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of  the  second  edition  of  this  work,  which  contains  such  a  mine  of  information  on 
the  drugs  used  in  Great  Britain  and  in  India.  In  scope  and  arrangement  the  work 
is  identical  with  the  first  edition,  which  was  described  in  this  journal^  1874,  p.  589. 
In  the  present  edition  jaborandi  leaves  (Folia  pilocarpi)  are  introduced, and  a  separate 
article  is  devoted  to  gallae  chinenses  seu  japonicae,  which  formerly  were  treated  under 
gallas  halepenses.  Numerous  botanical  synonyms  are  given  and  many  additions 
have  been  made,  more  particularly  to  the  historical  and  chemical  notes  relating  to 
the  different  drugs,  so  as  to  bring  the  information  up  to  our  present  knowledge.  A 
very  acceptable  addition  is  found  in  the  appendix,  which  contains  short  biographic 
and  bibliographic  notes,  relating  to  (ancient)  authors  and  books  quoted  in  the 
body  of  the  work.  As  a  source  for  trustworthy  information,  on  the  most  important 
drugs,  Pharmacographia  will  always  be  of  the  highest  value,  and  no  library  on 
materia  medica  can  be  considered  complete  without  it.  It  is  proper  to  state  that, 
though  deprived  of  the  assistance  of  Daniel  Hanbury  through  his  death  nearly  five 
years  ago.  Professor  Fliickiger  has  secured  much  valuable  information  from  gentle- 
men named  in  the  preface. 
The  Yearbook  of  Pharmacy :  Comprising  Abstracts  of  Papers  relating  to  Pharmacy^ 
Materia  Medica  and  Chemistry,  contributed  to  British  and  foreign  journals  from 
July  I,  1878,  to  June  30,  1 879  j  with  the  Transactions  of  the  British  Pharmaceuti- 
cal Conference  at  the  sixteenth  annual  meeting,  held  at  Sheffield,  August,  1879. 
London  :  J.  &  A.  Churchill,  1879.     8vo,  pp.  567. 
This  annual  publication  reports  with  accustomed  accuracy  on  the  investigations 
of  interest  to  pharmacists  published  during  the  period  indicated.  Nearly  one-half 
of  the  book  contains  the  transactions,  list  of  members,  etc.,  of  the  British  Pharma- 
ceutical Conference.  In  our  October  number  we  have  published  an  account  of  the 
last  meeting,  at  which  twenty-one  papers  were  read,  and  of  these  several  have  been 
transferred  to  our  columns. 
Jahresher'icht  uher  die  Fortschritte  der  Pharmacognosies  Pharmacie  und  T oxicologie. 
Von  Prof.  Dr.  G.  Dragendorff.  Neue  Folge.  13.  Jahrgang,  1878.  Gottingen  : 
Vandenhoek  &  Ruprecht's  Verlag.    1S79.    8vo,  pp  656. 
Annual  Report  on  the  Progress  of  Pharmacognosy,  Pharmacy  and  Toxicology  for 
the  Year  1878 
This  publication  is  replete  with  information.  Like  the  preceding  volumes,  it  is  a 
full  record  of  the  investigations  and  observations  in  pharmacy  and  the  collateral 
sciences,  which  have  been  published  during  the  year  1878.  As  heretofore,  it  con- 
tains also  a  list  of  new  publications  (376),  in  different  languages. 
It  will  be  of  interest  to  many  of  our  readers  that  the  publishers  have  reduced  (he 
price  of  the  first  ten  volumes  of  the  present  series  to  45  marks,  which  is  less  than 
one-half  the  publishing  price. 
Proceedings  of  the  Ninth  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Nenv  Jersey  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion.   Camden,  1879.    8vo,  pp.  64. 
