Books of the Month THE AMERICAN YEAR-BOOK OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY FOR 1904. A Yearly Digest of Scientific Progress and Authoritative Opinion in all branches of Medicine and Surgery, drawn from journals, monographs, and text-books of the leading American and foreign authors and investigators. Arranged, with critical editorial comments, by eminent American specialists, under the editorial charge of George M. Gould, A. M., M. D. In two volumes. Volume I, including General Medicine. Octavo, 673 pages, fully illustrated; Volume II, General Surgery. Octavo, 680 pages, fully illustrated. Philadelphia, New York, London: W. B. Saunders & Co., 1904. Per volume: Cloth, $3.00 net; Half Morocco, $3.75 net. The 1904 volume of the Year-Book of Medicine and Surgery covers its field very thoroughly. We note among the contributors such men as Archibald Church, Crozer Griffith, A. O. J. Kelley, Alfred Stengel, whose names with that of George M. Gould as general editor are quite sufficient to guarantee a book of great value. A careful preservation of references adds to the value of the book. It is bound in the usual substantial style and printed on good paper. A MANUAL OF GENERAL PATHOLOGY FOR STUDENTS. By Sidney Martin, M. D., F. R. S., F. R. C. P., Professor of Pathology at University College; Physician to University College Hospital, London. With numerous Woodcuts from Micro-photographs and other Illustrations, including many in colors. Cloth, octavo, 504 pages. Price, $4.00 net. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 1012 Walnut Street. 1904. Frequent publications on the subject of pathology are necessary because there are constantly discoveries being made which, in some, respects-at least-change the general idea as to disease etiology and results. Dr. Martin's work is an entirely original one. As a basis for it he has taken the lectures on general pathology delivered at the University College, London, during the past five or six years, calling to his aid at the same time, such men as Risien Russell, whose very excellent work in Queen's Square Hospital for the Paralyzed and Epileptic is well known to those who make diseases of the nervous system a special study. Among other names mentioned in acknowledgment are those of Prof. Thane, of the author's College, and also Dr. Nabarro, his assistant, Prof. Mott, and others. The book is esentially one for students, and consequently takes up the subject entirely from the standpoint of a teacher rather than that of an original research man. Hence it is that it is more valuable than the larger work which goes into detail with such minutia. The illustrations are very excellent, a number of them being in colors, and 4 add much to the availability of the work. It must prove a valuable aid to the teacher and should be in the library of every College. It is well bound, the paper is good, and the text clear. A TEXT-BOOK OF LEGAL MEDICINE AND TOXICOLOGY. Edited by Frederick Peterson, M. D., Chief of Clinic, Nervous Department of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York; and Walter S. Haines, M. D., Professor of Chemistry, Pharmacy, and Toxicology, Rush Medical College, in affiliation with the University of Chicago. Two imperial octavo volumes of about 750 pages each, fully illustrated. Philadelphia, New York, London: W. B. Saunders & Company, 1903. Per volume: Cloth, $5.00 net; Sheep or Half Morocco, $6.00 net. The second volume of this very excellent work is all we had hoped for. It is a clear, careful and intelligent treatise upon forensic medicine and toxicology, the latter devoted to such portions of legal medicine as necessitate laboratory investigation. The list of contributors embraces such men as Doremus, Marshall Ewell, Carlos McDonald, and others, in addition to the authors, whose fame is international. The first part of the book is devoted to general considerations of forensic medicine, including in addition to the subjects ordinarily treated in works of this character, a chapter on the Medico-Legal Relations of the Roentgen or X-ray, and also a carefully prepared digest of the State laws relating to the insane. The section upon toxicology embraces the major part of the work and takes up in detail a consideration of poisons and methods of determination of the presence of poisons in certain structures. Colored lithographic plates serve to bring the subject closer to the reader. The two volumes constitute the most valuable addition to the world's medical library we have seen in many days. The mechanical execution of the book is the best that is possible. DISEASES OF THE EYE. By L. Webster Fox, A. M., M. D., Professor of Ophthalmology in the Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia, Pa.; Ophthalmic Surgeon in the Medico-Chirurgical Hospital. With Five Colored Plates and Two Hundred and Ninety-six Illustrations in Text. Price, $5.00. Pages 584. New York and London: D. Appleton & Co. 1904. As a companion book to Shurley's Nose and Throat and Bradford Dench's Diseases of the Ear comes this very excellent work of Prof. Fox on Diseases of the Eye. One is impressed with the work immediately upon opening it, as the beautiful colored plate of a longitudinal section of the eye-ball comes to view. We have never seen a more artistic presentation of this very interesting subject, and as the book is examined the reader cannot help but have a feeling of satisfaction in the work. The author has called to his aid the x-ray, and the skiagraphs presented add very much to the value and interest of his work. Taken all together the work is decidedly up-to-date and should be read not only by the specialist but by the general practitioner as well. The binding and general mechanical execution of the book is up to the well-known standard of the Appleton house. THE TREATMENT OF FRACTURES, With Notes Upon a Few Common Dislocations. By Charles L. Scudder. Surgeon to the Massachusetts General Hospital. Fourth Edition. Thoroughly Revised, Enlarged and Re-set. Octavo Volume of 534 pages, with nearly 700 original illustrations. Polished