Reviews and Book Notices.

A MANUAL OF MEDICINE. Edited by W. H. Allchin, M.D., London, F. R.C.P., F.R.S., Editor Senior Physician and Lecturer on Clinical Medicine, Westminster Hospital; Examiner in Medicine, Naval Medical Service; Examiner in Medicine in the University of London; for the Royal College of Physicians, London, etc. Part V., Diseases of the Digestive System and Liver, Peritoneum, Vessels of the Abdomen, Kidneys, and Ductless Glands. 8 vo., cloth; price, $2.00. The Macmillan Co., New York and London, publishers. 1904.

The fifth volume of this most excellent manual is fully up with the high order of its predecessors. The important subjects considered in this volume are the digestive system, the liver, peritoneum, abdominal vessels, the kidneys, and the ductless glands. As a work of reference, and for the use of the general practitioner it will prove most valuable. The handy size of the volume makes it very convenient. Quite a number of illustrations add to its many other excellencies.

INTERNATIONAL CLINICS. A Quarterly of Illustrated Clinical Lectures, and especially prepared articles on Medicine, Neurology, Surgery, Therapeutics, Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Pathology, Dermatology, Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, and other Topics of Interest to Students and Practitioners by leading Members of the Medical profession throughout the world. Edited by A. O. J. Kelly, A.M., M.D., Philadelphia, with the collaboration of Drs. Wm. Osler, of Baltimore; Jno H. Musser, M.D., of Philadelphia; James Stewart, M.D., of Montreal; J. B. Murphy, M.D., of Chicago; A. McPhedran, M.D., of Toronto; Thos. M. Rotch, M.D., of Boston; J. W. Balantyne, M.D., of Edinburgh; Edmund Landolt, M.D., of Paris, and others, with regular correspondents in the larger cities of the world. Vol. IV., Thirteenth Series, 1904. 8vo., cloth; 321 pages. Price, $2.00 net. J. B. Lippincott Co., Publishers, Philadelphia. 1904.

This valuable series of Clinical Articles is worthy of the highest commendation, and the continued success it has obtained is a correct criterion of its just merits. This success, made possible by the continued support of the medical profession, is unquestionably due to the very practical nature of the work and its eminent editorial corps. The special articles

by such men as Senn, DaCosta, Duckworth, Tyson, Musser, McFarland, Casey Wood and others so prominent in their various lines, make it of more than ordinary value. In no particular does this fourth volume of the thirteenth series fall behind any of its predecessors.

THE ADVERTISER'S HANDY GUIDE, VOLUME XVI.

Has just been issued by the Lyman D. Morse Advertising Agency, whose reputation in the advertising field is world wide. It is a standard work of reference, indispensable to advertisers large and small, and as important to the buyer of space as a "price current" is to a buyer of goods. If any evidence were needed that this work has permanently taken the lead in its class, it will be found in the fact that the Lyman D. Morse Advertising Agency has received a very large number of commendatory letters from the leading advertisers in both the United States and Europe.

Not the least of its important features is its condensed form. It may be carried with ease in the pocket, and as such commends itself to every traveling salesman, who contracts for advertising in the towns along his route. Its up-to-date character is shown by the addition of a list of publications in Cuba, West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America. In addition to this and the general list of Daily and Weekly newspapers, are special lists of class publications grouped under the following heads: Magazines, Medical Journals, Agricultural and Religious papers and those in foreign languages.

It may be obtained from the publishers-Lyman D. Morse Advertising Agency, 38 Park Row, New York, on receipt of the price, $2.00.

THE RELATION OF SOCIAL DISEASES AND MARRIAGE. By Prince A. Morrow, A.M., M.D., Emeritus Professor of Genito-Urinary Diseases in the University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College; Surgeon to the City Hospital; Consulting Dermatologist to St. Vincent's Hospital, etc., New York. In one very handsome octavo volume of 390 pages. Cloth, $3.00 net. Lea Bros. & Co., Publishers, Philadelphia and New York. 1904.

It is the object of this work to set forth clearly the dangers introduced by venereal diseases into marriage-dangers to the wife, dangers to the offspring, and dangers which come from

their morbid irradiations into family and social life-and to indicate the most effective means to prevent these dangers or to limit and circumscribe their spread. This protective duty, which has for its object the preservation of the helpless and innocent from infection, devolves upon the physician in his capacity as sanitarian and guardian of the public health. The fulfillment of this duty realizes the highest ideals of preventive medicine. In safeguarding marriage from the dangers of venereal diseases, the physician becomes the protector of the wife and mother and the preserver of future citizens to the State.

The situations created by the introduction of venereal diseases in marriage are many and complicated; the problems presented are delicate, perplexing, and difficult of solution. In dealing with these situations there is required not only a thorough knowledge of these diseases in all their relations, but also a knowledge of human nature, a professional sagacity and a savoir-faire, which are not taught in the curricula of our medical schools.

It is the purpose of this study to indicate the general principles which should form the basis of the physician's conduct and to formulate as definitely as possible rules for his guidance in dealing with the various situations which may present themselves in practice.

