Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  i 
January,  1901.  J 
Reviews. 
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The  author's  experience  has  led  him  to  change  the  scope  of  the 
fifth  edition  of  his  Materia  Medica  and  Therapeutics,  and  he  has 
decided  to  divide  the  work  into  two  independent  issues :  (a)  the 
students'  edition,  which  has  been  just  issued  ;  (b)  and  the  physi- 
cians' edition.  In  the  students'  edition  the  drugs  are  limited  to 
those  of  the  Pharmacopoeias  of  the  United  States  and  Great  Britain. 
The  physicians'  edition,  it  is  presumed,  will  be  much  more  compre- 
hensive. 
The  present  students',  edition  is  a  valuable  work  on  the  clinical 
application  of  drugs.  One  of  the  most  fortunate  things  in  the  book 
is  the  author's  preface  concerning  the  use  of  the  metric  system  of 
weights  and  measures.  The  author  says :  "  It  is,  no  doubt,  destined 
eventually  to  supersede  the  older  system  so  long  employed  in 
English-speaking  countries.  The  metric  system  has  the  important 
advantage  of  establishing  a  uniformity  of  notation  throughout  the 
civilized  world.  In  order  to  facilitate  its  universal  adoption,  it  is 
desirable  that  the  student  should  be  trained  in  its  use  from  the  be- 
ginning of  his  professional  course."  The  book  is  divided  into  two 
parts,  Part  I  treating  of  (a)  General  Considerations  Concerning  Reme- 
dies and  Systems  of  Treatment ;  (b)  Pharmacology  and  the  Pharmaco- 
poeia ;  (c)  Materia  Medica ;  (d)  Pharmacy  ;  (e)  Prescription  Writing 
and  Formulae ;  (/)  Poisons  and  Antidotes ;  (jr)  General  Therapeu- 
tics and  Classification  of  Remedies.  In  Part  II  are  given  the  phar- 
macology,  physiological  action  and  therapy  of  drugs  of  the  U.S.P. 
and  B.P.  The  work  is  in  reality  one  treating  primarily  of  the 
clinical  application  of  remedial  agents.  The  author  unfortunately 
does  not  make  clear  the  distinction  between  medicines  and  drugs, 
and  uses  the  term  pharmacology  as  meaning  the  description  and 
physical  properties  of  drugs.  The  book  has  incorporated  into  it 
the  results  of  the  more  recent  clinical  investigations,  contains  nu- 
merous formulae  and  much  valuable  information  concerning  the  clini- 
cal application  of  remedial  agents. 
General  Vegetable  Pharmacography.  By  Albert  Schneider. 
Chicago  :  Chicago  Medical  Book  Company. 
This  book  of  1 36  pages  is  designed  to  serve  as  a  supplement  to 
any  of  the  existing  text-books  on  vegetable  pharmacography,  and 
treats  of  the  following  subjects  : 
(1)  General  Discussion  of  the  Senses. 
