A.m.  Jour.  Phariu. 
Sept.,  1892. 
Reviews. 
501 
•   REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Feestnummer  der Berichten  van  de  Nederlandsche  Maatschappij  ter  Bevorder- 
img  der  Pharmacie.  Uitgegeven  ter  gelegenheid  der  feestelijke  Herdenking 
van  haar  vij ftig-j arig  Bestaan.  's  Gravenhage  :  De  Gebroeders  Van  Cleef. 
Juli,  1892.    40.    Pp.  189. 
The  Society  for  the  Furtherance  of  Pharmacy  in  Netherland  was  organized 
in  1842,  and  in  July  last  it  celebrated  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  its  existence. 
The  volume  before  us  has  been  published  in  commemoration  of  this  event.  It 
does  not  contain  a  full  account  of  the  transactions  on  that  occasion,  but  only 
the  address  then  delivered  by  the  presiding  officer  of  the  Society,  Dr.  P.  Anker- 
smit.  Nearly  the  whole  of  the  book  is  taken  up  by  scientific  and  practical 
essays  and  researches  written  especially  for  this  festive  occasion.  The  phar- 
maceutical laboratory  of  the  University  of  Utrecht  contributes  six  papers. 
The  remaining  twenty-five  contributions  have  as  authors  as  many  members  of 
the  Society.  The  subjects  treated  of  belong  to  different  fields  of  pharmacy,  all 
of  practical  application.  Among  the  authors,  who  are  probably  best  known 
on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic,  may  be  mentioned  L.  van  Itallie,  Prof.  Oudemans, 
Prof.  Stoeder,  Dr.  De  Vrij. 
Popular  German  Names  of  Domestic  Drugs  and  Medicines. — Volksthiim- 
liche  Deutsche  Arzneimittel-Namen.  Bearbeitet  von  Dr.  Fr.  Hoffmann.  Revi- 
dirte  und  vermehrte  Auflage.  New  York  :  1892.  Office  of  Pharmaceutische 
Rundschau.  8vo.  Pp.  36.  Price,  40  cents  ;  or  75  cents  for  two,  and  $1  for 
three  copies. 
With  commendable  care  the  author  has  collected  not  only  those  German 
names  for  drugs  and  medicinal  preparations  which  are  usually  met  with  in 
printed  works,  but  likewise  those  which  are  popularly  employed  in  different 
districts  of  Germany.  A  dictionary  containing  considerably  over  three  thous- 
and names  has  thus  been  made  up,  for  each  of  which  the  Latin  equivalent  is 
given.  Its  practical  value  and  usefulness  to  pharmacists  having  dealings  with 
German-speaking  customers  is  quite  evident.  For  the  rarer  preparations  there 
is  also  a  list  of  references  given,  indicating  where  formulas  for  the  same  may 
be  found,  and  it  will  be  seen  that  quite  a  number  of  these  are  contained  in  the 
National  Formulary. 
A  Manual  of  Organic  Materia  Medica,  being  a  guide  to  Materia  Medica  of 
the  Vegetable  and  Animal  Kingdoms,  for  the  use  of  Students,  Druggists, 
Pharmacists  and  Physicians.  By  John  M.  Maisch,  Ph.  M.,  Phar.  D.,  etc. 
Fifth  edition.  With  270  illustrations.  Philadelphia  :  Lea  Brothers  &  Co. 
1892.    i2mo.    Pp.  556. 
The  fifth  edition  of  this  work  has  passed  through  the  press  and  will  be 
issued  in  a  few  days.  In  the  preface  we  are  informed  that  it  differs  from  the 
preceding  edition  mainly  in  this  that  the  recent  observations  and  researches 
on  the  various  articles  of  Materia  Medica,  as  far  as  they  come  within  the  scope 
of  the  work,  have  been  incorporated,  and  that  the  pronunciation  of  the  syste- 
matic names  of  plants  and  animals  has  been  indicated  by  marks  of  accent. 
The  text  has  also  been  carefully  revised  with  the  view  of  rendering  the 
characterization  of  the  drugs  and  of  their  constituents  even  more  precise  and 
available  for  critical  research.    A  number  of  new  illustrations,  partly  replacing 
