new, all of it has been re-cast, and much of it re-arranged. In taking up the disorders of the mind he has followed the trend of such leading psychologists as Ziehen, Weygandt, Kaepelin, Berkeley, and Paterson. It is fully up to the high standard set in the Saunders' Question Compend Series.

ESSENTIALS OF CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC AND INORGANIC. Containing also questions on Medical Physics, Chemical Philosophy, Medical Processes, Toxicology, etc. By Lawrence Wolff, M. D., formerly Demonstrator of Chemistry at the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. Sixth Edition, Thoroughly Revised. By A. Ferree Witmer, Ph. G., formerly Assistant Demonstrator in Physiology at the University of Pennsylvania. 12mo volume of 225 pages, fully illustrated. Philadelphia, New York, London: W. B. Saunders & Co., 1904. Cloth, $1.00 net.

That Dr. Wolff's book has reached its sixth edition is sufficient proof of its popularity. Dr. Witmer in revising the former edition. has made extensive additions to almost every part of the work, thus bringing it up to the discoveries which have been made in physics, organic chemistry, etc. The entire text has been revised and carefully edited.

ESSENTIALS OF BACTERIOLOGY. By M. V. Ball, M. D., formerly Resident Physician at the German Hospital, Philadelphia. Fifth Edition, Thoroughly Revised. By Karl M. Vogel, M. D., Assistant Pathologist at the College of Physicians and Surgeons (Columbia University), New York City. 12mo volume of 343 pages, with 96 illustrations, some in colors, and six plates. Philadelphia, New York, London: W. B. Saunders & Co., 1904. Cloth, $1.00 net. The fifth edition of this work comes to us edited and revised by Prof. Vogel, of Columbia University, scarcely a year after the fourth edition had been issued. This is made necessary by the fact that bacteriological researches have involved many radical changes in the science. In this edition are included all the recent additions in the subjects of Immunity, Tuberculosis, Yellow Fever, Dysentery, Bubonic Plague, and other infectious diseases, making the work reflect as thoroughly as possible the present status of bacteriology. To the student particularly this book is recommended.

PHYSICIAN'S POCKET ACCOUNT BOOK. By J. J. Taylor, M. D. Published by the Medical Council. Philadelphia, Pa. Price, $1.00.

The particular claim, and well founded claim indeed, made for this book is that it is a strictly legal book, that is, one which will stand in court. It is a record book, ledger and cash book in one, very complete, handily arranged, and as has been indicated, providing a form in which

entries can be made so that they may be collected by law. It is always up-to-date and with it the physician can give his patient a statement instantly upon demand. It is certainly a multum in parvo. PHYSICIAN'S VISITING LIST (Lindsay & Blakiston) FOR 1905. Fiftyfourth year of its publication. With Dose-Table revised in accordance with the new United States Pharmacopoeia. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co. Price, $1.00 net.

Hardly more need be said of this book than that it has been published for fifty-three years and that its sale has annually been greater. It meets all the requirements of the busy physician and may be had in various sizes, accommodating twenty-five, fifty, seventy-five or one hundred patients per day or week. The contents include twenty-five pages of information invaluable to the physician. It is a perfect pocket companion.

A GENERAL CATALOGUE, Giving the Title and Price of the Leading Medical Books Published. Interleaved. Leatherette Bound. Price, $0.25. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co.

Thousands of questions are asked publishers of books and retail dealers which are answered in this little book. It presents lists of books so arranged that a physician can get information which many times will save a letter and incidentally save the time of the publishing house. The Medical Book News, a monthly journal devoted entirely to medical literature and published by the same firm, might be called an annex of this general catalogue. The book being interleaved gives opportunity for notes concerning recent editions of publications or future wants of the physician. We rather imagine that the book will have quite a large sale, as it certainly deserves it.

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF HOMEOPATHY; Transactions of the Sixtieth Session, held at Niagara Falls, New York, June 20-25, 1904. Edited by Ch. Gatchell, M. D., Secretary. Chicago: Publication Committee. 1904.

This year the Transactions come to us in a volume containing nearly 1,200 pages, showing a very decided improvement—mechanically speaking-over that published last year. That the report is full and complete goes without saying, that it is a valuable addition to general medical literature, and particularly to homœopathic literature is an undoubted fact. The character of papers presented shows that the Institute is a thoroughly scientific body, fully abreast in its discussions with the most advanced thought of the times. It is a question whether we as a school are not doing ourselves a decided injustice in allowing such a wealth of material as is presented in this volume to be published in this manner rather than presenting it to members and the medical pro

fession at large in such a manner as would obtain for it a more general reading and consideration. In plain language we mean that we advocate decidedly the establishing of a medical journal to be issued under the auspices of the Institute, containing papers and discussions, and to bring by weekly or monthly numbers all this material directly to the physician in such a way as to insure his reading them. We have no criticism to offer on the book, because it is beyond criticism. It is a credit to the Institute, its members, the Publication Committee and the General Secretary.

BLOOD PRESSURE, as affecting Heart, Brain, Kidneys and General Circulation. A practical consideration of Theory and Practice. By Louis F. Bishop, A. M., M. D., Physician to Lincoln Hospital and French Hospital, New York. 12mo, cloth, $1.00.

