the book. The diseases treated are divided into related groups, each group occupying a chapter, according to classification, with a copious alphabetical index, provides for instant reference to any particular disease. A HANDBOOK OF PRACTICAL TREATMENT. In three volumes. By eighty-two eminent specialists. Edited by John H. Musser, M. D., Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; and A. O. J. Kelly, M. D., Late Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. Volume III: Octavo of 1095 pages, illustrated. Philadelphia and London; W. B. Saunders Company, 1912. Per volume: Cloth, $6.00 net; half morocco, $7.50 net. We have—and can have-nothing but the highest praise for this really menumental work. Not monumental, be it understood, in the way of dimension or exhaustiveness, but in respect of its elective and discriminating condensation-a process which, when done so thoroughly and so well as it is done here, implies an immense amount of conscientious work and a still greater exercise of rare judgment. Even so, the volumes are sufficiently large, containing over a thousan 1 pages of octavo size; but compared with the quantity of material that is packed into them, they exemplify a high degree and quality of condensation. They compass the whole ground of practical treatment in the most practical and satisfying fashion. In our judgment, they are one of the most valuable contributions to medical literature made by this country in the last quarter-century. The third volume is conspicuous for its handling of the nervous system, a most difficult subject to elucidate with anything like satisfaction from the standpoint of treatment, but in which the writers have actually managed to set down really helpful and worth-while things in an intelligible, usable fashion. We are giving the series a permanent place on our own reference shelf, and strongly recommend all our readers to do likewise. OPERATIVE OBSTETRICS, including the Time was when obstetrics was univer- MORPHINISM. Bartlett's monograph on "Morphinism. Its Rational Treatment and the Mental Attitude of the Medical Profession in Relation to this Disease." Just off the press, and will be sent free to practicing physicians. Address C. H. Bartlett, 612 Princess Building, St. Louis, Mo. NOTES AND MISCELLANY. POST-GRIPPAL COMPLICATIONS. F there is one particular feature which characterizes the genuine influenzal attack, it is the decided and sometimes intense prostration that remains after the subsidence of the acute symptoms of the disease. This general vital "set back" is oftentimes entirely out of proportion to the severity of the original grippal attack, and the most robust patients are sometimes the most severely prostrated. In addition to the general devitalization, la grippe is extremely likely to be accompanied with or followed by such troublesome complications as otitis, neuritis, sinus inflammation, gastro-intestinal derangements, resistant and obstinate bronchial catarrhs and, more dangerous than all, a peculiar, more or less characteristic, asthenic, form of lobular pneumonia. The skill of the physician and the vital resistance of the patient are often taxed to the utmost in a combined effort to induce final recovery. Anemia, to some degree, is almost always brought about by the combined. devitalizing power of the disease and its complications, and convalescence is likely to be tardy and tedious. An easily borne, readily assimilable hematinic does much to hasten recovery and Pepto-Mangan (Gude) is an especially eligible method of introducing the much needed ferric and manganic elements, without producing or increasing digestive difficulty. In no condition does this well-tried hematinic remedy evidence its undoubted reconstructive power more certainly than in the treatment of post-grippal convalescence. WINTER COLDS. There is nothing that will remove a tendency to colds (nasal catarrhs, bronchitis, laryngitis) more quickly and satisfactorily than a course of treatment Its with Gray's Glycerine Tonic Comp. effect is not only to promote reconstructive metabolism and thus enable the whole body to better withstand disease, but in addition, it imparts a local effect to the respiratory structures that unquestionably increases the local resistance to bacterial invasion. One thing is certain, cases of the ordinary respiratory diseases not infrequently prove intractable to all treatment until Gray's Glycerine Tonic Comp. is administered. Experience has proven this, and there are countless physicians who use this dependable tonic exclusively for clearing up their cases of pharyngitis, laryngitis, bronchitis and allied