The

labor and the puerperium is described in a comprehensive manner. author's rich experience is reflected in his managment of the obstetric operations as described in the text and adds considerably to their interest. The book is profusely illustrated.

A TEXT BOOK OF MEDICAL CHEMISTRY AND TOXICOLOGY By James W. Holland, M. D., Professor of Medical Chemistry and Toxicology, JeJfferson MeMdical College, Philadelphia. Third Revised Edition. Octavo of 655 pages, fully illustrated. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders Company, 1911. Cloth, $3.00, net.

The changes throughout this work have been numerous, although by the omission of obsolete matter the book has been kept down to its former size. Based on nearly fifty years of practical experience in teaching chemistry and medicine, this work by Dr. Holland possesses a real value to you, because it expresses that definite knowledge acquired only in the laboratory and the class-room-knowledge of the most practical sort; and Dr. Holland has presented his subjects in a way that will prove most helpful to you. Toxicology is given more space than in any other text-book on chemistry, and the various tests are detailed most clearly.

THE SURGERY OF ORAL DISEASES AND MALFORMATIONS Their Diagnosis and Treatment.

By George V. I. Brown, D. D. S., M. D., Oral Surgeon to St. Mary's Hospital and to the Children's Free Hospital, Milwaukee; Professor of Oral Surgery, Southern Dental College, Atlanta, Ga. Octavo, 740 pages, with 359 engravings and 21 plates. Cloth, $6.00, net. Lea & Febiger, Publishers, Philadelphia and New York, 1912.

The region embraced in the title of this work is the scene of many diverse and important operations, such as those for hare-lip, cleft-palate, and the agonizing facial neuralgias. As the roof of the mouth is the floor of the nose, deformities of the upper air passages can often be removed by a very simple widening of the upper jaw. The author has displayed great ingenuity and resourcefulness in devising new or improved operations, and these are given in detail with liberal illustrations of their successive steps. Dr. Brown also appreciates the importance of facial appearance, and has shaped his operations to accomplish aesthetic as well as practical results. His serial pictures demonstrate a great advance in this particular over what was formerly thought to suffice. Most surgeons have operations in this region to perform, and to them, as well as to dentists, and to students of medicine and dentistry, this work can be recommended as preesnting the whole subject in its latest form.

HEALTH AND MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN Walter S. Cornell, M. D., Philadelphia. Published by the F. A. Davis Co., Philadelphia, 1912. 614 pages, 200 illustrations, $3.00.

This is a timely book, presenting in concise form the varied problems which many cities are just beginning to meet. In the absence of establisbed precedent and long experience, Dr. Cornell has establishd a model which will probably be copied by other authors soon. His book should be in the hands of every school principal and superintendent, every school inspector or aspirant for such a position. More than this, the description of physical defects actually encountered in children, the demonstration of hereditary taints, the careful study of feeding, and many other details render the book valuable to the practitioner. We wish, too, that it might be purchased at public expense and placed in the hands of state and municipal legislators.

WESTERN MEDICAL REVIEW

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WYOMING SECTION.

Pestal, Joseph, Douglas; Keith, M. C.; Casper; Marshall, T. E., Sheridan; Nelsen, N. D.; Shoshoni; Wicks, J. L., Evanston; Wiseman, Letitia, Cheyenne; Young, J. H., Rock Springs.

Vol. XVII.

CHEYENNE, WYO., JUNF, 1912.

ABSTRACTS.

Two Standard, Official Therapeutic Remedies.

No. 6

The following two official preparatnons have much to recommend them. They are here commented upon at this time because they are seasonable and because they are worthy of the confidnce of every physician. They are meritorious products and as made by the capable pharmacist, have a maximum of therapeutic efficiency.

Liquor Antisepticus, U. S. P.

The Antiseptic Solution of the Pharmacopoeia contains 2 per cent of boric acid, one-tenth of one per cent each of benzoic acid and thymol, as well as small but definite amounts of eucalyptol and the Oils of Peppermint, Gaultheria and Thyme. Its alcohol content is 25 per cent.

It is a mild yet efficient antiseptic, and in those cases where such agents as Mercuric Chloride, Phenol, Iodoform, etc., are objectionable, its action is decidedly advantageous, owing to its great penetrating power, a consideration of practical import

ance.

The ideal antiseptic is one that combines a maximum of toxic effect on bacteria with a minimum of action on tissue cells. Such an antiseptic has not yet been found and probably does not

exist, but a thorough trial of this preparation will establish its usefulness as one of our best antiseptics at the present time.

It is a colorless solution of a pleasant and agreeable odor and less irritant than most other antiseptics. It is also a useful detergent and is an efficient gargle diluted with an equal quantity of water or hydrogen dioxide (Aqua Hydrogenii Dioxide, U. S. P.), commonly called peroxide of hydrogen.

Its use as a dentifrice and as an antiseptic spray for the throat and nose often aborts the incipient stages of infectious diseases.

Oleum Santali, U. S. P.

Oil of Santal is a pale yellow, rather thick liquod, having a peculiar aromatic odor and a pungent, spicy taste. It is a volatile oil obtained from the wood of Santalum Album (India and East Indies) by distillation.

As there is always a sufficiency of true Oil of Santal of undoubted therapeutic efficiency on the market, with antiseptic properties powerful enough to inhibit the growth of bacteria, there is little or no need for the medical practitioner to resort to special remedies that contain, or claim to contain, the true Oil of Santal. This true oil probably acts as much by lessening the inflammatory exudate as by its bactericidal action. It is much less irritant than other genito-urinary disinfectants of the volatile oil class and has little tendency to disturb the digestion, being well borne by the stomach and bowels.

Its superiority is demonstrated in a measure ly its excretion, mainly by the kidneys, as it is excreted in a fairly strong combination with glycuronic acid. Were this not the case the excreta would act as a culture medium for bacteria.

It may be prescribed in capsules and in loses from 0.3 «c. (5 minims) to 1.13 cc. (20 minims).

Camphorated Oil in Pneumonia.

Wachter (Medizin Klinik) has been treating his pneumonia patients during the last three years with one or two daily subcutaneous injections of 3 or 5 c.c. of camphorated oil. He has found it effectual in stimulating and strengthening the heart, while it seems to have a direct action on the lungs and soothes the brain. The crisis occurred in from one to nine days in his thirty cases. The pain was arrested and the agitation subsided; even the delirious patients quieted down.