this means to the possessor of the work no one but himself can say. This indexing, let us say, has apparently been well done.

Of the articles in Volume VIII., the ones which impress us especially are those relating to the urethra and its diseases, the urine and its examination, the uterus and its diseases (the latter two being extremely thorough monographs), a thorough review of vaccination from every possible standpoint, the vagina and its diseases, and some minor articles.

To bring the work up to date to the last minute, an appendix also appears, and in this we find monographs on arsenic, bacteriological technique, Asiatic cholera, prescription writing and yellow fever, with numerous others.

With the work finished it becomes of itself a complete reference library, and this statement in few words expresses our appreciation of it.

Progressive Medicine, Vol. III., September, 1904. A Quarterly Digest of Advances, Discoveries and Improvements in the Medical and Surgical Sciences. Edited by Hobart Amory Hare, M.D., Professor of Therapeutics and Materia Medica in the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia. Octavo, 284 pages, 19 illustrations. Per annum, in four cloth bound volumes, $9.00; in paper binding, $6.00, carriage paid to any address. Lea Brothers & Co., Publishers, Philadelphia and New York.

The character of this quarterly is already so well known, both to the press and to the public at large, that a formal introduction is perhaps superfluous. It has, in the past, aimed to combine a thorough and scientific spirit, such as animates the best of the European publications, with an enjoyable and readable manner of presentation.

The September issue contains four subdivisions: Diseases of the Thorax, Dermatology, Obstetrics and Nervous Diseases. To one who has followed these subjects with any degree of attention during the past year it is a perfectly evident fact that notable advances have been accomplished. The physical methods in the treatment of disease, which are claiming so large a share of European investigation -balneotherapy, radiotherapy, actinotherapy and massage; the sociological side of the infective diseases, especially tuberculosis; the etiology of many hitherto obscure conditions, such as eclampsia, diagnosis, both by means of the old and by the newly-introduced physical methods; improvements in therapy in all its innumerable applications--such are certain of the most important aspects of the progress which has been made during the preceding year. To summarize the work which has been done along these lines, to separate the fanciful from the real, to give a fair-minded and far-reaching oversight over these new domains, has been a task of no small proportions. But the names of those who have been enlisted in this effort-Ewart, Gottheil, Spiller and Norris-is in itself an ample guarantee of a full accomplishment.

The "get-up" of the book, the quality of the paper, the excellent type, and the accurate indexing, render it, purely as an example of modern book-making, a worthy addition to any library.

Diseases of the Nose, Throat and Ear, and their Accessory Cavities. By Seth Scott Bishop, M.D., D.C.L., LL.D., Author of The Ear and Its Diseases; Honorary President of the Faculty and Professor of Diseases of the Nose, Throat and Ear in the Illinois Medical College; Professor in the Chicago Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital; Surgeon to the PostGraduate Hospital and to the Illinois Hospital; Consulting Surgeon to the Mary Thompson Hospital, to the Illinois Masonic Orphans' Home, and to the Silver Cross Hospital of Joliet, etc. Third edition, thoroughly revised, rearranged and enlarged. Illustrated with 94 colored lithographs and 230 additional illustrations. 564 pages, royal octavo. Price, extra cloth, $4.00 net;

sheep or half-Russia, $5.00 net. F. A. Davis Company, Publishers, 1914-16 Cherry Street, Philadelphia.

This work is designed, first, to help students in preparing for their degree second, for those progressive practitioners who wish to acquire the proficiency necessary to properly treat those patients who are unable to visit specialists; and, third, for those who are gradually exchanging their general practice for special work in these branches. The subjects are simplified and condensed in order that the work may be used as a ready reference in daily practice. In the present edition a new chapter has been added and many new articles and illustrations inserted. As a result of this addition and revision, Dr. Bishop's work is thoroughly representative of the most advanced knowledge of the subjects with which it deals.

