THE Best Infant Food IS THAT WHICH IS THE NEAREST LIKE MOTHER'S MILK. Mother's milk contains no starch. Mother's milk contains no cane sugar. Mother's milk contains no malt sugar. Therefore, infant foods which contain these present to the infant substances which are foreign to its natural food, and which are unsuited to the physiology of infant digestion. Normal human milk is persistently alkaline; this alkaline reaction is due to the presence of peculiar mineral and saline constituents which differ materially from those of cow's milk, which is slightly acid in reaction. It is impossible to imitate this peculiar reaction of normal mother's milk by the use of soda, or potassa bicarbonate, or lime water. Nor do these alkalies adequately represent the saline and mineral constituents of human milk, which are such important elements in the nutrition of the infant, being vitally necessary to the development of its osseous system. The caseine of cow's milk differs radically in character from the albuminoids of human milk. Not one of the Farinaceous, Malt, Liebig, or Condensed Milk Foods, contain any principle capable of acting upon caseine or digesting it, or in any way converting it into the peptone-like form in which the albuminoids exist in human milk. Peptogenic Milk Powder yields a "Humanized Milk" which, in taste, pbysical characters and chemical constitution approaches very closely to woman's milk. 1. Because it contains milk-sugar, and no other sugar and no starch. 2. Because it contains the digestive ferment trypsin, which converts caseine into peptone. 3. Because it contains those various organic combinations of Phosphates, Chlorides, Potassium, Lime, Iron, Magnesium and Sodium which are always normally present in woman's milk. 4. Because it gives the alkaline reaction characteristic of human milk, due to these saline and mineral constituents. A candid consideration of these facts must inevitably lead to the conclusion formed by Dr. Albert R. Leeds, viz.: "that the Peptogenic Milk Powder yields an artificial human milk which in every particular more closely resembles average normal mother's milk than that obtained by any other product cr process known." Respectfully submitted, FAIRFIELD BROS & FOSTER, 82 and 84 Fulton Street, New York. Reviews and Book Notices. HAND-BOOK OF THE DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. By JAMES Ross, M.D., LL.D., F.R.C.P. (Lond.), Senior Assistant Physician to the Royal Manchester Infirmary, with 184 illustrations. 8vo., leather, pp. 723. Lea Brothers & Co., Publishers, Philadelphia. 1885. We regret that want of time prevents our giving this most excellent work the notice it justly deserves. But in order that our readers may know something of its scope, objects and methods, we give them in full the author's preface, assuring them that it is fully carried out: "This Hand-book is intended for the use of students, and such of my medical brethren as are so fully occupied in practice that little time is left to them for reading lengthy treatises, and monographs on special subjects. The work is divided into two parts -a general and special neurology. In the former I have endeavored to give a brief outline of the evolution and dissolution of nervous structures and functions, adding a chapter on the general principles of treatment. In approaching a new subject, our capacity to master it may be measured by the ease and thoroughness with which the mind assimilates with its previous stock of knowledge the new facts and relations presented to it. The student may, indeed, acquire much information concerning diseases or any other new subject of study without assimilating the new facts, which come under his notice, with well-established principles, but the knowledge thus obtained-if it deserves the name of knowledge-is not properly organized, and will be found to be both fleeting and ill-adapted for guidance in emergencies. Keeping these considerations in view, it has been my endeavor in this part to arrange the anatomical and physiological facts, with which the student is already more or less familiar, in such 3 S. P. a way that his mind may be prepared readily to comprehend the multiform phenomena of disease, and to associate them with the fundamental laws of development. In the special part my great aim has been to make the work thoroughly practical. With this view I have adopted, as far as possible, a clinical classification, so that the diseases which are most apt to be mistaken for each other will be found described in close proximity, and the reader can thus note the various features which differentiate nervous diseases clinically allied. My rule of selection has been to give the clipical descriptions with tolerable fullness, and to leave out the details of morbid anatomy and physiology, and almost all reference to the opinions and theories of different authorities. But although want of space has prevented me from quoting authorities, I am none the less grateful to men like Hughlings-Jackson, Wilks, Ferrier, Charcot, Westphal, Leyden, and the other great masters who have placed our knowledge of nervous diseases upon a secure and unshakable foundation." MATERIA MEDICA AND THERAPEUTICS, for Physicians and Students. By JOHN B. BIDDLE, M. D., late Professor of Materia Medica and General Therapeutics in the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. Tenth edition, revised and enlarged, with special reference to Therapeutics and to the Physiological Action of Medicines. By CLEMENT BIDDLE, M.D., U.S.N., and HENRY MORRIS, M D., Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia; Demonstrator of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Jefferson Medical College, etc., etc. With numerous illustrations. P. Blakiston & Co., Publishers, No. 1012 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. 