riences of the Boards, which have already begun the work. These older Boards, our pioneers, by virtue of these same experiences, are in position to give us more provings of much greater value than the first undertaken. The result is going to be a success which will many times repay all the labor and vexation and self-sacrifice of the friends of this movement, who have given it such earnest and such able support.

It only remains, Mr. President, to ask more time for this Committee in which to complete its work, and to suggest that since all the results may be in hand before we meet again it may be wise, at this time, to make some provision for their publication.

June 16, 1902.

Respectfully submitted,

HOWARD P. BELLOWS, M. D.,
General Director.

After this report was received the following motion was made by Dr. W. R. King, of Washington, and carried by unanimous vote of the Society.

Moved: That the General Director of our test-proving be authorized to publish the results of this proving as soon as they are complete, the publication to be issued in the name of this Society. Also that he be authorized to send a presentation copy of this publication to the editor of every Homœopathic Journal in this country and abroad, and to advertise it in any manner which is customary. Also, that the price of this publication be fixed, as nearly as may be, with reference. to covering the actual expense incurred. Also, that any deficit that may remain on account of this publication shall be made good by this Society to the amount of $100.00, and that any profits which may accrue therefrom shall be appropriated by this Society to the advancement of drug-proving.

SLIGHTLY MIXED.-An English health officer recently received the following note from one of the residents of his district: "Dear sir: I beg to tell you that my child, aged eight months, is suffering from an attack of measles as required by Act of Parliament."-Exchange.

BOOKS AND READING.

Medical, literary and scientific publications will be reviewed in this department. Books and journals should be marked NEW ENGLAND Medical Gazette, and sent to the publishers, Otis Clapp & Son, 10 Park Square, Boston.

A MANUAL OF OTOLOGY. By Gorham Bacon, A. B., M. D., Professor of Otology in Cornell University Medical College, New York, etc. With an Introductory Chapter. By Clarence John Blake, M. D., Professor of Otology in Harvard University. Third Edition. Illus. Illus. New York and Philadelphia: Lea Bros. & Co. pp. 425. Price, cloth, $2.25 net.

Although the term edition is an elastic one, and capable of meaning anything from five-hundred copies of a book upward, we think that the publication of three editions of any medical work within'less than four years, as in the present instance, is reasonably good evidence of professional endorsement.

"Bacon's Otology" is certainly a practical and well-written treatise. It is one of the manuals most highly recommended to students at Boston University School of Medicine, and is used at many other leading colleges. Considering the large number of ear cases that come to the general practitioner, and the cases in which ear complications exist, it is not too much to say that a far better knowledge of otology is demanded than the average physician possesses. A single illustration will emphasize this, viz.: that twenty-seven per cent. of deaf-mutism in the United States is estimated as due to suppurative middle-ear diseases in childhood. Doubtless this result, in a large proportion of these, is avoidable. It is an extremely common happening for the aurist to receive cases which have been over treated, or treated unskilfully by the general practitioner.

The assignment of more time to the study of Otology both in courses for undergraduates and graduates, would materially prevent such unfortunate occurrences, Although no reading can take the place of personal instruction and individual observation, yet books like Dr. Bacon's are indispensable for the student and the physician alike. The book in question treats succinctly of all the diseases and injuries of the ear and of many complications, and is illustrated by reproductions of photographs of cases and pathological specimens, and by several page plates.

PRACTICAL DIETETICS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO DIET IN DISEASE. By W. Gilbert Thompson, M. D., Professor of Medicine in the Cornell University Medical College in New York City, etc. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1902. pp. 828. Price, cloth, $5.00.

We are told by those in the book trade that "Thompson's Dietetics" is a good "seller." It is claimed that it is practical, comprehensive and reliable; that there are few books in its class, and none that cover more ground. Careful examination shows these claims to be justified, for it is a carefully and intelligently written book. There has been a great deal of good work put into it.

Its scope will be seen by glancing at the enumeration of the subjects written up in detail: composition and classes of foods; food preparations and values; stimulants; beverages; condiments; cooking, food preparation, preservation and quantity required; starvation and inanition; foods as related to age, weight, sex, climate; food digestion; diseases caused by insufficient, improper, adulterated or poisoned foods; alcohol poisoning; preparation, selection and administration of foods for the sick; appropriate diet for various diseases (all mentioned in detail), diet in surgical cases, in the puerperal state; the feeding of infants and young children; rations; receipts.

