A DICTIONARY OF PRACTICAL SURGERY. By Various British Hospital Surgeons. Edited by CHRISTOPHER HEATH, F.R.C.S., Holme Professor of Clinical Surgery in University College, London; and Surgeon to University College Hospital. One volume. 8vo. Upward of two thousand pages. Cloth, $7.50; sheep, $8.50. This work will not only prove to be of great service to the student of surgery, but supply a want in the library of the busy practitioner, who necessarily frequently meets with cases of surgical disease or injury on which he desires to have immediate information as to diagnosis and treatment. The Dictionary of Practical Surgery is printed from the original plates of the English edition. PRACTICAL PATHOLOGY. A Manual for Students and Practitioners. By G. SIMS WOODHEAD, M.D., F.R.C.P. Ed., etc. With 195 Colored Illustrations. Third Edition. Greatly Enlarged and Revised. 8vo. Cloth, $7.00; sheep, $8.00. During the last decade great advances have been made in the methods of studying pathology; students are more thoroughly grounded and trained in practical work, and the general standard of pathological knowledge is now certainly much higher than it was even ten years ago. It is therefore the more necessary that any one essaying to offer instruction in practical pathology should take the greatest care to bring his descriptions into line with the results obtained by modern methods. A sense of this responsibility and further experience in teaching, and of the needs of both student and teacher, have impelled the author to enlarge the scope of the work and to alter it very materially in several respects. The chapter on Methods has been brought well up to date; a chapter on Inflammation and Healing of Wounds has been added, and other matter, especially as regards the naked eye appearances of diseased organs, has been introduced. Special attention has been paid to arrangement, much repetition has been avoided, and the references to methods of Hardening, Preparing, and Staining have been so arranged as to interfere as little as possible with the continuity of the text. In short, the work has been almost entirely rewritten, and so recast as to make it available not only as a practical hand-book for the class-room and laboratory, but also as a book useful for home study in connection with practical work. The number of illustrations has been increased from 162 to 195, and many of the original figures have been redrawn or replaced by drawings of more typical specimens. FEMALE PELVIC ANATOMY. By J. CLARENCE WEBSTER, B.A., M.D., etc. 4to. Cloth, 129 pages, $9.00. The author's chief aim in this very elaborate work has been to observe accurately, and to describe with faithfulness, the great mass of facts which have come under his observation. He gives in detail the anatomical condition found in the pelves of women who died of diseases causing no alteration in pelvic relationships. The details were obtained both from sectional and dissectional study. The majority of the plates which illustrate the work were drawn from nature by the author. TUBO-PERITONEAL ECTOPIC GESTATION. CLARENCE WEBSTER, B.A., M.D., etc. By J. This monograph gives a detailed account of an original research into the nature of a mixed variety of ectopic gestation, partly within the left Fallopian tube and partly within the peritoneal cavity. Such a variety has never yet been described. The work contains eleven colored plates. A SYSTEM OF ORAL SURGERY. Being a Treatise on the Diseases and Surgery of the Mouth, Jaws, Face, Teeth, and Associate Parts. By JAMES E. GARRETSON, A.M., M.D., D.D.S, President of the Medico-Chirurgical Hospital, and Emeritus Professor of Oral and General Clinical Surgery in the Medico-Chirurgical College; Dean of the Philadelphia Dental College, etc. Illustrated with steel plates and numerous wood-cuts. Fifth Edition, thoroughly revised, with important additions. 8vo. Cloth, $9.00; sheep, $10.00. manner replaces, in no sense, the old, for the writer any opinion or judgment that has been advanced. with the rapid growth and advance of the specialty. this is with view to a still further con densation of the matter of the book and to such elaboration in way of presentation of the subjects treated in it as shall make them easier of comprehension by a student, and, if possible, more practical. PRESS COMMENTS. "So much of new matter has been introduced as to make it obligatory upon every dentist, who desires to keep abreast of the advance of thought, to add the latest edition of the standard work to his library. Altogether, to say that the whole work is satisfactory is but feebly to express the sentiments with which every intelligent dental surgeon will receive it."