Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Oct.,  1892. 
Reviews. 
551 
are  clear  and   satisfactory,    and  the   examples   and   exercises    given  are 
so  numerous — 2,235 — as  to  cover  a  very  wide  field  of  pharmaceutical  knowl 
edge  and  practice.    Though  the  solutions  of  the  problems  are  not  given  in 
the  book,  for  obvious  reasons,  the  intelligent  student  can  easily  and  advantage- 
ously use  it  for  home  study. 
Materia  Medica  and  Therapeutic^.—^  manual  for  students  and  practioners. 
By  L.  F.  Warner,  iVI.D.,  attending  physician  St.  Bartholomew's  Dispensary,  New 
York.    Philadelphia  :  Lea  Brothers  &  Co.    Pp.  223.    Price,  cloth,  $1. 
This  is  volume  5  of  "The  Student's  Quiz  Series,"  edited  by  Dr.  Bern  B  Gal- 
laudet,  of  New  York,  and  intended  for  the  use  of  medical  students.  Like  in 
other  works  of  similar  character,  the  subject  matter  is  arranged  in  the  form  of 
questions  and  answers.  Necessarily,  the  facts  are  given  in  the  briefest  possible 
manner,  consistent  with  clearness  and  comprehensiveness.  The  classification 
adopted  is  based  on  the  same  principles  as  met  with  in  larger  medical  works  on 
materia  medica,  the  remedies  being  grouped  according  to  their  chief  medical 
properties.  The  author  has  taken  notice  not  only  of  the  pharmacopceial 
drugs  and  preparations,  but  likewise  of  the  more  important  compounds  intro- 
duced as  medicinal  agents  during  recent  years.  The  little  book  may  be  made 
to  do  good  service  as  a  convenient  remembrancer. 
Ueber  Sulphonsauren  einiger  China  alkaloide. — Zur  Kenntniss  der  Coca- 
blatter. 
Two  valuable  papers  by  Dr.  O.  Hesse,  treating  of  the  sulphonic  acids  of 
several  cinchona  alkaloids,  and  of  the  constituents  observed  by  the  author  in 
several  varieties  of  coca  leaves  procured  from  different  localities  in  South 
America,  India  and  the  East  Indian  Islands.  The  pamphlets  are  reprints  from 
Liebig's  Annalen,  vols.  267  and  271.  .  • 
Les  Teintures  alcooliqnes  de  la  Pharmacopee  francaise.  Etude  chimique 
et  analytique  ;  comparaison  avec  les  pharmacopees  Hrangeres.  Par  Albert 
Domergul.    Marseille.    1892.    4to.    Pp.  209. 
The  alcoholic  tinctures  of  the  French  pharmacopoeia. 
A  thesis  presented  to  the  Paris  School  of  Pharmacy  for  obtaining  the 
superior  diploma  of  ''Pharmacien  de  ire  classe."  This  elaborate  essay  on  the 
eighty  alcoholic  tinctures  of  the  French  Codex  comprises  researches  on  the 
history  of  each  formula,  the  physical  and  chemical  characters  of  each  product, 
including  the  extracts  and  ash  obtainable,  and  the  deposits  formed  on  stand- 
ing ;  and  finally  a  comparison  with  the  corresponding  preparations  of  other 
pharmacopoeias. 
Foods  and  Food  Adulterants.—  Investigations  made  under  the  direction  of 
H.  W.  Wiley,  Chief  Chemist.  Part  seventh.  Tea,  coffee  and  cocoa  prepara- 
tions, by  Guilford  L.  Spencer,  Assistant  Chemist,  with  the  collaboration  of 
Mr.  Erwin  E.  Ewell.  Published  by  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture. 
Washington  :  Government  Printing  Office.  1892. 
The  first  part  of  Bulletin  No.  13  of  the  Division  of  Chemistry,  U.  S.  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture,  was  published  in  1887,  each  part  treating  of  a  different 
group  of  articles  of  food  and  of  the  adulterations  to  which  they  are  liable  as 
met  with  in  commerce.  The  part  now  before  us  treats  of  tea,  coffee  and 
cacao,  and  of  chocolates  in  their  various  forms  constituting  those  preparations 
of  the  last-named  seed,  which  are  the  most  important  to  the  consumer.  Very 
