" methods of treatment which have exceptional merit and are indispensable in curing disease," and incidentally "to suggest a method of establishing and increasing an office practice either for a specialist or a general practitioner.' This looks inviting and likely to be of use as well as amusing. Various types of so-called specialists are fully described, perhaps not of the most desirable kind, rather what should come under the head of "quacks," "charlatans" and "humbugs." Nor is the line very well defined by the writer as to what is a "specialist" and what a "quack." Their peculiarities and rascalities, however, are very well exposed and make the book very readable. The little volume is of undoubted value to the mature physician who has come into contact with these people, perhaps to his misfortune. The formulæ, of which there are a great many, are very interesting; look, for instance, at "Peruna," said to be composed of six drams of copaiba, two drams of cubebs, with a little calysaya, stone-root and turkey corn dissolved in one pint of deodorized alcohol. It is easy to see why this preparation should have many temperance advocates, but, looking at the "swell" names signed to the testimonials in the public press, the question naturally suggests itself to one's mind, Is it the "Pivy" or the poor whiskey which attracts só many, and produces such good results? A. J. J. A Laboratory Text-Book of Embryology. By CHARLES SEDGWICK WINNOT, LL.D., D.Sc., Professor of Histology and Human Embryology in the Harvard Medical School. With 218 illustrations, chiefly original. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 1012 Walnut Street. 1903. Canadian Agents: Chandler & Massey Limited, Toronto and Montreal. Price 4.50 net. This volume was prepared mainly to assist students taking a practical course in embryology. Attention is given to such points as serve to explain permanent anatomical relations in the adult; to illustrate general principles of biology, and to afford insight into pathological processes. The illustrations have been prepared with great care, and were selected with a view to aid students in the work of making and studying sections in the laboratory. Full directions and explanations of the various structures illustrated are given in the text, making it a valuable help for those who wish to do practical work in embryology. A. E. Le Traitement Rationel du Diabète. Par M. le DR. A. LORAND Médecin consultant aux Eaux de Carlsbad. Paris C. Naud Editeur, 3 Rue Racine. 1903. This is a pamphlet of 53 pages, in which Dr. Lorand, after passing in review the merits of a regulated diet, drugs, muscular exercise, and hepatic opotherapy in the treatment of diabetes, gives the preference to a Carlsbad water cure. He advises early analysis of the urine in a suspected case, considering that the recognition of one case of diabetes at its commencement is of greater importance than the diagnosis of ninety-nine cases of advanced diabetes. To patients in the former class the attendant may promise a long survival, while to those in the latter he can only offer to prolong for some years a miserable existence. J. J. C. Surgical Asepsis. Especially adapted to operations in the home of the patient. By HENRY B. PALMER, M.D., Consulting Surgeon to the Central Maine General Hospital. Ninety Illustrations. Pages vi-231. Size, large 12mo. Extra cloth. Price, $1.25 net, delivered. Philadelphia: F. A. Davis Company, Publishers, 1914-16 Cherry Street. We suppose this little book has a place if you can only find it. It would, no doubt, be useful to a recently-graduated doctor or nurse, who has some work to do in a private house, for it supplies the required amount of material with which to spoon-feed such a one. At the same time one cannot help thinking that there is a time in the career of everyone when he must begin to think for himself. There are many illustrations, the like of which one may find in an illustrated instrument catalogue, and a few showing a room in a private house "before" operation and "after." We can commend the book-making, and congratulate the F. A. Davis Company on their part of the work. F. N. G. S. Bacteria in Milk and Its Products. Designed for the Use of Students in Dairying and for all others concerned in the handling of Milk, Butter and Cheese. By H. W. CONN, Ph. D., Professor of Biology, Wesleyan University. Forty-three illustrations. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 1012 Walnut Street, 1903. Canadian Agents: Chandler & Massey Limited, Toronto and Montreal. $1.25 net. The demonstrated connection between milk bacteria and the distribution of certain diseases has brought the subject of bacteria of milk products forcibly to the attention of boards of health and sanitarians. To meet the needs of such persons and all others interested in the handling of milk is the purpose of this work. The nature, types, growth and sources of bacteria in milk are each treated fully in separate chapters. The chapter dealing with the relation of milk bacteria to health cannot fail to interest physicians. Diseases discussed under this heading are tuberculosis, typhoid fever, diphtheria and intestinal disturbances, in which a diarrhea is an almost universal symptom. All persons directly or indirectly engaged in handling milk should read this little work. A. E. 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. Handsome octavo of 534 pages. Philadelphia, New York, London: W. B. Saunders & Company. 