Europe are fully reflected, so that the work is thoroughly adapted to the requirements of this continent.

EPILEPSY AND ITS TREATMENT. By WILLIAM P. SPRATLING, M. D., Superintendent of the Craig Colony for Epileptics at Sonyea, N. Y. Handsome octavo volume of 522 pages, illustrated. Philadelphia, New York, London: W. B. Saunders & Company. 1904. Cloth, $4.00, net.

This work by Dr. Spratling is of unusual interest for many reasons: It is the first complete treatise on epilepsy since the appearance of Echeverria's work published over 33 years ago, and represents the practical experience of Dr. Spratling as superintendent of the Craig Colony for Epileptics at Sonyea, N. Y., during a period of ten years. The great progress made in the knowledge of epilepsy and its treatment during the past 15 years certainly demanded an accurate and careful work which would include these latest advancements. Dr. Spratling has given us all that could be desired. Of particular interest are the chapters on the psychologic and medicolegal aspects. An entire section is devoted to the all-important seizure type-status epilepticus; and treatment, general, educational, medical, and surgical, is discussed with wisdom, thought, and conservatism. The subject is bountifully illuminated by the citation of illustrative cases; and, indeed, for the entire work we have nothing but praise. General practitioners, as well as those especially interested in epilepsy, will find the book of great value.

MATERIA MEDICA FOR NURSING. By EMILY A. M. STONEY, Superintendent of the Training School for Nurses in the Carney Hospital, South Boston, Mass. Beautiful 12 mo volume of 500 pages. Second edition, thoroughly revised. Philadelphia, New York, London: W. B. Saunders & Company. 1904. Cloth, $1.50, net.

This little work on materia medica has proved of great value to the nursing profession, evidenced by the demand for a second edition. The statements are not only clear and definite but the information given can be relied upon as being accurate. In making the revision for this new second. edition, the entire text shows evidence of having been gone over with the greatest care. All the new drugs which have been shown to be of actual therapeutic value have been included, their preparation, uses, and doses being clearly and fully described. A valuable feature of the work is the appendix, containing such practical matter as poison-emergencies, dose-lists, weights and measures, etc., as well as a

glossary of the terms used in materia medica. There is no doubt in our minds but that this little work is the best of its kind.

PROGRESSIVE MEDICINE, Vol. II, June, 1904. 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, Octavo, 334 pages, 47 illustrations. Per annum, in four cloth-bound volumes, $900; in paper binding, $6.00, carriage paid to any address. Lea Brothers & Co., publishers, Philadelphia and New York.

The June issue contains four sub-divisions: Surgery, gynecology, medicine and ophthalmology. Each of these articles, which together cover the major domain of modern medicine, is from the pen of an authority especially selected for the qualities which the task preeminently requires-experience, trained judgment and critical acumen. The aim of the authors has not been to summarize all that has been written within the sphere of their respective subjects; their purpose is to give the best, the most reliable, the truly progressive contributions to modern. theory and practice, and to skillfully weld this new material into the great structure of modern medicine. The general get up of the work is certainly a model as to print, paper and illustration. Notwithstanding the moderate price, nothing has been spared to make the volumes technically and artistically perfect.

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, $2.00. Funk & Wagnalls Company, New York and London.

The practical value of Dr. Cohn's work is thus briefly summarized by the editor and translator: "It gives concisely all that is important in electro-diagnosis, and in electro-therapeutics all that is of positive value. It places electricity exactly where it belongs in a physician's armamentarium, as a curative agont. It will commend itself because of its excellent plates, its precise and very thorough explanation of the method of investigation and how to make an electrical diagnosis, and the careful instruction it gives for the proper use of electricity as a therapeutic agent. It presents so many good features in such an admirable manner that it should readily fill in this country the same place it has filled in Germany."

RÖNTGEN RAY DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY. BY CARL BECK, M. D., Professor of Surgery in the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital; Visiting Surgeon to St. Mark's Hospital and German Poliklinik. With 322 illustrations in the text. D. Appleton & Co., New York. Price, c oth, $400.

The work is very fully illustrated, as a work of this character necessarily must be. The author's aim has been to demonstrate how the Röntgen-ray can best be utilized in medicine and surgery. The book is written for physicians and students of the Röntgen science; the importance of diagnosis by the Röntgen-ray is demonstrated. In the section devoted to Röntgen therapy, the author has tried to keep facts and conjectures well apart, appreciating the limitations of this new field. The work is an invaluable guide to X-ray diagnosis and treatment.

THE ELEMENTS OF KELLGREN'S MANUAL TREATMENT. By EDGAR F. CYRIAX, M. D. (Edinburgh), Gymnastic Director, Stockholm, 1899. Super-royal octavo, 520 pages, illustrated by 138 line and half-tone engravings. Muslin binding. Price, $4.00, net. William Wood & Co., New York. This book has been written with the object of providing the medical profession with a scientific exposition of the methods comprised under what is widely known as "Kellgren's Manual Treatment." This is the first systematic detailed description of this treatment, and while it makes no pretense to exhaustiveness, it nevertheless deals with all the chief features of the subject under consideration. It is to be commended as a concise yet clearly written volume on manual treatment.

