Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Nov.,  1892. 
Reviews. 
597 
Professor  Remington  called  the  attention  of  the  meeting  to  a  process  for 
preparing  soap  liniment  extemporaneously  ;  he  stated  that  the  process  of  the 
pharmacopoeia  as  frequently  carried  out  does  not  yield  satisfactory  results  ; 
this  is  not  because  the  formula  is  at  fault,  but  because  the  method  of  proce- 
dure does  not  carry  out  the  directions.  Soap  shavings  recently  prepared  con- 
tain from  1 6  to  25  per  cent,  of  moisture  ;  but  if  in  place  thereof  dried  soap  be 
used  without  making  allowance  for  this  water,  the  liniment  will  contain  more 
soap  than  is  intended  by  the  pharmacopoeial  formula  ;  hence,  a  portion  of  this 
excess  is  separated  in  -cool  weather.  The  formula  offered  was  suggested  by 
Mr.  Geo.  W.  Sloan,  of  Indianapolis  ;  it  is  as  follows  :  Dissolve  2-5  parts  of  oil  of 
rosemary  in  187*5  parts  of  alcohol  ;  then  11  "1  parts  of  camphor  is  to  be  added 
and  shaken  till  dissolved  ;  into  the  mixture  pour  175  parts  of  powdered  soap 
and  shake  all  together  ;  then  add  water  sufficient  to  make  250  parts.  All  soaps 
contain  some  trifling  amount  of  impurity  that  is  insoluble  ;  after  standing 
twelve  hours  the  tincture  should  be  filtered  and  it  will  remain  permanent  for 
an  indefinite  length  of  time. 
Mr.  Beringer  read  a  paper  upon  Ehrlich's  test  for  typhoid  urine ;  he 
showed  by  a  number  of  experiments  that  certain  chemical  compounds  gave 
similar  reactions. 
Prof.  Maisch  said  that  in  view  of  these  results,  great  caution  was  necessary 
to  avoid  hasty  conclusions,  and  that  the  paper  was,  therefore,  a  very  valuable 
contribution.  The  papers  were,  on  motion,  referred  to  the  publication  com- 
mittee. 
A  question  was  raised  about  the  advisability  of  changing  the  hour  for  meet- 
ing, and  upon  discussion  it  was  concluded  that  this  had  better  be  left  to  the 
judgment  of  the  committee.  There  being  no  further  business,  a  motion  to 
adjourn  was  made  and  carried. 
T.  S.  Wiegand,  Registrar. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Gallerie  hervorragender  Therapeutiker  und  Pharmakognosten. — Galerie 
d'eminents  therapeutistes  et  pharmacognostes.  Par  B.  Reber,  pharmacien, 
Geneve. 
Gallery  of  prominent  therapeutists  and  pharmacognosts. 
Under  the  title  given  above  in  German  and  French,  there  is  being  published 
a  biographical  work,  containing  in  addition  also  handsomely  executed  photo- 
types of  men  who  have  attained  prominence  in  the  sciences  of  therapeutics 
and  pharmacognosy.  Mr.  Reber,  the  author  and  publisher  of  the  work,  is  a 
pharmacist  in  Geneva,  Switzerland,  and  well  known  as  a  writer  on  pharma- 
ceutical subjects,  and  as  editor  of  the  periodical  "  Fortschritt ;  De  Progress," 
which  was  published  in  Geneva  in  the  German  and  French  languages.  A  few 
of  the  biographies  contained  in  the  parts  now  before  us  appeared  previously 
in  the  periodical  named.  The  work  is  issued  in  parts  containing  five  portraits 
and  the  necessary  text  in  quarto.  The  three  numbers  thus  far  issued  contain 
the  biographies  with  pictures  of  the  following  scientists  :  Daniel  Hanbury, 
F.  A.  Fliickiger  (now  of  Bern),  H.  H.  J.  Hager  (Frankfurt  a.  d.  O.),  A.  B. 
Vogl  (Vienna),  Geo.  Dragendorff  (Dorpat),  E.  Heckel  (Marseille),  F.  Schlag- 
