Prices are always inserted when furmished by the publisher, or when obtainable from the bookseller. A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on the Hemorrhoidal Disease, giving its history, nature, causes, pathology, diagnosis and treatment. By Wm. Bodenhamer, M. D. Illustrated by two chromo-lithographic plates and thirty-one wood cuts. New York: William Wood & Co. 1884. 8 vo. Pp. 297. Cloth, $3.00. Columbus: A. H. Smythe. The author has certainly made a careful study of his subject, so far as its history can be traced, and enters fully into its pathology and etiology. So far as the cure of the established disease is concerned, he believes fully in the resources of surgery; but he also believes that the disease can be frequently obviated and always mitigated, by proper medicinal means. The book is an excellent one. The London Medical Student, and other Comicalities. Selected and compiled by Hugo Erichsen, M. D. Published by Dr. H. Erichsen, 11 Farmer street, Detroit, Mich. Price, $2.00. The first part of the book paints the picture of medical student life in England's great metropolis, London. It is, as would be expected from a story derived from the London Punch, crisp and readable throughout, and exquisitely humerous. The last part of the work consists of a collection of medical anecdotes, all carefully selected and interesting. The object of this compilation is to amuse and entertain the busy doctor in his leisure hours, who will, no doubt, enjoy its perusal. Its pleasing character makes it a pleasure to possess. No pains have been spared to make the mechanical execution of this work first-class. It is handsomely printed, on superior paper, with clear, sharp type. Years ago, when ourself a medical student, we enjoyed with keen relish the rich experiences of Joseph Muff, as detailed by Punch; and now that the book has been reprinted in this country, and thus brought within reach of all, we have again enjoyed it in the re-reading. We regret that we cannot reproduce some of its comicalities, but our space not permit. The work is one that has been quoted from so frequently as to have really become one of the classics of the profession, which every medical library should contain. will The Annual and Seasonal Climatic Map of the United States. By Charles Denison, A. M., M. D., Denver, Colarado, Professor of Diseases of the Chest and Climatology, Medical Department University of Denver; author of "The Rocky Mountain Health Resorts;" Member of the International Medical Congress, 1876, American Medical Association, and American Climatological Association, and author of Reports to the same on Climate and kindred subjects. Rand, McNally & Co., Publishers, Chicago, Illinois. [Copyrighted by Charles Denison.] Price, $5.00. This is a wall map, 58x41 inches, containing a vast amount of information so arranged as to be made instantly available. The annual map shows, by colors, lines, arrows, etc., the cloudiness, temperature, rainfall, winds, elevations, ranges of temperature, relative and absolute humidity, dew point and vapor tension, of any portion of the country, while the seasonal maps show essentially the same features for the four seasons. The very mail that brought us this map, brought a letter from a friend about to move from Pennsylvania to Seattle, W. T. With this map before us, it was the labor of but a few moments to see at a glance just what changes of climate he would meet with. It is a very easy matter to ascertain just the climatic status of any advertised health resort, and to compare it with others. The map shows great care and study in its execution and inception, and is one that every physician, who has occasion to advise as to travel or change for invalids, should possess. The map is one, also, that could be introduced into our public schools with great advantage. It appeals to the eye in such a way as to make its lessons easily learned. A Text Book of Pathological Anatomy and Pathogenesis. By Ernst Zeigler, Professor of Pathological Anatomy in the University of Tubingen. Translated and edited for English students by Donald MacAllister, M. A., M. B., M. R. C. P., Fellow and Medical Lecturer of St. John's College, Cambridge. Part II. Special Pathological Anatomy, sections I-VIII. 8 vo., cloth, pp. 365. Wm. Wood & Co., New York, 1884. Cleveland P. W. Garfield. This, the September number of Wood's Library, is the second, and what was originally intended to be the last, part of the work. The eagerness with which successive editions of the first part are called for and exhausted, has prevented the completion of the work as a whole, and made it necessary to publish in three parts, in order to give the world that already prepared. The third and concluding volume is, however, now in The the hands of the translator, and will be forthcoming in due time. volume before us treats of special pathological anatomy, and is divided into eight sections, embracing the subjects of the blood and lymph, the vascular mechanism, the spleen and lymphatic glands, the serous membranes, the skin, the mucous membranes, the alimentary tract, and concluding with the pathological anatomy of the liver and pancreas. The present volume well sustains the high character of its predecessor. When there is so much to commend throughout the entire book it is hardly necessary to make special mention. It is written in a peculiarly happy style, and though profoundly scientific, is read and understood with almost the pleasurable facility of light literature. The