648 
Varieties. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Dec,  1892. 
The  author  shows  that  chloroform,  deprived  of  alcohol  in  the  cold,  suffers 
decomposition  by  light  and  air  as  rapidly  as  such,  which  after  the  removal  of 
the  alcohol  is  distilled.    (See  July  number,  p.  391). 
Address  by  Albert  B.  Prescott,  retiring  President,  before  the  American  Asso- 
ciation for  the  Advancement  of  Science.    Pp.  16. 
"The  immediate  work  in  chemical  science"  is  the  subject  of  this  address, 
which  was  delivered  at  the  Rochester  meeting  of  the  Association  in  August, 
1892. 
Tuberculin  and  the  Living  Cell.  By  Chas.  Dennison,  A.M.,  M.D.,  Professor 
of  Diseases  of  the  Chest  and  Climatology,  University  of  Denver,  etc.    Pp.  24. 
A  reprint  from  u  The  Medical  News  "  of  September  17,  bearing  the  explana- 
tory title  "  An  inquiry  as  to  how  one  aids  the  other  in  the  fight  against  tuber- 
culosis." 
Le  Chloral  et  ses  Derives.  Par  M.  J.  B.  J.  Roussel.  Coulommiers.  1892. 
40.    Pp.  no. 
Chloral  and  its  derivatives. — A  very  interesting  and  full  review  of  the 
chemistry  and  application  of  chloral  and  its  numerous  derivatives,  presented 
as  a  thesis  to  the  Ecole  superieure  de  Pharmacie  at  Paris. 
Sur  quelques  nouveaux  Chlor'ures  doubles.  Par  M.  Chassevant  Allyre. 
Paris.    1892.    40.    Pp.  41. 
On  several  new  double  chlorides  is  the  title  of  this  thesis,  treating  of  the 
double  chlorides  of  lithium  with  manganium,  iron,  nickel,  cobalt,  copper, 
cadmium  and  tin,  prepared  by  the  author.  A  review'  of  the  literature  on 
double  chlorides  of  other  alkali  metals  is  also  given. 
Sur  la  Puissance  et  le  Grossissement  de  la  Loupe  et  de  la  Microscope.  Par 
Julien  Lefevre,  professeur  suppleant  a  l'Ecole  de  Medecine  de  Nantes.  1892. 
40.    Pp.  27. 
A  thesis  presented  to  the  Paris  School  of  Pharmacy  for  the  degree  of 
''Pharmacien  de  ire  classe,"  and  treating  of  the  power  and  amplification  of 
the  lens  and  of  the  microscope. 
Mimdes  of  the  Fortieth  Annual  Meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association.    Pp.  154. 
The  pamphlet  was  issued  to  the  members  in  advance  of  the  bound  copy  of 
"  Proceedings,"  and  contains  the  minutes  of  the  general  sessions  and  of  the 
Section  on  Commercial  Interests,  including  the  various  reports  rendered  to 
these  bodies.  A  second  pamphlet  containing  the  minutes  of  the  Sections  on 
Scientific  Papers  and  on  Legislation  and  Kducation,  and  covering  240  pages, 
was  distributed  early  in  December. 
VARIETIES. 
Potassium  permanganate  has  been  recommended  by  Bokai  (St.  Peters- 
burg med.  Woch.)  as  an  antidote  in  phosphorus  poisoning.  Dr.  Hognos,  of  Buda- 
pest (Gydgyaszat,  1892,  No.  2)  has  treated  two  cases  of  phosphorus  poisoning 
successfully  with  the  permanganate,  though  in  both  cases  large  quantity  of 
phosphorus  had  been  taken.  In  each  the  stomach  was  first  washed  out  with 
tepid  water,  and  then  15  ounces  of  a  y1^  per  cent,  solution  of  permanganate  of 
potash  injected  into  the  stomach  and  left  there.  —  The  Med.  Chronicle,  Sept- 
ember, 1892. 
