Syphilis. By Lloyd Thompson, Ph. for that of others in the majority of B., M.D., Physician to the Syphilis Clinic, Government Free Bath House; Visiting Urologist to St. Joseph's Hospital; Consulting Pathologist to the Leo N. Levy Memorial Hospital, Hot Springs, Arkansas; First Lieutenant, Medical Reserve Corps, United States Army; Nember of the American Urological Association and the American Association of Immunologists. Octavo, 415 pages, with 77 engravings and seven colored plates. Cloth, $4.25, net. Lea & Ribiger, publishers, Philadelphia and New York. 1916. In preparing this volume for the profession it has been the aim of the author to present the subject of syphilis in as practical a manner as possible. For this reasona considerable portion of the work is devoted to diagnosis and treatment. The chapter on laboratory diagnosis is made especially full, as today the desirability, in fact the necessity, of laboratory aid is more evident for the successful treatment of syphilis than for any other disease. Matters of theoretical and historical interest, of course, are discussed, but usually only when they have some bearing upon the practical handling of the subject. nor Syphilis, today, no longer is to be considered a genito-urinary disease, a dermatological disease, nor a disease belonging exclusively to any specialty; but is to be thought of as a disease requiring knowledge in all fields of medicine. As Osler so aptly remarks, "Know syphilis in all its manifestations and relations and all other things clinical will be added unto you." It is, however, the genitourinary specialist upon whem the burden of responsibility should rest, for he it is who, as a rule, sees syphilis in the beginning, and if this work is well done there should be no need cases. The author has drawn freely from the literature of syphilis at his command for his material and had added his personal views and evperiences. The illustrations are, to a large extent, from photographs taken by the author of cases in his own practice. The Clinics of John B. Muhpry, M.D., at Mercy Hospital, Chicago. Vol. V, No. 5, edited by P. G. Skillern, Jr., M.D., of Philadelphia. Oc. tover, 1916. Octavo of 209 pages, 43 illustrations. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Sauders Company, 1916. Price per year: Paper $8.00; cloth $12.00. Talk on Varicose Veins and Varicose Leg Ulcers. Clinic for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Surgeons. A Series of Unclassified Illustrations Showing Certain Features of Dr. Murphy's Operative Work. A Series of Sketches Showing a Method of Treating Ankylosis of the Fingers by Grafts of Costal Cartilage. Carcinoma of Mucous Membrane of Cheek-Ablation Through Kocher In cision. Gunshot Fractureof Maxilla-Reduction, Plating, Wiring. Osteomyelitis of Malar Bone-Incision and Curettage. -Sarcoma or Maxillary Antrum-Excision of Maxilla. Osteomyelitic Necrosis of Mandible -Plastic Reconstruction. Cicatricial Fixation of Mandible Following Noma-Release-Interposition of Mucosa Flaps. Degeneratio Cyst of Neck (Lymphadenitis)-Ablation. Lipoma of Shoulder-Ablation. Lipoma of Axilla-Ablation. Melano-epithelioma in Pigmented Mole of Breast with Metastases to Axilla-Ablation of Tumor and Enlarged Axillary Nodes. bi-monthly. Price per year: Paper $8.00; cloth $12.00. Portrait of Dr. John B. Murphy. In Memoriam (By Dr. E Wyllys Andrews, Dr. J. F. Binnie, Dr. George W. Crile, Dr. John B. Deaver, Sir Rickman J. Godlee, Sir W. Arbuthnot Lane, Dr. Ernest LaPlace, Dr. Edward Martin.) The Medical History and Last Illness of John B. Murphy (By Dr. C. L. Mix, Dr. R. H. Babcock, Dr. J. E. Keefe, Dr. W. A. Evans.) Osteosarcoma-Report of Eight Recent Cases; Reference to Six Cases Previously Reported (By Albert H. Baugher, M.D.). Ancient Injury to Skull with Focal signs-Decompression. Harelip-Chilaplasty. Angioma of Lip-Ablation. -A Series of Unclassified Illustrations Showing Certain Phases of Dr. Murphy's Work. Toxic Goiter with MelancholiaStrumectomy. Exophthalmic Goiter-Strumectomy -Talk on Surgical Pathology of Thyroid Gland. Muscular Sinus of Arm-Obliteration of Sinus. Posterior luxation of Elbow-Operative Reduction; Extra-articular Nailing; Compression Neuritis of Ulnar Nerve; Transference. Ununited Fracture of Radius-Intramedullary Transplant. Fracture of Phalanx of Finger with Vicious