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Reviews. 
(  dun.  Jour.  Ptiartu. 
"(       Sept.,  1892. 
others,  have  been  prepared  in  elucidation  of  structural  descriptions,  and  the 
pharmacopoeial  drugs  have  been  more  conspicuously  distinguished  by  the 
selection  of  smaller  type  for  those  articles  which  are  not  recognized  by  the 
Pharmacopoeia,  or  which  at  present  are  scarcely  ever  met  with  in  commerce. 
Of  the  same  importance  as  pharmacopoeial  crude  drugs  appear  to  be  such, 
which — like  Juniperus  virginiana,  Rhaninus  Purshiana,  etc. — bear  a  close 
resemblance  to  officinal  ones,  or  which — like  Sabadilla,  Cocculus  indicus,  etc. 
— are  the  sources  of  proximate  principles,  admitted  into  the  Pharmacopoeia  as 
important  remedies.  In  indicating  the  pronunciation  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia 
has  been  closely  followed  ;  but  in  several  cases  where  different  pronunciations 
appear  to  be  sanctioned  by  good  authorities,  the  two  forms  are  given  side  by 
side. 
The  Extra  Pharmacopoeia.  By  Wm.  Martindale,  F.C.S.,  etc.  Medical 
References  and  a  Therapeutic  Index  of  Diseases  and  Symptoms,  by  W.  Wynn 
Westcott,  M.  B.  Lond.,  etc.  Seventh  edition.  London  :  H.  K.  Lewis.  1892. 
Pp.  524. 
On  the  appearance  of  previous  editions  of  this  useful  work  we  have  explained 
its  scope  and  arrangement.  As  it  deals  primarily  with  non-pharmacopoeial 
articles,  it  is  a  very  acceptable  supplement  to  the  Pharmacopoeia.  The  present 
edition  has  been  brought  up  to  date  by  the  incorporation  of  new  facts  given  in 
recent  pharmaceutical  literature,  and  of  new  claimants  for  honors  as  remedial 
agents,  such  as  analgene,  camphoid,  euphorin,  iodopyrin,  phenocoll,  salicyl- 
amide,  salophene,  etc.  That  many  of  these  new  remedies  reach  only  an 
ephemeral  reputation  is  well  known  ;  but  they  have  to  be  carried  in  works  of 
reference  as  ballast  for  some  time  ;  and  the  prospects  are  that  their  number 
will  continue  to  increase,  as  long  as  manufacturers  will  find  it  remunerative  to 
bring  upon  the  market  new  inventions  heralded  as  important  remedies  before 
they  have  been  sufficiently  tested  by  unbiased  investigators. 
Experimental  Farms.  Reports  for  1891.  Printed  by  order  of  Parliament. 
Ottawa.    1892.    Svo.   Pp.  348.    Price,  cloth,  25  cents. 
These  reports  to  the  Minister  of  Agriculture  of  the  Dominion  of  Canada  have 
been  prepared  by  the  Director  of  Experimental  Farms,  Wm.  Saunders,  and 
under  his  supervision. 
Book  on  the  Physician  Himself,  and  Things  that  Concern  his  Reputation 
mid  Success.  By  D.  W.  Cathell,  M.D.  Tenth  Edition.  Carefully  revised  and 
greatly  enlarged.  Philadelphia  :  The  F.  A.  Davis  Company,  Publishers.  1892. 
,Svo.    Pp.  343-    Price,  $2  net. 
That  this  book  has  met  with  so  much  favor  must  be  quite  gratifying  to  the 
author.  On  a  former  occasion  (this  journal,  October,  18S9,  p.  541)  we  commented 
on  it  somewhat  in  detail,  and  now  that  it  is  before  us  in  a  new  garb,  we  need 
merely  say  that  the  care  bestowed  upon  it  in  revising  the  text  has  not  in  the 
least  detracted  from  its  merits,  but,  if  such  be  possible,  has  improved  it.  It  is 
a  work  that  deserves  to  be  read,  and  that  should  be  read  with  profit  to  the 
reader,  as  we  pointed  out  before.  How  to  do  this  the  author  tells  us  in  the 
preface.  "I  beg  you,"  he  advises,  "to  judge  it,  good  reader,  not  by  opening 
it  here  or  there,  nor  by  glancing  at  detached  paragraphs  ;  but  read  it  through, 
from  cover  to  cover,  or  better  still,  study  its  pages,  and  thus  qualify  yourself  to 
weigh  correctly  its  teachings,  which  I  would  fain  have  to  harmonize  with  the 
