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ner,  Hottot,  Merck,  Duflos,  Wittstock,  Mohr,  Robertson-Greg- 
ory), preparation  of  all  important  principles  in  opium,  morphio- 
metry  (Guillermond,  Roussille,  Guibourt,  Schacht,  Hager,  Kief- 
fer,  Fleury),  yield,  properties,  purity,  composition,  salts  (simple 
and  double),  decomposition  (sulphomorphid,  oxymorphia,  apo- 
morphia,  methylmorphia,  ethylmorphia),  behavior  to  reagents, 
forensic  analysis,  history  of  its  pharmacological  and  toxicological 
relations,  relation  to  the  activity  of  opium,  action  on  animals, 
result  of  physiological  experiments  with  animals,  elimination, 
action  on  man,  symptoms  of  acute  poisoning,  toxical  and  lethal 
doses,  post  mortem  appearance,  antidotes,  physiological  proofs, 
therapeutical  use,  contra-indication,  dose  and  application. 
The  other  alkaloids  are  treated  similarly,  and,  as  is  evident 
from  the  foregoing,  pretty  exhaustively.  We  have  observed 
very  few  omissions,  for  instance,  the  occurrence  of  berberina  in 
Coptis  trifolia  and  Menispermum  canadense,  while,  on  the  other 
hand,  the  literature  has  been  made  use  of  to  the  very  time  of 
publication,  as  in  the  case  of  buxina,  which,  in  accordance  with 
Fliickiger's  arguments,  is  regarded  identical  with  Wiggers' 
pelosina  and  Maclagan's  bebeerina.  The  pharmaceutical  litera- 
ture of  the  United  States  has  been  consulted  pretty  thoroughly, 
though  it  is  apparent  in  one  or  two  references,  dating  back  some 
12  or  15  years,  that  the  original  papers  were  not  at  the  authors' 
command.  The  medical  literature  of  the  United  States  is  hardly 
referred  to,  except  what  became  known  in  Europe  through  the 
British  journals.  Among  others,  we  miss  the  researches  on  nar- 
ceina  by  Dr.  J.  M.  Da  Costa  (1867). 
The  work  supplies  a  want  which  has  been  frequently  felt,  and 
it  certainly  deserves  a  prominent  place  in  the  libraries  of  scien- 
tific men.  The  getting  up  of  the  work  is  creditable  alike  to  the 
publishers  and  the  authors,  who  have  corrected  it  with  great 
care.  J.  M.  M. 
Materialien  zic  einer  MonograpTiie  des  Inulins,  von  Dr.  G.  Dra- 
gendorff,  ord.  Professor  der  Pharmacie  an  der  Universitat 
Dorpat.    St.  Petersburg,  1870. 
Materials  for  a  monograph  on  inulin,  &c. 
This  work  is  a  critical  review  of  all  the  investigations  and 