Handbook of the Anatomy and Diseases of the Eye and Ear. For Students and Practitioners. By D. B. St. John Roosa, M.D., LL.D., Professor of Diseases of the Eye and Ear in the New York Post-Graduate Medical School; formerly President of the New York Academy of Medicine, etc.; and A. Edward Davis, A. M., M.D., Professor of Diseases of the Eye in the New York Post-Graduate Medical School; Fellow of the New York. Academy of Medicine. 300 pages, square, 12mo. Price, extra cloth, $1.00 net. F. A. Davis Company, Publishers, 1914-16 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

This handbook is an abbreviated summary of the principles of treatment of diseases of the eye and ear, and of the anatomy of these organs. It is adapted for the use of students who are seeing patients in dispensaries and clinics, and also as a reference work for the active practitioner. Though much condensed, this book covers a wide field, and in a manner which we have found both accurate and practical.

Saunders' Question Compends-Essentials of Anatomy; including the Anatomy of the Viscera. By Charles B. Nancrede, M.D., Professor of Surgery and Clinical Surgery in the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Seventh edition, thoroughly revised. 12mo volume of 419 pages, fully illustrated. Philadelphia, New York, London: W. B. Saunders & Company. 1904. Cloth, $1.00 net.

This work, now in its seventh edition, has met with a most cordial reception. In this revision the entire book has been carefully gone over and the section on the Nervous-System completely rewritten. The illustrations throughout the text are excellent, showing the anatomy of various parts with unusual clearness. Students, and indeed young practitioners, will find the work of great service. Saunders' Question Compends-Essentials of Nervous Diseases and Insanity: their Symptoms and Treatment. By John C. Shaw, M.D., late Clinical Professor of Diseases of the Mind and Nervous-System, Long Island College Hospital Medical School. Fourth edition, thoroughly revised. By Smith Ely Jelliffe, Ph.G., M.D., Clinical Assistant, Columbia University, Department of Neurology; Visiting Neurologist, City Hospital, New York. 12mo volume of 196 pages, fully illustrated. Philadelphia, New York, London: W. B. Saunders & Company. 1904. Cloth, $1.00 net. Of the progress made in every branch of medicine during the last few years, none has been more prominent than that considering diseases of the nervoussystem and of the mind. Dr. Smith Ely Jelliffe, therefore, in making the revision for this new fourth edition, has found it necessary to recast the work entirely, bringing the order of arrangement in accord with the present knowledge of these important subjects. Quite a commendable change in arrangement is the grouping of subjects in such a way as to bring out the natural relations

of affiliated nervous disorders. This will be found of great service to the student.

In the section on disorders of the mind, the general views of such leading psychologists as Ziehen, Weygandt, Kaepelin, Berkeley and Peterson have been carefully weighed. This new fourth edition is well worthy our recommendation, and we give it most heartily.

Saunders' Question Compends-Essentials of Bacteriology. By M. V. Ball, M.D., formerly Resident Physician at the German Hospital, Philadelphia. Fifth edition, thoroughly revised. By Karl M. Vogel, M.D., Assistant Pathologist at the College of Physicians and Surgeons (Columbia University), New York City. 12mo volume of 343 pages, with 96 illustrations, some in colors, and 6 plates. Philadelphia, New York, London: W. B. Saunders & Company. 1904. Cloth, $1.00 net.

Within the last few years rapid progress in Bacteriology has involved many radical changes in the science, necessitating a thorough revision in the preparation of this edition. It is with pleasure we note the inclusion of all the recent advances in the subjects of Immunity, Tuberculosis, Yellow Fever, Dysentery, Bubonic Plague, and other infectious diseases, making the work reflect as faithfully as possible the present status of Bacteriology. We can confidently say that this book in the present fifth edition will be found of inestimable service to the student.

Saunders' Question Compends-Essentials of Materia Medica and Prescription Writing. By Henry Morris, M.D., College of Physicians, Philadelphia. Sixth edition, thoroughly revised. By W. A. Bastedo, Ph.G., M.D., Tutor of Materia Medica and Pharmacology at the Columbia University (College of Physicians and Surgeons), New York City. 12mo volume of 295 pages. Philadelphia, New York, London: W. B. Saunders & Company. 1904. Cloth, $1.00 net. Dr. Bastedo, in making the revision of Dr. Morris's Essentials of Materia Medica, has furnished the student with a work complete and up to date in every particular. Much of the text has been in great part rewritten. There have been introduced articles on adrenalin, stypticin, and on the iodine and silver synthetics. The present sixth edition is all that could be desired.

