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Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
July,  1909. 
remedies  to  the  exposure  of  the  composition  of  suspicious  prepara- 
tions and  secret  remedies,  and  from  original  investigations  on  per- 
plexing problems  in  organic  chemistry  to  more  or  less  routine 
examinations  of  the  products  of  German  colonies. 
Taking  Volume  5  as  reflecting  the  scientific  activities  of  the 
institute,  we  find  that  it  contains  reports  on  twenty-five  new  reme- 
dies, records  the  investigations  on  forty-six  proprietary  and  secret 
remedies,  and  includes  eighteen  additional  contributions  on  studies 
in  organic  chemistry  and  the  chemical  investigation  of  foods  and 
technical  products  originating  in  the  German  colonies. 
Altogether  it  may  be  said  that  these  annual  reports  are  well  worth 
bringing  to  the  attention  of  American  pharmacists,  and  the  work 
that  is  being  done  in  the  Pharmaceutical  Institute  of  the  University 
of  Berlin  should  serve  as  an  incentive  for  schools  of  pharmacy  and 
pharmaceutical  associations,  in  this  country,  to  engage  in  the  same 
line  of  investigation  and  thus  demonstrate,  in  a  practical  way,  that 
they  are  really  willing  to  live  up  to  the  ideals  that  have  been  set 
by  the  early  followers  of  pharmacy  in  this  country. 
M.  I.  Wilbert. 
Rudiments  of  Latin.  With  special  reference  to  the  nomen- 
clature of  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia,  the  National  Formulary,  and  the 
text-books  in  materia  medica  and  botany.  By  Julius  William 
Stunner,  Ph.G.,  Professor  of  Pharmacy,  Purdue  University,  Lafay- 
ette, Ind. 
This  book  will  impress  the  teacher  of  pharmaceutical  or  medical 
Latin  as  an  eminently  practical  one.  As  the  author  states  in  his 
preface,  a  knowledge  of  certain  fragments  of  Latin  grammar  is 
indispensable  to  the  mastering  of  the  nomenclature  of  pharmacy  and 
medicine  and  their  allied  sciences.  The  student  of  these  subjects 
does  not  need  to  concern  himself  with  many  grammatical  forms, 
nor  to  any  great  extent  with  the  principles  of  Latin  syntax,  but  a 
knowledge  of  the  terminology  is  absolutely  essential  for  correct 
work.  It  is  upon  this  fact  that  Professor  Sturmer  lays  especial 
emphasis  and  it  is  this  feature  which  differentiates  the  book  from 
other  works  on  the  Latin  of  pharmacy  and  medicine.  The  formation 
of  Latin  titles  and  their  use  in  prescription  work  occupy  a  large 
portion  of  the  book,  and  the  subject  is  presented  in  such  a  clear  and 
systematic  manner  that  the  student  must  be  dull  indeed  who  does 
not  understand  the  principles  involved.    The  exercises  for  practical 
