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Toxicity of industrial organic solvents. (Revised American Edition). By Ethel Browning. Chemical Publishing Co., New York, 1953. 411 pp. 16.5 × 24 cm. Price $8
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which chiefly concern retail business. There are appendices containing the Poisons List, Schedules to the Poisons Rules, a List of Poisons monographed in the British Pharmacopoeia and finally, a set of review questions. It is interesting to note that the book begins with a detailed account of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and the organization and functions of its Statutory Committee which exercises mainly disciplinary powers. Of equal interest is a lucid explanation of the legal implications of the National Health Service. All in all, this is a stimulating book which should certainly be in every college library.
A 114-page index containing many cross-references is a useful addition to the text material. The book should be made available t o students and to those who utilize microscope slide techniques in investigations and clinical testing procedures.
Toxicity of Industrial Organic Solvents. (Revised American Edition). By ETHEL BROWNING. Chemical Publishing Co., New York, 1953. 411 pp. 16.5 x 24 cm. Price $8. This newly revised and enlarged edition should contribute t o industrial safety and serve as an aid Arzneirnittel-Synthese. By H. P. KAUFMANN.in the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1953. 834 pp. Illustr. poisoning of workers in industrial plants using organic solvents in their manufacturing processes. 17.5x 25.5 cm. Price D M 87. The book presents a comprehensive summary of We all are aware of the importance of the subject existing available information on the effects of a of Dr. Kaufmann’s book as, with the exception of a great variety of industrial solvents on animals and few alkaloids, vitamins, and hormones, practically man. The information on which the report is based all modern pharmaceuticals are of synthetic origin. has been obtained from widely scattered sources The author has covered this wide field more thor- and it is designed with the object of avoiding poisonoughly and in greater detail than his avowed purpose ing from the use of solvents used in industry. of writing a textbook for pharmacy students would The book is conveniently divided into ten chaplead one to expect. It can therefore also be used ad- ters covering hydrocarbons; chlorinated hydrovantageously by the full-fledged chemist, pharma- carbons; alcohols; ethers; esters; ketones; glycols cist, and physician. The literature, including and their derivatives; amines and coal tar bases; patents, has been taken into consideration up to nitro-compounds ; and miscellaneous compounds. 1952; frequently, the author reports his own investigations and results which further enhance the value of the work. The arrangement of the material is based on the therapeutic indications while the subAdressltuch Deutscher ChPmiker, 1953-54. (Who’s divisions are grouped according to chemical conWho in German Chemistry.) Published under the stitution. This compromise does not complicate auspices of the Association of German Chemists matters for the user because there is a satisfactory Verlag Chemie, G. m. b. H., Weinheim/Bergsubject index. The book shows promise of becoming strasse, Germany, 1953. 448 pp. 16 x 22 cm. the German standard work in its field. Price: paper bound, D M 11.00; linen bound, D M 12.80. The Microtomist’s Formulary and Guide. By PETER This directory is indispensable for those who want GRAY. The Blakiston Co., New York, 1954. either general or basic biographical information 794 pp. 16 x 23.5 cm. Price $10 50. concerning German chemists residing within the A comprehensive compilation of methods for pre- frontiers of the Federated German Republic and paring microscope slides from biological specimens West Berlin. It is arranged according to names and is given in Part I of the book. Each chapter deals also according to places where chemists are located, thus showing concentration of the chemical industry with a specific type of slide, with a discussion of general principles and problems followed by one or in a few areas of Western Germany. There is also more examples given in detail. Part I1 of the book valuable information concerning the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker and there are lists of the recipis devoted to specific types of formulas and techniques by which they are used. A decimal number- ients of the various important chemical prizes ing system necessitates much page turning, but it awarded in Germany. The book seems to be carefully edited: the format saves space in repeating the many formulas and stains which are given with literature references. is practical.
JOURNAL OF THE
AMERICANPHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION Vol. XLIII, No. 8
which chiefly concern retail business. There are appendices containing the Poisons List, Schedules to the Poisons Rules, a List of Poisons monographed in the British Pharmacopoeia and finally, a set of review questions. It is interesting to note that the book begins with a detailed account of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and the organization and functions of its Statutory Committee which exercises mainly disciplinary powers. Of equal interest is a lucid explanation of the legal implications of the National Health Service. All in all, this is a stimulating book which should certainly be in every college library.
A 114-page index containing many cross-references is a useful addition to the text material. The book should be made available t o students and to those who utilize microscope slide techniques in investigations and clinical testing procedures.
Toxicity of Industrial Organic Solvents. (Revised American Edition). By ETHEL BROWNING. Chemical Publishing Co., New York, 1953. 411 pp. 16.5 x 24 cm. Price $8. This newly revised and enlarged edition should contribute t o industrial safety and serve as an aid Arzneirnittel-Synthese. By H. P. KAUFMANN.in the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1953. 834 pp. Illustr. poisoning of workers in industrial plants using organic solvents in their manufacturing processes. 17.5x 25.5 cm. Price D M 87. The book presents a comprehensive summary of We all are aware of the importance of the subject existing available information on the effects of a of Dr. Kaufmann’s book as, with the exception of a great variety of industrial solvents on animals and few alkaloids, vitamins, and hormones, practically man. The information on which the report is based all modern pharmaceuticals are of synthetic origin. has been obtained from widely scattered sources The author has covered this wide field more thor- and it is designed with the object of avoiding poisonoughly and in greater detail than his avowed purpose ing from the use of solvents used in industry. of writing a textbook for pharmacy students would The book is conveniently divided into ten chaplead one to expect. It can therefore also be used ad- ters covering hydrocarbons; chlorinated hydrovantageously by the full-fledged chemist, pharma- carbons; alcohols; ethers; esters; ketones; glycols cist, and physician. The literature, including and their derivatives; amines and coal tar bases; patents, has been taken into consideration up to nitro-compounds ; and miscellaneous compounds. 1952; frequently, the author reports his own investigations and results which further enhance the value of the work. The arrangement of the material is based on the therapeutic indications while the subAdressltuch Deutscher ChPmiker, 1953-54. (Who’s divisions are grouped according to chemical conWho in German Chemistry.) Published under the stitution. This compromise does not complicate auspices of the Association of German Chemists matters for the user because there is a satisfactory Verlag Chemie, G. m. b. H., Weinheim/Bergsubject index. The book shows promise of becoming strasse, Germany, 1953. 448 pp. 16 x 22 cm. the German standard work in its field. Price: paper bound, D M 11.00; linen bound, D M 12.80. The Microtomist’s Formulary and Guide. By PETER This directory is indispensable for those who want GRAY. The Blakiston Co., New York, 1954. either general or basic biographical information 794 pp. 16 x 23.5 cm. Price $10 50. concerning German chemists residing within the A comprehensive compilation of methods for pre- frontiers of the Federated German Republic and paring microscope slides from biological specimens West Berlin. It is arranged according to names and is given in Part I of the book. Each chapter deals also according to places where chemists are located, thus showing concentration of the chemical industry with a specific type of slide, with a discussion of general principles and problems followed by one or in a few areas of Western Germany. There is also more examples given in detail. Part I1 of the book valuable information concerning the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker and there are lists of the recipis devoted to specific types of formulas and techniques by which they are used. A decimal number- ients of the various important chemical prizes ing system necessitates much page turning, but it awarded in Germany. The book seems to be carefully edited: the format saves space in repeating the many formulas and stains which are given with literature references. is practical.