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This  volume,  as  the  title  implies,  is  a  treatise  upon  the  compound- 
ing of  medical  prescriptions  and  includes  a  list  of  the  more  com- 
monly used  synthetic  remedies,  together  with  a  chapter  on  foreign 
prescriptions.  A  general  treatment  of  methods  and  manipulation 
at  the  prescription  counter,  together  with  the  use  of  various  appa- 
ratus, is  followed  by  chapters  on  the  different  forms  of  medication, 
as  pills,  solutions,  ointments,  suppositories,  emulsions,  etc.  Incom- 
patibilities are  then  discussed  and  numerous  examples  given,  illus- 
trating different  types.  The  chapter  on  foreign  prescriptions  will 
be  of  especial  value  to  English  and  Continental  pharmacists  and  a 
rather  uncommon  addition  to  a  treatise  on  dispensing  is  the  chapter 
on  homoeopathic  prescriptions.  This  volume  would  be  a  valuable 
addition  to  the  prescription  department  of  any  pharmacy,  although 
it  has  been  written  to  fill  the  needs,  especially,  of  English 
pharmacists.  E.  F.  C. 
Pharmaceutical  Formulas.  The  Chemists'  and  Druggists' 
Book  of  Useful  Recipes  for  the  Drug  Trade.  Collated  chiefly  from 
The  Chemist  and  Druggist  and  the  Chemists'  and  Druggists'  Diaries. 
By  Peter  MacEwan,  Phar.  Chem.,  F.C.S.  Seventh  Edition.  Pub- 
lished by  The  Chemist  and  Druggist,  London.  Price  $3.50.  New 
York,  McKesson  and  Robbins. 
The  seventh  edition  of  this  compilation  of  recipes  is  a  volume  of 
1043  Pages>  closely  printed  and  by  the  use  of  small  but  clear  type, 
in  double  columns  on  many  pages  and  many  abbreviations,  many 
thousand  formulas,  representing  most  that  is  both  good  and  bad 
in  the  drug  trade,  are  introduced.  The  intent  of  the  author  is  to 
preserve  in  this  work  many  of  the  recipes  that  have  been  omitted 
from  the  more  recent  pharmaceutical  books  as  obsolete,  and  at  the 
same  time  maintain  the  primary  purpose  of  presenting  an  up-to- 
date  formulary.  His  editorial  experience  has  beerf  a  valuable  aid 
in  selecting  those  formulas  that  have  been  requested  or  commended 
by  correspondents.  The  wide  range  of  subjects  covered  indicates 
the  miscellaneous  commodities  that  druggists  are  called  upon  to 
supply  as  well  as  the  numerous  topics  on  which  the  public  look  to 
us  for  information. 
The  Formulary  is  arranged  into  sixteen  chapters  and  under 
appropriate  headings  the  formulas  are  classified  and  grouped,  but 
as  might  be  expected  the  classifications,  in  some,  instances,  are  not 
rigidly  adhered  to.    Each  chapter  and  classification  is  usually  pre- 
