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When I read the following it caused me to think. Doctors, do you find anything in it to make you think? It appears in Printers' Ink, a very bright weekly devoted to the interests of publishers. Are there not ways to get the advantages of the skill and facilities undoubtedly possest by manufacturing pharmacists, without their disadvantages? We think so.

The Patent Medicin of the Future.

Uncle Sam thru the Postoffice Department, is mak ing a fight against certain forms of medical advertising-chiefly that having to do with venereal diseases. Newspapers printing ads that are objectionable in the opinion of the Postoffice Department will be ordered

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to discontinue them or lose their mailing privileges. This action has been made the basis of some wise moralizing by daily papers and the medical press, and some writers hold that it is the beginning of the end for "patent" medicins of every kind. This, however, seems an extreme view. A New York druggist, who is also an advertiser of a proprietary remedy, gave Printers Ink some views on the proprietary medicin business that ought to be interesting not only to the moralist, but to the "patent" medicin advertiser as "This is not the first agitation against patent medicins," said the Little Schoolmaster's informant. "Just now the papers are printing editorials and articles calculated to hurt sales. The recent article in the Ladies' Home Journal particularly, calling attention to the percentage of alcohol in certain well-advertized tonics, may be counted upon to hurt those remedies to the extent of many thousands of dollars. But I have watcht the progress of several such crusades, and find that in a few months the public forgets all about them. Then the advertising again becomes quite effectiv.

"The patent medicins sold to consumers will hold their own for a good many years to come, I believe. But the patent medicin of the future is the one that will be advertised only to doctors. Some of the most profitable remedies of the present time are of this class. They are called proprietary remedies. The general public never hears of them thru the daily press. All of their publicity is secured thru the medical press, by means of the manufacturer's literature, sometimes gotten out in the shape of a medical journal, and thru samples to doctors. For one physician capable of prescribing the precise medicinal agents needed by each individual patient there are at least five who prescribe these proprietaries. They are the chief standby of the country practician. I have a large prescription department here, with three men who are graduates of German pharmacal institutions. They are highly skilled. But three-fourths of all the prescriptions received are for these proprietary remedies, and the pharmacist simply opens the package and writes a label, 'A teaspoonful three times a day before meals.'

"Now, the doctor prescribes Fellows' Hypophosphites or Pepto-Mangan as a builder after an illness, or for slight debility. The original bottle is given to the patient. He sees that the remedy does him good, and when he feels a trifle run down again he goes to a drug store and buys another bottle, not troubling the doctor. He meets a friend on the street who is not looking well. I know exactly how you feel,' he says. 'Now, just go and buy a bottle of Pepto-Mangan. Best thing in the world. My doctor prescribed it for me, so it isn't a patent medicin.' In this way the name of the remedies advertised only to physicians gets abroad to the general public, and I have no hesitancy in saying that for every bottle sent out of our prescription department we sell six over the counter without prescription. These remedies are all more or less good, understand, tho some of them should be taken only under the direction of a physician. The proprietary medicin of the future, tho, will be advertised thru these channels. The medical papers will reap the harvest,

and the physician himself, always so loud in denunciation of patent medicins, will be the most important medium of advertising at the command of the proprietary manufacturer. In fact, he is that to-day.'

Charge, and Get Your Pay.

The public has no confidence in, nor respect for, the doctor it can ride to death free of charge. Worthy objects of charity should be waited upon with the distinct understanding that you charge nothing. All others should be given to understand in a smooth, easy way, that you expect them to pay you—and pay you promptly.

Adopt a few business principles in your intercourse with the public, and notice how your salutations change from "Hello, Doc," to "Good Morning, Doctor."

It is quite a common thing for some people to work a doctor to the limit, and then smother him in slander and abuse, the villifying process being operated for the purpose of currying favor with his colleague that they may do him likewise. When people of this kind call upon you, see that they find you covered with a nice, dignified frost.-Medical Owl.

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Importance of the Tongue in Diagnosis.

