were presented at the Nashville meeting, notable among these being the symposium on tuberculosis. The meeting was not particularly successful. The attendance was only fair, and the accommodations inadequate.

Dr. McKinney said that he thought the meeting was the worst that he had ever attended, there being an insufficiency of papers contributed to the program, and the hall provided for the meeting was so dimly illuminated that the papers could hardly be read.

Dr. McFall said that there was not much interest demonstrated at this meeting of the State association. He thought that the program was incomplete, and that accommodations were decidedly wanting.

Dr. Krauss, for the banquet committee, turned over a balance of four dollars ($4.00); the report was adopted and the committee discharged with thanks.

The resignation of Dr. M. B. Herman was read and accepted. The names of Drs. H. B. Jacobsohn and Maury Leake, applicants for membership, were read.

BOOK REVIEWS.

The Prevention of Disease.

Translated from the German, with an introduction by H. Timbrell Bulstrode, M.A., M.D., D.P.H. In two volumes. Cloth, 51⁄2 x 9 inches, 1063 pages. Net price, $3.75 per volume. Funk & Wagnalls Co., New York.

Most works hitherto published on the subject of the prevention of disease, unless the subject considered was hygiene, have been rather elementary in character, and have been rather synoptical in their teaching. In this work, however, the subject of preventive medicine is taken up in the most minute manner. The work comprises two volumes, which together contain chapters on the following subjects: The History of the Prevention of Disease, by Dr. S. Goldschmidt, of Bad Reichenhall; General Prophylaxis, by Professor Martins, of Rostock; Internal Diseases; Diseases of the Blood, by Dr. Rosen; Diseases of Metabolism, by Dr. Rosen; Infectious Diseases, by Dr. Richard Rosen; Diseases of the Lungs, by Dr. Richard Rosen; Diseases of the Heart, by Professor Martin Mendelsohn, of Berlin; Diseases of the Digestive Organs, by Dr. Max Einhorn, Professor in the New York Post-Graduate Medical School; Surgery, by Professor A. Hoffa, of Würzburg, and Dr. A. Lilienfeld; Diseases of Women, by Dr. O. Schaeffer, of the University of Heidelberg; Midwifery, by Dr. O. Schaeffer, of the University of Heidelberg; Diseases of Children, by Dr. Rudolph Fischl, Lecturer on the Diseases of Children in the German University at Prague; Diseases of the

Nervous System, by Dr. Windscheid, of the University of Leipsic; Mental Disease, by Dr. Walter Fuchs, of Emmendingen; Diseases of the Eye, by Professor Königshofer, of Stuttgart; Diseases of the Ear, by Dr. Albert Bing, of the University of Vienna; Diseases of the Teeth and Mouth, by Dr. H. Christian Greva, of Magdeburg; Diseases of the Throat and Nose, by Dr. Theodore S. Flatau, of Berlin; Diseases of the Urinary Organs and of the Male Generative Organs, by Dr. Albrecht von Notthafft, of the University of Munich, and Dr. Arthur Kollman, of the University of Leipsic; Venereal Diseases and Diseases of the Skin, by Dr. Max Joseph, of Berlin.

From this it will be seen that thoroughness is a characteristic predominant in this work. Being intended for medical readers, naturally the work is more exhaustive in its study of each special subject. It begins with the principles of prevention of disease, and carries us through the various chapters mentioned above, each of which is presented in a most entertaining and readable manner. It is remarkable, too, since the work was written in the first instance for the profession in Germany, that it could have been so cleverly converted into readable English.

Undoubtedly the prevention of disease is to figure more and more prominently in the future, for the limitations of the medical profession in this respect are not so confined as they are in healing. Such works as this will do much to advance the cause of prevention.

The Internal Secretions and the Principles of Medicine. By Charles E. de M. Sajous, M.D., Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia; Member of the American Philosophical Society, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, etc.; Knight of the Legion of Honor and Officer of the Academy of France; Knight of the Order of Leopold of Belgium, etc. Formerly Lecturer on Laryngology in Jefferson Medical College and Professor of Laryngology and Dean of the Faculty in the Medico-Chirurgical College; formerly Professor of Anatomy and Physiology in the Wagner Institute of Science. Volume 1, with 42 illustrations. The F. A. Davis Co., Philadelphia, 1903.

