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NEUROTIC DISORDERS OF CHILDHOOD.- Including a Study of Auto and Intestinal Intoxications, Chronic Anemia, Fever, Eclampsia, Epilepsy, Migraine, Chorea, Hysteria, Asthma, etc. By B. K. RACHFORD, M. D., Professor of Diseases of Children, Medical College of Ohio, University of Cincinnati; Pediatrist to the Cincinnati Good Samaritan and Jewish Hospitals; Member of American Pediatric Society; Association of American Physicians, etc. New York: E. B. Treat & Company. Price, $2.75.

Nervous diseases are not so well understood by the average general practitioner as their importance and frequency demand; and the specialist is entirely too often depended on, when with a reasonable amount of reading and study of such a work as Dr. Rachford has given us, this will in a large number of cases not be required. This work will be of great service not only to the general practitioner, who so often is met by conditions which, if promptly treated as they should be, will in many instances add no little to his hold upon his clientele; but will prove a boon to many a little sufferer who otherwise would be treated in a doubtful and uncertain manner, until, becoming uneasy, special advice and consultation is sought.

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PHYSICIAN'S POCKET ACCOUNT Book.-By J. J. TAYLOR, M. D. 4 by 61⁄2 inches. Leather cover. Price, $1.00. Published by The Medical Council, 4105 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

This book is designed as a physician's complete financial record, embodying the utmost degree of simplicity, plainness, and economy of space and time. It has the following unique features:

1. It is the only single-book system on the market. No posting into a ledger required, as each account is originally made in ledger form.

2. This book stands every legal test.

A. It enables the doctor to prove his account in court against a debtor who disputes it.

B. It enables the doctor to collect his account from a decedent's estate.

C. It will enable the doctor's widow or executor to collect from debtors after his death.

THE PHYSICIAN'S VISITING LIST FOR 1906 (Lindsay and Blakiston's).— Fifty-fifth year of its publication. Prices: $1.00, $1.25, $2.00, and $2.25, for 25, 50, 75, and 100 patients weekly. P. Blakiston's Son & Co., Publishers. For sale by all booksellers and druggists.

This Visiting List is a small, compactly made, strongly bound pocket-book, with leather cover, gilt edges, tuck, pocket and pencil, made up to hold 25 to 100 patients' records per day, week, or month. It takes the place of your memory, and does its work better. It is easily kept, and serves as a reference for past work; at the end of a year it can be filed away. It cannot be lost like a slip of paper, or destroyed by a careless servant. It is a book of original entry. No better evidence of the practical worth of this book can be offered than the uniform popularity it has enjoyed. We have been using it continuously for forty years, and want no better.

Selections.

THE SENN BANQUET

(TESTIMONIAL BANQUET AND PRESENTATION OF MEDALLION AND LOVING CUP-A SPLENDID TRIBUTE OF PRAISE AND ESTEEM FROM THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.)

From the Journal of the American Medical Assoc., Nov. 18, 1905. A TESTIMONIAL banquet was given to Dr. Nicholas Senn, Chicago, at the Auditorium Hotel, Saturday evening, Nov. II, 1905.

There was an attendance of 686, and from forty to fifty physicians, approximately, were turned away because proper accommodations could not be provided for them—a matter of great

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regret to the committee of arrangements. sentatives present from twenty States. Dr. William A. Evans, Chicago, acted as toastmaster. Messages of congratulation were read from several prominent physicians in different parts of the United States, who regretted their inability to attend this notable event.

Dr. Joseph D. Bryant, New York City, presented a gold medallion to Dr. Senn, miniature replicas of which were distributed among those in attendance. On one side of the medallion was a likeness of Dr. Senn; on the other the inscription: "To Nicholas Senn, the Master Surgeon, from his Fellows, November 11, 1905." Dr. L. G. Nolte, Milwaukee, Wis., presented Dr. Senn with a silver loving cup, given by his former private pupils.

Between the speeches were interspersed musical selections by the Swiss Quartette and singing by the banqueters, Dr. Norval H. Pierce leading. Drs. Fernand Henrotin, Daniel R. Brower, Jacob Lang, and William E. Quine related very amusing and interesting anecdotes about Dr. Senn. Addresses were made by Drs. Witherspoon and McMurtry.

