Handbuch der allgemeinen und speziellen Arzneiverordnungslehre für Ärzte mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der deutschen Arzneimittel-Gesetzgebung zugleich als Pharmacopoea Universalis.

The subject matter, as the title indicates, is a compilation of many tested recipes of the old and new materia medica. The work, while primarily based on the sixth edition of the German pharmacopeia, is intended to be a prescribing guide of international interest. The point of view, however, is decidedly provincial and reflects German tendencies almost to the exclusion of others. The inclusion of mixtures of drugs (hypnotics and analgesics under coined names) is contrary to predominant American thought on the subject. Veramon (introduced in this country as Peralga) is stated to be a compound of equimolar proportions of pyramidon (amidopyrine) and barbituric acid, although results published by the A. M. A. Chemical Laboratory differ from this conception. The compilation of a large number of formulas without qualification of the specific instances of usage tends to obscure rather than to accelerate therapeutic progress. The American practitioner is materially aided