-New York Independent Practitioner. "The reader is not obliged to wade through pages of words to catch a few ideas, nearly every sentence conveying a thought clearly and tersely. So comprehensive are the subjects presented, and so minutely and thoroughly considered, we have no hesita The interim between the present and the immediately preceding edition of this book has been a continuation of work by its author with view to enlarging and elaborating experiences that might prove of benefit to his patients, his students, and himself. An observer, in looking over the volume in hand, and comparing it, even with the last of former issues, will find continued increase in the way of new chapters, together with many added illustrations, while alterations and interpolations will meet his eye on almost every page. This new matter and happily is without occasion to change The meaning of the additions lies As to change of manner to be seen, tion in saying that, could the dental profession have but one of the text-books now in existence, Garretson's System of Oral Surgery' would be, par excellence, the book."-Dental Practitioner. NEW ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHEMISTRY. Theoretical, Practical, and Analytical, as Applied to the Arts and Manufactures. By Writers of Eminence. no one writer, however learned or painstaking, the publishers in carrying forward their enterprise have availed themselves of the assistance of the leading chemists of the present day, as well as of writers who are practically acquainted with all the details of our great manufactures; while no expense has been spared to add to the clearness and usefulness of the articles by means of copious illustrations. This department of the work will be found to comprise, besides very numerous wood-cuts in the text, a series of highly-finished plate engravings of the most important or elaborate manufacturing plant in use at the present time,-a feature, it is hoped, which will add greatly to its value and interest. INSANITY CONSIDERED IN ITS MEDICO-LEGAL RELATIONS. By J. R. BUCKHAM, A.M., M.D. 8vo. Cloth, $2.00; sheep, $2.50. A treatise on the subject of insanity as affected by legal decisions, especially in the criminal courts, exposing the errors and dangers of the system, and indicating the reforms that are necessary. ADVICE TO A WIFE, AND ADVICE AND COUNSEL TO A MOTHER. By PYE HENRY CHAVASSE. 12mo. Cloth, $2.00. Advice to a wife on the management of her own health and on the treatment of some of the complaints incident to Pregnancy, Labor, etc. Advice to a mother on the manage ment of her children and on the treatment of some of their illnesses and accidents. A CLINICAL MANUAL OF THE DISEASES OF THE EAR. By LAURENCE TURNBULL, M.D., Ph.G., Aural Surgeon to the Jefferson Medical College Hospital, Philadelphia; President of the Subsection of Otology of the British Medical Association at Cork; author of a work on Hygiene of the Ear, With a colored lithographic plate, and numerous illustrations on wood. PRESS COMMENTS. "The author has greatly improved his work in this edition, and it will meet a greater demand than ever. It is well issued, and worthy a place in the library of all practitioners."—American Lancet, Detroit. "It is the most thorough treatise on diseases of the ear that it has been our pleasure to read. Every physician is in need of such a work, whether he has any other work on the subject or not."-St. Louis Medical Brief. "There are, in this book, a great many most valuable observations and suggestions personal to the author, and they have been extensively quoted in otological literature. All persons that pay more than a passing interest to aural surgery will be amply rewarded by reading Turnbull's book, which gives full information on some important subjects that are scarcely mentioned in others."—N. Y. Archives of Otology. "We cheerfully commend the work, not only to the specialist, but to the general practitioner, as one of the best treatises yet issued upon diseases of the ear."-Nashville Journal of Medicine and Surgery. HAND-BOOK OF NURSING. For Family and General PRESS COMMENTS. "It is evidently prepared by some one who has had long experience, and who has a natural vocation for nursing. There is scarcely a question that a new and inexperienced nurse would ask which is not here intelligibly answered. It is especially a book for the family, giving valuable hints to every one who undertakes the care of the sick, even where nothing but care and proper attention is required."--Harper's Weekly. "A clear, practical, common-sense book on hygiene, no less serviceable to the mother and house-keeper than to those who make a business of nursing, for whom it is more particularly intended. It consists of three parts. The first describes medical and surgical nursing, with notes on baths, rubbing, disinfection, and the use of the medical thermometer; the second is devoted to monthly nursing; and the third to the practical hygiene of house-keeping, cleaning, ventilation, care of the nursery, sleeping-rooms, kitchen, cellar, wash-tubs, and closets. It should be the commonplace-book of every household, and the hand-book of every nurse."—New York Sanitarium. "This is probably the best work of the kind ever given to the world, and we thoroughly assent to the endorsement of President Porter, of Yale College, that, though brief in language and simple in its form, it is the fruit of the experience of years in the supervision of hospital cases and duties."