Reviews and Book Notices

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL REPORTS OF THE BOSTON CITY HOSPITAL.

Fifteenth series. Edited by HERBERT L. BURRELL, M. D., W. T. COUNCILMAN, M. D., and CHARLES F. WITHERINGTON, M. D. Published by the trustees, Boston, 1905.

These reports, which appear in the fifteenth series, are extremely instructive and valuable, containing as they do many carefully prepared papers embracing a wide range of subjects in medicine and surgery.

THE PRINCIPLES OF BACTERIOLOGY: A PRACTICAL MANUAL FOR STUDENTS AND PHYSICIANS.- By A. C. ABBOTT, M. D., Professor of Hygiene and Bacteriology, and Director of the Laboratory of Hygiene, University of Pennsylvania. Seventh edition, enlarged and thoroughly revised; 100 illustrations, of which 24 are colored. Lea Brothers & Co., Philadelphia and New York, 1905.

This practical handbook appears in its seventh edition revised and enlarged and brought fully abreast with the most recent advances in this important department of medicine. The part played by bacteriology in medicine is an important one and its connection with diseases in their production and cure so manifest that the modern physician cannot afford to ignore the subject. There should then be accorded a measure of praise to handbooks like this, which is intended to instruct and otherwise aid the physician in his studies of this abstruse subject. It contains a great deal of practical information, and will serve as an admirable guide.

LECTURES ON AUTO-INTOXICATION IN DISEASE, OR SELF-POISONING OF THE INDIVIDUAL.- By CH. BOUCHARD, Professor of Pathology and Therapeutics; Member of the Academy of Medicine and Physician to the Hospitals, Paris. Translated, with a preface and new chapters added, by THOMAS OLIVER, M. A., M. D., F. R. C. P., Professor of Physi

ology, University of Durham; Physician to the Royal Infirmary, New Castle-upon-Tyne; Formerly Examiner in Medicine, Royal College of Physicians, London. Second revised edition. Crown octavo. 342 pages, extra cloth. Price, $2.00, net. F. A. Davis Company, Publishers, 1914-16 Cherry Street, Philadelphia.

The English-speaking part of the profession is to be congratulated upon having presented to it this excellent translation. of the celebrated lectures of the distinguished French savant. It contains a great deal of valuable information, results of the careful and laborious researches of the well-known authority upon this interesting subject. Auto-intoxication is a process with which the general practitioner is but little acquainted, and yet the rôle it has in the production of many every-day diseases is so important that it should be more thoroughly studied than it has been heretofore. The study is fascinating and this book will enable the reader to learn much that is interesting from a pathological standpoint and much that is valuable from a therapeutical.

TRIP TO THE "LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN."— BY DR. FLAVEL B. TIFFANY. Hudson Press, Kansas City, Mo., 1905.

A most delightful booklet description in a most charming style of the author's visit to the Land of the Midnight Sun. The author is a well-known specialist of Kansas City, Mo.

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PATHOGENIC MICRO-ORGANISMS, INCLUDING BACTERIA AND PROTOZOA. Practical Manual for Students, Physicians, and Health Officers.By WM. HALLOCK PARK, M. D., Professor of Bacteriology and Hygiene, University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College, and Director of the Research Laboratory of the Department of Health, City of New York; assisted by ANNA W. WILLIAMS, M. D., Assistant Director of the Research Laboratory. Second edition, enlarged and thoroughly revised, with 165 engravings and 4 full-page plates. Lea Brothers & Co., New York and Philadelphia, 1905.

The second edition of this work, considerably enlarged and carefully revised, is before us. The work has been prepared for the student and physician rather than for laboratory work. The

work in this edition has been revised so as to reflect the latest

knowledge in the domain of bacteriology. concise, clear, and eminently practical.

It is well arranged,

CLEFT PALATE AND HARE LIP.- By W. ARBUTH NOT LANE, M. S., F. R. C. S., Surgeon to Guy's Hospital, and Senior Surgeon to the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond St., London. The Medical Publishing Co., Ltd., London, 1905.

This work is a handsomely prepared resumé of various papers written upon the subject of hare lip and cleft palate. It is a masterpiece of the publisher's art, profusely illustrated and thoroughly demonstrating the author's methods of treatment. of this difficult class of deformities.

CLINICAL OBSTETRICS.- By ROBERT JARDINE, M. D., Professor of Midwifery in St. Mungo's College, Glasgow. Ninety-six illustrations and a colored plate. Second edition. Rebman Co., New York and London, 1905.

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This an exceedingly valuable hand-book for obstetricians. It appears in its second edition revised and enlarged. author contends for the adoption of clinical methods of teaching the art of obstetrics, and urges the more general adoption of aseptic methods of treatment as a means of lessening puerperal septicemia. The book is well prepared, carefully arranged, and amply illustrated.

PROGRESSIVE MEDICINE. A Quarterly Digest of Advances, Discoveries, and Improvements in the Medical and Surgical Sciences. Edited by HOBART AMORY HARE, M. D., Professor of Therapeutics and Materia Medica in the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia; Physician to the Jefferson Medical College Hospital; one time Clinical Professor of Diseases of Children in the University of Pennsylvania; Member of the Association of American Physicians, etc.; assisted by H. R. M. LANDIS, M. D., Visiting Physician to the Tuberculosis Department of the Philadelphia Hospital, to the White Haven Sanatorium, and to the Phipps Institute; Demonstrator of Clinical Medicine in the Jefferson Medical College. Volume IV., December, 1905. Diseases of the

Digestive Tract, and Allied Organs; Liver, Pancreas, and Peritoneum; Anesthetics, Fractures, Dislocations, Amputations, Surgery of the Extremities, and Orthopedics; Genito-urinary Diseases, Diseases of the Kidneys; Practical Therapeutic Referendum. Lea Brothers and Company, Philadelphia and New York.

We regard this quarterly publication as one of unexcelled value to the wide-awake physician, as it will serve to keep him thoroughly posted in all advances and improvements made in a comparatively recent time to the science and practice of medicine and surgery. This number is an especially attractive one and contains quite a number of important articles upon various subjects of the greatest interest to the profession. The section devoted to the study of fractures is especially practical and attractive. We would urge every physician to patronize this quarterly.

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ACUTE NASAL CATARRH.

THE Conditions obtaining in acute nasal catarrh are essentially those of an inflammation of any mucous membrane. First, an engorgement of the capillaries, then an exudation of serum into the tissues, then a further exudation on the part of the mucous or serous membrane.

To attempt to terminate the trouble or alleviate the discomfort by an astringent or any wash of an acid nature is simply to temporarily lessen the secretions without in any degree reducing the congestion or stimulating the local circulation, thus actually rendering the condition worse than before.

A remedy to be effective must first empty the mucous membrane and then prevent a re-engorgement by stimulating the blood vessels into increased action and compelling them to resume their normal functions.

This is pre-eminently the province of Glyco-Thymoline.

By its power of promoting exosmosis, it purges the mucous membrane as soon as it is brought into contact with it.

By its anesthetic property it soothes the pain, and by its power of stimulating the circulation it relieves the capillaries of their local congestion and restores the normal circulation.

The immediate cause of a catarrhal discharge is an engorged mucous membrane. Empty by exosmosis and you relieve instantly.

In the general treatment of nose and throat troubles, especially when inflammatory conditions prevail, and a palliative treatment is called for as a preliminary to operative interference, no other remedy gives the immediate relief and establishes the aseptic conditions afforded by Glyco-Thymoline.