552 
Varieties. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharro. 
Oct.,  1892. 
valuable  additions  are  the  lists  of  publications,  books  as  well  as  papers  pub- 
lished in  various  journals  and  printed  reports,  treating  of  the  subjects  under 
consideration  ;  and  nine  plates  of  heliographic  reproductions  of  leaves  and  of 
microscopical  views  suitably  magnified. 
Experiments  with  Sugar  Beets  in  1891,  by  Harvey  W.  Wiley,  chemist,  etc., 
with  the  collaboration  of  Dr.  Walter  Maxwell,  Prof.  W.  A.  Henry  and  others. 
Published  by  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture.  Washington  :  Gov- 
ernment Printing  Office.    1892.    Pp.  158. 
Bulletin  No.  33  of  the  Division  of  Chemistry,  Department  of  Agriculture,  is  in 
continuation  of  previous  bulletins  recording  the  experiments  made  in  different 
parts  of  the  United  States  with  sugar-producing  crops. 
Proceedings  of  the  ninth  annual  Convention  of  the  National  Confectioners' 
Association  of  the  United  States.  Official  record  of  reports,  circulars  and 
communications  for  the  year  1891-1892.  Philadelphia  :  Confectioners'  Journal 
Print.    1892.    Pp.  170. 
The  meeting  was  held  in  Washington,  D.C.,  commencing  June  1. 
A  new  Series  of  Reactions  for  Alkaloids.  By  Alfred  Dohme,  Ph.D.  i2mo. 
Pp.  34- 
Reprint  from  Pharmaceutical  Review. 
W.R.  Warner's  Therapeutic  Handy  Reference  Book  for  Physicians.  Fourth 
edition.    Philadelphia.     1892.    i2mo.    Pp.  119. 
The  contents  of  this  work  were  described  on  its  first  appearance  in  this 
Journal  in  1889. 
Medical  Education  and  Legislation.  By  Geo.  J.  Engelmann,  M.D., 
St.  Louis. 
An  extract  from  the  author's  valedictory  address  to  the  graduating  class  of 
the  Missouri  Medical  College,  and  reprinted  from  the  Medical  Fortnightly. 
Appendix  to  the  Catalogue  of  the  Flora  of  Nebraska.  By  H.  J.  Webber. 
Pp.  47- 
The  "  Catalogue"  was  published  in  the  report  of  the  Nebraska  State  Board 
of  Agriculture  for  1889.  The  present  pamphlet,  No.  9  from  the  "Contribu- 
tions from  the  Shaw  School  of  Botany,"  contains  remarks  on  many  species 
previously  reported,  and  adds  432  others  not  previously  known  as  growing  in 
Nebraska.  ___  
VARIETIES. 
Atropine  as  a  Hemostatic— In  two  cases  of  profuse  metrorrhagia  A.  N.  Dimi- 
trieff  has  obtained  good  results  by  the  subcutaneous  injection  of  atropine  in 
doses  of  o' 0003  gram.  In  the  first  case  the  hemorrhage  stopped  after  four 
injections  ;  in  the  second  after  three.  Atropine  is  sometimes  of  service  when 
other  haemostatics  have  failed.— Quarterly  Therap.  Rev.,  July,  1892. 
Potassium  dichr ornate  has  been  used  by  Dr.  J.  H.  Hunt  {Brookl.  Med.  Jour. t 
August),  as  an  expectorant  with  favorable  results  ;  the  dose  for  a  child  one  year 
old  being  ^  grain,  repeated  in  an  hour,  or  if  necessary  at  shorter  intervals. 
To  dispense  it  for  this  purpose  it  is  best  kept  in  the  form  of  a  trituration  of 
one  part  of  the  salt  with  nine  parts  of  milk  sugar.  A  solution  of  this  triturate 
rarely  acts  as  an  emetic. 