The medical profession is indebted to Dr. Sajous for many of the very best contributions that we have had added to our fund of medical literature and we are called upon to herald the publication of yet another work which promises to be monumental in not only its relative medical value, but in that it will serve to further perpetuate the debt of appreciation that is owing to its editor.

In the first volume of this new work by Dr. Sajous, appears a study of the adrenal glands which is easily the most valuable contribution to this subject that has ever yet appeared, no matter in what language. The author begins with a study of the physiology of the adrenals as viewed from the standpoint of clinical pathology, carrying us thence on to a consideration of the internal secretion of the adrenals in its relations to the respiratory processes and the composition of the blood, the internal secretion of the adrenals in its relations to the general oxidation processes, the internal secretions of the thyroid and thymus glands in their relations to the adrenals, the anterior pituitary body, the thyroid gland and the adrenals as parts of an autonomous system, the adrenal system and the vasomotor functions, the adrenal system, the general motor system and the pneumogastric nerve, the internal secretions of the

pancreas and spleen, the adrenal and vagal systems in their relations to cardiac and pulmonary functions, the posterior pituitary as the functional center of the nervous system, and as the anterior pituitary's co-center in sustaining the vital processes, the internal secretions in their relations to immunity, the internal secretions and the preservation of life. This volume represents an immense amount of labor on the part of the author, and the results of his investigations will no doubt prove of great scientific value and worth to the medical profession. The volume is beautifully illustrated, among the illustrations being several splendid plates in colors. Some of these are from original studies by the author, and the others are authoritative in that they are from the works of the best known physiologists and scientists. We shall look forward with keen anticipation to the appearance of the future volumes of this system.

American Edition of Nothnagel's Practice.

Diseases of the Pancreas, Diseases of the Suprarenal Capsules, and Diseases of the Liver. By Dr. L. Oser, of Vienna; Dr. E. Neusser, of Vienna; and Drs. H. Quincke and G. Hoppe-Seyler, of Kiel. The entire volume edited, with additions, by Frederick A. Packard, M. D., late physician to the Pennsylvania and to the Children's Hospitals, Philadelphia; and Reginald H. Fitz, M. D.; Hersey Professor of the Theory and Practice of Physic, Harvard University Medical School, Boston. Handsome octavo of 918 pages, illustrated. Philadelphia, New York, London: W. B. Saunders & Co., 1903. Cloth, $5.00 net; half morocco, $6.00 net. The growing importance in pathology of the pancreas, suprarenal capsules and liver, especially the second of these, is such as to give this volume of Nothnagel's practice especial prominence. In one volume we have here combined the sum of our knowledge concerning the diseases of the various organs mentioned. Contributions to this subject just now are fraught with unusual interest, and the combination of such eminent talent as is here grouped in the discussion of these questions is especially timely. Furthermore, an editorial addition has been made to the section on the suprarenal capsules, which is particularly noteworthy since these organs are now receiving considerable attention at the hands of scientists. Every portion of the volume is equally alive to progress, and the reader will not complain of lack of being up-to-date in any particular chapter.

American Edition of Nothnagel's Practice.

Diseases of the Stomach. By Dr. F. Riegel, of Giessen. Edited, with additions, by Charles G. Stockton, M. D., Professor of Medicine in the University of Buffalo. Handsome octavo volume of 835 pages, illustrated, including 6 full-page plates. Philadelphia, New York, London: W. B. Saunders & Co., 1903. Cloth, $5.00 net; half morocco, $6.00 net.

No volume of this excellent series of volumes on practice should be regarded as more valuable than this, for upon diseases of the stomach hinge many of the general conditions which so commonly are encountered among human ailments.

In this volume the importance of examining the stomach contents in diagnosis receives full consideration, and the various methods of obtaining the contents

and performing the examinations are presented with clearness and fullness so that the practitioner will readily be able to comprehend every detail. In fact, every feature of stomach pathology receives that careful attention that would be expected to be accorded it by one so well qualified to write on this subject as is Dr. Riegel.

The work is well illustrated, printed and bound in conformity with the superior quality of the previous volumes of this work.

