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Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
May,  1909. 
preparation.  Some  delay  has  been  experienced  in  the  completion  of 
the  translation,  due  mainly  to  the  passage  of  the  United  States 
Food  and  Drugs  Act,  June  30,  1906,  making  necessary  some  addi- 
tions and  changes  in  the  chemical  tests  and  standards. 
The  Spanish  translation  is  from  the  latest  revised  text  and  it  is 
confidently  hoped  that  it  may  prove  a  potent  factor  in  elevating  the 
professions  of  medicine  and  pharmacy  by  furnishing  a  guide  to  the 
preparation  of  medicines  accurately  from  drugs  of  the  highest 
quality. 
The  Committee  of  Revision  and  the  editor  of  the  Spanish  edition 
have  labored  earnestly  to  produce  a  standard  work  which  will  merit 
the  approbation  of  scientific  men,  and  science  knows  no  language 
and  no  country. 
Joseph  P.  Remington, 
Chairman  of  the  Committee  of  Revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia 
of  the  United  States  of  America  (8th  Rev.). 
BOOK  REVIEWS. 
The  National  Standard  Dispensatory — Containing  the 
National  History,  Chemistry,  Pharmacy,  Actions  and  Uses  of  Medi- 
cines, including  those  recognized  in  the  Pharmacopoeias  of  the  United 
States,  Great  Britain,  and  Germany,  with  many  references  to  other 
Foreign  Pharmacopoeias.  By  Hobart  Amory  Hare,  B.Sc,  M.D., 
Professor  of  Therapeutics  and  Materia  Medica  in  Jefferson  Medical 
College,  Philadelphia;  Charles  Caspari,  Jr.,  Ph.G.,  Phar.D.,  Pro- 
fessor of  Theoretical  and  Applied  Pharmacy  in  the  Maryland  College 
of  Pharmacy,  Baltimore ;  and  Henry  H.  Rusby,  M.D.,  Professor  of 
Botany  and  Materia  Medica  in  the  College  of  Pharmacy  of  the 
City  of  New  York ;  Expert  in  Drug  Products,  Bureau  of  Chemistry, 
Department  of  Agriculture,  Washington,  D.  C. ;  Members  of  the 
Committee  of  Revision  of  the  U.  S.  P. ;  with  valuable  assistance 
from  Edward  Kremers,  Ph.D.,  Daniel  Base,  Ph.D.,  and  Joseph  F. 
Geisler,  Ph.C.  New  (2d)  edition,  thoroughly  revised.  Magnificent 
imperial  octavo,  2050  pages,  with  478  engravings.  Cloth,  $6.00  net ; 
full  leather,  $7.00  net.  Thumb-letter  index  50  cents  extra.  Lea  & 
Febiger,  publishers,  Philadelphia  and  New  York. 
A  favorable  review  of  the  National  Standard  Dispensatory  has 
