Diseases of the Intestines: Their Special Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment, with Sections in Anatomy and Physiology, Microscopic and Chemic Examination of the Intestinal Contents, Secretions, Feces and Urine, etc., etc. By John C. Hemmeter, M.D., Ph.D., Professor in the Medical Department of the University of Maryland, etc. In two volumes-Volume II. with plates and many other original illustrations. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 1012 Walnut Street. 1902. Pp. 679, cloth $6.00. This, the second volume of Prof. Hemmeter's great work, is as valuable and instructive as volume I. Here we find these pathological conditions that occupy the borderland between medicine and surgery. The author says, referring to the uncertainty of knowledge that still exists on the pursuits discussed: "The modern evolution of the exact methods of clinical diagnosis relating to many diseases of the human body, cannot but command universal admiration; but the technics of the microscope, and clemical as well as physiological investigation, have as yet left large vacancies in the pathology of the intestinal function; and where these exact methods desert us there is but one beacon light for the general practitioner, and that is clinical experience." The subjects treated of in this volume are as follows: I. Appendicitis; II. Infectious Granulomata of the Intestine-Tuberculosis of the Intestine; III. Intestinal Occlusion; IV. Contusions, Rupture, Perforation (Trauma) of the Intestines; V. Enterorrhagia; VI. The Clinical Aspect of Intestinal Surgery: Border Lines Between Medicine and Surgery. VII. Intestinal Atrophy; VIII. Abnormalities of Form and Position; IX. Diseases of the Intestinal Blood Vessels and Influence of Intestinal Affections upon the Blood; X. Intestinal Neuroses, Nervous Diseases of the Intestines; XI. Parasites of the Intestinal Canal; XII. Diseases of the Rectum. There is besides an index of authors and subjects. The work is a most valuable one, and cannot be too highly commended. Uterine and Tubal Gestation.-A Study of the Embedding and Development of the Human Ovum, the early growth of the Embryo, and the Development of the Syncytium and Placental Gland. By Samuel Wyllis Bandler, M.D., Instructor in Gynecology N. Y. Post-Graduate Medical School. Illustrated by ninety-three drawings. New York. William Wood & Co. 1902. pp. 159. Cloth, $1.50. This attractive volume will be of great value to the general practitioner. It deals with some of the more vexatious and troublesome problems that vex the doctor, and it gives great aid in reaching conclusions. The processes antedating and accompanying uterine gestation are complete and up-to-date, and the description is clear and simple although the subject is difficult. It is a most practical work and will be widely popular. Disease of the Stomach.-A Text-Book for Practitioners and Students. By Max Einhorn, M.D., Professor in Clinical Medicine at the New York Post-Graduate Medical School, etc. Third Revised Edition. William Wood & Co. 1903. Pp. 534. This valuable work has received in a marked manner the approbation of the profession. The first and second editions were speedily exhausted, and a third is now required. The present edition has been thoroughly revised and somewhat enlarged, but preserves the conciseness which was one of its chief features. Dr. Einhorn's work is a model of its kind. It is brief but clear, condensed yet adequately full in description. It has been brought again up-to-date, and may be consulted with confidence. 66 By A Text-Book of Clinical Medicine.-Principles of Diagnosis. Clarence Bartlett, M.D., Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia. With 245 illustrations, including 6 colored plates. Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel. 1903. Pp. 976. Cloth, $7.00. This very excellent work is a credit to the Homœopathic School. It shows on its face that it is the product of much toil and research. There are many very admirable works on Diagnosis, but they are mostly built on the same plan. Dr. Bartlett, however, had a plan of his own, and wrote his book in accordance with the plan. Perhaps no better idea of the work may be obtained than by giving the author's own words in the preface. He says: In presenting a review of practical medicine, one may proceed in one of two ways: He may adopt the method in vogue for many years, that of describing the clinical features of the various diseases, presenting details as to their etiology, symptomatology, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment. Or he may approach the subject from the opposite standpoint, describing the various symptoms which go to demonstrate that a person is ill, and give details as to their clinical relations and diagnostic significance. Inasmuch as the latter plan follows the lines of argument one employs when examining a case, it may be called the clinical method. . Approaching the subject from the reverse side-the clinical-the study of cases becomes interesting and easier. The problem is solved not by matching the case in hand with the type as described in a standard text-book, but by a process of reasoning. This method of study is, in reality, the only one possible in unravelling the mysteries of the majority of cases of chronic disease." The book faithfully follows the plan outlined, is well arranged and has a great number of comparative tables. There is no work to compare with it in homoeopathic literature, and it equals or exceeds anything allopathy may offer. We cordially commend it to our readers. The Eclectic Practice in Diseases of Children.