The above are not the exact headings of the different sections, but well indicate what the reader will find. This work is particularly interesting in view of the attitude now taken by both the profession and the laity, as to the need of a well-balanced diet in order to preserve health, to offset tissue waste and degeneration, to restore the equilibrium of the body and increase individual resistance to disease. The facts it contains are within the grasp of any intelligent man or woman, and a large number of them should be widely known and taught in the school and the home, though the work as a whole is sufficiently exhaustive for a college text-book, or a guide for hospital authorities.

THE CRAFTSMAN. Eastwood, New York: The United Crafts. Price, $2.00 a year, payable in advance; 20 cents a copy.

The July number of this thoroughly satisfactory monthly publication contained papers treating specifically of means by which our cities may be beautified, and the life of the people, as a whole, up

lifted and broadened by a truer conception of what constitutes art, and how artistic conceptions may find practical expression. Beauty in our cities is educative, and we have in the majority of them too little of art forms of sterling merit. Municipal art need not conflict with commercial interests, and if both are fostered and made subservient to the moral and physical health of the community, the general prosperity will be appreciably increased. It is well that we should all familiarize ourselves with these questions relating to public welfare and growth.

The articles in "The Craftsman" are simple, authoritative and to the point. The trend of thought in the August number is in line with that of the July issue, similarly insisting upon the educative value of art, and emphasizing simplicity as an element most necessary in its development.

THE ECLECTIC PRACTICE IN DISEASES OF CHILDREN. By William Nelson Mundy, M. D., formerly Professor of Physical Diagnosis, Hygiene and Clinical Diseases of Children in the Eclectic Medical Institute, Cincinnati, O., etc. Cincinnati: The Scudder Brothers Co. 1902. pp. 631. Price, cloth, $2.50 net.

Intended equally for students and practitioners of medicine, this book is pre-eminently adapted to the needs of the followers of the Eclectic system. The first eighty-nine pages deal with infantile therapeutics, while the remainder of the book gives the author's views on the care and management of infants, and the diseases of childhood. This is not the first edition, therefore this manual has had the benefit of thorough revision. Much matter has been rewritten and rearranged, and whole chapters, containing important new material, have been added.

While the therapy seems to us wholly inadequate, and the differentiation of remedies sketchy and misleading in many instances, we find much in the pages on prophylaxis to commend. Frequent practical instruction on general and hygienic treatment also is given and as so much depends upon the intelligent care of the sick child, young physicians will be greatly aided by the suggestions given by Dr. Mundy.

The publishers have issued this volume in the form of a compact duodecimo, attractively bound in black cloth.

THE PRACTICAL MEDICINE SERIES OF YEAR BOOKS. VOL. VI, GENERAL MEDICINE, Edited by Frank Billings, M. S., M. D., Head of the Medical Department and Dean of the Faculty of Rush Medical College, Chicago. With the collaboration of S. C. Stanton, M. D. May, 1902. Chicago: The Year Book Publishers. pp. 271. Price, $1.50.

This series for the year will comprise ten volumes. Of these the first, as well as the sixth, is devoted to general medicine. But the first treats of diseases of the respiratory and circulatory organs; of general infectious and constitutional diseases; of diseases of the blood, ductless glands, kidneys, etc.-while the sixth gives the gist of the present knowledge of typhoid fever; malaria; yellow fever; dysentery; peritonitis; diseases of the liver and of the pancreas; diseases of the esophagus, stomach and intestines; trichinosis; filariasis; actinomycosis; glanders; mumps; sunstroke.

Thus we have two volumes upon medicine in general, containing extracts culled from the best of current medical literature. No one who purchases the series at the reasonable rate of $7.50 can remain ignorant of the noteworthy contributions to science, weekly and monthly being reported in the United States, in England, Germany, France, and other civilized countries.

THE OUTLOOK. New York: The Outlook Company. Price, $3.00 a year, payable in advance; 10 cents a copy.

Several numbers of "The Outlook" have recently drifted to the editorial sanctum, and there have met with cordial appreciation. "The Outlook" is a weekly newspaper and an illustrated monthly magazine in one, published in convenient magazine form. It contains each week the gist of all the important news of doings political, educational, industrial, etc., and abounds in short articles on live topics of the day. George Kennan is now sending "The Outlook" matchless articles on "The Tragedy of Pelée.”

The first issue each month is generously illustrated, and the number of pages is doubled. To read "The Outlook" is to keep in touch with the world's work and progress.