90 
Book 
Reviews. 
(  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
\    February,  1909. 
ceded  by  a  short,  pithy  preface  full  of  historical  data  and  advice 
as  to  manipulations  and  suggestions  as  to  packages.  Numerous 
types  of  labels,  as  to  wording,  are  offered  as  suggesting  to  apoth- 
ecaries how  to  practically  apply  and  profit  by  the  formulas  and  this 
is  a  valuable  and  commendable  feature  of  the  book. 
Chapter  I  is  devoted  to  toilet  preparations  and  specialties,  which 
the  author  states,  afford  the  retailer  splendid  opportunity  for  exhibi- 
tion of  skill  in  compounding  and  taste  in  packing.  Every  dealer  in 
this  class  of  preparations  should  carefully  peruse  the  editorial  notes 
and  comments  in  this  chapter,  as  they  lay  down  certain  important 
rules  for  the  use  of  such  preparations  as  well  as  their  proper  com- 
pounding. The  following  simple  rule  regarding  the  use  of  glycerin 
and  of  fats  in  skin  lotions  is  too  often  neglected  by  the  heedless  as 
well  as  the  ignorant :  "  Glycerin  well  diluted  prevents  the  skin  dry- 
ing to  the  peeling  off  point.  Fatty  matters  should  not  be  used  as  a 
preventive,  for  even  in  a  thin  layer  on  the  skin  they  provoke  blister- 
ing under  a  hot  sun.  The  rule  should  be  glycerin  before  exposure, 
fats,  after  exposure." 
Some  of  the  numerous  subjects  treated  in  this  chapter  are,  skin 
creams  and  lotions,  cucumber  and  glycerin  jellies,  lip  salve,  camphor 
ice,  freckle  and  tan  washes,  face  powders,  manicure  preparations, 
wart,  corn  and  chilblain  cures,  foot  powders,  face  paints,  cold 
cream,  shaving  cream,  aromatic  vinegar,  smelling  salts,  bath  powders 
and  tablets,  treatment  of  black  eyes  'and  of  blackheads,  bosom 
developers,  etc.,  etc. 
The  spicy  comments  are  always  interesting  and  contain  much  of 
historical  and  educational  value.  An  American  chemist  is  quoted 
as  an  authority  on  face  powders  and  as  declaring  "  that  face  powders 
have  a  legitimate  use  in  the  toilet  of  every  woman,  and  a  use  which, 
carefully  made,  need  not,  any  more  than  the  judicious  use  of  a 
perfume,  displease  anyone."  The  author  states  and  we  hope  that 
it  is  not  sarcasm :  "  '  Manicure  '  we  owe  to  Americans,  the  most 
.cultured  of  whom  devote  a  large  share  of  their  toilet  to  trimming 
the  nails,  polishing  them,  removing  skin  callosities,  and  otherwise 
endeavoring  to  give  the  hands  a  refined  appearance."  On  page  44 
the  history  of  "  cold  cream "  is  traced  back  to  the  "  Ceratum 
Galeni  "  of  the  second  century  of  the  Christian  era,  when  the  origi- 
nator, Claudius  Galenus  Pergamenus  Galenos,  was  an  imperial  phy- 
sician at  Rome. 
A  formula  for  "  Buttermilk  Lotion  "  contains  lactic  acid  in  place 