-For Students and Practitioners. By William Nelson Mundy, M.D. 12mo. 631 pp., cloth, $2.50 net. The Scudder Brothers Co., Publishers. Cincinnati, O., 1902. Part I. of this book treats of Infantile Therapeutics. The author takes the remedies separately, and gives a few of the leading indications for each one. As many of the eclectic remedies are the same as the homœopathic, and used in the same indications, this part of the book is valuable to homoeopathic physicians. Part II. treats of the Care and Management of Infants. It gives the hygiene and general care of healthy children. Part III. is devoted to Diseases of Childhood. The question of etiology, symptomatology and treatment is gone into. Altogether the book can be cordially commended. Saunders' Medical Hand Atlases: Atlas and Epitome of Diseases of the Mouth, Pharynx and Nose.-By Dr. L. Grunwald, of Munich. Fromthe second revised and enlarged German Edition. Edited, with additions, by James E. Newcomb, M.D., Instructor in Laryngology, Cornell University Medical School; Attending Laryngologist to the Roosevelt Hospital, Out-Patient Department. With 102 illustrations on 42 colored lithographic plates, 41 text-cuts, and 219 pages of text. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders & Co. 1903. Cloth, $3.00 net. In designing this atlas the author has kept constantly in mind the needs of both student and practitioner, and as far as possible, typical cases of the various diseases have been selected. The illustrations are described in the text in exactly the same way as a practised examiner would demonstrate the objective findings of his class, the book thus serving as a substitute for actual clinical work. The illustrations themselves are numerous and well executed. The editor has incorporated his own valuable experience, and has also included extensive notes on the use of the active principle of the suprarenal bodies in, the materia medica of rhinology and laryngology. The work, besides being an excellent atlas and epitome of the diseases of the mouth, pharynx and nose, serves also as a text-book on the anatomy and physiology of these organs. Stepping Stones to Neurology.-A Manual for the Student and Practitioner. By E. R. McIntyer, B.S., M.D., Professor of Neurology in the Dunham Medical College of Chicago. Philadelphia, Boericke & Tafel. pp. 200, $1.25. This little book contains an outline of the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system, and tells of the various methods of examining neurotic patients. Successive chapters treat of intracranial diseases, diseases of the spinal cord, diseases of the peripheral nerves, and functional nervous diseases. Each disease is taken up separately and spoken of under the following headings: definition, varieties, etiology, morbid anatomy, symptoms, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment. The treatment is each case is divided into general, local and medicinal. Medicinal treatment is always homœopathic, the indications being given for a few of the most often needed drugs, and the names of others that may be called for. The book is well thought out and planned, and is altogether useful. Uricacidemia: Its Cause, Effects and Treatment.- By Perry Dickie, M.D. Published by Boericke & Tafel, Philadelphia. pp. 150, $1.00. The best comment on this book is to quote the preface in full: "Knowing full well that the very complete and voluminous work by Haig on 'Uric Acid' exists, and to which, by the way, the writer is largely indebted for much general information as to his interesting, ingenious and valuable theories on this subject, in the preparation of this work, however, believing that something smaller and more compact might be acceptable to the physician, on this assumption he launches forth this little volume upon the sea of chance, hoping that it will meet with some success as to proving of slight value to the medical profession in elucidating the question as to the importance of uric acid as a disease factor." A Physician's Practical Gynecology -By W. O. Henry, M.D., Omaha, Lincoln, This little book is just what it claims to be-a practical book for the busy man. It is useful alike for student and practitioner. It is not for the specialist. International Clinics.—Vol. IV., Twelfth Series. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company. This volume contains articles on Therapeutics, Medicine, Neurology, Surgery, Dermatology, Ophthalmology. Also biographical sketches of H. C. Wood and W. W. Keen. The articles are all written by representative men, and are up to the usual high standard of the series. A Text-Book of Histology. By Dr. Ladislaus Szymonowicz, Professor of Histology and Embryology in the University of Lemberg. Translated by John B. MacCallum, M.D., Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore. Octavo, 437 pages, 277 illustrations, including 57 fullpage plates in colors and monochrome. Cloth, $4.75, net. Lea Brothers & Co., Philadelphia and New York. 1902. Histology underlies anatomy, which is in turn the basis of medicine and surgery. The practical importance of the best books on histology is accordingly paramount. This science has been especially developed in Germany, and the work of Szymonowicz there stands at the head. In selecting it for presentation in the English language, the publishers have been guided by the belief that its merits would be widely recognized. It is especially notable for the beauty and instructiveness of its illustrations, in which colors have been used with great liberality. Dr. MacCullum has added to the text such points as were desirable to adapt it completely to the needs of American students, and while doing so has still further enriched its series of engravings and colored plates. A Pocket Text-Book of Anatomy. By Wm. H. Rockwell, Jr., M.D., Assistant Demonstrator of Anatomy, College of Physicians, Columbia University, New York. In one 12mo. volume of 600 pages, with 70 illustrations. Lea's Series of Pocket Text-Books. Edited by Bern B. Gallaudet, M.D. Cloth, $2.25, net; Limp Leather, $2.75, net, Lea Brothers & Co., Philadelphia and New York. Like its companion volumes in Lea's Series of Pocket TextBooks, this work presents a compendious and trustworthy account take the place of large complete volumes, such as Gray or Gerrish, it gives those facts of anatomy which are essential to the student, of the most recent knowledge in its subject. While not intended to physician and surgeon in concise, readily accessible form, and in clear, plain language, illuminated, where necessary, by excellent illustrations. This manual embodies an earnest endeavor to furnish a safe and competent guide to the student, as well as a convenient and trustworthy reference hand-book for the physician and surgeon who may wish to refresh his memory. A Text-Book of the Surgical Principles and Surgical Diseases of the Face, Mouth, and Jaws. For Dental Students. By H. Horace Grant, A.M., M.D., Professor of Surgery and of Clinical Surgery, Hospital College of Medicine; Professor of Oral Surgery, Louisville College of Dentistry, Louisville. Octavo volume of 231 pages, with 68 illustrations. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders & Co. 1902. Cloth, $2.50 net. This text-book, designed for the student of dentistry, succinctly explains the principles of dental surgery applicable to all operative procedures, and also discusses such surgical lesions as are likely to require diagnosis and perhaps treatment by the dentist. The work includes, moreover, such emergency procedures as not alone the dentist and physician, but also the layman, may be called upon to perform. These, like the other subjects in the book, have been described in clear, concise language, admitting of no unequivocalness. Whenever necessary, for the better elucidation of the text, well-selected illustrations have been employed. Glas. PAMPHLETS RECEIVED. Fifty Cataract Extractions." By C. H. Helfrich, M.D. "The Law of Unity and Homœopathy." By Arthur A. Beale, M.B., C.M., 66 Abscess of Brain Due to Ear Disease." By J. Martine Kershaw, M.D. "Neurasthenia Cordis - Weak Heart-Irritable Heart." By Egbert Guernsey Rankin, A.M., M.D. "A Consideration of Urethral Stricture." By L. T. Ashcraft, A.M., M.D. "Diseases of Children and the Relation of the Physician Thereto. By John Prentice Rand, M.D. "Primary Colloid Cancer of the Omentum." By E. G. Rankin, M.D. "How Best to Meet Modern Requirements for a Medical Education." By James E. Gilchrist, M.D. "Microbes and Common Sense." By W. J. Shrewsbury, M.D. "President's Address." By C. Gurnee Fellowes, M.D. "Treatment of the Senile Heart." By. Wm. H. Van Den Burg, M.D. Medical Jurisprudence. HON. JOSEPH M. DEuel CONDUCTED BY EDWIN A. JONES, LL.B. CIVIL MALPRACTICE.* BY EDWIN A. JONES. Assistant Professor and Lecturer on Medical Jurisprudence, New York Homœo. pathic Medical College and member of the New York Bar. THIS HIS article, necessarily limited in its extent for this occasion, is but a resumé of the general law of malpractice from the physician's standpoint. As much, perhaps, might be said on behalf of the patients. It is intended to point out what to do and what to avoid in order to protect you from unjust claims or wrongful inva * Read at the 37th Annual Session of the Minnesota State Homœopathic Institute at the State Capital. |