291 THE STANDARD DICTIONARY; (Funk & Wagnalls Co., 30 Lafayette Place, New York). This work comes to us with large claims, which are more than justified by comparison with others of its class. It has been accorded a welcome by scholarly and scientific men and the intelligent public, which is entirely unprecedented. During the five years of the preparation 247 specialists have been constantly employed, each of whom is accepted as an authority .in his sphere, to whom was committed the task of definition and description in his own field of exploration and research. A great gain has thus resulted in technical accuracy and clearness. The whole field of knowledge has been gleaned with painstaking care, insomuch that the vocabulary contains over 300,000 words, as against 225,000 in the six-volume Century, and 125,069 in Webster's International. In Electricity alone, something like 4,000 new terms have been entered and described. In all departments of the handicrafts verbal description has been supplemented by illustrations, without which it would be impossible to carry a correct idea of delicate apparatus or intricate processes. In all, there are over 5,000 illustrations, including a number of full-page pictures, and also colored plates from the celebrated house of Prang & Co. Nearly 500 readers of quotations have sought out passages to verify and illustrate the meaning of words, the places of the quotations being so indicated that they can be found easily-the name of the author, the title of the work, volume, chapter and page, and the name of the publisher and date of publication being given. A system of grouping related words and terms has been employed, giving an encyclopedia treatment which is brief, yet full and exact. For instance, under architecture the reader is referred to twenty other words, representing the leading types into which architecture is historically divided. Again, the general reader often finds himself at a loss to recall a word. Knowing the branch to which the elusive word belongs, he turns to that and finds a list of the principal terms used in it. Such lists are found under printing, mining, agriculture, etc. In the majority of instances, a dictionary is consulted for one of three things-spelling, pronunciation, or every-day meaning. The spelling of every word in the Standard has been attentively considered by the eminent philologist, Prof. F. A. March, LL. D., of Lafayette College. To aid in the matter of correct pronunciation, an advisory committee of 50 persons, representative scholars in all parts of the world, was selected. The "Standard Phonetic Alphabet," prepared by the American Philological Society in harmony with the accepted principles of the Philological Society of England, has been adopted to indicate the pronunciation of words. This system has a decided superiority over the old intricate one, which employs 292 a great number of confusing diacritical marks. In definition, the cardinal principles have been clearness, exactness and comprehensiveness. The etymology is placed after the definition. Not one time in a hundred when the dictionary is consulted, is the etymology studied, and many have been confused and discouraged at the outset by signs and abbreviations, and the foreign or other strange words. However, the scholar who wishes to study. the history or derivation of a word, will not find this point neglected. More space has been devoted to synonyms and antonyms than in any previous English Dictionary. Comparison and contrast thus bring out the shades of meaning on which accuracy of usage depends. A cursive glance at the Appendix reveals a store house of valuable information. Here is collected in one vocabulary order the names of countries, states, counties, cities, towns, provinces and rivers, noted names of fiction, all names of persons (not living) of any note, all Biblical names (for pronunciation), together with a large amount of miscellaneous material. Here, also, is the Glossary of Foreign Expressions, the preparation of which has been the special task of that scholarly, wide-reading, and infinitely pains-taking critic, Professor Wilkinson, of the Chair of Poetry and Criticism in the University of Chicago. The verdict of the people must be that of Nature, London, Eng., which says: "It passes the wit of man to suggest anything which ought to have been done that has not been done, to make this Dictionary a success." Pamphlets Received. Morphinism in Medical Man, by J. B. Mattison, M. D., Brooklyn, N. Y. Notes on Gynecological Technique, Hunter Robb, M. D., Baltimore, Maryland. Asepsis in Minor Procedures, by the same. Functional Dyspepsia-So-called R. C. M. Page, N. Y. Polyclinic. The Production of Diseases by Sewer Air, Abraham Jacobs, New York City. Modern and Humane Treatment of the Morphine Disease, J. B. Mattison, M. D., Brooklyn, N. Y. Massage in Gynecology, Oslay J. Mayer, M. D., San Francisco, Cal. Bloodless Vaginal