EDITORIAL. 
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Modern  Therapeutics ;  a  compendium  of  recent  formulcB  and  specific 
therapeutical  directions.    By  George  H.  Naplieys,  A.M.,  M.D.,  &c. 
Philadelphia.  S.  W.  Butler,  M.D.,  1870;  pp.  390,  12mo. 
This  formulary  consists  largely  of  recent  prescriptions.    Its  groups  are 
arranged  from  the  therapeutical  standpoint, — a  feature  rather  unusual, — 
and,  accompanied  as  they  are  by  explanations  bearing  on  treatment,  are 
well  calculated  to  prove  useful  to  the  physician  in  the  selection  of  a 
remedy  in  cases  where  the  treatment  is  not  obvious.    The  prescriptions 
of  many  prominent  physicians,  as  well  at  home  as  abroad,  are  presented, 
and  give  a  freshness  to  the  work  that  must  address  itself  especially  to  the 
young  practitioner.    The  price  of  the  book  is  $2.25. 
Paris  Universal  Exposition,  1867.  Reports  of  the  U.  S.  Commissioners. 
The  progress  and  condition  of  several  departments  of  industrial  chem- 
istry. By  J.  Lawrence  Smith,  U.  S.  Commissioner.  Washington, 
Government  Printing  Office,  1869. 
The  notice  already  taken  of  the  industrial  products  and  processes  of 
Glass  44  of  the  Paris  Exposition  (see  vol.  ),  makes  it  un- 
necessary to  say  much  in  regard  to  this  Report,  which  is  chiefly  devoted 
to  the  heavy  branches  of  chemical  manufactures,  as  sulphuric  acid,  soda 
salts,  potash  and  its  salts,  chlorine  products,  coal  tar  products  and  sa- 
ponification. The  report  contains  much  interesting  information,  most  of 
which,  however,  has  already  transpired  through  the  journals. 
Half  -  Yearly  Compendium  of  Medical  Science.    Part  Y.    January,  1870. 
S.  W.  Butler,  M.D.,  115  South  Seventh  St.,  Philadelphia. 
The  Compendium,  though  rather  behind  time,  contains  the  usual  amount 
of  useful  information,  gathered  from  about  seventy-three  different  jour- 
nals, and  presented  in  nearly  three  hundred  articles  from  sixty-nine  Ame- 
rican and  two  hundred  and  sixty-six  foreign  writers.  Price  $3  per  annum. 
Annuaire  de  Therapeutique,  de  Matiere  Medicale  de  Pharmacie  et  de 
Toxicologic  pour  1870,  etc.,  par  A.  Bouchardat,  Prof,  d'hygiene  a  la 
Faculte  de  Medecine  de  Paris,  etc.  Paris,  Germer  Bailliere,  1870  ;  pp. 
301,  18mo. 
This  is  the  thirtieth  year  of  this  useful  little  French  annual,  which 
makes  its  appearance  regularly,  and  embraces  a  variety  of  articles  of  in- 
terest to  the  physician  and  pharmaceutist. 
Letheomania  ;  the  result  of  the  hypodermic  injection  of  morphia  (from 
the  Pacific  Med.  Jour.)    By  Henry  Gibbons,  M.D. 
This  is  a  cautionary  paper  addressed  to  physicians,  urging  moderation 
in  the  use  of  this  form  of  medication  with  narcotics,  and  especially  to 
avoid  the  placing  of  its  application  in  other  than  professional  hands. 
Valedictory  Address  to  the  Graduating  Class  at  the  Jefferson  Medical 
College,  by  Prof.  J.  Aitken  Meigs,  at  the  45th  Commencement. 
Finances  of  Pennsylvania.  Report  of  the  Auditor-General  of  the  Com- 
monwealth of  Pennsylvania  for  the  year  ending  November  30,  1869. 
Harrisburg,  1870.  pp.  191. 