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The old notion that the condition of the stomach lining was reflected in the mucosa of the tongue has been long exploded and even the debris have been scattered to the winds by a communication in the Gazette des Hop. of September 17, 1903, in which Matthieu and Roux discourse on the diagnostic value of the state of the tongue in affections of the digestiv tract. They establish that the mucous membrane of the tongue is a false mucosa. It is not formed from the inner layer, but from the outer layer of the blastoderm. In structure it resembles the skin. "coated tongue" is not due to an actual coating, but is, in effect, a grass plot of long and thick filiform papillae, and the white color is due to a superficial desquamativ dermatitis. This dermatitis arises and subsides under the influence of external and internal intoxications, like any cutaneous affection, with the important difference that the tongue is more intensely sensitiv than the skin, owing to its wealth of nerves and blood vessels. This lingual dermatitis is, therefore, an extremely early and important sign of internal derangement, and thus the tongue retains all its old diagnostic value. The only difference is that the knowledge that this dermatitis may persist after the cause has subsided should suggest that we must not wait for the tongue to clear before instituting nourishing feeding.-Jour. A. M. A.

Thiosinamin.

Dr. A. Hartz, in Deut. Med. Woch., February 18, 1904, writes regarding his success with thiosinamin in stenosis of the pylorus: His patient was fifty-six years of age and had been troubled with gastric disorders since twenty-eight years of age. He had had sufficient fibrous stricture to cause secondary dilation of the stomach for over a year, and motor insufficiency was apparent. Deep massage had been tried without avail and the patient refused operation. One-half cc. of a 15 percent solution of thioşinamin in alcohol was injected into the subcutaneous tissue of the back, and this amount was increast until on the fourth day 1 cc. was being used. The next four injections were made twice weekly and consisted of 1 cc. each. The next injection was of 1% cc. but it produced distressing symptoms and but I cc. was used thereafter. patient soon became easier, and the massage formerly necessary was discontinued. After the eleventh injection the symptoms had practically disappeared and he ate food with a relish. After the twenty-third injection the patient felt well and had no symptoms, not even indigestion. Dr. Hartz does not think suggestion could have played any part in the cure, since the patient had been subjected to many forms of more spectacular treatment previously. He makes the suggestion that thiosinamin might prove of benefit in certain gynecological conditions depending on formation.

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This drug has been too little used. There have been no harmful effects noted in the use of moderate doses, and the reports are generally favorable as to its ability to absorb or destroy scar tissue situated about external parts. Hebra, Unna, Juliusberg, and Crocker, Pernet and others have recommended it in keloid, post-lupus scarring, scleroderma, and cicatricial strictures and deformities. Hebra says the use of the drug is contraindicated in all cases of partially healed tuberculous foci.

Thiosinamin is a compound produced by the action of the volatil oil of mustard on ammonia, and occurs in colorless soluble crystals of a bitterish taste and a garlicky odor. may be given hypodermically in glycerin and

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water in doses of 1⁄2 grain, or by the mouth in daily doses of three grains.

In the journal above quoted, in the March 24, 1904 number, Dr. P. Lengemann reports success in two cases of Dupuytren's contracture, and says that he has yet to hear of a single failure of the drug where its employment was combined with the rational measures of massage and activ and passiv movements. Let us hear of its further use, and above all, of any We believe the use of the drug hypodermically failures with which it can be rightly blamed. in some part close to the site of the lesions would be more rational than to employ it by the mouth; at least, until we know more of its therapeutics.

The Country Doctor.

There's a gathering in the village, that has never been out-done
Since the soldiers took their muskets to the war of 'sixty-one;
And a lot of lumber-wagons near the church upon the hill,
And a crowd of country people, Sunday-drest and very still.
Now each window is preempted by a dozen heads or more,
Now the spacious pews are crowded from the pulpit to the door.
For with coverlet of blackness on his portly figure spread,
Lies the grim old country doctor, in a massiv oaken bed.
Lies the fierce old country doctor,
Lies the kind old country doctor,
Whom the populace considered with a.mingled love and dread.