RADIOTHERAPY, PHOTOTHERAPY AND HIGH FREQUENCY CURRENTS. The

Medical and Surgical Applications of Radiology in Diagnosis and Treatment. By CHARLES WARRENNE ALLEN, M. D., Professor of Dermatology in the New York Post-Graduate Medical School. Octavo, 618 pages, 131 engravings and 27 plates. Cloth, $4.50, net. Lea Brothers & Co., publishers, Philadelphia and New York.

Recent discoveries in radiant energy have developed a new and important system of therapy. In fact, such positive results have already been achieved in maladies which were hitherto considered intractable, as to warrant the recognition of radiotherapy as a very efficient addition to the resources of the profession. Dr. Allen's work is peculiarly opportune. It is based upon practical experience, as well as upon a careful review of the great mass of literature on the subject coming from almost all quarters

of the globe. Naturally, in a science so new, much faulty observation has been encountered, and in this volume no effort has been spared to eliminate the errors and to present the subject correctly and abreast of its position to-day. Ample information is given upon the physical as well as the technical side, to equip the reader for the selection and management of appliances. The object of the work is always practical, and it has been the earnest endeavor of the author to enable his readers to secure for their patients prompt and permanent benefit. Accordingly, much attention is given to questions of diagnosis and treatment, and, inasmuch as such powerful forces as are treated of in this volume may do harm if improperly applied, cautionary directions are carefully given and exact instructions for the determination and measurement of dosage.

THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THE RÖNTGEN RAY IN THERAPEUTICS AND DIAGNOSIS. BY WILLIAM ALLEN PUSEY, A. M., M. D., Professor of Dermatology in the University of Illinois; and EUGENE W. CALDWELL, B. S., Director of the Edward N. Gibbs Memorial X-Ray Laboratory. Second edition, thoroughly revised and enlarged. Handsome octavo volume of 690 pages, with 195 illustrations, including four colored plates. Philadelphia, New York, London: W. B. Saunders & Co 1904. Cloth, $5.00, net; sheep or half morocco, $6.00, net.

This excellent work has attained the distinction of two large editions in one year-a proof not only that such a work was needed, but also of the book's practical value. The vast amount of literature accumulated during the past year has been very carefully digested, and the latest knowledge and advancements incorporated. A practical feature of the work lies in the fact that nearly all the illustrations represent actual clinical subjects, showing the benefits of the X-rays at various stages of their application. The chapters by Caldwell give full details regarding the use and management of the apparatus, the text being fully illustrated with many photographs and drawings, including four full-page colored plates. The second edition has been brought strictly down to date, especially the case histories cited; and by the addition of much new matter and a number of new illustrations, the usefulness of the work has been greatly extended. It is the latest and best book on this subject.

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DUNHAM'S NORMAL HISTOLOGY. A Text-Book on Normal Histology for the use of Students and Practitioners of Medicine. By EDWARD K. DUN. HAM, Ph.B., M. D., Professor of General Pathology, Bacteriology and Hygiene in the University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York. New (3d) edition, revised and enlarged. In one octavo volume of 334 pages, with 260 illustrations. Cloth, $2.75, net. Lea Brothers & Co, Philadelphia and New York. 1904.

The work is a clear and concise exposition of its important fundamental subject, and has proved to be admirably adapted to the needs of students, as well as of those physicians who desire quickly to keep themselves posted on the latest discoveries in histology. The present revision has been very thorough, bringing the work well up to date, and in addition, there has been inserted a most valuable and practical section on the care and use of the microscope, and on histological technique. No better text-book and laboratory manual on normal histology has ever been issued, and its great popularity has made possible its publication at a price, the reasonableness of which is appreciated by every student.

A TEXT BOOK OF PATHOLOGY. By JOSEPH MCFARLAND, M. D., Professor of Pathology and Bacteriology in the Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia; Pathologist to the Medico-Chirurgical Hospital, Philadelphia. Handsome octavo volume of 818 pages, with 350 illustrations. a number in colors. Philadelphia, New York, London: W. B. Saunders & Co. 1904. Cloth, $500, net; sheep or half morocco, $6.00, net. It was with anticipations of much pleasure and interest that the reviewer began reading Dr. McFarland's work on Pathology, and he can truthfully say that his greatest expectations were more than fulfilled. The book is excellent--excellent as regards both text and illustrations. Of the latter there are a number of beautiful ones in colors, printed directly in the text. Dr. McFarland's thirteen years' experience as a teacher of this subject, besides his extensive personal research in the laboratory, has fitted him most admirably to write a text-book on pathology, and this superb forelying work is all that any one-student or practitioner-could desire. Unlike most works on pathology, the subject is treated, not from the professor's point of view, but from that of the student, the many difficult theories of the science being explained in clear, concise language. Quite a few works on pathology have come to the reviewer's desk within the last few years, but none has reached the standard of excellence held by Dr. McFarland's work.