Physician's Library.

A Manual of Diseases of Infants and Children.

By JOHN

RUHRAH, M.D., Clinical Professor of Diseases of Children, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore. 12mo volume of 404 pages, fully illustrated. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders & Company, 1905. Canadian agents, J. A. Carveth & Co., Limited, 434 Yonge St., Toronto. Flexible leather, $2.00 net.

Dr. Ruhrah is to be congratulated upon the production of a manual that presents the subject of pediatrics in such a clear yet concise manner. He has outlined the therapeutics of infancy and childhood in a way that cannot fail to make for this work a place of first importance in its field. He has given explicit instructions for dosage and prescribing, and a number of useful prescriptions are appended. Infant feeding is given in detail. All the illustrations are practical, and include three inserts. A very valuable feature consists in the many references to pediatric literature so selected as to be easily accessible by the student, enabling him to ascertain the sum of knowledge on any given disease. We give Dr. Ruhrah's work our unqualified recommendation.

A Text-Book of Physiology, for Medical Students and Physicians. By WILLIAM H. HOWELL, Ph.D., M.D., LL.D., Professor of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Octavo volume of 905 pages, fully illustrated. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders & Company, 1905. Canadian Agents: J. A. Carveth & Co., Limited, 434 Yonge St., Toronto. Cloth, $4.00 net; Half Morocco, $5.00 net. Dr. Howell's many years of experience as a teacher of physiology in several of the leading medical schools is evident throughout the entire work in the simple and clear style and in the practical handling of his subject. The author has laid main emphasis upon those facts and views which will be directly helpful in the study of general pathology and in the practical branches of medicine. At the same time, however, we are gratified to see that Dr. Howell has not ignored the experimental side of the

subject. This we consider very important, for it has been through individual research that all the great advances in physiologic knowledge have been made. The entire literature of physiology has been thoroughly digested and the important views and conclusions incorporated. Indeed, the author has prepared a text-book which, while preserving the scientific spirit, is at the same time simple and modern in presentation. Every notable advance in physics or chemistry as influencing physiology has been carefully noted. Illustrations have been most freely used, greatly helping in understanding and supplementing the descriptions in the text. Especially valuable are those illustrations employed to make clear the more intricate anatomic and physiologic mechanisms. Altogether, we consider it a very valuable book, because it is accurate, up-to-date, and highly practical.

A Treatise on Diseases of the Skin. For the use of advanced Students and Practitioners. By HENRY W. STELWAGON, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Dermatology, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. Fourth Edition Revised. Handsome octavo of 1,135 pages, with 258 text-illustrations, and 32 full-page lithographic and half-tone plates. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders & Company, 1905. Canadian Agents, J. A. Carveth & Co., Limited, 434 Yonge St., Toronto. Cloth, $6.00 net; Sheep or Half Morocco, $7.00 net.

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Four large editions of Dr. Stelwagon's work have been required in three years. Surely such a sale bespeaks a book of unusual merit. Notwithstanding the frequency of editions, Dr. Stelwagon has not lost this opportunity to bring his book up to the latest knowledge. The therapeutic use of the Rontgen rays, high-frequency current, and Finsen light have been accorded the increased attention their growing importance deserves. notice the addition of new text-cuts, some thirty-eight in number, and six additional insert plates, all up to the high standard set by the text. The author, by the judicious elimination of redundant material, has kept the size of his book much as before, the increase being only some twenty pages. Indeed, it is remarkable the epigrammatic way that Dr. Stelwagon has of saying things a thing most desirable both in text-book and a reference work for the busy practitioner.

Blakiston's Physician's Visiting List for 1906. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 1012 Walnut Street.

Explanation of Sizes and Editions: Regular Edition-The 25 patient list has one page dated for each week of the year; price, $1.00. The 50 patient list has two pages dated for each week of the year; price, $1.25. The 50 patient style may also be had bound in two volumes; price, $2.00. The 75 patient list has three pages dated for each week, and is bound in two volumes; price, $2.00. The 100 patient list has four pages dated for each week, and is bound in two volumes; price, $2.25.

Perpetual Edition-No. 1 has space for 1,300 names; price, $1.25. No. 2 has space for 2,600 names; price, $1.50. The Perpetual Edition is the same as the Regular Edition, but without dates. It can be started at any time, and used until full.

Monthly Edition-In this edition two opposite pages are devoted to each month, so that the name of the patient must be written but once during that period. This style in plain leather binding without flap; price, 75 cents. With leather cover, pocket and pencil; price, $1.00.