Maybe half the congregation, now of great or little worth,
Found the watcher waiting for them, when they came upon the
earth;

This undecorated soldier, of a hard, unequal strife,

Fought in many stubborn battles with the foes that sought their life,

In the night-time or the day-time, he would rally brave and well, Though the summer lark was fifing or the frozen lances fell; Knowing if he won the battle, they would praise their Maker's

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1. What is an acid? A base? A salt? Give examples of each. 2. What is an alkaloid? Give examples.

3. What would be the result if an acid and an alkalin carbonate were mixed in a solution?

4. What are the principal end products of combustion in an ordinary wood fire? Give their chemical formulae and show how they are derived.

5. If baking powder consists of sodium bicarbonate and tartaric acid, what would be the result of combining these substances under the influences of moisture and heat in ordinary dough? 6. What is the source of iodin?

7. (a) What is oxidation? Give examples. (b) What is reduction? Give an example.

8. Complete the following formulae:

HCI+AgNO3=
NaOH+HNO3=
H2SO4+Ba(OH)=

9. What is a soap?

10 What are the principal elements occurring in the human body?

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3 What are some of the chief points of difference between acute articular rheumatism and rheumatoid arthritis?

4. What are the main points of distinction between a typical case of scarlatina and a typical case of measles?

5. (a) What is the essential pathological change in a case of tabes dorsalis? (b) What are the typical clinical signs?

6. Give a clinical picture of a typical case of lobar pneumonia. 7. What is meant by the terms "typhoid pnenmonia" and "typho-malaria"? To avoid ambiguity, what is the best course in regard to these terms?

8. To prevent the spread of the disease, what precautions should be taken in a case of typhoid fever? In a case of pulmonary tuberculosis?

9. Who, by his writings and early influence, has been commonly designated "the Father of Medicin"?"

10. Describe the clinical signs and appearances by which you would diagnose a case of typhoid fever, giving the approximate time of appearance of each.

PATHOLOGY.

Sol G. Kahn, M.D., Examiner.

1. What pathologic changes may cause angina pectoris ? 2. What are the successiv pathologic stages of acute endocarditis?

3. How should sputum be examined for tubercle bacilli? Describe the tubercle bacillus.

4. Give the general pathologic lung changes in acute croupous pneumonitis?

5. What is cellulitis? Lymphangitis?

6. What is aphasia? What pathologic condition gives rise to aphasia?

7. What is the pathology of alopecia?

8. What constitutes malignancy in tumor? Mention the malignant neoplasms.

9. Define anemia, hyperemia, leucemia.

10. Describe the process by which a blood clot is absorbed.

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10. Give symptoms, diagnosis and surgical treatment (operativ and non-operativ) of tubercular coxitis (hip joint).

OBSTETRICS.

C. K. Fleming, M.D., Examiner.

1. Give the various diameters of the inlet and outlet of the pelvis. 2. Describe the uterus, its parts, cavity, openings and structure. 3. What are the different stages of labor? Describe each. 4. Give the various diameters of the fetal head.

5. In a contracted pelvis, how small a conjugate will allow the birth of a living child? What would you advise if contraction is greater?

6. Describe the formation of the placenta.

7. What are the indications and contra-indications for the use of the obstetric forceps?

8. Give the indications for the induction of premature labor and describe the best method.

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Diseases of the Nose and Throat. By D. Braden Kyle, M.D., Professor of Laryngology and Rhinology, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia; Consulting Laryngologist, Rhinologist and Otologist, St. Agnes' Hospital. Third edition, thoroly revised and enlarged. Octavo volume of 669 pages, with 175 illus trations, and 6 chromo-lithographic plates. Philadelphia, New York, London: W. B. Saunders & Co, 1904. Cloth, $4.00 net; sheep or half morocco, $5.00 net.

