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Reviews, 
Am.  Jour.  Pliarm. 
June.  1892. 
pharmacists,  American  and  foreign,  and  of  other  notable  persons,  are 
indicated. 
For  midair e  des  medicaments  nouveaux  et  des  medications  nouvelles  pour 
1892,  par  H.  Bocouii,i,on-Limousix,  pharmacien  de  ire  classe,  avec  une  intro- 
duction par  H.  Huchard,  medecin  de  l'hopital  Bichat.  Paris  :  J.  B.  Bailliere 
et  Fils.    1  vol.  in-18  de  322  pages.    Price,  3  francs. 
Formular}*  of  new  medicaments  and  novel  medications. 
This  formulary  is  intended  as  a  supplement  to  the  official  pharmacopoeias, 
and  more  particularly  to  the  French  Codex.  To  American  pharmacists  it  is  of 
especial  interest  on  account  of  the  large  number  of  drugs  of  North  American 
origin  noticed,  which  have  been  in  use  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic  for  a  long 
time,  and  because  others  of  foreign  origin  have  been  recognized  by  our  phar- 
macopoeia for  some  time  and  are  enumerated  as  comparatively  new  drugs  in 
France.  Among  the  latter  may  be  mentioned  cerium  oxalate,  amyl  nitrite, 
kamala,  bebeeru  bark,  pareira  brava  and  rumex  crispus  ;  from  the  much  longer 
list  of  the  former  class  we  mention  only  Aletris  farinosa,  Ambrosia  artemisiae- 
folia,  Apocynum  cannabinum,  Asclepias  tuberosa,  Baptisia  tinctoria,  Cimici- 
fuga  racemosa,  Cornus  florida,  Euonymus  atropurpureus,  Grindelia  robusta, 
Hamamelis  virginiana,  Hydrangea  arborescens,  Hydrastis  canadensis,  Leptan- 
dra  virginica,  L,iatris  odoratissima,  Podophyllum  peltatum,  Rhamnus  Pur- 
shiana,  Rhus  aromatica,  Sabbatia  angularis,  Sanguinaria  canadensis,  Scutellaria 
lateriflora,  Spigelia  marilandica,  Stillingia  sylvatica  and  Viburnum  prunifolium. 
Among  the  more  than  500  articles  are  necessarily  included,  besides  drugs 
of  African,  Asiatic  and  South  American  origin,  also  the  numerous  synthetical 
remedies  introduced  during  the  past  ten  years,  various  alkaloids,  albuminoids, 
salts,  camphors,  mixtures  like  ichthyol  and  thiol,  and  forms  of  medication 
like  antisepsis,  gauzes,  etc.  In  each  case  the  origin  or  mode  of  preparation  is 
given,  together  with  brief  characteristics,  physiological  and  therapeutical 
properties,  the  mode  of  administration,  doses,  incompatibles,  etc.  In  order  to 
compress  all  this  information  into  the  limited  space,  conciseness  was  abso- 
lutely demanded  ;  but  the  facts  that  are  of  practical  value  to  the  pharmacist 
and  ph3'sician  are,  as  a  rule,  stated  clearly  and  with  sufficient  detail  for  appli- 
cation. Among  the  articles,  and  following  chrysarobin,  is  mentioned  chryso- 
phanic  acid,  as  being  recommended  internally  and  externally  in  skin  diseases, 
and  as  having  been  employed  hypodermically  by  Dr.  Stocquart ;  it  is,  probably, 
the  former  product,  which,  for  a  time,  was  employed  under  the  latter  name, 
until  its  true  composition  was  made  known.  Cicutine  bromhydrate  in  this 
list  is  the  conine  salt.  While  a  number  of  formulas  for  the  administration  or 
application  of  some  of  these  remedial  agents  have  been  admitted,  it  is  not  the 
object  of  this  work  to  give  copies  of  prescriptions,  but  rather  all  the  important 
information  necessary  to  enable  the  physician  to  intelligently  prescribe,  and 
the  pharmacist  to  identify  and  dispense  these  remedies.  That  in  these  respects 
this  book  will  be  quite  useful  may  readily  be  gleaned  from  the  above  descrip- 
tion. 
The,  Species  of  Rumex  occurring  north  of  Mexico.    By  William  Trelease. 
A  very  valuable  monograph,  revising  the  species  of  Rumex  indigenous  and 
spontaneous  in  North  America,  and  accompanied  by  21  well  executed  plates. 
It  is  a  reprint  from  the  third  annual  report  of  the  Missouri  Botanical  Garden. 