-Philadelphia Press. DISEASES OF THE MOUTH, THROAT, AND NOSE. Including Rhinoscopy and the Methods of Local Treatment. For Practitioners and Students. By Dr. PHILIP SCHECH. Translated by R. H. BLAIKIE, M.D., F.R.C.S.E. This translation was undertaken with the idea of presenting to the profession a short and concise work on the subjects with which it deals. The very favorable criticisms of the book in the German medical journals show that it is one deserving the attention of all interested in this branch of medical science. The author in his preface says, "There are certainly many good works and writings on these subjects already, but most of them seem to be either too voluminous or too short. I have therefore very gladly 'complied with the request of the publishers to write a short but exhaustive treatise on the subjects, all the more because, having worked for twelve years at the literature as well as the practice of these diseases, I have now come to know exactly what the practitioner requires." PRACTICAL LESSONS IN NURSING. 12mo. Extra cloth, $1.00 each. I. THE NURSING AND CARE OF THE NERVOUS AND THE INSANE. By CHAS. K. MILLS, M.D., Professor of Diseases of the Mind and Nervous System in the Philadelphia Polyclinic and College for Graduates in Medicine; Neurologist to the Philadelphia Hospital, etc. PRESS COMMENTS. "The book is a valuable one, and should be read by every nurse as well as by physicians who realize the importance of extra-medical influences and agencies in the cure of disease."-N. Y. Medical Digest. "This work may be perused with advantage, not only by professional nurses, but also by medical men, who, it must be admitted, are not too familiar with the proper management of many of the nervous diseases met with in general practice."-Canadian Practitioner. "I consider it a most valuable addition to a nurse's library, and shall advise all nurses under my charge to obtain it."-Jennie Dalziel, Head Nurse at Philadelphia Hospital. II.—MATERNITY; INFANCY; CHILDHOOD. The Hygiene of Pregnancy; the Nursing and Weaning of Infants; the Care of Children in Health and Disease. Adapted Especially to the Use of Mothers or Those Intrusted with the Bringing up of Infants and Children, and Training Schools for Nurses, as an Aid to the Teaching of the Nursing of Women and Children. By JOHN M. KEATING, M.D. PRESS COMMENTS. "The first part of this book is intended for mothers,-giving them just that sound, practical advice they so much need, the observance of which must result in healthier women and offspring. For her own sake and for the sake of her child, we wish every mother had a copy of this book."-Practice, Richmond. It is probable that every physician has many times realized the need of such a work as this, which, while giving the necessary information to those having the care of children or of the mother during maternity, does not trench upon the duties of the physician. It is manifestly impossible for the physician to be always at hand to direct the nurse, or to provide for all possible emergencies by any set of directions, short of systematic instruction; but what he cannot do this little work does admirably, as a glance at the list of contents "Dr. Keating, in a simple, easy manner, tells the story of what to do, and how to do it; so that any one can readily catch the author's meaning. We know of no better book on the subject. We commend it most cordially."-Philadelphia will show."-Archives of Gynecology, N. Y. Medical Register. III.-OUTLINES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF DIET; or, The Regulation of Food to the Requirements of Health and the Treatment of Disease. By E. T. BRUEN, M.D. etc. PRESS COMMENTS. "It is an excellent book for its many hints regarding the action of foods, regulation of diet, It will be of great service to young nurses on account of its numerous suggestions concerning the preparation of various articles of food for the sick-room. It is worthy also of a place on the physician's table, among those books which are aptly called hand-books, for it contains many important details, too easily forgotten amid the pressure of more serious considerations, which can thus be recalled and grasped at a moment's notice."-N. Y. Medical Journal. IV. FEVER-NURSING. Designed for the Use of Professional and Other Nurses, and especially as a Text-Book for Nurses in Training. By J. C. WILSON, A.M., M.D., Visiting Physician to the Philadelphia Hospital and to the Hospital of the Jefferson College; Fellow of the College of Physicians, Philadelphia; Member of the American Association of Physicians, etc. PRESS COMMENTS. "Dr. J. C. Wilson has the happy faculty of writing a book which his readers can comprehend without an effort. His style is clear and com prehensive, and while brief in his explanations, he always covers the ground intended without missing a point."-N. Y. Health. |