The most important alterations and additions have been made in the chapters on Keratosis, Epidemic Influenza, Gersuny's Paraffin Method for the correction of Nasal Deformities, and in the one on the X-Rays in the treatment of Carcinoma. The etiology and treatment of Hay Fever have been partially rewritten and much enlarged, as has also the operativ treatment of Deformities of the Nasal Septum. In the chapter devoted to general considerations of Mucous Membranes and Hay Fever the author records the results of his experience in the chemistry of the saliva and nasal secretions in relation to diagnosis and treatment.

Materia Medica for Nurses. By Emily A. M. Stoney, Superintendent of the Training School for Nurses in the Carney Hospital, South Boston, Mass. Beautiful 12 mo volume of 300 pages. Second edition, thoroly revised. Philadelphia, New

York, London: W. B. Saunders & Co., 1904. Cloth, $1.50 net.

The statements are not only clear and definit, but the information given can be relied upon as being accurate. All the new drugs which have been shown to be of actual therapeutic value have been included, their preparations, uses, and doses being clearly and fully described.

A Text-Book of Mechano-Therapy (Massage and Medical Gymnastics). For Medical Students, Trained Nurses and Medical Gymnasts. By Axel V. Grafstrom, B.Sc., M.D., Attending Physician to the Gustavus Adolphus Orphanage, Jamestown, N. Y. Second edition, revised, enlarged, and entirely reset. 12 mo of 200 pages, fully illustrated. Philadelphia, New York, London: W. B. Saunders & Co., 1904. Cloth, $1.25 net.

Two chapters have been added-one on Massage of the Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat, and the other on Pelvic Massage. Seventeen new illustrations have also been added. The author states that his object has been to present a work that would be useful as a text-book to students, trained nurses, and medical gymnasts, and as a reference book for the general practician, and in our opinion he has fully accomplisht his purpose.

The Clinical Study of Blood Pressure. A guide to the use of the Sphygmomanometer in Medical, Surgical and Obstetrical Practise, with a summary of the Experimental and Clinical Facts Relating to the Blood Pressure in Health and Disease, by Theodore C. Janeway, M.D., Lecturer on Medical Diagnosis, University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College, and Visiting Physician to City Hospital, New York City, 75 illustrations in the text, many in colors. Publisht by D. Appleton & Co., New York and London, 1904. Price, $3.

Interest in blood pressure has been aroused thruout the profession until many have adopted the sphygmomanometer for routine clinical use. Articles in journals have excited this interest, but there was no book

from which the practician might study the method and the various instruments. Janeway has given us such a book; and he raises the very questions every prac tician will ask: (1) Does the sphygmomanometer yield accurate information not obtainable in any other way? (2) Is this information worth the time consumed in obtaining it? He has a prompt and emphatic affirmativ for the first, and answers the second by an equally emphatic affirmativ, provided the practician is competent to understand the physiological and pathological causes for alteration in blood pressure. He endeavors to aid this deficiency by collecting germane facts scattered thru the works on physiology, pathology, and practise. Whatever one may think of the routine use of such an instrument, Janeway has given us an honest book, and there is no other like it. He gives cuts, prices, and addresses of dealers in every sphygmomanometer manufactured, and instructs the clinician how to purchase one fitted to his needs.-A. L. R.

Electro-Diagnosis and Electro-Therapeutics. By Dr. Toby Cohn, Nerve Specialist of Berlin. Translated from the Second German Edition and edited by Francis A. Scratchley, M.D., of New York. With 8 plates and 39 illustrations. Cloth, 280 pages. Price, $2. Funk & Wagnalls Co., New York and London.

This is an authorized translation, with reproductions of the original plates, of the most popular German manual upon the kindred subjects of the diagnosis of disease and its cure by the use of electricity.

Lessons in Vibratory Therapeutics: The Practical Application of Mechanical Vibration in the Treatment of Disease. By Henry Weston Barnum, M.D., Poughkeepsie, New York. Price not stated. Sold by the author.

This little book contains but 26 pages of text, and 15 illustrations, but it is all "meat." He tells just what diseases he has influenced by vibration, and how he applied it. The lessons are brief, practical, and to the point. It is but two years since vibration began to attract attention in America, and there must be many who seek the information which this book gives. -A. L. R.

