55o 
Reviews. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Oct.,  1892. 
recognized  abroad,  and  translations  of  it  into  the  German  and  Italian  languages 
have  been  well  received  in  Europe.  The  author  states  that  his  object  has  been 
and  is,  to  help  students  to  get  clear  ideas  in  regard  to  the  foundations  of 
chemistry.  Any  one  who  examines  the  book  will  acknowledge  that  the  author 
has  thoroughly  accomplished  his  object,  for  it  would  be  difficult  to  find  a 
treatise  on  theoretical  chemistry  giving  in  so  compact  a  form  a  more  lucid  and 
comprehensive  account  of  the  theories  of  the  science  based  upon  more  than  a 
century's  elaborate  researches  into  the  governing  laws  of  the  combination, 
composition  and  decomposition  of  matter.  In  the  present  edition  the  text  has 
been  thoroughly  revised,  and  it  was  deemed  desirable  to  add  a  new  chapter  on 
solutions — a  subject  which  for  a  long  time  has  claimed  the  attention  of 
scientists,  but  of  recent  years  has  assumed  considerable  importance  in  relation 
to  the  molecular  weights  of  chemical  compounds. 
An  Illustrated  Encyclopedic  Medical  Dictionary,  being  a  dictionary  of  the 
echnical  terms  used  by  writers  on  medicine  and  the  collateral  sciences,  in  the 
Latin,  English,  French  and  German  languages.  By  Frank  P.  Foster,  M.D., 
editor  of  the  New  York  Medical  Journal,  etc.  Vol.  III.  New  York  :  D. 
Appleton  &  Co.    1892.   4to.    Pp.  1545  to  2320. 
In  the  preceding  volume  (1S91,  p.  109)  we  have  entered  somewhat 
minutely  into  the  scope  and  character  of  this  grand  work.  The  volume  now 
issued  opens  with  the  word  fascia,  which,  with  its  affixes  and  prefixes,  occupies 
nearly  six  columns.  The  comprehensiveness  of  the  work  is  well  illustrated  by 
the  references  to  fever,  also  noted  under  febris,  Fieber  and  fievre,  occupying, 
respectively,  14,  8,  1  and  \  l/2  columns.  The  word  grass  has  required  nearly  six 
columns,  and  the  corresponding  Latin,  French  and  German  terms  (Gras  and 
grameri)  over  one  column.    The  French  term  herbe  needed  four  and  one-half 
olumns,  the  English  herb  about  one-half  a  column,  and  the  Latin  herba  and 
the  German  Kraut  about  one  and  a  half  columns  each.  These  examples  will 
show  the  great  care  bestowed  upon  the  contents  of  the  work  as  far  as  the 
number  of  references  is  concerned  ;  and  on  close  scrutiny  it  will  also  be  found 
that  no  labor  has  been  spared  by  the  editor  and  his  collaborators  to  make  the 
information  correct  and  reliable.  The  text  extends  to  the  word  "  Minjak- 
lagam."  As  we  stated  before,  the  t3'pographical  arrangement  leaves  nothing  to 
desire  ;  but  particular  commendation  is  due  to  the  close  attention  paid  to  the 
proof-reading,  and,  inconsequence  thereof,  to  the  freedom  of  the  text  from 
typographical  errors. 
Pharmaceutical  a?id  Chemical  Problems  and  Exercises  in  metrology,  percent- 
age and  proportion,  fortification,  dilution,  specific  weight,  thermometry, 
chemical  formulas  and  equations,  including  nine  hundred  chemical  reactions, 
together  with  rules  and  explanations,  also  sufficient  rules  governing  the  latinity 
of  pharmaceutical  nomenclature  and  prescription  writing  ;  with  aids  to  proper 
accentuation  in  pronouncing  the  latinic  titles.  Intended  as  an  aid  to  teachers, 
students  and  examiners.  By  Oscar  Oldberg,  Ph.D.,  Professor  of  Pharmacy, 
Northwestern  University.  Second  edition,  revised  and  greatly  enlarged. 
Published  by  the  Apothecaries  Company,  Chicago.   1890.    i2tno.    Pp.  176. 
The  title  of  this  work  is  so  comprehensive  as  to  give  a  full  and  correct  idea 
of  the  contents  of  the  book.  Compared  with  the  first  edition  it  has  not  only 
been  enlarged,  but  practical!}'  re-written.    The  rules  and  explanations  given 
