Medical Publications of The F. A. Davis Co., Philadelphia. WITHERSTI2TE The International Pocket Medical Formulary Arranged Therapeutically. By C. Sumner Witherstine, M.S., M.D., Associate Editor of the "Annual of the Universal Medical Sciences ;" Visiting Physician of the Home for the Aged, Gennantown, Philadelphia ; Late House-Surgeon Charity Hospital, New York. More than 1800 formulae from several hundred well-known authorities. With an Appendix containing a Posological Table, the newer remedies included ; Important Incompatibles ; Tables on Dentition and the Pulse ; Table of Drops in a Fluidrachm and Doses of Laudanum graduated for age ; Formulae and Doses of Hypodermatic Medication, including the newer remedies ; Uses of the Hypo- dermatic Syringe ; Formulae and Doses for Inhalations, Nasal Douches, Gargles, and Eye-washes ; Formulae for Suppositories ; Use of the Thermometer in Dis- ease ; Poisons, Antidotes, and Treatment ; Directions for Post-Mortem and Medico-Legal Examinations ; Treatment of Asphyxia, Sun-stroke, etc. ; Anti- emetic Remedies and Disinfectants ; Obstetrical Table ; Directions for Ligations of Arteries ; Urinary Analysis ; Table of Eruptive Fevers ; Motor Points for Electrical Treatment, etc. This work, the best and most complete of its kind, contains about 275 printed pages, besides extra blank leaves the book being interleaved throughout elegantly printed, with red lines> edges, and borders; with illustrations. Bound in leather, with side flap. It is a handy book of reference, replete with the choicest formulae (over 1800 in number) of more than six hundred of the most prominent classical writers and modern practitioners. The remedies given are not only those whose efficiency has stood the test of time, but also the newest and latest discoveries in pharmacy and medical science, as prescribed and used by the best-known American and foreign modern authorities. It contains the latest, largest (66 formulae), and most complete collection of hypodermatic formula; (including the latest new remedies) ever published, with doses and directions for their use in over fifty different diseases and diseased conditions. Its appendix is brimful of information, invaluable in office work, emergency cases, and the daily routine of practice. It is a reliable friend to consult when, in a perplexing or obstinate case, the usual line of treatment is of no avail. (A hint or a help from the best authorities, as to choice of remedies, correct dosage, and the eligible, elegant, and most palat- able mode of exhibition of the same.) It is compact, elegantly printed and bound, well illustrated, and of conve- nient size and shape for the pocket. The alphabetical arrangement of the diseases and a thumb-letter index render reference rapid and easy. Blank leaves, judiciously distributed throughout the book, afford a place to record and index favorite formulae. As a student, the physician needs it for study, collateral reading, and for recording the favorite prescriptions of his professors, in lecture and clinic; as a recent graduate, he needs it as a reference hand-book for daily use in prescribing (gargles, nasal douches, inhalations, eye-washes, suppositories, incompatibles, poisons, etc.); as an old practitioner, he needs it to refresh his memory on old remedies and combinations, and for information concerning newer remedies and more modern approved plans of treatment. No live, progressive medical man can afford to be without it. Price, post-paid, in United States and Canada $2.00, net ; Great Britain, lis. 61 ; France, 12 fr. 10. It is sometimes important that such prescrip- tions as have been well established in their usefulness be preserved for reference, and this little volume serves such a purpose better than any other we have seen. Columbus Med- ical Journal. To the young physiciun just starting out in practice this little book will prove an accept- able companion. Omaha Clinic. As long as "combinations" are sought, such a book will be of value, especially to those who cannot spare the time required to learn enough of incompatibilities before commenc- ing practice to avoid writing incompatible and dangerous prescriptions. The constant use of such a book by such prescribers would save the pharmacist much anxiety. The Drug- gists* Circular. In judicious selection, in accurate nomen- clature, in arrangement, and in style, it leaves nothing to be desired. The editor and the publisher are to be congratulated on the pro- duction of the very best book of its class. Pittsburgh Medical Review. (26)
