for egg, milk, and other delicacies." Nor does it appear that any of this class of patients suffered more hygienically than those of their Federal brethren, while all were more favorably situated as regards the climatic influences.

In table No. 2, thirteen cases of resection of the head of the femur are tabulated, four of which were successful, or one in every two and a half cases. In Circular No. 6, War Department, S. G. O., thirty-two cases are recorded, with but four recoveries, or a ratio of one to eight. While we are disposed to give all due credit to the successes of our Southern friends, we are fully persuaded that when the history of this class of operations will have been as carefully studied and recorded as that of hip-joint amputations, no such disparaging difference will be found to exist as the investigation of Professor Eve would make it appear.

Shock, after Surgical Operations and Injuries, with special reference to shock caused by Railroad Accidents. By Edwin Morris, M. D., F. R. C. S. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co.

Upon the meaning and true nature of "Shock" a great deal has been written, and authors have endeavored faithfully to explain its causes and modes of operation. The author of this work has added to our literature upon the subject a very carefully considered discussion of all the facts and circumstances attending the condition known as shock, and every one must be deeply interested in careful perusal of the volume. We indulge in an extract to show what the author has collected upon the generally believed erroneous statement, that hair may turn white, in a single night, from mental emotion.

"Shock from mental causes has a very powerful effect upon the human frame. 'A lady who was deeply shocked on receiving the intelligence of a great change in her worldly condition, and who had a remarkable quantity of dark hair, found on the following morning that the whole of her hair had become of a silver white.'

'My hair turned white

In a single night,

Like some have done

With sudden fears.'-BYRON.

Several historical writers have recorded instances of the severity of mental shock. 'I was struck,' says Madame Campau, with the astonishing change misfortune had brought upon Marie Antoinette's features; even her hair had turned almost white during her transit from Verennes to Paris.' 'The Duchess of Luxembourg was caught making her escape during the horrors of the French Revolution, and put in prison; the next morning it was observed that her hair had become white.'

'A practical joke was played upon a brave Spanish officer of the Duke of Alva's camp, to try his courage. The provost marshal, with a guard and a confessor, awoke him in the night from his sleep, stating that he had an order for his immediate execution. He confessed, said he was prepared to die, but declared his innocence. The provost marshal laughed, and said it was only a joke. With a ghastly paleness, he ordered the provost out of the tent, saying that he had 'done him an evil office,' and the next morning, to the wonder of the whole army, the hair of his head, from a deep black color, had become perfectly white.'

Wright on Headaches. Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1867.

This is a little book discussing, quite philosophically, all the causes of the various affections classed as "headaches." He has almost regarded and treated headache as a disease, appearing under widely differing circumstances, and from a great many different causes, though we do not think he has any such view of it, or holds to any other than the most correct opinions. The relation headache bears to disease as a symptom, and the importance of not neglecting it under most circumstances, together with the best means of cure, seems to be the topics upon which the book is written. The practical question of treatment is evidently uppermost, and to it has been devoted a great amount of attention. The remedies proposed are those well known to the profession, but a full table of Formulæ which is appended to the work will be attractive to those who desire to perfect themselves in the old English method of combining nearly all compatible and valuable medicines in the same mixture.

His discussion of disease and its causes, is very rational and consistent, and his methods of cure are not greatly objectionable, the only fault, so far as we observe, being the administration of medicine in too great variety. This work will be found very interesting and instructive upon a symptom of disease, worthy of more careful attention than it usually receives.

Lectures on the Diseases of Women. By Charles West, M. D. Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea.

The well known standing and merit of this work makes it quite unnecessary for us to go into any detailed statement of the doctrines it contains, or the subjects upon which it treats. It has long been regarded as one of the standard books upon this department of medicine, and includes a consideration of nearly every topic which comes within its scope. The chief changes in this edition will be found under the heads of uterine hæmatocele and ovarian diseases, though the whole work has been carefully revised and additions made whenever increased knowledge afforded the possibility of making important improvements. We have long regarded West on the Diseases of Women, as really one of the best works upon the subject; correct, complete, candid, practical, and every way worthy of confidence.

