Am.  Jour.  Pharru.  ) 
July,  1909.  ; 
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nition  of  the  conception  of  a  ferment ;  the  chemical  nature  of  fer- 
ments ;  the  influence  of  external  factors  upon  ferments ;  the  mode 
of  action  of  ferments ;  the  physiological  action  of  ferments ;  the 
secretion  of  ferments,  and  the  importance  of  the  ferments  to  vital 
processes. 
In  the  special  part  are  chapters  treating  of  the  proteolytic  fer- 
ments ;  trypsin ;  bacteriolytic  and  hemolytic  ferments ;  proteolytic 
vegetable  ferments ;  coagulating  ferments ;  the  saccharifying  fer- 
ments ;  animal  diastases ;  ferments  of  the  polysaccharids  resembling 
diastase ;  enzymes  of  the  disaccharids ;  ferments  which  decompose 
glucosides ;  other  hydrolytic  ferments ;  the  lactic  acid  fermentation ; 
alcoholic  fermentation ;  the  biology  of  alcoholic  fermentation ;  the 
oxydases ;  and  oxidizing  fermentations. 
A  subject  index,  an  index  of  authors,  and  a  systematic  bibli- 
ography complete  this  welcome  addition  to  the  literature  of  this 
subject. 
Formulaire  des  Medicaments  Nouveaux.  Par  H.  Bocquillon- 
Limousin.  Avec  une  introduction  par  Henri  Huchard.  21  me 
edition  revue,  corrigee  et  augmentee.  Paris  :  Librairie  J.  B.  Bailliere 
et  Fils.  19,  me,  rue  Hautefeuille  pres  du  Boulevard  Saint  Germain. 
1909. 
In  this  excellent  work  are  found  a  number  of  important  addi- 
tions of  which  the  following  may  be  mentioned  ;  acoine,  sesco-quinine, 
almateine,  alsol,  ammonium  benzoate,  anisotheobromine.  arsenogene, 
chlorhydrate  of  arterenol,  asquirrol,  autane,  bacillol,  bromocolle, 
bromethylate  of  morphine,  bromotane,  bibrom-behenate  of  calcium, 
iodate  of  calcium,  camphosal,  carosuccin,  coryloform,  coryphine, 
dyspeptine,  estone,  Euphorbia  peplns,  fluoroform,  formestone,  formi- 
cine,  formidine,  fulgural,  guaiac-saponin,  gallogene,  glyconic  acid, 
griserine,  hetraline,  chlorhydrate  of  homonerone,  hydroxycaffeine, 
iatrevine,  ichtyolidine,  iodocol,  iodomenine,  salolophosphate  of 
lithium,  lysane,  lysosulfol,  metal,  neoform,  neusidonal,  nizine,  para- 
lysol,  pyroiodone,  pyrolignic  acid,  quietol,  rotra,  salocresol,  cholei- 
nate  of  sodium,  sodonaphtyl,  sulfogenol,  sulfopyrine,  sullacetine, 
tachiol,  tannobromine,  tannothymal,  tannyl,  thaolaxine,  thiodine, 
thymotal,  tuberculin  C.  L.,  urogosane,  vasenol  and  viscosal. 
Revue  des  Medicaments  Nouveaux  et  de  Queloues  Medica- 
tions Nouvelles.    Par  C.  Crinon.    16  me  edition.    Revue  et  aug- 
