his cosmopolitan knowledge of literature and methods, and an excellent judgment based upon all these, fit him specially to prepare this standard work. The illustrations are especially worthy of note. They are largely from original sources. So far as possible, cuts have been inserted in the text where they are wanted and where the eye reaches them, at the place the text explains them. No attempt has been made at display. Relative importance has determined the selection, size and character of each figure. In the text, as in the illustrating, uniformity and consistency have been kept constantly in view. Nothing of importance remains unsaid and the relative value of each subject has been carefully planned out and fixed by deliberate thought. The enterprising house of P. Blakiston's Son & Co. is to be congratulated upon the work done on this excellent book. The paper is very good, the type clear and the illustrations profuse and well adapted to the text.

A SYSTEM OF PHYSIOLOGIC THERAPEUTICS A practical exposition of the methods, other than drug-giving, useful in the prevention of disease, and in the treatment of the sick. Edited by SOLOMON SOLIS COHEN, A.M., M.D., Professor of Medicine and Therapeutics in the Philadelphia Polyclinic; Lecturer on Clinical Medicine at Jefferson Medical College; Physician to the Philadelphia Hospital and to the Rush Hospital for Consumption, etc. Volume VI: Dietotherapy and Food in Health, by NATHAN S. DAVIS, JR., A.M., M.D., Professor of the Principles and Practice of Medicine in Northwestern University Medical School; Physician to Mercy Hospital and Wesley Hospital, Chicago; Member of American Medical Association, American Climatological Society, etc. P. Blakiston's Son & Co., Publishers, 1012 Walnut street, Philadelphia. 1902.

Dietotherapy and food in health is the subject of volume six of this system. Professor Nathan S. Davis, Jr., A.M., M.D., has gone into the matter very thoroughly, systematically and scientifically. As the author states, "the preservation of health is of as much importance as the treatment of the sick." A thorough knowledge of proper food becomes of paramount importance. This subject of food in health and disease is not sufficiently understood by the average medical practitioner. The matter is left to the nurse who may not know any more about it than the doctor. The free use of beef-juice and bouillon in typhoid fever as Dr. Davis recommends is, according to our experience and observation, not only undesirable, but positively injurious. According to experiments made upon animals

fed upon beef extracts on one hand and without food upon the other, death from starvation occurred in the same length of time. This is hardly what we look for in typhoid. The extractions in beef tea and bouillon are practically composed of urea forming elements which are directly contra-indicated in typhoid. We cannot agree with the author when he advises creamed codfish after the sixth day of convalescence in typhoid. Our experience is that of all foods difficult to digest, codfish whether "creamed" or not is the last kind of fish we would advise a convalescent typhoid to eat. The book is well written, of great value to the profession, and we are sure it will amply repay any physician to carefully study the volume.

GENERAL PATHOLOGY. By DR. ERNST ZEIGLER. Teath revised edition. Translated and edited by ALDRED SCOTT WARTHIN, Ph.D., M.D. Royal, Svo., 784 pages, sumptuously illustrated by 586 engravings in black and many exquisite ciors. Muslin, $5.00 net; Leather, $5.75 net. Zeigler's Pathology is so much of a classic that it requires but little introduction to the teaching and student bodies in this country, having been the accepted authority in its line for nearly a generation. The tenth edition of the work just published in Germany, shows a very radical revision in most of its departments. It is superfluous to say that it is up-to-date in every way, and reflects in a remarkable degree the reputation of its distinguished author for clear, lucid and scientific treatment of the subject. This edition has been translated and edited by Prof. Aldred Scott Warthin, of the University of Michigan, than whom there is probably no one in this country better fitted for the work. The original text has been rendered in clear and simple English form suitable to the needs of the medical student and reader. No alterations of the subject matter have been made, and the only additions are such as will adapt certain statements the better to their American environment. A feature of this translation is the retention of the bibliographies in full, with the addition of the later American references, in the belief that they would be of the greatest value to the student, as well as giving to the book a completeness which it would otherwise lack. Many new and colored illustrations also appear in this edition, which leaves little to be desired in the way of mechanical execution.

A Predigested Food.

In many cases of anemia, cases of low vitality from intercurrent diseases, and after severe surgical operations, a partially predigested food which is easily assimilated is a very important consideration. We have found Horlick's Malted Milk to possess splendid nutritive properties in the cases of which we speak. It is palatable, easily borne by the stomach, and very satisfactory as a tissue builder.

A Most Seasonable Suggestion.