The occasion was a memorable one. Good fellowship prevailed, and Dr. Senn, the center of attraction, received a tremendous ovation.

Toastmaster Evans, after calling the meeting to order, said that, in a certain sense, this testimonial to Professor Senn is not the result of Chicago effort, but represents the spontaneous sentiment of the profession of the Mississippi Valley. Viewing the matter from that standpoint, he said there was no reason why a word of welcome should not be said to any man within the sound of his voice. But, on the other hand, there are many men who have journeyed to Chicago from afar in order to add their testimony, their presence, and their words to the testimonial that is given by those who live in the city of Chicago. In behalf of the central committee of arrangements, he extended a welcome to the visiting physicians from the Mississippi Valley, from the Eastern seaboard, from the Gulf States, and from the States of the Pacific. While Professor Senn is the beneficiary of

this meeting, we are no less gainers by it. This is a series of banquets started some years ago, and there are hundreds present who remember how a similar banquet served to sustain the declining years of a man whom the profession all honored, and there are those who every day make acknowledgement of the fact that at that selfsame moment this section of the country was made a better land to live in and a better land in which to practice medicine. Dr. Evans referred to the banquets given to Christian Fenger and N. S. Davis, after which he introduced Dr. Joseph D. Bryant, New York City, who presented Dr. Senn with the gold medallion.

Dr. Bryant said that he knew of nothing that gives him greater comfort than to be able to fulfil the humble position that he was requested to do, the opportunity of spanning, by a few sincere, honest words of affection and praise, the brief interval between the bestowal of a token of distinguished regard and its acceptance by Dr. Senn, whom the profession so much delight to honor. It is fitting that one whose professional career began about the time of that of Dr. Senn should be chosen for this gracious purpose; one whose effort to emulate his achievements added much to the total of his own; one whose respect for him, begotten of years of friendly intercourse, has deposited in his heart a regard for him that knoweth no abatement.

Along the pathway of medical endeavor for nearly a quarter of a century noted and enduring examples illustrative of the wise forethought and generous co-operation are seen in the cause of advanced standing. Instances of his surgical technic foretell notable results that now proclaim great surgical triumphs. The organization of military medicine, of no recent date, has yielded an abundant harvest because of his early conceptions and continued earnest culture. The books made by him, those given by him, will testify, respectively, to the bright sunshine of active life and the sombre shadow of recollection. Human afflictions, which before his time yielded only to indomitable fate, now yield to the outcome of the inspiration of his teaching and the handiwork of his technic. Long-deferred and defeated hopes are now revealed in the happy opportunities contributed by the saving

graces of reparative wisdom and skill of which he has given the lion's share.

Dr. Senn is classed a distinguished man, a distinguished surgeon distinguished not only because of his surgical attainments, but because of the high standard of his ethical instincts and ennobling attributes of a generous nature. May I not, at this time, as a humble servant of joyous friends, present to him, in their behalf, this beautiful symbol of the love and respect which they cherish for him; the likeness of a sterling man, embossed on pure gold, and bearing the legend of true distinction. (Here Dr. Bryant presented Dr. Senn with a gold medallion, the audience arose, waved handkerchiefs, and cheered lustily.)

He expressed the hope that this token, emblematic of that which is noblest in human character, may serve to admonish doubting souls to strive for the highest and best of aims. (Applause.)

The next speaker introduced was Dr. L. G. Nolte, Milwaukee, Wis., who presented a silver loving cup in behalf of Dr. Senn's former private students, and in so doing said: "As a token of love and affection, Dr. Senn, I present you with this cup (handing the cup to Dr. Senn), the emblem of love, and wish you a great many more years of usefulness, and trust that you may spend the afternoon of your life in good health." (Applause.)

At this juncture, at the suggestion of a South Dakota physician, who was unable to be present, the toastmaster requested the audience to rise and drink a toast to the late Christian Fenger, the teacher of Nicholas Senn, which was accordingly. done.

The toastmaster then introduced Dr. Senn, who was enthusiastically received. He rose amid the waving of handkerchiefs and hearty cheers, and when quiet was restored, said, among other things: "I accept from your hands, Dr. Bryant, this beautiful medallion, and assure you that I would rather accept it from your hands than from the hands of any one I know of. I appreciate this tribute. I value it much more highly than I would a decoration by a royal hand." (Applause.) "That means the judgment of one man. This is an