1903. Flexible leather, $2.50 net; with thumb index, $3 net. Canadian agents: J. A. Carveth & Co., Ltd., Toronto. This is a unique work in medical lexicography all through, and represents an enormous amount of labor. It is not a medical dictionary, in that it gives the meaning of certain words, but the reverse. It supplies the phrase to express the idea. The book, to our knowledge, has no prototype, so that the authors have had to use their brains, and they have had no similar work to take hints from. The Thesaurus will be found of the greatest assistance to those who have some little difficulty in giving expression to their thoughts in public speaking or literary work. The cross references from one caption to another, and the synonyms, will be found to add to the value of the book very much. Manual of Intragastric Technique. Practical Lessons in the use of Apparatus for the Diagnosis of the Stomach. By GEORGE HERSCHELL, M.D. (Lond.), Fellow of the Royal MedicoChirurgical Society. London: Henry J. Glaisher, 15 Wigmore Street, Cavendish Square, W. 1903. This work contains 166 pages including an index. The instruments used are well illustrated and described, and indications and contraindications for their use are carefully noted. A chapter of twenty-four pages is devoted to examination of stomach contents. This book is thoroughly up-to-date, and in reading it one feels that he is following the author through his daily work and receiving the benefit of his experience in all the little points of technique which make for success in intragastric work. W. J. W. The Woman Who Toils. By MRS. JOHN VAN VORST and MARIE VAN VORST. Toronto: George N. Morang & Co., Limited. In these days of strikes among the workingmen and women, dull, indeed, must be a public that is not keenly interested in the struggle of labor against capital. This book deals almost entirely with individual labor. Two ladies assume the clothing and simulate the manners of workingwomen, and seek and obtain positions in several large factories and manufacturing establishments in the United States. They relate minutely their experience. Physicians should read this book, for in every city a practitioner counts many among his patients who live out their life's little day amid such surroundings as the authoress simply yet forcefully describes. W. A. Y. Gynecology. A Text-book for Students and a Guide for Practitioners. By WILLIAM R. PRYOR, M.D., Professor of Gynecology in the New York Polyclinic Medical School; Attending Gynecologist, New York Polyclinic Hospital; Consulting Gynecologist, St. Vincent's Hospital, New York City Hospital, St. Elizabeth's Hospital. 163 illustrations in the text. New York and London: D. Appleton & Company. 1903. Canadian agents: Geo. N. Morang & Co., Limited, Toronto. This is a purely gynecological text-book for students and practitioners, and the author has collected from his extensive connections with the New York Hospitals an abundance of information that cannot but be a valuable aid to those studying along this line of practice. The work has been divided into two parts, the first part describing the diseases, and the second the operations. This is useful, in that it is so much more handy for quick referThe illustrations are uncommonly good and plain, and the author must be congratulated on having devoted so much care to the compilation of this work. It is deserving of a large circulation. ence. A. J. H. First Principles of Otology. A Text-book for Medical Students. By ALBERT H. BUCK, M.D., Clinical Professor of the Diseases of the Ear, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York; Consulting Aural Surgeon, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, and the Presbyterian Hospital. Second edition. New York: William Wood & Company. 1903. Canadian agents: Chandler & Massey Limited, Toronto and Montreal. So many text-books for medical students give no sign of the author ever having had anything to do with students, that it is a pleasure to run across one which is what it claims to be. Evidently the author has had to teach students, and still remembers their difficulties. If one may judge from the text he is a good teacher. Not only the medical student, but the practitioner will appreciate his work. E. Merck's Annual Report, 1902. 1903. J. M. Darmstadt, Germany, May, This Report for 1902, as published by that well-known manufacturing chemist, Herr E. Merck, has been correctly termed "a report on the advancement of pharmaceutical chemistry and thera peutics." It is an up to date pamphlet dealing with all the most recent preparations and their therapeutic value; an index of diseases, symptoms and indications for treatment; and the approximate prices of the various medicaments. It will be found useful to the practitioner, and is well worth sending for. The Care of the Baby. A manual for mothers and nurses, containing practical directions for the management of infancy and childhood, in health and in disease. By J. P. CROZER GRIFFITH, M.D., Clinical Professor of Diseases of Children in the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, etc. Philadelphia, New York and London: W. B. Saunders & Co. 1903. Canadian Agents: J. A. Carveth & Co., Limited, Toronto. This work can be heartily recommended, especially to mothers. and nurses, as well as to physicians. It is concisely written and not couched in purely medical phraseology, and hence will be a great assistance to the physician in being instructive to the mother, enabling her the more perfectly to appreciate his efforts. It has a valuable appendix and complete index. A. R. G. The Mystery of Murray Davenport. By ROBERT NELSON STEPHENS. Toronto: The Copp, Clark Company, Limited. Cloth, $1.25. A racy story; time, the present; locality, New York City; characters, ordinary, interesting, nice people, with one exception, Murray Davenport, and he is a conundrum, but he guesses himself in the end, and he certainly is a complex person, made up of body, soul and general cussedness, but he is very much worth while. Get him, read him, and label him for yourself. W. A. Y. Ear Symptoms as Aids in Diagnosis. By EDWARD MAGENNIS, 1903. This little book of a hundred-odd pages may be carried in the pocket, and aid the general practitioner in making a diagnosis in many obscure cases. The section on the pupils as a means of diagnosis, and that on paralysis of the ocular muscles, is one which may profitably be read and re-read by everyone. J. M. Studies in the Psychology of Sex. Analysis of the Sexual Impulse, Love, and Pain, the Sexual Impulse in Women. By HAVELOCK ELLIS. Philadelphia: F. A. Davis Company. The above is a treatise dealing fully with the subject indicated, and the work shows that the writer determined it to be thorough |