As the time is fast approaching when there is a demand for cough remedies, it will not be amiss to present a suggestion and a good remedy. In place of opiates, which always dry up expectoration, disturb digestion, cause constipation, and render the patient uncomfortable and drowsy, it is desirable to employ the most efficient and popular cough sedative of the present day, namely: Antikamnia and Heroin Tablets. This remedy relieves cough by its soothing effect upon the air-passages, but does not interfere with expectoration, and, in fact, renders it easier by stimulating the respiratory muscles. Only a very small dose, one tablet, every one, two or three hours, for adults, is required to produce a satisfactory result.-Notes on New Phar. Products.

"Expansion."

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THE NORWICH PHARMACAL Co.

What I Know About Passiflora.

I have been a constant user of Passiflora Incarnata for 30 years, and it is used in my office wherever indicated; I assure you that is almost daily. For a long time I had great difficulty in getting a reliable preparation. I tried fluid extracts, and other tinctures of this article, but was invariably disappointed, and not until Daniel's Conc. Tinct. Passiflora Incarnata was offered to the profession did I get what I wanted, and had long looked for.

Dysmenorrhea.

I. O. CAFFRE, M. D.

"I obtained surprisingly quick and very satisfactory results for the combination of Dioviburnia and Neurosine in dysmenorrhea with nervous accompaniments."

W. L. RANSOM, M. D., Granger, Ia.

"I always derive immediate results from the use of Dioviburnia and Neurosine wherever indicated, especially in dysmenorrhea." A. D. FERGUSON, M. D., Frost, Texas.

"Dioviburnia and Neurosine in combination (equal parts) is the remedy par excellence in dysmenorrhea and female neuroses.

A. W. HUNT, M. D., Flowery Branch, Ga.

Another Attempt at Substitution.

We are informed that preparations of liquid magnesia are being urged upon physicians and sold to the dispensing chemist under various titles. Many of these preparations are chemically unsafe, while others contain calcined magnesia, triturated or suspended by mucilagenous or glycerine solutions. Chalk and other earthy substances have also been found. The strongest claims made for their adoption is cheapness. Their administration, simply or in combination, is dangerous, certainly with infants, where concretions in the delicate intestinal tract are so readily formed. It can hardly be deemed necessary to suggest that these products of unscrupulous manufacturers would not have appeared, were it not for the esteem in which Milk of Magnesia (Phillips)-The Chas. H. Phillips Chemical Co., New York-has been held for so many years. Physicians should not be misled in this matter. In this instance at least, "the best is the cheapest," and the "best" preparation of magnesia is Milk of Magnesia (Phillips).

Rheumatism.

A. M. CARPENTER, M. D.

Vice-President and Professor General Medicine, Barnes Medical College, St. Louis, Mo.

Rheumatism is not merely a localized disease characterized by red, swollen and painful joints, which are an agony to the sufferer, but it is a general condition of the system of so marked a character as to be denominated by pathologists a true diathesis. The tendency of rheumatism to leave suddenly one articulation and to attack another, renders it a constant source of dread, while its liability to attack the valves of the heart and terminate in an incurable organic heart lesion, emphasizes the importance of correcting the condition as early as possible.

While various methods of treatment are advocated, the opinion of Dr. W. Ewart, of London, is that most generally accepted and followed. Dr. Ewart states that since rheumatism is invariably accompanied by loss of appetite and embarrassed metabolism, it is naturally the result of accumulated secretions and imperfect excretion, hence it is best treated by freeing the bodily outlets and carefully measuring the supplies. He questions whether acute rheumatism could long exist with a diarrhea, and while recognizing the necessity of the salicylate treatment, he advises that such be combined with mild cholagogues, diaphoretics and diuretics. Furthermore, there are very many and grave drawbacks to the use of either salicylic acid or any of its salts alone in a treatment which may last, as in rheumatism, gout and neuralgia, for a long period of time. Being a powerful antiferment, salicylic acid may impair digestion and develop a dyspeptic condition. Its aftertaste can be covered and concealed in no manner yet discovered, so that it is apt to become repulsive to the patient.

Tongaline is constructed exactly in accordance with Dr. Ewart's suggestions, since in addition to the salicylates it contains the cathartic and diuretic action of colchicin, the diaphoretic action of pilocarpin, besides the anodyne and sedative actions of the tonga and cimicifuga. Furthermore, all the salicylic acid used in Tongaline is made from the purest natural oil of wintergreen. This salicylic acid is the only kind which should ever be administered internally, since that made from coal-tar has been pronounced unfit for medical purposes by the most eminent physicians and