Diet and Food Considered in Relation to Strength and Power of Endurance, Training and Athletics. By Alexander Haig, M.A., M.D., Oxon., F. R.C.P., Physician to the Metropolitan Hospital and Royal Hospital for Women and Children. Fifth edition with 7 illustrations. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 1012 Walnut Street. 1904. Price, $1.00.

That five editions of this book have been called for in the last six years is the best evidence of its popularity and of the interest it has excited. The work is simply a summary by Dr. Haig of his views on uric acid, and an explanation of how they are applied practically in the regulation of the diet in disease and health. The subjects discussed are of an eminently practical character and are presented in a most readable manner. We cannot agree with Dr. Haig in regard to the importance which he places upon uric acid as a cause of disease, or in the strict diet which he advocates. Nevertheless, we compliment him upon the fact that by his indefatigable researches into the functions of the digestive and excretory organs he has made substantial contributions to our knowledge of physiology and dietetics.

The Surgical Treatment of Bright's Disease. By George M. Edebohls, A. M., M.D., LL.D., Professor of the Diseases of Women in the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, etc. Frank F. Lisiecki, Publisher, 9 to 15 Murray Street, New York. 1904. Since the publication of Dr. Edebohls's paper on "Nephropexy as a Cure for Bright's Disease," in April, 1899, the operation has attracted great interest and widespread investigation. To meet the demand of the profession for facts and information regarding this subject, the author has prepared the present volume. The first section of the book consists of the various contributions by the author which have been published in various journals. The remainder of the work is entirely new matter, dealing almost wholly with the results. In diseases which, like chronic nephritis, run a protracted course, years of patient observation are required to determine and to establish finally and definitely the value of any method of treatment. A much longer period of observation than the period of time elapsed since the introduction of the present procedure is necessary, before final judgment can be passed upon the real and full value of renal decapsulation for chronic Bright's disease. Dr. Edebohls has presented his subject to the profession in a sincere and frank manner, and while there are numerous objections to the operation, his reported results are such as to deserve serious consideration by clinicians.

Enlargement of the Prostate: Its Treatment and Radical Cure. By C. Mansell Moullin, M.D., Oxon., F.R.C.S., Senior Surgeon and Lecturer on Surgery at the London Hospital. Third edition. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 1012 Walnut Street. 1904. Price, $1.75. During the last decade great strides have been made in prostatic surgery. Previous to that time the catheter was looked upon as almost the sole means for obtaining relief. Dr. Moullin's experience has led him to the belief that much of the pain and inflammation occurring in the course of prostatic hypertrophy are as often the result of treatment as of the disease. "It can be no longer doubted," he says, "that enlargement of the prostate, in a very large proportion of instances, is perfectly curable, without undue risk, if only the consequences that follow from the indiscriminate use of catheters have not already inflicted irreparable injury upon the patient's bladder and kidneys."

New York Letter.-The thirty-eighth semi-annual meeting of the New York State Homoeopathic Society was held in the N. Y. Homœopathic College and the Helmuth Surgical Amphitheatre of Flower Hospital on the 27th and 28th of September. (Detailed account of the meeting will be found in this issue).

Dr. St. Clair Smith has removed to 56 West 50th Street. Office hours and telephone number remain the same as heretofore.

Dr. A. Worrall Palmer has resumed practice at 210 West 57th Street.
Dr. Charles E. Teets has resumed work at 59 West 37th Street.

H. Everett Russell, M.D., has removed to 254 West 76th Street.

Dr. George W. McDowell has resumed practice, 542 Fifth Avenue.

Dr. Frederick G. Ritchie, 110 West 49th Street, has resumed practice.

Dr. Guy B. Stearns has removed to 119 West 82d Street.

Dr. E. S. Munson has removed to 695 Madison Avenue. Hours, 9-12; Sundays, 9.30-11. Telephone, 551 Plaza.

Anson H. Bingham, M.D., has removed to 250 West 88th Street.

Edward G. Tuttle, M.D., 61 West 51st Street, has resumed his hours of consultation, 11 to 1, Sundays excepted, and by appointment. Gynaecology and Surgery exclusively.

