  every  prospect  that  a  long  time  would  elapse 
before  a  new  revised  edition  would  be  forthcoming,  but  so  rapid  has  been 
its  sale,  and  so  much  new  matter  has  been  presented  demanding  notice, 
not  forgetting  the  second  edition  of  the  British  Pharmacopoeia,  that  the 
author's  well  known  thoroughness  would  not  permit  him  to  allow  a  further 
use  of  the  plates  before  the  work  was  revised ;  a  labor  of  such  magnitude 
as  to  have  engaged  him  most  of  his  time  for  more  than  a  year, — not  esti- 
mating the  very  considerable  contributions  towards  it  gradually  accumu- 
lating on  his  hands  since  the  previous  edition  issued.  As  the  revision 
applies  to  the  entire  work,  the  additions  enter  into  a  large  number  of  the 
articles,  so  that  it  is  extremely  difficult  to  give  any  idea  of  the  added 
matter  in  a  brief  notice.  Yery  much  of  this  matter  is  in  the  form  of  foot- 
notes, in  small  print. 
The  changes  in  the  British  Pharmacopoeia  have  added  much  to  this 
work,  so  many  articles  having  been  restored  that  were  omitted  in  the 
first  edition  of  that  code.  The  author  has  spared  no  pains  to  bring  in 
all  the  recent  information  up  to  the  time  of  printing  each  article,  and 
where  such  notices  are  not  found  it  is  due  to  the  article  appearing  too 
late.  Even  chloral  has  a  place  in  the  appendix,  though  first  announced 
as  a  hypnotic  long  after  the  printing  of  the  book  had  commenced. 