Diagnosis from the Eye. A new art of diagnosing with perfect certainty from the iris of the eye the normal and abnormal conditions of the organism in general and of the different organs in particular. A scientific essay for the public and the medical profession. By Henry Edward Lane, M.D. With original illustrations. Publisht by the Kosmos Publishing Co., 765 N. Clark street, Chicago, Ill. Price, $2.

This book contains 145 pages. The author claims to be able to make an accurate diagnosis, from the eye alone, of the existence of any disease, and also to tell something of the state of health and the past history of the patient. He claims to tell whether or not the patient has been vaccinated, and holds the Hahnemannian doctrin of the itch. He asserts that "secondary and tertiary syphilis are nothing but the murderous consequences of mercury poisoning." He touches slightly upon first aid to the injured; children's diseases; hydrotherapy; fruitarianism; magnetic healing, etc, and winds up with two pages of corroboration."-A. L. R.

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Leube's Special Medical Diagnosis-Salinger. band-book for physicians and students. By Dr. Wilhelm v. Leube, Professor of Medicin, and Physician-in-Chief to the Julius Hospital at Wurzburg. Authorized translation from the Sixth German Edition, edited, with annotations, by Julius L. Salinger, M.D., Late Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicin in the Jefferson Medical College, and Physician to the Philadelphia Hospital. With 5 colored plates and 74 illustrations in the text. Publisht by D. Appleton & Co., New York and London, 1904. Price not stated.

Contains over 1000 pages of text and a 50-page index; an immense amount of matter when it is considered how much space is occupied by very small type. The editor has faithfully reproduced from the German, and has made comparativly few and brief annotations. The work is plain, practical, and lucid thruout. In Germany it ran thru six editions in twelve years. Rather more attention is paid to the course, complica

tions, and termination of the various diseases than is common to books of American authorship. In this particular the book approaches closely a work on practise with the therapeutics left out. The style is occasionally heavy, due to the German habit; but there is much about the entire plan which might teach some of our best authors much. It is complete and up to date, and possesses real merit in high degree.— A. L. R.

The Mother's Manual. A month by month guide for young mothers. By Emelyn Lincoln Coolidge, M.D., Visiting Physician of the Out-Patient Department of the Baby's Hospital, New York, etc. Publisht by A. S. Barnes & Co., New York, N. Y., 1904. Price, $1.

This little book contains 253 pages, and is one of the few we have seen written on this subject which was fit to place in the hands of the laity. Dr. Coolidge has quite a reputation as a writer upon the baby and its care, and she has done herself credit in this case. It is just such a book as the physician can safely place in the hands of his primiparous patients, confident that there is not one line of error or foolish advice. It would make a charming little gift to the expectant mother.-A. L. R.

Contributions to Practical Medicin. By James Sawyer, Senior Consulting Physician to the Queen's Hospital, Birmingham. Fourth edition, with many revisions and additions. Publisht by Cornish Brothers, Birmingham, England, 1904. Price not stated.

Contains 227 pages of good old-fashioned common sense. He does not attempt covering the whole domain of medicin, but he tells you something new on every subject he touches. It is a book worth getting; worth reading; worth keeping. The articles on insomnia, gastralgia, habitual constipation, hemorrhoids, backache, eczema, diabetic diet, and ether as a menstruum in medication by the skin are among the most noteworthy. In this edition the subject matter has been carefully revised and brought right up to date.A. L. R.

The Hayfield Mower and Scythe of Progress. Vol. I, Numbers 1 to 26. Printed on heavy paper and substantially bound in boards For sale at the book stores. Sent to any part of the world, by prepaid express or mail, on receipt of $1.40. The Hayfield Mower, P. O. Box 1765, Boston, Mass.

