and disturbances of the kidneys and urinary processes. It is a work eminently in demand, since most of the books on the urine are devoted exclusively to urinary chemistry, a knowledge of urinary diagnosis being obtainable only by an extended search through works on medicine, surgery, pathology and chemistry. In this, the second edition, special effort has evidently been directed toward making the text complete and bringing it absolutely down to the present day advances in the subject. Important changes have been made in Part I, expecially in connection with the determination of urea, uric acid, and total nitrogen; and the subjects of cryoscopy and beta-oxybutyric acid have been given a place. The changes in Part II, while not so extensive, are nevertheless numerous and practical, and show that the author has spared neither pains nor time in making the revision thorough. It is a good book, and both student and practitioner will find it a valuable aid in their clinical work. We recommend it. MANUAL OF THE DISEASES OF THE EYE. For Students and General Practitioners. By CHARLES H. MAY, M.D., Chief of Clinic and Instructor in Ophthalmology. College of Physicians and Surgeons. Medical Department, Columbia University, New York, 1890-1903; Ophthalmic Surgeon to the French Hospital, New York; Consulting Ophthalmologist to the Red Cross Hospital, New York, etc. Third edition, revised; with 275 original illustrations, including 16 plates, with 36 colored figures. Price, cloth, $2.00. Wm Wood & Co, New York The first edition of this work is not three years old, and now a third edition is before us. The work is comprehensive yet concise. Lengthy theories and discussions are omitted and only fundamental facts appear. In size it is a very useful student's book, and will also be found to contain much information for the specialist and general practitioner. A TEXT-BOOK OF OPERATIVE SURGERY. Covering the Surgical Anatomy and Operative Technic Involved in the Operations of General Surgery. Written for Students and Practitioners. By WARREN STONE BICKHAM, Phar. M., M.D., Assistant Instructor in Operative Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York; Late Visiting Surgeon to Charity Hospital, New Orleans, etc. Handsome octavo of 984 pages, with 559 illustrations. entirely original. Philadelphia, New York, London: W. B Saunders & Co. 1903. Cloth, $6 00 net; sheep or half-morocco, $7.00 net. This work completely covers the surgical anatomy and operative technic involved in the operations of general surgery. It is constructed on thoroughly new lines, the dis cussion of the subject being remarkably systematized and arranged in a manner entirely original. A feature of the work to which we would call especial attention, and for which alone it is well worth the price, is the wealth of magnificent illustrations. There are 559 of them, all entirely original. They depict the progressive steps in the various operations detailed with unusual clearness, and at the same time represent the highest artistic excellence. The text is fully abreast of the latest advances in surgery, all the recent improvements along the line of technic being adequately discussed. Another feature distinguishing it from other works on operative surgery, is the treatment of the anatomic side of the subject in connection with the operative technic. The illustrations will be found of particular assistance in this connection, the muscles, bones, etc., being clearly indicated, together with the lines of incision. It is a magnificent work, and we take great pleasure in recommending it. AMERICAN TEXT-BOOK OF SURGERY. For Practitioners and Students. Edited by WILLIAM W. KEEN, M. D., LL.D., F.R.C.S. (Hon.), Professor of the Principles of Surgery and of Clinical Surgery, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia; and J. WILLIAM WHITE. M.D., John Rhea Barton Professor of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Fourth edition, thoroughly revised and greatly enlarged. Handsome octavo of 1,363 pages, with 551 text illustrations and 39 full-page plates, many in colors. Philadelphia, New York, London: W. B. Saunders & Co. 1903. Cloth. $7.00 net; sheep or half-morocco, $8.00 net. Of the three former editions of this work nearly 40,000 copies have been disposed of. Its sale, indeed, has been the wonder of the medical publishing world. In this present edition every chapter has been extensively modified, and many of them have been partially, and some entirely, rewritten. Notably among such chapters are those on Surgical Bacteriology, Tumors, the Osseous System, Orthopedic Surgery, the Surgery of the Nerves, the Joints, the Abdomen, etc. The most recent researches of Monks on the Intestines, Crile and Cushing on Shock and Blood Pressure, Matas on Neural Infiltration and Aneurism, Edebohls on Renal Decortication, etc., have been included. The use of paraffine in nasal deformities, the methods of spinal and local anesthesia, and the newer anesthetics have also been described. And this is but an illustration of the completeness and thoroughness of the entire work. Besides the extensive revision and amplification of the old matter, there have been added six new chapters of the utmost importance, written by men whose positions and experience especially fit them to speak with authority. These chapters are Military Surgery, Naval Surgery, Tropical Surgery, Examination of the Blood, Immunity, and Surgery of the Pancreas. Though there was a brief chapter on the Pancreas in the third edition, in this present edition it has been expanded so