1886. The favor extended the ninth edition of Biddle's Materia Medica has exhausted a large edition in about two years. This appreciation shown their work has been an additional stimulus to the editors in preparing the tenth revision, and encourages them to hope that the fruit of their present labors may be a continuation of this popularity. A very prominent advantage of the book, and probably its most popular feature, is its small size and practical character; realizing this, and knowing the value of a concise, practical book to the student, endeavor has been made to decrease rather than to increase the number of pages; so, though a great deal of new matter has been added, space has been made for it by striking out that which was either obsolete or useless. The classification of medicines was rearranged for the ninth edition, so, beyond the transposing of certain articles, this feature remains the same. Another important alteration made in the ninth revision, that of considering the action of medicines on the physiological instead of the empirical plan, also remains, but has been extended so that the physiological action of each drug upon the human economy is clearly and concisely set forth. Therapeutics—the practical application of remedies-has been given more prominence than ever before, and this will compare favorably with other textbooks. PRACTICAL HUMAN ANATOMY, a Working Guide for Students of Med icine and a Ready Reference for Surgeons and Physicians. By FANEUIL D. WEISSE, M.D., Prosector 1863 to 1865 to the late Valentine Mott, M.D., LL.D., Emeritus Professor of Surgery and Surgical Anatomy, Medical Department of the University of the City of New York, Professor of Practical and Surgical Anatomy Medical Department of the University of the City of New York, Professor of Anatomy New York College of Dentistry. Illustrated by 222 lettered plates, containing 321 figures. Wm. Wood & Co., 56 and 58 Lafayette Place, New York City, Publishers. This is an admirable work, and will always find a place upon the shelves of every live practitioner of surgery and medicine. One of its distinguishing features is its plates; it seems that no pains or expense has been spared in getting them up. They elucidate every part so well that they appear to speak to us. For reference, one has only to look for a few moments to the relations of parts shown in any one of the plates to refresh his memory again upon them. Having thus spoken of its engravings, it becomes us also, to touch upon the explanations written about each one of its illustrations. These are brief, but to the point, and each sentence expresses no more or less than knowledge of the part justifies. We would cheerfully recommend it to our readers, and will close with compliments to the publishers for the very neat style in which it is gotten up. (P. F. E.) THE YEAR-BOOK OF TREATMENT FOR 1885. A Critical Review for Practitioners of Medicine and Surgery. J. Mitchell Bruce, M.D., T. Lauder Brunton, M. D., F.R.S., Thomas Bryant, F.R.C.S., Frederick Treves, F.R.C.S., Dyce Duckworth, M. D., and others, contributors. 8vo., cloth, pp. 316. Lea Brothers & Co., Publishers, Philadelphia. 1886. The object of this book is to present to the practitioner not only a complete account of all the more important advances made in the treatment of disease, but to furnish also a review of the same by competent authorities. Each department of practice has been fully and concisely treated, and care has been taken to include such recent pathological and clinical work as bears directly upon treatment. The medical literature of all countries has been placed under contribution, and the work deals with all the more important matters relating to treatment that have been published during the year ending Sept. 30, 1885. A full reference has been given to every article noticed. PRACTICAL NOTES ON THE TREATMENT OF SKIN DISEASES. I. Diseases of the Perspiratory and Sebaceous Glands, including Hyperidrosis, Bromidrosis, Prickly Heat, Seborrhoea, Comedo, Acne, Acne Rosacea, Sycosis, and other disorders of the Cutaneous Glandular System. By GEORGE H. ROHE, M.D., Professor of Hygiene and Clinical Dermatology in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore; author of "A Text-book of Hygene," etc. 12mo., paper, pp. 62. Thomas & Evans. Publishers, Baltimore. 1885. The price of this little work is 25 cents. It can be procured of the booksellers, or upon sending the price in postage stamps, or by postal note to the author, at 139 N. Calvert Street, Baltimore, Md. BRAIN REST; Being a Disquisition on the Curative Properties of Prolonged Sleep. By J. LEONARD CORNING, M. D., formerly Resident Assistant Physician to the Hudson River State Hospital for the Insane, etc. Second edition, revised and enlarged, with additional illustrations. 12mo., cloth, pp. 135. G. P. Putnam's Sons, "The Knickerbocker Press," Publishers, New York and London. 1885. This little monograph will prove both interesting and instruc |