There is in many diseases perhaps to be solved no more important problem than the condition of the blood during the progress of the disease. Allied to this is the consideration of blood pressure. In the age in which we live the causes for disturbance of the circulation are daily growing more numerous. Diseases of the heart and diseases of the kidneys are today more frequent in all probability, than they were five years ago, and as both of these are circulatory diseases the study of blood pressure becomes necessary in consideration of the clinical aspect of each particular case. To a man past middle life who has been active and perhaps working beyond his normal limit, it is necessary that he should have something which would act as a warning when danger approaches, and this is just what the altered state of blood pressure does. The author is an expert in this matter, having during the past fifteen years made a particular study of blood pressure. His book is a small one, but contains a great deal of very able discussion of the subject and is worthy a place in the library of every up-to-date physician, hence we take pleasure in recommending it to our readers as a book which will more than repay the small cost.

EXAMINATION OF THE URINE. By G. A. de Santos Saxe, M. D., Pathologist to the Columbus Hospital, New York City. 12mo volume of 391 pages, fully illustrated, including 8 colored plates. Philadelphia, New York, London: W. B. Saunders & Co., 1904. Flexible leather, $1.50 net.

This book is evidently made for use-the binding would indicate it fully as much as the arrangement of its contents. It is a practical, concise treatment of a subject which every practitioner is daily finding more and more important. It is particularly strong in the fact that it does not enter into discussions of theories which would unnecessarily encumber its pages. The author realizes how necessary it is to be ac

curate in technique and has been very careful in his description, thus making it a book upon which full reliance can be placed. We take pleasure in recommending it to the student and general practitioner, knowing that it will not fall short of his desires and needs.

TEXT BOOK OF NERVOUS DISEASES AND PSYCHIATRY. For the use of Students and Practitioners of Medicine. By Charles L. Dana, A. M., M. D., Professor of Nervous Diseases and (ad interim) of Mental Diseases in Cornell University Medical College; Visiting Physician to Bellevue Hospital; Neurologist to the Montefiore Hospital; ex-President of the American Neurological Association, etc. Sixth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Octavo volume, 702 pages, illustrated by 244 engravings and three plates in black and colors. Price, muslin, $4.00 net; sheep, $5.00 net.

For nearly twenty years we have been using Dana's Nervous Diseases. It is a standard work, and the fact that six editions have been required is sufficient to demonstrate that it is a popular work. The greater part is devoted to a consideration of diseases of the nervous system, as in his former editions, but in this part but few changes have been made necessary, owing to the fact that the fifth edition was but recently issued. There is, however, a decided gain in this edition by virtue of its containing a section on diseases of the mind. This supplies a want which we have long felt, and which we are sure has been in the minds of many others of those who use the work. It is not necessary, nor justifiable, perhaps, to go into a detailed review of his. Diseases of the Mind, all that is necessary being to say that it is fully up to the standard set by the author in his consideration of diseases of the nervous system. As it stands now, there is probably no work in the book world which will reach the student better than this book of Dana's. The mechanical execution of the work is up to the high standard set by Wm. Wood & Co., and that is all that is necessary to say. NAGEL'S EPITOME OF NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISEASES. A Manual for Students and Physicians. By Joseph Darwin Nagel, M. D., Consulting Physician to the French Hospital, New York. In one 12m0 volume of 276 pages, with 46 illustrations. Cloth, $1.00 net. Lea Brothers & Co., Publishers, Philadelphia and New York, 1904.

In this age of rapid progress and evolution of new theories and sciences the student of medicine, who in four years is supposed to master the intricate and varied details of his chosen profession, and the busy practitioner, who must still spend a good part of his time in research and study to keep abreast with the rapid strides of advance, both feel the daily need of a text-book which will give them the essence of the subject which they are pursuing. It is with this idea that the author

has undertaken to gather the various facts and data contained in the numerous text-books and pamphlets on the diseases of the mind and nervous system, and to weave them into a compact fabric, easily studied by those who are in search of precise information.

There is not a single author or lecturer of high standing, whose teachings have not been incorporated in a condensed form into the pages of this volume. Illustrations are used throughout the volume wherever the understanding can be better helped by the combination of text and pictures, and the price of the volume ($1.00), based upon the certainty of a very wide usage, is low enough for every student's purse.

LECTURES TO GENERAL PRACTITIONERS ON THE DISEASES OF THE STOMACH AND INTESTINES. With an account of their relations to other diseases and of the most recent methods applicable to the diagnosis and treatment of them in general; also "The Gastro-Intestinal Clinic," in which all such diseases are separately considered. By Boardman Reed, M. D., Professor of Diseases of the Gastro-Intestinal Tract, Hygiene, and Climatology in the Department of Medicine of Temple College, Philadelphia; Attending Physician to the Samaritan Hospital, etc. Illustrated. Octavo, 1,021 pages. $5.00 net. New York. E. B. Treat & Co., 1904.

From a wealth of information the author has culled information concerning the diseases of the digestive system which he offers to his fellow practitioners in the form of lectures. It is his claim as a justification for the existence of the book that the entire subject of diseases of the stomach and intestines is not today discussed in any singie standard book from the standpoint of our present day knowledge. He aims, and has accomplished his aim, to give to the general practitioner-particularly the man who is in some respects cut off from the advantages of a specialist and give to him in one volume discussions of diseases which are not too brief, but which are concise, carefully worded and practical, and includes many simple tests for the study of gastric contents and fæces, and the methods for determining the position, size, and motility of the stomach, colon, etc. His professorship in the Temple College, Philadelphia, and his service in the Samaritan Hospital enable him to speak as one with authority gained from the most excellent advantages. When we consider that the entire work contains eighty-two lectures we can appreciate in part the immense amount of labor which the author has bestowed upon it. The book is profusely illustrated, and being such will aid very materially in the understanding of the subject. As we have said, it is a book essentially for the general practitioner and to him will be of incomparable value.