4«0 
Reviews^  etc. 
A.m.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Sept.,  1880. 
boron,  silicon,  selenium  and  tellurium.  Chapter  10  treats  of  nitrogen  and  its  com- 
pounds. Chapter  11  treats  of  phosphorus  and  its  compounds;  these  combinations^ 
which  have  become  so  popular  in  medical  practice  of  late  years,  are  described  quite 
fully.  Chapter  12  is  devoted  to  the  preparations  of  arsenic.  Chapter  13  treats  of 
the  hydrocarbons  and  their  derivatives.  Chapter  14,  the  alcohols.  Chapter  15, 
carbohydrates,  which  really  belong  to  the  alcohols.  Chapter  16  treats  of  the  organic 
acids.  Chapter  17,  the  ethers.  Chapter  18,  the  aldehyds,  ketones,  etc.  Chapter  19. 
treats  of  ammonia  derivatives.  Chapter  20,  the  glucostdes.  Chapter  21,  albumin- 
ous bodies. 
Part  II  treats  in  the  first  chapter  of  the  processes  employed  by  the  chemist  in  his 
daily  work  5  in  the  second  chapter,  the  detection  and  separation  of  the  metals;  in 
the  third  chapter,  the  detection  and  separation  of  the  acidulous  radicals ;  in  the 
fourth  chapter,  qualitative  analysis  in  examining  official  salts;  in  the  fifth  chapter, 
qualitative  analysis  in  the  detection  of  unknown  salts;  in  the  sixth  chapter,  detec- 
tion of  alcohols. 
Chapter  7  treats  of  toxicology.  Chapter  8,  of  volumetric  quantitative  analysis. 
Chapter  9,  of  gravimetric  quantitative  analysis.  Chapter  10,  of  ultimate  organic 
analysis.    Chapter  11,  of  special  processes  in  analysis. 
We  have  thus  particularly  asked  the  attention  to  the  above  lists  of  contents,  as  so 
many  are  desirous  of  the  succinct  and  withal  exact  methods  adopted  by  Dr.  Muter 
in  his  treatise.     We  can  only  express  the  hope  that  it  will  be  largely  used. 
T.  S.  W. 
The  Skin  in  Health  and  Disease.    By  L.  D.  Bulkeley,  M.D.    Philadelphia:  Presley 
Blakiston,  1012  Walnut  street. 
This  little  manual — one  of  the  series  of  American  Health  Primers — treats  of  a 
subject  upon  which  there  is  a  great  amount  of  popular  ignorance,  and  in  view  of 
this  the  treatise  was  prepared,  in  the  hope  that  its  perusal  would  tend  to  correct  the 
ignorance  and  show  the  necessity  of  seeking  proper  advice.  Of  course  any  opinion 
of  our  own  upon  the  methods  of  treatment  would  be  entirely  out  of  place. 
Supplement  to  the  American  Dispensatory.    By  John  King,  M.D.,  and  J,  U.  Lloyd. 
Cincinnati :  Wiljtach,  Baldwin  &  Co. 
This  is  the  title  of"  a  work  which  embodies  notices  of"  most  of  the  new  remedies 
selected  to  a  great  extent  from  the  native  drugs  of  our  country.  The  American 
Dispensatory  has  long  been  regarded  as  an  authority  by  the  class  of  physicians  who 
style  themselves  as  Eclectics,  and  in  June  of  last  year  their  National  Association 
resolved  to  adopt  it  as  their  standard  authority.  Ttie  work  is  a  very  closely  printed 
royal  octavo  of  302  pages;  the  index  has  nearly,  if"  not  quite,  1,500  references; 
among  these  we  note  many  which  have  lately  been  introduced  to  the  attention  of 
medical  men.  The  work  is  one  that  should  be  in  the  library  of  every  pharmacist 
who  would  keep  himself  well  informed  upon  the  new  remedies  which  have  been 
introduced. 
The  Student" s  Dose  Book  and  Anatomist  Combined. — Detroit:  "Leonard's  Illustrated 
Medical  Journal,"  1880.     Price  ^i. 
This  little  work  is  divided  into  two  parts,  the  first  of  which,  issued  separately,  has 
attained  to  the  twenty-fifth  thousand,  and  the  second  to  the  tenth  thousand,  designed 
evidently  for  the  medical  student.  It  can  hardly  be  considered  within  our  province 
to  criticise. 