THE BLUES (SPLANCHNIC NEURASTHENIA); CAUSES AND CURE. By Albert Abrams, A.M., M.D., (Heidelberg), F.R.M.S., Consulting Physician Denver National Hospital for Consumptives, the Mount Zion and the French Hospitals, San Francisco; President of the Emanuel Sisterhood Polyclinic; formerly Professor of Pathology and Director of the Medical Clinic, Cooper Medical College, San Francisco. 8vo., cloth; 240 pages; illustrated. Postpaid, $1.50. E. B. Treat & Co., Publishers, 241-243 W. 23rd Street, New York.

The object of this volume is to direct attention to a new and heretofore undescribed variety of nerve exhaustion, which I have designated as Splanchnic Neurasthenia. This special form of nerve weakness is characterized by paroxysms of depression of varying duration, and is popularly known as "the blues." Its recognition is of more than theoretic interest. A mere theory may be of interest to our profession, but the layman asks science for results.

Its recognition, and the factors involved in its causation, imply our ability to cope with the evil and to offer to the sufferers not only amelioration, but a cure.

Among the many resources of Nature to combat this tendency, the vigor of the abdominal muscles is paramount. The tonicity of the muscles in question is impaired by mal-hygienic clothing, occupation, disease, lack of exercise, and a host of other conditions. The decadence of the abdominal muscles is a modern heritage; and so are hemorrhoids, constipation, hernia, and a multitude of other evils that may be traced to enfeebled abdominal muscles.

THE TREATMENT OF FRACTURES. WITH NOTES UPON A FEW COMMON DISLOCATIONS. By Chas. L. Scudder, M.D., Surgeon to the Massachusetts General Hospital. Fourth edition; thoroughly revised, enlarged and reset. Octavo volume of 534 pages, with nearly 700 original illustrations. Philadelphia, New York, London. W. B. Saunders & Company. 1903. Polished buckram, $5.00 net; Sheep or half morocco, $6.00 net.

Four large editions of this work in less than four years testify to its value. The book is intended to serve as a guide to the practitioner and student in the treatment of fractures of bones. The student sees the actual conditions as they exist in fractured bones, and is encouraged to determine for himself how to meet the conditions found in each individual case. Methods of treatment are described in minute detail, and the reader is not only told, but is shown how to apply apparatus, for as far as possible, all the details are illustrated. This elaborate and complete series of illustrations constitutes a feature of the book. There are 688 of them, all from new and original drawings and reproduced in the highest style of art. Several chapters of special importance are those on Gunshot Fractures of Bone; The Rontgen Rays and Its Relation to Fractures; The Employment of Plaster-of-Paris, and the Ambulatory Treatment of Fractures.

In this fourth edition many new illustrations have been added, thus increasing the accuracy of this part of the work. The text has been thoroughly revised, thereby bringing the book absolutely abreast the times. X-ray plates of the epiphyses at different ages have been arranged. These will be found of value not only as an anatomical study but in the appreciation of epiphyseal lesions. An important addition is

that of a chapter upon a few common dislocations. This chapter, like the rest of the book, is amply illustrated, and the accepted methods of treatment described.

A TEXT-BOOK of Legal Medicine and TOXICOLOGY. Edited by Frederick Peterson, M.D., Chief of Clinic, Nervous Department of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York; and Walter S. Haines, M.D., Professor of Chemistry, Pharmacy, and Toxicology, Rush Medical College, in affiliation with the University of Chicago. Two imperial octavo volumes of about 750 pages each, fully illustrated. Philadelphia, New York, London. W. B. Saunders & Company, 1903. Per volume, cloth, $5.00 net; Sheep or half morocco, $6.00 net.

This work presents to the medical and legal professions a comprehensive survey of forensic medicine and toxicology in moderate compass.

For convenience of reference the treatise has been divided into two sections, Part I and Part II, the latter being devoted to Toxicology and all other portions of Legal Medicine in which laboratory investigation is an essential feature. Under "Expert Evidence" not only is advice given to medical experts, but suggestions are also made to attorneys as to the best methods of obtaining the desired information from the witness. The Bertillon and Greenleaf-Smart systems of identification are concisely and intelligently described, and the advantages of each stated. An interesting and important chapter is that on "The Destruction and Attempted Destruction of the Human Body by Fire and Chemicals;" for on the determination of the human or animal source of the remains frequently depends the legal conduct of a given case, and the guilt or innocence of the accused. A chapter not usually found in works on Legal Medicine, though of far more than passing significance to both the medical expert and the attorney, is that on the medicolegal relations of the X-Rays. The responsibility of pharmacists in the compounding of prescriptions, in the selling of poisons, in substituting drugs other than those prescribed, etc., furnishes a chapter of the greatest interest to everyone concerned with questions of medical jurisprudence. Also included in the work is the enumeration of the laws of the various States relating to the commitment and retention of the insane. In fact, the entire work is overflowing with matters of the utmost importance, and expresses clearly, concisely, and accurately the very latest opinions on all branches of forensic medicine and toxicology.