The Atlantic Monthly.

This valuable journal, devoted to literature, science and art, is, beyond all doubt, the most attractive, interesting and popular journal of its kind published in this country, being a never-failing source of instruction and interest.

Every Saturday.

This periodical aims to give its readers the best and most readable papers that appear in European Magazines and Reviews, and is almost indispensable to every intelligent American. Ticknor & Fields, Boston, are the publishers of the above journals.

Stillé on Epidemic Meningitis.

This is a beautiful, complete, and scientific treatise upon Epidemic Meningiti s a disease which, until its morbid anatomy was discovered and carefully studied, had passed under various and vague names, all, now showing the absolute ignorance prevailing as to its true nature. The local lesion appears to have been discovered many years since, but the relation which the local disease held to the general phenomena must have been unappreciated. We should like to make copious extracts from the work, but every physician should be in possession of the book, which contains too much fact and conclusion to be neglected by any one who means to keep himself acquainted with the progress of practical medicine.

Carson's Synopsis of Materia Medica,

This outline of Materia Medica has been prepared by Prof. Carson, for the special benefit of students attending his Lectures, in the University of Pennsylvania. It is only a frame work, which the author says, may be, with ordinary in, dustry, filled in, by notes, taken at the time the lectures are delivered. Students attending the Lectures of the author, will certainly appreciate the work; students elsewhere might make it useful, but probably not to such degree as those attending his course.

A Treatise on the Causes of exhausted Vitality: or Abuse of the Sexual Functions. By E. P. Miller, M. D. New York: 1867.

The prejudices and repugnance pervading the public against any discussion of the sexual functions has generally deterred physicians from publicly directing attention to the evils arising from the abuse of these functions until silence is no longer a virtue. While Prof. H. R. Storer, in his excellent monographs, has pointed out the dangers arising from procured abortion, etc., Dr. Miller calls attention to the dangerous practices so extensively and ruinously pervading among the young and unmarried, The author has presented the subject in all its relations, in a plain and practical manner, and we have no doubt that this book will fulfill its mission wherever read.

Books and Pamphlets Received.

A Practical Treatise on Surgical Apparatus, Appliances, and Elementary Operations; embracing Bandaging, Minor Surgery, Orthopraxy, and the treatment of fractures and dislocations. By Philip S. Wales, M. D., U. S. N. With six hundred and forty-two illustrations. Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea, 1867. For sale by Theodore Butler,

A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Children. By D. Francis Condie, M. D., Fellow of the College of Physicians, etc., etc. Sixth edition, revised and enlarged. Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea, 1868. For sale by Theodore Butler.

On Diseases of the Lungs and Air Passages: their Pathology, Physical Diagnosis, Symptoms and Treatment. By Henry William Fuller, M. D., Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, London, etc., etc. From the second and revised London edition. Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea, 1867. For sale by Theodore Butler.

Pennsylvania Hospital Reports, vol. 1., 1868- Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston. For sale by Theodore Butler.

Obstetric Clinic: A practical contribution to the study of Obstetrics and the Diseases of Women and Children. By George T. Elliot, Jr., A. M., M. D., Professer of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children, in the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, etc., etc. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 443, 445 Broadway, 1868. For sale by Martin Taylor.

Wm.

Chronic Diseases of the Larynx, with special reference to Laryngoscopic Diagnosis and Local Therapeutics. By Dr, Albert Tobold, Lecturer to the University of Berlin. Translated from the German, and edited by George M. Beard, A. M., M. D., Lecturer on Nervous Diseases in the University of New York. Wood, & Co., 61 Walker street; 1868. For sale by Breed, Lent & Co. Plastics: A new classification and a brief exposition of Plastic Surgery. A reprint from a report in the transactions of the Illinois State Medical Society for 1867. By David Prince, M. D. Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blackiston; 1868. For sale by Theodore Butler.