evidences of deep thought, searching investigation and originality abound everywhere, and impart a freshness that is truly enjoyable. The author draws largely upon other writers and investigators, but displays such skill in presenting and poising the data thus accumulated, that the reader finds it a comparatively easy task to make his own conclusions. The mechanical execution of the work is all that could be asked, and accords, in this particular, with the other numbers of the series. The illustrations are abundant. I think there can be little doubt that Zeigler's Pathological Anatomy is entitled to the highest rank among like works, and as such, the progressive practitioner can ill afford to deny himself its possession. D. T. G. The Elements of Pathology. By Edward Rindfleisch, M.D., Professor of Pathological Anatomy in the University of Wurzburg. Translated from the first German edition by Wm. H. Mercur, M. D. (University of Pennsylvania). Revised by James Tyson, M. D., Professor of Pathology in the University of Pennsylvania, etc. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston, Son & Co.. Columbus: A. H. Smythe. Cloth. 8vo. Pp. 263. Price, $2. It is hardly necessary to more than mention the appearance of this new work of Prof. Rindfleisch. Under the head of Local Outbreak of Disease, the author considers inflammation and tumors. Then follow chapters on the Anatomical and Physiological Extension of Disease, with special chapters on Traumatic Diseases, Parasitic and Infectious Diseases, Defective Development, Overwork, etc. The work will serve as a most valuable introduction to treatises on the practice of medicine. A Practical Treatise on Massage. Its History, Mode of Application and Effects, Indications and Contra-indications. With results in over fourteen hundred cases. By Douglas Graham, M. D., Fellow of the Massachusetts Medical Society. New York: William Wood & Co. 1884. Pp. 286, Cloth, $2.50. Columbus: A. H. Smyth. The attention of the profession has for some time been directed toward the subject of massage, which has, as a therapeutic measure, been steadily growing into appreciation and favor. A book like the one before us, in which the matter is presented from a physician's standpoint, has been long needed. The history of the process is here given, its mode of application, physiological effects, and appropriateness in various diseases. As is usually the case, the author is enthusiastic on his subject, and claims for it more than most will allow; but its value is certainly great in very many diseases, as is shown by the author's recorded experience. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Ear, including a sketch of aural That the demand for this book has been such as to require a new edition every two years, is sufficient evidence of its value. In issuing the present edition, a thorough revision has been made, involving many alterations and additions and materially increasing the size of the book. The illustrations are numerous and well executed, quite a number of them being entirely new. A Manual of Dermatology. By A. B. Robinson, M. B., L. R. C. P. & S., Edin. Prof. of Dermatology at the New York Polyclinic; etc., etc. Cloth, 8vo., pp. 647. Price, $5.00. New York, Bermingham & Co., 1884. In his preface the writer informs us that this is only a preliminary volume; that he intends, at an early day, to present a large and complete work, which shall fully express his own views as to pathology and treatment. Nevertheless, even in this volume, he has given us a number of original illustrations relating to pathology. After giving the anatomy and physiology of the skin, and a brief summary of the general principles relating to the symptomatology, etiology, diagnosis and treatment of its various diseases, the author comes to his classification. This is essentially that of Hebra. Of the classification adopted by the American Dermatological Association, our author says, "It should never have seen the light." In his description of each disease, the author is plain and concise. His treatment embraces a wide field of therapeutic resources, yet nothing which does not come well recommended.. Every page indicates that the author is a specialist of large experience and wide reading, while of many of the diseases described he has made original investigations. Wm. Wood & Malaria and Malarial Diseases. By George M. Sternberg, M. D., This volume is one of Wood's Library. The author confines malarial diseases to those produced by a special poison, their pathognomonic symptom being periodicity. He divides the book into two parts—Malaria and Malarial Diseases. In the first he discusses the evolution and nature of malaria, its effects on the system, antidotes, prophylaxis, and geographical position. In the second part, under Malarial Diseases, he includes only malarial, and hemorrhagic malarial fevers. Dr. Sternberg has been recognized for some time as an authority on this subject, and the character of this book is what might be expected from him. Jewish Hygiene and Diet, the Talmud aud Various other Jewish Writings Heretofore Untranslated. Reprint of a paper by Karl H. von Klein, A. M., M. D., of Dayton, O.; read before State Medicine Section of American Medical Association, Washington, D. C. Reprint from Journal of the Association. This is a peculiarly interesting paper, giving the data and meaning of many terms and expressions bearing upon sanitary science, not generally known outside the scholarship of the Jews. |