given. There is no question but that much discomfort and danger would be prevented, were it possible for there to be stationed at several positions in the city horse ambulances, which could be hastily summoned to the scene of any accident. No part of the town should be more than a moderate distance from an ambulance station, and the ambulances should be available not only for cases of accident in the street, but also for accidents in manufactories or on other private premises. They should be available, too, in many cases of illness not resulting from accident. The establishment of such an elaborate system as that of the New York ambulance service is, perhaps, not to be hoped for at present, but a great improvement in the present ambulance service of Birmingham is urgently called for, and could without great difficulty be effected.

BOOKS RECEIVED.

From John Wright and Co.

An Introduction to Dermatology.

Third Edition.

From Wm. Green and Sons

NORMAN WALKER.

A Guide to Anæsthetics. T. D. LUKE. Second Edition. From Longmans, Green, and Co.

Transactions of the Clinical Society. Vol. XXXVII.

From John Bale, Sons, and Danielsson

The Ambulance in Civil Life. REGINALD HARRISON.
Some Forms of Albuminuria Associated with Kidney
Tension and their Treatment. REGINALD HARRISON.

From Dr. Alfred Stengel

Specific Precipitins and their Medico-Legal Value in
Distinguishing Human and Animal Blood.

Iodic Purpura with Fever.

The Clinical Course and Diagnosis of Arterio-Sclerosis.
Diabetes as a Complication of Pregnancy.

The Cardio-Vascular Apparatus During and After Infec-
tious Diseases.

The Heart and Circulation in Pregnancy and the Puerperium.

Varieties of Splenic Anæmia.