Dr. Burt B. Sheldon has removed to 695 Madison Avenue.

Dr. Lewis Gregory Cole has opened an X-ray Laboratory at Sydenham Building, 616 Madison Avenue. Hours, 12 to 2, and by appointment.

Dr. Arthur H. Hardy has located at 115 S. First Avenue, Mount Vernon, N. Y.

Dr. Charles W. Townsend has removed to 244 West 104th Street.

Harlan P. Cole, M.D., and Hills Cole, M.D., are located at The Rockingham, 1748 Broadway. Orthopaedics and Physical Therapeutics.

Dr. A. B. Norton has returned and resumed work at his office.

The Homœopathic Medical Society of the County of New York held a regular meeting on Thursday evening, October 13th, at 8 o'clock, the President, Dr. Joseph F. Land, in the Chair.

Mabelle Jane Perry, M.D., 19 West 101st Street, and P. W. Shedd, M.D., 12 E. Ninth Street, were elected to active membership.

Committee on Obstetrics.-Frederick W. Hamlin, M.D., Chairman; “ Ætiology and Treatment of Eclampsia," by Edwin P. Swift, M.D. Discussed by Drs. G. F. Laidlaw, F. W. Hamlin, J. L. Moffatt and others. "Post-Partum Hæmorrhage," by J. Williams Giles, M.D. Discussed by Drs. Rabe, Swift, Wilcox and others.

Committee on Surgery and Gynaecology.-George Watson Roberts, M.D., Chairman; "The Treatment of Pott's Disease in Children," by Anson H. Bingham, M.D. Discussed by Drs. E. D. Simpson and Sydney Wilcox.

Committee on Materia Medica.-Clarence C. Howard, M.D., Chairman; "Forgotten and Verified Symptoms of Calcarea Carbonica," by Spencer Carlton, M.D. Discussion by John Hutchinson, M.D., and Rudolph F. Rabe, M.D.

Report of the Necrologist on the death of the late Frederick J. Nott, M.D. WALTER SANDS MILLS,

Secretary. John Hutchinson, M.D.

Meeting of the Homœopathic Medical Society of the State of New York. The Thirty-Eighth Semi-Annual Meeting of the Homœopathic Medical Society of the State of New York had the largest attendance of any session in its history, there being 413 in attendance. The papers showed unusual care in their preparation and proved to be of more than usual interest. The Bureau of Materia Medica, headed by Dr. E. B. Nash, presented six papers, of which five were actually read. Every paper brought out a round of discussion that was inspiring to listen to. Had there not been other bureaus to hear from, the entire day would have been occupied by this Bureau. The following 37 new members were added to the roll: Dr. Coburn Badgley, Fayetteville, N. Y.; Dr. Clinton L. Bagg, New York City; Dr. Merritt I. Beers, Middletown, N. Y.; Dr. Arthur Besemer, Dundee, N. Y.; Dr. H. B. Besemer, New York City; Dr. W. G. Birdsall, Clintondale, N. Y.; Dr. Bert B. Clark, New York City; Dr. Howard L. Cole, Tarrytown, N. Y.; Dr. Wilber G. Fish, Ludlowville, N. Y.; Dr. Ellsworth Gamble, Waverly, N. Y.; Dr. J. W. Hassler, New York City; Dr. Horace M. Hicks, Amsterdam, N. Y.; Dr. Annie S. Higbie, New York City; Dr. George Parker Holden, Yonkers, N. Y.; Dr. Montague R. Leverson, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Dr. M. Clifford Pardee, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Dr. P. W. Shedd, New York City; Dr. Frederick Cushman Watson, Camden, N. Y.; Dr. A. Bornmann, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Dr. L. L. Button, Rochester, N. Y.; Dr. Lawrence P. Conley, Clifton Springs, N. Y.; Dr. Floyd S. Farnsworth, Plattsburgh, N. Y.; Dr. Frederick Kellogg Hollister, New York City; Dr. James Herbert Irish, Syracuse, N. Y.; Dr. Daniel B. Jewett, Rochester, N. Y.; Dr. Robert Mortimer Jones, New York City; Dr. Frederick H. Lutze, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Dr. James D. Miller, New York City; Dr. Roy E. Mitchell,