Abstract
PROF. TSCHIECH'S handbook of pharmacognosy, the publication of which was commenced in 1909, has proved to be such a mine of information to all interested in crude drugs that the appearance of a new edition will undoubtedly meet with general approval. In the course of the twenty-one years that have elapsed since the issue of the first part, the study of drugs has been so vigorously prosecuted and with such important results that many additions and corrections were necessary; in fact the early parts were in many respects out-of-date. It is obvious that the task of revising a work comprising some 4000 pages and embracing pharmacognosy, botany, chemistry, and several other sciences, was an almost impossible task for a single individual, and the news that the author has obtained the collaboration of other experts for certain sections of the book will be universally welcomed. It is expected that the revision will be completed in about three years and that the size of the work will be increased by about 1000 pages.
Handbuch der Pharmakognosie.
A. Tschirch. Zweite, erweiterte Auflage. Lieferung 1. Pp. 112. (Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1930.) 8 gold marks.
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Handbuch der Pharmakognosie . Nature 126, 911 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/126911a0
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