Union-Correction of Deformity; Formation of New Tendonsheaths. Carcinoma of Breast-Radical Op Vaccine Therapy in General Practice. By G. H. Sherman, M.D. Also 523 quotations from other authors. pages, third edition. Price $2.50. Published by G. H. Sherman, M.D., Detroit, Mich., 1916. This book, the author states, is designed for the physician in active practice, no attempt having been made to enter into a minute description of the bacteriological laboratory proceedures or to detail the complex phases of bacteriopathy. His aim has been to present those scientific observations which are of value in the treatment of infectious diseases met in every-day practice. It records, therefore, in concise form the au thor's extensive experience with the use of bacterial vaccines, supplemented by references to the observations and publications of others. It undoubtedly fills a need for the practicing physician and supplies him with an excellent working knowledge of the theory and practice of vaccine therapy. It will enable the reader to better understand the underlying principles of this new and important therapy and enable him to better apply the treatment and to obtain the best results. The Practical Medicine Series. Comprising 10 Volumes on the Year's Progress in Medicine and Surgery. Under the General Editorial Charge of Charles L. Mix, A.M., M.D. Illustrated. Chicago. The Year Book Publishers, 1915. In 10 Volumes, 12mo. Cloth $10.00 per set. VI. General Medicine... Edited by Frank Billings, M.S., M.D., and J. H. Salisbury, A.M., M.D. 359 pages. Cloth $1.50. Contents: Infectious Diseases, Diseases of the Mouth and Esophagus, Diseases of the Stomach, Diseases of the Intestine, Diseases of the Liver and Gall-Bladder, Diseases of the Pancreas. VII. Obstetrics. Edited by Joseph B. DeLee, A.M., M.D., with the collaboration of Herbert M. Stowe, M.D. 230 pages. Cloth $1.35. Contents: Pregnancy, Labor, The Puerperium, The New-Born. VIII. Materia Medica and Therapeutics. Edited by Geo. F. Butler, Ph.G., M.D. Preventive Medicine. Edited by Wm. A. Evans, M.S., M.D., LL.D., Ph.D. Contents: Drugs, Animal Extracts, Bacterial Preparations, Vaccines, Serums, Electricity, X-Rays, Radium. Public Health Work, General Sanitation, Personal Hygiene, Infant Wel fare, Inspection of School Children, Infectious and Contagious Diseases, Occupational Diseases, Military Hygi eine. As our readers no doubt know, the Practical Medicins Series are issued in 10 volumes, each covering one particular branch of medicine and surgery, and each volume representing a digest of the year's advances in that particular subject. One can, therefore, choose either one or all the volumes and possess in a compact and handy form the latest views and discoveries in any of the various subjects. The volumes are edited by well-known specialists in each particular line, are authoritative and exceedingly practical, including only those matters which are dependable and worthy, giving in each instance a reference to the original article. Thus if the reader wishes further information to any statement, he can at once refer to the original article. To the busy man who has not the time to consult the year's literature in order to learn the latest teaching and practice of any subject, these handy and useful volumes are indispensable. International Clinics, a Quarterly of Illustrated Clinical Lectures and Especially Prepared Original Articles on Treatment, Medicine, Surgery, Neurology, Paediatrics, Obstetrics, Gynaecology, Orthopaedics, Pathology, Dermatology, ford; Rupert Blue, M.D., D.P.H., Washington, D. C.; A. McPhedran, M.D., Toronto; James J. Walsh, M.D., New York; J. W. Ballantyne, M.D., Edinburgh; John Harold, M.D., London; Richard Kretz, M.D., Vienna, with correspondents in Montreal, London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Leipsic, Brussels and Geneva. Volumes III and IV, 26th Series, 1916. Philadelphia and London. J. B. Lippincott Company. As is usual with every issue of this publication, which the Lippincott Company publishes every quarter, the latest issues, volumes III and IV, are brimfull of excellent and interesting papers that are bound to be of value every medical reader, no matter what particular branch he may be interested in. The range of topics, the standing of the authors and the uniform excellence of the papers all