greatly that it really is wholly new, the modern surgery of the Pancreas having been created since the last edition. A number of the old illustrations have been replaced by better ones, and, in addition, there have been added a number entirely new. It is one of the best single volume books on the advanced and practical principles of modern surgery. THE SKIN, ITS CARE AND TREATMENT ACCORDING TO THE MICHAUD SYSTEM. Teaching every detail of this important work, in a simple, concise and practical manner, with best of illustrations. Price, postpaid, $1.50. Published by the McIntosh Battery and Optical Co., Chicago. This little book is written by a specialist of wide experience, whose methods have been universally successful. The process of removing moles, superfluous hair, warts and nævi, is so clearly taught that any student may be sure of success by following directions. THE FOUR EPOCHS OF WOMAN'S LIFE Maidenhood, Marriage, Maternity, Menopause. By ANNA M. GALBRAITH, M. D., Author of "Hygiene and Physical Culture for Women;" Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine, etc. With an introductory Note by JOHN H. MUSSER, M. D., Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. 12mo volume of 217 pages Philadelphia, New York, London: W. B. Saunders & Company. 1903. Cloth. $1.50, net. This work, written for the instruction of the laity on subjects of which every woman should have a thorough knowledge, is indeed a timely and excellent one. The fact that a second edition has been demanded in such a short time is sufficient proof that women have at last awakened to a sense of the penalties they have paid for their ignorance of those laws of nature which govern the epochs of their lives. The language used is clear and comprehensive, yet, withal, modest, and the meaning easily grasped even by those unfamiliar with medical subjects. As a further aid a comprehensive glossary of medical terms has been appended. In this new edition the author has made some excellent additions, viz: A section on "The Hygiene of Puberty;" one on "Hemorrhage at the Menopause a Significant Symptom of Cancer;" and one on "The Hygiene of the Menopause." These sections make the work the very best on the subject we have seen, and physicians will be doing a real service by recommending it to their patients. NOSE AND THROAT WORK FOR THE GENERAL PRACTITIONER. By GEORGE L. RICHARDS, M. D, Fellow American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society; Fellow American Otological Society; Associate Editor Annals of Otology, Laryngology and Rhinology; Otologist and Laryngologist Fall River Union Hospital, Fall River, Mass. Price, $2.00. Published by International Journal of Surgery Co, N. Y. This book derives especial importance from the fact that the diseases described therein constitute so large a. share of the physician's daily routine of practice. It has been the author's aim to teach the practitioner how to diagnose these cases and how to treat them successfully and according to modern methods. With this object in view every effort has been made to describe the treatment in such detail as to leave no point obscure, and to simplify the technics as much as possible so as to avoid the necessity of an elaborate and expensive armamentarium. A noteworthy feature of this work is the large number and excellence of the illustrations. A PRELIMINARY announcement is at hand concerning "The Doctor's Recreation Series," consisting of twelve volumes especially intended to interest medical men. The series is to be edited by Charles Wells Moulton, who a few years since edited "The Library of Literary Criticism" and "The Doctor's Widow," which latter is to be one of the volumes of "The Doctor's Recreation Series." He will be assisted by a staff of physicians whose names will be recognized everywhere, such as Nicholas Senn, of Chicago, Albert Vandeoveer, of Albany, and our contemporary, William Warren Potter, of the Buffalo Medical Journal. Among the well known original writers we note the names of Samuel W. Kelly, of Cleveland, who contributes a novel, with the title "In the Year 1800," and Thomas Cody Jefferson, author of "The Real Lord Byron,' "A Book About Lawyers," etc., who contributes to this series "A Book About Doctors." Altogether, the prospectus is decidedly unique and attractive. Department of Dentistry. Editorial Staff. ROBERT E. O'CONNELL, D.D.S. WILLIAM A. BRYANT, M.D., D.D.S. THOMAS MORFFEW, D.D.S. J. C. HENNESSY, D.D.S CALVIN W KNOWLES, D.D.S., M.D. THOMAS FLETCHER, D D.S. A. M. BARKER, D D S. G. S BACKMAN, D.D.S 0. A. HOOKER, D D S. D. H LATIMER, D.D S. S. L STRICKLAND, D D.S. R. W. MEEK, D.D S. H. E. MINOR, D.D.S. The Editors of this Department are not responsible for the views of contributors. All communications relating to the Editorial Department of Dentistry should be addressed to PACIFIC MEDICAL JOURNAL, 1025 Sutter St., San Francisco. TOOTHACHE.-The following formulas may be welcome to the country doctor who is called upon to stop a violent toothache and cannot send his patient to a dentist: The cavity of the tooth should be cleansed, if possible, and dried with a pledget of absorbent cotton wrapped around a toothpick or sharpened match-stick, after which a small wad of cotton, saturated with one of the following, is introduced into the cavity: HEMORRHAGE AND PRESSURE ANESTHESIA IN PULP DEVITALIZATION.-When a pulp is devitalized by pressure anesthesia the hemorrhage should not be checked until it ceases entirely or inflammation of the periapical tissues will result.-I. W. BEACH, Dental Cosmos. |