Contains 175 pages of humor. The author confesses that he is known to book-reviewers and public, and hence does not use his name. He asks no favors, but a fair field. He lampoons right and left at false religion, personal vanity, public folly, the craze for wealth, the winking at sins of men of wealth or in high positions, etc. There is much good reading in it that will make you think. It is a nice book for the office table.-A. L. R.

The Foundation of All Reform. A guide to health, wealth, and freedom. A popular treatise on the diet question by Otto Carque. Publisht by Kosmos Publishing Company, 765 North Clark street, Chicago, Ill. Price, 50c.

Contains 69 pages of an argument for a vegetarian diet. The author says: "Diet reform, which,-in a larger sense-means the mental and physical regeneration of the individual, must therefore be the foundation of all reforms tending to the universal happiness of mankind; and only by making the unit of society healthy and self-providing shall we ever be able to successfully solve the social and economic problems that disturb the world to-day." Much similar "logic follows. On many points the author is all right; yet he sees no middle ground, and considers any indulgence in alcohol, tea, coffee, etc., wrong.—A. L. R.

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1000 Mythological Characters Briefly Described. Edited, with introduction, by Edward Ellis, M.A. Publisht by Hinds & Noble, 31 West 15th street, New York, N. Y. Price postpaid, 75 cents.

All medical men are frequently confronted with names and references to mythology. It is embarrassing and annoying to be ignorant of the characters of

ancient mythology. This little book will acquaint one with all one needs know to converse intelligently upon the subject or to understand and appreciate any reference. It has 146 pages and numerous illustrations.

Simon's Clinical Diagnosis. A Manual of Diagnosis by Microscopic and Chemical Methods. For Students and Practicians. By Charles E. Simon, M.D., Late Assistant Resident Physician at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. New (fifth) edition, thoroly revised and much enlarged. Octavo, 695 pages, 150 engravings, 22 colored plates. Cloth, $4 net. Lea Brothers & Co., publishers, Philadelphia and New York, 1904.

The value of a book is well gauged by its popularity with the profession. Five editions have been demanded. Six new colored plates have been added, and the entire work thoroly revised to date. The chapter on the blood has been rewritten and is enlarged by sixty pages. A new section takes up kryoscopic examination of the blood. Material changes and additions have been made on the urin, feces, sputum, exudates and transudates, paratyphoid fever, septicemia, spotted fever plague, gonococcus, etc. The illustrations are superb. This book will simplify the practician's labor and will increase his accuracy and efficiency by enabling him to eliminate doubt in diagnosis.

Von Bergmann's Surgery. A System of Practical Surgery. By Drs. E. von Bergmann, of Berlin, P. von Bruns, of Tübingen and J. von Mikulicz, of Breslau. Edited by William T. Bull, M.D., Professor of Surgery in the College of Physicians and Surgeons (Columbia University), New York. To be complete in five imperial octavo volumes, containing over 4,000 pages, 1,600 engravings and 110 full page plates in colors and monochrome. Sold by subscription only. Per volume, cloth, $6; leather, $7; half morocco, $8.50, net. Volume I just ready. 936 pages, 361 engravings, 18 plates.

The second edition of the work of von Bergmann, von Bruns, and von Mikulicz, which proved so popular in Europe, has been made the basis of this translation. The translators, themselves eminent in surgery, have been tireless and enthusiastic; the result is a masterpiece that will stand as a monument to their erudition and skill. The work is cyclopedic in character, and the translators have taken advantage of this fact to embody those lines of treatment which find special favor by American and English surgeons. The aim has been to keep it mainly clinical in character, yet the pathology and statistics are not second to any modern work. This volume treats of the surgery of the head, and the others will follow rapidly until the issue is complete.

The Acid Autointoxication. Part iv in the Clinical Treatises on the Pathology and Therapy of Disorders of Metabolism and Nutrition; By Prof. Dr. Carl von Noorden, Physician in Chief to the City Hospital, Frankfort, a.M. Translated under the direction of Boardman Reed, M.D., Professor of Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract, Hygiene and Climatology, Department of Medicin, Temple College, Philadelphia, Pa. Publisht by E. B. Treat & Co., New York, N. Y. Price, 50 cents.