Clinical Treatises on the Pathology and Therapy of Disorders of Metabolism and Nutrition. By Professor Dr. Carl von Noorden, Senior Physician to the City Hospital in Frankfurt, a. M. Authorized American edition, translated under the direction of Boardman Reed, M.D., Professor of Diseases of the Gastro-Intestinal Tract, Hygiene and Climatology, Department of Medicine, Temple College; Physician to the Samaritan Hospital, Philadelphia, etc. Part I, Obesity, the Indications for Reduction Cures; price, $.50. Part II, Nephritis; price, $1. Part III, Membranous Catarrh of the Intestines (Colica Mucosa); by Dr. Carl von Noorden, with the collaboration of Dr. Carl Dapper; price, $.50. Published by Messrs. E. B. Treat & Co., New York.

The eminence of von Noorden bespeaks the character of these monographs. No clinician is better known for his valuable contributions to the literature of medicine. His work in the investigation of the disorders of the metabolism and nutrition has been carried on for many years, and the result of this work has been the publication of a number of short essays and several longer monographs. In deference to the wishes of friends and pupils, he has arranged for the publi cation in collective form of his increasing experience in the pathology and therapy in the diseases of metabolism and nutrition. The three volumes now published discuss questions in medicine of relatively great importance, and they are characterized by the thoroughness and discrimination in detail that would be expected of an author of such preeminent ability. The translations into English lose none of the vigor of the original German.

Messrs. W. B. Saunders & Co., Philadelphia and New York, announce the following new books:

The Vermiform Appendix and Its Diseases. By Howard A. Kelly, M.D., Professor of Gynecology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; and E. Hurdon, M.D., Assistant in Gynecology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Myomata of the Uterus. By Howard A. Kelly, M.D., Professor of Gynecology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.

A Text-Book of Legal Medicine and Toxicology. Edited by Frederick Peterson, M.D., Chief of Clinic, Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York City; and Walter S. Haines, M.D., Professor of Chemistry, Pharmacy and Toxicology, Rush Medical College, in affiliation with the University of Chicago.

A Text-Book of Operative Surgery. By Warren Stone Bickham, M.D., Assistant Instructor in Operative Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York city.

The Practical Application of the Roentgen Rays in Therapeutics and Diagnosis. By William Allen Pusey, M.D., Professor of Dermatology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago; and Eugene W. Caldwell, B.S., Director of the Edward N. Gibbs Memorial X-ray Laboratory, and University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York city.

Tuberculosis. By Norman Bridge, M.D., of Los Angeles, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Rush Medical College, in affiliation with the University of Chicago. A Text-Book of Obstetrics. By J. Clarence Webster, M.D., F.R.C.P. (Edin.) Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rush Medical College, in affiliation with the University of Chicago.

A Text-Book of Diseases of Women. By Barton Cooke Hirst, M.D., Professor of Obstetrics, University of Pennsylvania, Gynecologist to the Howard, the Orthopedic, and the Philadelphia Hospitals.

A Text-Book of Pathology. By Joseph McFarland, M.D., Professor of Pathology and Bacteriology, Medico-Chirurgical College, Philadelphia.

The Blood in Its Clinical and Pathologic Relations. By Alfred Stengel, M.D., Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; and C. Y. White, Jr., M.D., Instructor in Clinical Medicine, University of Pennsyl vania.

A Thesaurus of Medical Words and Phrases. By Wilfred M. Barton, M.D., Assistant to Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics and Lecturer on Pharmacy, Georgetown University, Washington, D. C.; and Walter A. Wells, M.D., Demonstrator of Laryngology and Rhinology, Georgetown University, Washington, D. C.

Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology. By Henry C. Chapman, M.D., Professor of Institutes of Medicine and Medical Jurisprudence, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Philadelphia.

A Text-Book of Modern Therapeutics. By A. A. Stevens, M.D., Lecturer on Physical Diagnosis, University of Pennsylvania, Professor of Pathology, Woman's Medical College, Philadelphia.

Practical Points in Nursing for Nurses in Private Practice. By the late Emily A. M. Stoney, Superintendent of the Training School for Nurses, Carney Hospital, South Boston, Mass.

The Care of the Baby. By J. P. Crozer Griffith, M.D., Clinical Professor of Diseases of Children, University of Pennsylvania; Physician to the Children's Hospital, Philadelphia, etc.