Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer. A Romance of the Spanish Main. By CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY. Author of "For Love of Country," "For the Freedom of the Sea, "The Southerners," "Hohenzollern," "The Quiberon Touch," "Woven with the Ship," "In the Wasp's Nest," etc. Illustrations by F. N. Marchand and Will Crawford. Toronto: The Copp, Clark Co., Limited, Publishers. 1903.

The edition is in a very attractive form, with numerous illustrations by F. N. Marchand and Will Crawford. The period of the story is somewhere about the year 1700, and deals with one of the many wild spirits of the time, Sir Henry Morgan, a fierce, ungovernable soul, who had caused himself to be knighted by unstinted donations of ill-gotten gold to the coffers of the " Merry Monarch," King Charles II.

Sir Henry then settled down to a quiet life as Vice-Governor of Jamaica, but on the accession of James II., was ousted from his position and rendered an outcast. He then gathered round him some choice spirits, former companions in piracy, and set forth on a last long cruise that was to realize all his fiendish desires and dreams.

A very pretty little love story adds much charm to the tale,. one in which the Spaniard, the cruel desperado of the average romance, is made the hero. Throughout, the story is one of thrilling incidents, and culminates with the awful end of the arch-fiend, Sir Henry Morgan, brought about by one of his own band.

The interest in the story is sustained from first to last by the knowledge of the historical reality of the setting, and by the vivid, thrilling style of the author.

W. J. W.

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 247 pages. Philadelphia, New York, London: W. B. Saunders & Company. 1903. Cloth, $1.50 net. Canadian agents: J. A. Carveth & Co., Toronto.

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.

W. J. W.

Clinical Pathology of the Blood. A Treatise on the General Principles and Special Applications of Hematology. By JAMES EWING, A.M., M.D., Professor of Pathology in Cornell University Medical College, New York City. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Illustrated with 43 engravings and 18 colored plates drawn by the author. New York and Philadelphia: Lea Brothers & Co. 1903.

An immense amount of work has been done in recent years on the blood. The results of these experiments and discoveries have appeared in articles and monographs in various languages, and have, therefore, not been accessible to many readers. The author, about two years ago, made a very successful attempt to collect this scattered material, and presented it to medical practitioners and students of hematology in his "Clinical Pathology of the Blood." During the past two years, many valuable contributions to our knowledge of the blood have appeared, and these have now been incorporated in the second edition.

While much of this material may not directly assist the practitioner in his efforts to cure disease by therapeutic measures, yet it gives him a clear clinical picture of the character and nature of many of the pathological processes he is trying to combat, and thus makes his work far more scientific and intelligent. Every student and progressive practitioner should not merely read, but study thoroughly, this most excellent work on the blood.

A. E.

The Etiology, Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment of Tumors. By A. HAMILTON LEVINGS, M.D., Milwaukee, Wis. Chicago: Cleveland Press. Canadian agents: Chandler & Massey Limited, Toronto, Montreal and Winnipeg.

This work is a rather finely got-up manual of over 800 pages. The paper is first-class, the typography excellent, and the illustrations very numerous and well reproduced. The only fault we have to find with the book-making part of it is that the type reading might have been a little closer, as it contains quite a number

of typographical errors-far too many, in fact, for a work of such a size and character..

In regard to the matter of the book, we cannot say that it is strikingly original, but it seems thoroughly up-to-date, and shows on the part of the author not only a wide practical acquaintance with the surgical side of his subject (for he is a practical surgeon), but also a commendable appreciation of the pure pathology of tumors, which unfortunately to-day so many surgeons lack. The ground covered by the author is very wide, and he includes, for instance, in his chapter upon Lymphomata, an account of the leucemias. Whilst here the description of the spleno-myelogenous type is fair, he is not so clear upon the lymphatic leucemia, and one would imagine from reading it that he confused the true lymphatic leucemia with Hodgkin's disease and the pseudo-leucemias.

J. J. M'K.

Saunders' Medical Hand Atlases.-Atlas of the External Diseases of the Eye. By PROF. DR. O. HAAB, of Zurich. Second edition, thoroughly revised. Edited, with additions, by G. E. DeSchweinitz, A.M., M.D., Professor of Ophthalmology in the University of Pennsylvania. With 98 colored lithographic illustrations on 48 plates, and 232 pages of text. Philadelphia, New York, London: W. B. Saunders & Company. 1903. Price, $3.00 net. Canadian agents: J. A. Carveth & Co., Toronto.

Like almost all of Saunders' Medical Hand Atlases, that of the external diseases of the eye is a credit to its author. In too many instances is it the case that the general practitioner feels that, under no circumstance whatever, should he encroach upon the sacred field of the ophthalmologist, but in every instance refer even a case of simple conjunctivitis to his brother specialist. Dr. DeSchweinitz' atlas will be found of value in acquainting those who have not paid as much attention as they should to what lies within their field in external diseases of the eye, with knowledge that will prove, not only of the greatest assistance to them, but at the same time remunerative. The chromo-lithographic plates are excellent, and in themselves very instructive.