Contains 80 pages, and is one of the most interesting of the series. Dr. von Noorden has positiv ideas which do not always coincide with the popular medical tenets; yet he holds his position masterly. It is worth the perusal and study of every practician.

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valuable, the material is put in small type; thus the book contains as much material as larger works. The greatest changes have been made in infectious diseases. The author's well-known conservatism has not prevented his putting his work up to the very latest researches. It is one of the best and safest guides to the timid pratician that our language furnishes. The illustrations are mainly diagrammatical, referring to the blood and nerves and temperature ranges; yet it is much better illustrated than most works on practise.— A. L. R.

1000 Classical Characters Briefly Described, being a concise account of every name of any importance with classical history With an introduction by Ivory Franklin Frisbee, Ph.D. Publisht by Hinds & Noble, 31 West 15th street, New York City, N. Y. Price, $1, postpaid.

Contains 300 pages and a number of illustrations. The references are brief, but sufficient for all practical purposes of the professional man. It is annoying to have any historical character confront you in your reading and find yourself unable to recall the connections.

A Manual of General Pathology for Students. By Sidney Martin, M.D., F R.S., F.R.C.P., Professor of Pathology at University College; Physician to University College Hospital, London. With numerous wood cuts from micro-photographs and other illustrations, including many in colors. Publisht by P. Blakiston's Son & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Price, $4.

Contains 494 pages, divided into 19 chapters; pyrexia, infection, immunity, degeneration and regeneration. and changes in the blood being especially well treated, The entire subject is handled in a clear manner, and the book is thus suited to practicians who have not had the advantages of a complete grounding in pathology, or who do not care for the more voluminous work.

Anatomy. A manual for students and practicians. By Henry E. Hale, A.M., M.D. Series edited by V. C. Pederson, M.D. Illustrated with 71 engravings. Publisht by Lea Brothers & Co., Philadelphia and New York. Price, $1.

Contains 371 pages and an index. Each article is followed by a list of questions intended to bring out clearly the salient points in the subject in hand. If anatomical knowledge can be gleaned from anything but the larger text-books, this little work is surely fitted to be an invaluable aid to the elementary student and to the practician who wishes to "brush up.”—

A. L. R.

Text-book of Diseases of the Eye. For practicians and students. By Howard F. Hansell, A.M., M.D., Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Jefferson Medical College: Professor of Diseases of the Eye, Philadelphia Polyclinic: Ophthalmologist, Philadelphia Hospital; Consulting Ophthalmologist, Chester County Hospital, etc. and William R. Sweet, M.D., Demonstrator of Ophthalmology, Jefferson Medical College; Assistant Ophthalmologist, Jefferson Medical College Hospital; Associate in Ophthalmology, Philadelphia Polyclinic; Consulting Ophthalmologist, Phoenixville Hospital, etc. With chapters by Christian R. Holmes, M.D.; Casey A. Wood, M.D., D.C.L.; and Wendell Reber, M.D. With 256 illustrations including colored plates. Publisht by P. Blakiston's Son & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Price, $4.

The authors declare their intention of presenting the subject matter of ophthalmology, tersely, practically, and comprehensivly. They have accomplisht the object admirably. By cutting short the articles on theoretical subjects and on refraction, more space is devoted to the more common and practical matters that confront the practician. The illustrations are clean and distinct and the type is admirable. The standard works of the larger size have been drawn upon freely. Diseases recognized by the profession as incurable are given scant space. The book contains 532 pages, and perfectly fulfils its avowed mission. It has nothing of the compend or manual style about it.— A. L. R.

The Self-Cure of Consumption Without Medicin, with a chapter on the prevention of consumption and other diseases. By Chas. H. Stanley Davis, M.D., Ph.D. Publisht by E. B. Treat & Co., 241-243 West Twenty-third street, New York, N. Y., 1904. Price, 75 cents.

Contains 172 pages; for circulation among the laity

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