ReviewSy  etc. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm, 
May,  1880. 
iiands  of  those  interested,  that  scarcely  more  seems  to  be  necessary  than  to  mention 
the  fact  that  a  new  and  improved  edition  has  made  its  appearance.  It  treats  of  the 
growth  and  general  flower-farm  system  of  raising  fragrant  herbs^  of  the  method  of 
obtaining  the  odors  5  of  the  manufacture  of  perfumes  for  the  handkerchief  5  scented 
powders,  odorous  vinegars  and  salts;  snuff,  dentifrices,  cosmetics,  perfumed  soaps, 
etc.,  and  gives  some  formulas  for  preparing  artificial  fruit  essences.  The  work  has 
been  much  improved  by  the  addition  of  ail  recent  observations  of  importance  bear- 
ing on  the  subject,  and  contains  a  large  number  of  good  illustrations  of  articles  and 
apparatus  used  in  the  preparation  of  perfumery.  The  new  edition  will  doubtless  be 
^.hsed  with  the  same  profit  and  instruction  that  was  obtained  from  the  older  ones. 
Headaches  their  Nature^  Causes  and  Treatment.  By  William  H.  Day,  M.D.,  etc. 
Third  edition,  with  illustrations.  Philadelphia:  Lindsay  &  Blakiston.  1880. 
i2mo,  pp.  322.     Price,  $2.00. 
In  a  little  over  two  years  two  editions  of  this  little  work  have  been  exhausted, 
which  proves  that  this  monograph  has  been  well  received  by  the  profession.  The 
new  edition  is  essentially  the  old  one,  with  the  addition  of  several  pages  of  new 
matter.  It  will  doubtless  be  found  as  convenient  for  use  and  instructive  in  practice 
as  the  two  preceding  editions. 
Sea-air  and  Sea-bathing.    By  John  H.  Packard,  M.D.,  Surgeon  to  the  Episcopal 
Hospital.     Philadelphia:  Presley  Blakiston.  1880.  i6mo,  pp.  124.  Price,  50  cts. 
As  one  of  the  series  of  American  Health  Primers  this  little  volume  is  deservedly  in 
good  company,  and  since  the  subject  discussed  by  it  is  one  in  which  nearly  every- 
body is  interested,  it  will  be  welcomed  by  many  as  a  guide  or  for  suggestions  while 
visiting  the  seashore,  either  in  summer  or  winter. 
Ein  Beitrag  %ur  Biologie  einiger  Schizomyceten.    Von  H.  v.  Boehlendorff,  Dorpat, 
1880.     8vo,  p.  51. 
A  Contribution  to  the  Biology  of  Several  Schizomycetes. 
This  inaugural  dissertation  describes  the  development  of  bacteria  under  very 
varying  conditions. 
Ueber  die  Wirkung  der  Antiseptica  auf  ungeformte  Fermente.    Von  Iwan  Wernitz. 
Dorpat,  1880.    8vo,  p.  93. 
On  the  Effect  of  Antiseptics  upon  Formless  Ferments. 
The  investigations  relate  to  the  so-called  chemical  ferments,  such  as  eraulsin, 
myrosin,  diastase,  ptyalin,  pancreatin,  pepsin,  etc. 
Untersuchungen  iiber  die  Wurzelfasern  njon  Rhinacanthus  communis.    Von  Dn  P. 
Liborius.    Dorpat,  1880.    Pp.  12. 
Investigations  on  the  Rootlets  of  Rhinacanthus  communis,  Hees. 
This  plant  belongs  to  the  Nat.  Ord.  Acanthaceae,  is  indigenous  to  Japan  and 