W. A. Y.

Anesthesia and Anesthetics: General and Local. By JOSEPH M. PATTON, M.D., Professor of Diseases of the Chest in Chicago Policlinic Associate Professor of Medicine in the Medical Department, University of Illinois. Chicago: The Cleveland Press. 1903. Canadian agents: Chandler & Massey Limited, Toronto, Montreal and Winnipeg.

The work under review is written to supply for the use of practitioners and medical students a concise, practical and up-to

date guide in the important work of inducing surgical anesthesia. In a general way the author's attempt may be said to have been successful. Only one other work-that of Dr. Probyn-Williams— contains within the same space so much of practical value which should be, but which is not generally, known. In reading the work one is here and there impressed with the fact that the author could with advantage have been more dogmatic in his statements. For example, take this sentence: "Chloroform and its congeners are generally supposed to favor primary syncopy where the sitting posture is assumed, and while this danger is probably over-rated, provided the respiration be eradicated and the anesthesia be not too profound or prolonged, it is best not to give chloroform in the sitting position, if it can be avoided." Let the author think of the ghastly and growing list of deaths under chloroforma in the dental chair, let him recall Dr. Joseph Price's definition of an anesthetist as "one who takes a patient to the edge of the grave and holds him there till the surgeon completes his work," and in the next edition of this book he will at least cut out that last and most dangerous clause. The writer of this review has long taught that to allow a patient under chloroform to be raised to a sitting posture is to tempt Providence, to invite disaster and to trifle with human life. Notwithstanding this criticism, he commends Dr. Patton's book as one of the best yet issued on this subject.

N. A. P.

A Non-Surgical Treatise on Diseases of the Prostate Glands and Adnexa. By GEORGE WHITFIELD OVERALL, A.B., M.D., formerly Professor of Physiology in the Memphis Hospital Medical College. Chicago: March & Grant Company, Printers. Copyright, 1903.

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Damage once done to the prostate by the knife is irreparable. Better bear the ills we have than fly to those we know not of." Such is the opinion of the author. He does not, however, limit treatment of the prostate entirely to medicines, electrolysis, cataphoresis, etc., as he considers there are some neglected cases in which the use of the knife is indispensable; but conservatism in the use of the knife, and the use of ways and means by which to reach directly the seat of the disease are, in the author's opinion, the foundation for ultimate success.

The anatomy and functions of the prostate glands are carefully outlined, and the book is well illustrated.

The author adopts largely the plan of reporting clinical cases. as a means of instruction for readers, some thirty-five cases being thus recorded, but these are brief, succinct, and readable.

This little book evokes considerable food for thought, the chapter on neuroses of the prostate alone being of sufficient interest to warrant its perusal by every thinking physician or alienist.

E. II. A.

A Manual of Medicine. Edited by W. H. ALLCHIN, M.D. (Lond.), F.R.C.S., F.R.S. (Edin.), Senior Physician and Lecturer on Clinical Medicine, Westminster Hospital; Examiner in Medicine, Naval Medical Service; late Examiner in Medicine in the University of London for the Royal College of Physicians of London and for the British and Indian Army Medical Services Vol. V., Diseases of the Digestive System and of the Liver; Diseases of the Peritoneum and of the Vessels of the Abdomen; Diseases of the Kidneys, Diseases of the Ductless Glands. London: Macmillan & Co., Limited. New York: The Macmillan Company. 1903.

The more we read of "Allchin's Manual" the better we like it. The articles are all well written, are concise and very full. The first fifty-three pages are devoted to the general anatomy and physiology of the digestive organs, food and diet, and the bacteria of the alimentary tract. This makes a very useful introduction to the work. There are a number of illustrations, mostly of pathological conditions, three plates giving back and front views of abdominal viscera and tables showing levels of various abdominal structures in relation to the spines and bodies of the vertebra. There is also a table showing the vascular supply of the abdomen.

There is a staff of eleven contributors, including the editor, all men of the first rank connected with the various London hospitals. We think Allchin's Manual" the most useful work on medicine with which we are acquainted, and can, with confidence, recommend it to our friends.

W. J. W.

Encyclopedia Medica. Under the General Editorship of CHALMERS WATSON, M.B., F.R.C.P.E. Vol. XIII., Ulceration to Zinc Poisoning. Edinburgh: William Green & Sons. 1903. This is the concluding volume of this interesting work. On account of the alphabetical arrangement alone, apart from the value of the care bestowed on the various articles, it necessarily followed that the volumes varied much in merit. This volume, though not the best, surpasses several preceding ones in merit. None of the subjects call for very long articles, but all are of practical importance. Among the most important contributions are: Vaccination, by Mrs. Garrett Anderson, in an admirable article which should disturb the superior" consciences of the anti-vaccinationists; Visceral Pain, by James Mackenzie, of Burnley; and several articles on the uterus by as many writers. The book closes with an article on the Plague as an appendix.

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The work, as a whole, will be found a safe and valuable aid by the general practitioner, especially the "busy" one, who has little time to read long articles or large books. The publishers' part is creditably done by William Green & Sons.

A. M ́p.