Following the Visiting List proper you will find special memoranda pages, pages for addresses of patients, nurses, vaccinations, Obstetric engagements, births, deaths, bills and accounts asked for, cash account, etc.

Opposite the title page you will find a list of these styles and prices.

We would call your attention to the Dose Table and other valuable information in the front of each book.

Movable Kidney.—By C. W. SUCKLING, M.D. (Lond.), M.R.C.P., Consulting Physician to the Queen's, to the Children's, and to the Orthopedic and Spinal Hospitals, etc. London: H. K. Lewis.

According to Dr. Suckling, this disease is, in some cases, a cause of insanity, headache, neurasthenia, insomnia, mental failure and other disorders of the nervous system, and a cause also of dilatation of the stomach. The book opens with a concise note on the literature of the movable kidney, and then discusses the following: Normal kidney, movable kidney, symptoms of movable kidney, treatment by belts, treatment by operation and cases, failures and .visit to public lunatic asylum. Altogether, Dr. Suckling treats his subject interestingly, though, perhaps, all may not readily subscribe to his teachings.

Cleft Palate and Hare Lip.-By W. ARTHBUTHNOT LANE, M.S., F.R.C.S., Surgeon to Guy's Hospital, and Senior Surgeon to the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street. Price, 5s. London: The Medical Publishing Co., Limited.

This monograph on cleft palate and hare lip, which is issued in quarto form, from a typographical standpoint is excellent. As the British Medical Journal puts it, it is indeed "a sight for sore eyes," as the type is quite large, there being twenty-six lines to a page. It embraces a description of the original operative procedure designed by Mr. Lane, and which he has employed in several hundred cases, as well as a summary of the various papers which have appeared from time to time from his pen on the subject. The illustrations are clear, quite numerous and skilfully executed.

Taylor's Physician's Pocket Account Book.-By J. J. TAYLOR, M.D., Philadelphia: Published by The Medical Council, 4105 Walnut Street, Philadelphia.

The introduction to this handy and very useful book gives directions for its use and then some practical advice on keeping and collecting accounts. The business suggestions will be found all right. Anyone using a book of this character saves a great deal of time and trouble in book-keeping.

Neurotic Disorders of Childhood.—Including a Study of Auto and Intestinal Intoxications, Chronic Anemia, Fever, Eclampsia, Epilepsy, Migraine, Chorea, Hysteria, Asthma, etc. By B. K. ROCHFORD, M.D., Professor of Diseases of Children, Medical College of Ohio, University of Cincinnati; Pediatrist to the Cincinnati Good Samaritan and Jewish Hospitals; Member of the American Pedriatic Society, Association of American Physicians, etc. New York E. B. Treat & Company.

We have examined this volume with considerable interest and profit. It embraces a series of papers which the author contributed a few years ago to the Archives of Pedriatics, on "Some Physiological Factors of the Neuroses of Childhood." In addition there are the chapters on disease as referred to above. These latter are intelligently written and are quite practical. There is a chapter on Excessive Nerve Activity, from which we have taken the privilege of drawing some nourishment for editorial remark. We can heartily recommend this book as worthy of patronage.

Disorders of Metabolism and Nutrition-Diabetes Mellitus. By PROFESSOR DR. CARL VON NOORDEN, Physician-in-Chief to the City of Frankfort a. M. New York: E. B. Treat & Co.

The authorized American translation of this, as of the rest of the series (this being Part VII.), has been edited by Boardman Reed, M.D., Philadelphia. The present volume deals with Diabetes Mellitus, its Pathological Chemistry and Treatment, and are the Herter Lectures delivered by the distinguished author in the University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York. Of necessity these lectures could only be heard by a few American physicians, but the balance of the profession are indebted to Dr. Reed and the publishers, who now place them in tangible form before the profession of this continent. The price of the book is only $1.50.

We have just received from W. B. Saunders & Company, of Philadelphia, the widely known medical publishers, an unusually attractive illustrated catalogue of their complete list of publications. It seems to us, in glancing through this catalogue, that a list of the Saunders authors is a census of the leading American and foreign authorities in every branch and specialty of medical science. And new books are being added and new editions issued with a rapidity that speaks well for the success and progressiveness of the house. While comparisons are always odious, still we feel it but justice to say that, in the presentation of facts about the book listed that a probable buyer wishes to know, and also for beauty and durability of mechanical get-up, this catalogue surpasses anything we have heretofore seen. It is truly representative of the house. We understand a copy will be sent free upon request.