The Treatment of Diseases of the Throat and Lungs by Inhalations, with a new inhaling apparatus. By Emil Siegel, M. D. Translated from the second German edition by S. Nickles, M. D. Cincinnati: R. W. Carrol & Co., Pub., 1868. Max Mocher. Price $1.25. Spermatorrhoea: Its Causes, Symptomology, Pathology, Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment. By Robert Bartholow, A. M., M. D., Professor of Materia Medica in the Medical College of Ohio, etc. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. New York: Wm. Wood & Co., 61 Walker Street; 1867. For sale by Breed, Lent & Co.

Ophthalmiastresche Beobachtungen von Dr. Med., Albert Mooren, Berlin, 1867. August Hirshwald. N. Shaws, 7 & 9 Brown street, New York.

Twelfth Annual Report of the Trustees of the State Lunatic Asylum at Northhampton; 1867.

Observations on the Nature and Treatment of Polypus of the Ear. By Edward H. Clark, M. D., Professor of Materia Medica, in the Harvard University, etc. Boston: Ticknor & Fields; 1867.

The Philosophy of Human Life, with especial design to develop the true Idea of Disease. Its nature, immediate occasion, and general remedy. By J. Jennings, M. D.

Pharmacy of the Cinchonas and of Podophyllum, with suggestions upon their therapeutic uses, modes of application, and tests of quality. By Edward R. Squibbs, M. D., Brooklyn, N. Y.

Seventeenth Anniversary Meeting of the Illinois State Medical Society, held in Springfield, June 4th and 5th, 1867.

Twenty-fourth Annual Report of the Managers of the State Lunetic Asylum, for the year 1866; transmitted to the Legislature February 5, 1867.

Union League Club of New York. Proceedings in reference to the Death of Gov. John A. Andrew, November 11, 1867.

Speech of Hon. Stephen I. Calahan, on the Admission to the Practice of Medicine and the Dispensing of Drugs.

Annual Re port of the Surgeon-General United States Army, 1867.

Forty-second Annual Report of the Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary, for the year ending September 30, 1867.

Annual Circular and Catalogue of the Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y.

How far do the Facts accompanying the Prevalence of Epidemic Cholera in Chicago, during the autumn of 1866, throw light on the Etiology of that Disease? By N. S. Davis, M. D.

Erie County Medical Society-Annual Meeting and Election of Officers.

At the Annual Meeting of the Erie County Medical Society, held at their rooms on the 14th instant, Dr. Frank W. Abbott read a paper on "The Sources of Muscular Power," for which a vote of thanks were tendered him, and a copy requested for publication.

Dr. J. R. Lothrop, the retiring President of the Society, delivered an able and interesting valedictory address. A vote of thanks was also tendered Dr. L., and a copy of the address requested for publication.

A committee appointed for the purpose, consisting of Drs. William Gould, E. R. Barnes and M. G. Potter, submitted the following preamble and resolutions:

WHEREAS, Dr. M. E. Shaw has been removed by death, while exposed to unusual dangers in the discharging of his duties as a physician, and under circumstances peculiarly calculated to enlist our sympathy; therefore

Resolved, That while we bow to the will of Providence, we deeply regret the loss of one who, in his brief career, showed himself faithful to the discharge of his duties, and displayed abilities which gave promise of a life of honor and usefulness.

Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with the bereaved parents of the deceased, who, by this blow, have been deprived of a son whose qualities of heart and mind were such as to render him peculiarly dear to them.

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be presented to the family of the deceased.

The resolutions were adopted, after which the following officers were elected for the ensuing year:

President-Dr. John Boardman.

Vice-President-Dr. O. K. Parker.

Secretary-Dr. M. G. Potter.

Treasurer-Dr. William Ring.

Librarian-Dr. James B. Samo.

Primary Board-Drs. Thomas M. Johnson, James B. Samo, J. S. Smith.

Board of Censors-Drs. S. W. Wetmore, S. F. Mixer, Thomas Lothrop, P. H. Strong, John Hauenstein.

Drs. E. R. Barnes, of Buffalo, and A. R. White, of Tonawanda, were elected to membership upon compliance with the by-laws.

T. M. JOHNSON, M. D., Secretary.