Myomectomy, by the same. Skin Grafting for Malignancy of the Orbit Flavel B. Tiffany, M D., Kansas City, Mo. A Needed Reform in Abdominal Surgery, E. H. Pratt, M. D,, Chicago, Ill. Notes on Gynecological Technique, Hunter Robb, M. D.. Baltimore. Reprint from N. Y. Jour, of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Practical Application of the Principles of Sterilization, R. C. M. Page. Reprint from the American Journal of Obstetrics. No 1, 1894. An Operating Table R. C M. Page. From Johns Hopkins Bulletin. Stomatitis Neurotic Chronica, A. Jacobi, M. D. Beprint from Transactions of the Association of American Colleges, 1894. On the Therapeutic Value of Spermines, G. Krieger, M. D. Read before the Chicago Medical Society. Differential Diagnosis of Alcoholic Coma from other forms of Coma, With Especial Reference to The Care of Persons Found by the Police, on the Strests, in a Semi-Comatose Condition, by Lewis D. Mason, M. D From the Quarterly Journal of Inebriety, July, 1894. The Value of Pain as a Symptom in the Diagnosis of Uterine Disease; Some Observations on the Therapeutic Treatment of Uterine Fibroid, with Report of Cases; Lectures on Rectal and Gastro-Intestinal Surgery, with Demonstrations; Gastro-Enterostomy Made Within Two Minutes Without Suture, Ligature or Forceps, with a Medification of Murphy's Button, by H. O. Walker, M. D., Detroit, Mich Reprint from Mathews' Medical Quarterly, July. 1894. Skin Grafting for Malignancy of the Orbit, by Flavel B. Tiffany, M. D., Kansas City, Mo. Read before the N. 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The meeting was called to order at 10 a. m., by the president, Dr. J. M. Richmond, of St. Joseph. Mayor Albertson of Hannibal, delivered an address of welcome on behalf of the city, extending to the association the freedom of the city. Dr. J. N. Baskett welcomed the society on the part of the medical profession of the city. Dr. Richmond responded In response to the kind words we have heard from the mayor of your city, and Dr. Baskett, I would say in the first place that perhaps in the thirteen years that have passed since our society met here before, many of you have forgotten how we appreciated your hospitality at that time. But we, as visitors, have not forgotten it; we are an appreciative body, as you will see next Thursday evening after our convention has closed. We certainly appreciate the kind words that we have listened to and will appreciate all the courtesies extended to us. I, in behalf of the association, extend thanks to the citizens of Hannibal for their good will and good cheer extended us. DR. HAL FOSTER, of Kansas City, read a paper on “Adenoid Vegetations of the Vault of the Pharynx and their Relation to Middle Ear Diseases.' Adenoids of the pharynx are undoubtedly responsible for at least one-half of the pathological conditions of the tympanumand even many cases of deafness of ological conditions of the tympanium and even many cases of deafness of childhood by extension of a purulent inflammation from the throat through the Eustachian tube. Repeated nasal "colds" of an inflammatory character obstruct the vault of the pharynx and lead to the development of these adenoids, much so that these conditions are more frequent in cold, moist the climates. The lymphnoid tissues are very apt to be left diseased after scarlet fever, diphtheria and measles and as a consequence adenoids of the pharynx are a frequent sequel. Postpharyngeal growths are by some authors classed under two heads: (1) Hypertrophy of the pharyngeal tonsils and (2) Adenoids. Probably these are but two forms of the same disease. The symptoms are characteristic: The children are pale, weakly, with pinched nostrils, the thorax drawn in, a "dead voice;" they are mouth "breathers," are often stupid at school, troubled with nocturnal enuresis, suffering often with "colds in the head,' and later many of them grow deaf. Hence specialists should treat nose, throat and ear instead of the "eye and ear"as is usually practiced. The treatment should consist of excision of the tonsil and afterward the removal of the offensive tumors. This may be done with the finger nail in young subjects, but the older the growths are harder and so require the use of the curvette, snare, forceps or cautery. The last named is not a desirable agent; the curvette is best. Chloroform should be given in every instance-not to full narcosis, but enough to dull the pain; if full anesthesia be secured the blood will run into the throat and trachea and produce disastrous effects, but if only partial the blood will be expelled by coughing. A gag should be employed and the head inverted to keep the blood out of the throat. When the adenoids are removed the gag is taken out and the patient turned upon the side to allow the blood to run out. The patient should be confined to bed for three or four days. DR. T. E. MURRELL, of St. Louis, protested against the universal use of |