conditions. AMERICAN AWARDED GOLD MEDAL ON RUPTURE DEVICE. Mr. F. J. Stuart, an American residing in St. Louis, has proved his ability to accomplish things he sets forth to do, this time in behalf of his firm, which was awarded gold medal and diploma over all competitors, both European and American. Mr. Stuart is inventor of the Stuart Adhesif Plas-tr-pad for rupture. Letters patent have been granted by many governments on this form of hernia support and medicine applicator. The Plas-tr-pad is made self-adhesive obviously to prevent slipping and to afford an arrangement to hold the rupture securely in place and at the same time apply a healing, soothing remedy continuously to the affected parts. This remedy is absorbed through the pores of the skin, to contract and strengthen the weakened muscles and relieve the parts of pain. Mr. Stuart exhibited the Plas-tr-pad at Rome and was awarded gold medal and diploma. When it is considered that the greatest manufacturers in the world had the same chance to obtain this award, the verdict is a sweeping one. Truss wearers will no doubt appreciate an invention of such exceeding worth as to merit such notice. By addressing Mr. Stuart at St. Louis, Mo., those interested will probably be furnished with full information. HOT REFRESHMENT FOR A COLD NIGHT. On returning home late on a cold and wintry night, perhaps from a case sorely taxing his mental and physical powers, the physician can find no better solace than in a cup of hot, appetizing and refreshing bouillon. With a box of "Steero" Bouillon Cubes the material for quickly preparing such a delectable beverage is always at hand. One of these cubes dropped in a cup with boiling water added, gives a deliciously flavored drink that is grateful to the stomach and agreeably stimulating. If taken with a biscuit it forms a digestible, light repast before retiring that, unlike coffee. or tea, allays wakefulness from overtired nerves and promotes sleep. The "Steero" Cubes are prepared from the purest materials, and the greatest care exercised in obtaining just the right degree of seasoning. Write Schieffelin & Co., New York, for samples. AN ESTHETIC REMEDY. Our readers will note in this issue for the first time the artistic advertisement of Palpebrine, the safe and reliable remedial agent in all external inflammation of the eyes. This product is manfactured by the Dios Chemical Co., who have, during the last quarter of a century, manufactured exclusively for physicians, Dioviburnia, Neurosine and Germiletum, the reliability of which is generally recognized. No new and untried drugs enter into the composition of these specialties, and their formulæ have always been communicated to the profession. Palpebrine will fill a long-felt want of the general practitioners, who can themselves treat with this product, safely and successfully. external inflammation of the eyes. The Dios Chemical Co., of St. Louis. will mail free trial bottle of Palpebrine on application. PREVALENT DISEASES. Each change of season brings with it its diseases seemingly peculiar to the time. Summer with its intestinal disorders, sunburn, insect bites, ivy poisoning, etc. Fall presents for the attention of the physician. its typhoid cases, and winter and early spring its regular quota of pneumonic, bronchial, throat and other chest conditions. At this season, when pneumonia and bronchitis demand the call of the physician, literature presenting the experience of fellow practitioners in the successful handling of these cases would seem most. apropos. The Bloodless Phlebotomist for January reflects the experience of many physicians upon this timely subject. Dr. Charles Buck, of Cincinnati, presents his experience in handling cases of pneumonia, also relates some facts in the treatment of lumbago, which might also be considered as an affliction prominently manifesting itself at this season. "Broncho-pneumonia, with supportive. as well as local treatment in all its details, is the subject of the paper of F. A. Kautz, also of Cincinnati. Dr. E. Clinton Murray, of Houston, Texas, relates his experience and treatment in a case of pneumonia in an eighteen-months-old baby, and Dr. J. C. Klippinger, of Independence, Kan., presents a "Different Technique in Pneumonia," which is decidedly original. In abstract his method is to apply the local dressing in a manner which gives the intercostal muscles a chance to functionate without restriction from bandages. This symposium is closed with a paper from Dr. W. A. Radue, of Union Hill, N. J., upon "Acute Pleurisy and a Successful Abortive Treatment." 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