serve to make this publication a most interesting one. The physician who fails to read these books is missing a great deal and is denying himself source of entertainment and instruction. a A Text-book of Practical Therapeutics. With Especial Reference to the Application of Remedial Measures to Disease and Their Employment Upon a Rational Basis. By Hobart Amory Hare, B.Co., M.D., Professor of Therapeutics, Materia Medica and Diagnosis in the Jefferson Medical Ophthalmology, Otology, College, Philadelphia; Physician to Rhinalogy, Laryngology, Hygiene, and the Jefferson Medical College HosOther Topics of Interest to Students pital; one-time Clinical Professor of and Practitioners by Leading MemDiseases of Children in the Univerbers of the Medical Profession sity of Pennsylvania. 16th edition, Throughout the World. Edited by revised and enlarged. Imperial ocH. R. M. Landis, M.D., Philadelphia, tavo, 1009 pages, with 149 engravings U. S. A., with the collaboration of and 17 plates. Cloth $4.75 net. Lea Chas. H. Mayo, M.D., Rochester; Sir & Fibiger, Publishers, Philadelphia Wm. Osler, Bart., M.D., F.R.S., Ox- and New York, 1916. With the appearance of its new sixteenth edition, Hare's Practical Therapeutics enters upon another stage in its long and successful career. By reason of the ingenuity of its plan, the consummate skill with which it has been carried out, and the author's appreciation of the needs of the physician at the bedside, it has stood out conspicuously as a book which has never been approached in its field, and each successive issue has only emphasized and increased its usefulness. In the present edition the official preparations of the new U. S. Pharmacopeoia and the new British Pharmacopoeia have been introduced; and every article has been revised in an attempt to bring the text into complete conformity with the views generally accepted by the best physicians of the day. This well-known work needs little comment from the reviewer for there are few physicians without a copy of it. Those who possess former editions will surely wish the latest edition, for it represents the last word in modern therapeutics. A Manual of Chemistry. A Guide to Lectures and Laboratory Work for Beginners in Chemistry. A Textbook Specially Adapted for Students of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry. By W. Simon, Ph.D., M.D., Late Professor in Chemistry in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, and in the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery; and Daniel Base, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry in the Maryland College of Pharmacy, Department of the University of Maryland. Eleventh edition, thoroughly revised. Octavo, 648 pages, with 55 illustrations, one colored spectra plate, and six colored plates, representing 48 chemical reactions. Cloth $3.50 net. Lea & Febiger, Publishers, Philadelphia and New York, 1916. The degree of approbation accorded this work by the medical, dental and pharmaceutical profession is shown by the demand which has exhausted ten previous editions. This comprehensive work answers every need of all who are concerned with the medical bearings of chemistry. The new eleventh edition incorporates the additions to and changes in the new U. S. Pharmamopoeia. A number of changes have also been made involving re-arrangement, addition and deletion of material. The section dealing with nonmetals has been entirely re-arranged and much new material has been added; and a chapter on quantitative determinations by volumetric methods has been included in the section devoted to analytical chemiştry. In a word, the new edition is up-to-date in every particular and the work continues to be the best manual of chemistry for teachers, students and practitioners of medicine, dentistry and pharmacy. Blood Pressure, from the Clinical Standpoint. By Francis Ashley Faught, M.D., formerly Director of the Laboratory of Clinical Medicine at the Medico-Chirurgical College, Philadelphia. Second edition, thorillustrated. Philadelphia and Lonoughly revised. Octavo of 478 pages, don: W. B. Saunders Company, 1916. Price $3.25 net. The author in this well-known work presented in a compact form all the data bearing on blood-pressure and its bearing in medical practice, and it affords the reader an excellent exposition of spyhgmomonometry and |