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T HE paucity of new text-books concerned with large proportion of these facts is taken from the
radio transmission makes the above pair particu- "Pharmacopoeia", with suitable explanations and
larly welcome. While we cannot subscribe to the amplifications. A few references are given to original
claims of the first author that his text covers among papers, but the book is essentially an elementary text-
other matters a thorough treatment of transmission book for a specialized purpose. The new edition has
and reception necessary for the complete under- been brought up to date by the inclusion of data from
standing of radio, nevertheless what he has attempted the first six addenda to the "British Pharmacopoeia"
for the young student in a restricted field is well of 1932 and revised throughout in the interests of
done, and gives a very good idea of the theoretical accuracy and clarity.
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