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THE first work under notice is divided into two main portions, the first qualitative, the second quantitative, and the subjects of chemico-physiological interest are treated in a thoroughly practical and systematic manner. The book is written by those who have the necessary knowledge of both chemistry and physiology combined with experience in teaching. The result is a book which can be warmly recommended, and one which is perfectly trustworthy and free from error. It probably includes more than is usually done by students in a practical class with only a limited time at their disposal. It will be necessary for the judicious teacher to select the portions which he regards as essential; the large number of exercises will render this in one sense easy, though in some cases we see there may be a difficulty in choosing what shall be omitted where all is so excellent and so clearly explained. A few plates of important pieces of apparatus, of certain crystals and of absorption spectra are appended. We could have wished to see rather more illustrations of this kind, but this minor defect can be remedied in future editions.
Practical Physiological Chemistry.
By Dr. J. A. Milroy Prof. T. H. Milroy. Pp. viii + 201; interleaved. (Edinburgh and London: William Green and Sons, 1904.)
A Laboratory Manual of Physiological and Pathological Chemistry for Students of Medicine.
By Prof. E. Salkowski. Translated from the second German edition by Prof. W. R. Orndorff. Pp. ix + 263; with ten figures and a coloured plate of absorption spectra. (New York: John Wiley and Sons; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1904.) Price 10s. 6d. net.
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Practical Physiological Chemistry A Laboratory Manual of Physiological and Pathological Chemistry for Students of Medicine . Nature 69, 557 (1904). https://doi.org/10.1038/069557a0
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