Buckram, $5.00 net. Sheep or Half Morocco, $6.00 net. W. B. Saunders & Co., Philadelphia, New York, London. The fact that three editions of this work have been called for so soon after its original publication testifies to its value. While it is one of the best books on the subject for the use of students, yet the presentation of the subject and the profuse and elaborate illustrations have made it of great value to the practitioner. Actual conditions as they exist in fractured bones are shown in the illustrations and the methods of treatment in each individual case are described in minute detail. The reader is not only told but is shown in the illustrations how to apply the apparatus. This eleborate and complete series of illustrations is an interesting feature of the book, there being nearly seven hundred of them—all in the highest style of art from new and original drawings and reproductions. The value of the present edition has been very materially increased by a consideration of a few of the most common dislocations. This chapter, like the rest of the book, is amply illustrated and the accepted methods of treatment described. INTERNATIONAL CLINICS. A Quarterly of Illustrated Clinical Lectures and Special Original Articles on Treatment, Medicine, Surgery, Neurology, Pediatrics, Obstetrics, Gynecology, Orthopedics, Pathology, Dermatology, Ophthalmology, Otology, Rhinology, Laryngology, Hygiene and Other Topics of Interest to Students and Practitioners. By Leading Members of the Medical Profession throughout the World. Edited by A. O. J. Kelley, A. M., M. D., Philadelphia. Vol. IV. Thirteenth Series, 1904. Price, Cloth, $2.00 net. J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia. The present volume, which is the last of the 1904 series of this valuable publication, shows a number of interesting articles by well known authors. Among other articles, it contains a very interesting article on "Subcutaneous Injections of Mercury for Syphilis," by Louis Julien, also an article by Favill upon "The Clinical Aspects of Diseases of the Kidneys," and other valuable communications by Davenport on "The Non-Surgical Treatment of Displacements of the 1 Uterus.' The value of this book to the busy practitioner cannot be THE SELF-CURE OF CONSUMPTION WITHOUT MEDICINE, Showing the The object of this book, says the author, is to show how consumption from its first beginnings to its last stages, before actual decay of the lung takes place, can be cured in at least 95 per cent. of the cases, and this without the use of medicine. The book is full of the facts that every layman ought to know regarding tuberculosis, its etiology, symptomatology, and the principles of treatment, particularly the importance of nutrition. It would be a valuable book to put in the hands of a sufferer from this disease, and especially so, as it gives very little in regard to medication. THE BLUES SPLANCHNIC NEURASTHENIA-Causes and Cure. By Albert Abrams, A. M., M. D., Heidelberg, F. R. M. S., Consulting Physician to Denver National Hospital for Consumptives, and Mt. Zion and French Hospitals, San Francisco, President of the Emanuel Sisterhood Poly-clinic. Formerly Professor of Pathology and Director of the Medical Clinic, Cooper Medical College, San Francisco. Illustrated.. 240 pages. Cloth, $1.50. E. B. Treat & Co., New York. This is an interesting book and its title is one that will catch the eye of both physician and patient. Its object is to direct attention to. that variety of nerve exhaustion which is characterized by paroxysms of depression of varying duration, and which are popularly called "the blues." The author terms this condition splanchnic neurasthenia and he attributes its origin to a congestion of the intra-abdominal viscera, or to be more precise, a stagnation of the blood in the splanchnic or abdominal veins. The treatment advised for this special form of neurasthenia, and in fact for all cases, consists of massage of the abdominal wall, exercises which strengthen the abdominal muscles, respiratory exercise, electricity to the abdominal supporters, and cold water douches to the abdomen. We believe that this book is a most valuable addition to the literature on the subject, as it contains many excellent methods of treatment which the patient can carry out without the aid of a nurse or masseur. The Medical and Surgical Reporter. Contributions are solicited upon any subject connected with the practice of medicine or the allied sciences, and the only restrictions placed upon them are that they shall be free from personalities and given to the REPORTER exclusively. The Editor of the REPORTER is not responsible for any opinion expressed by contributors. By James C. Wood, A. M., M. D., Cleveland, Ohio. In a paper read before the Surgical and Gynecological Association of the American Institute of Homeopathy, June 18th, 1900, entitled, "Appendicitis Associated with Diseased Conditions of the Female Pelvic Organs," I tabulated 50 cases in which both the appendix vermiformis and the uterine adnexa were diseased. An analysis of the subjective symptoms present in this series shows that digestive disturbances characterized about 75 per cent. of the chronic cases therein reported. There were, in the cases so characterized, emaciation varying from slight to extreme, indigestion with gaseous distension of both the stomach and the bowels, coated tongue with foul breath and bad taste in the mouth, and constipation, or alternate constipation and diarrhoea, with much mucus in the stools, indicating mucous enterocolitis. It was, of course, in this series difficult to determine whether or not the gastro-intestinal symptoms described were due to the appendicular or the ovarian lesion, or both combined, the cases all being women. Previous, as well as subsequent observation has, however, firmly convinced me that a chronic catarrhal appendicitis does produce practically the same disturbances in the male. It therefore occurred to me that a most profitable hour could be spent in discussing, more particularly for the general practician, the surgical side of indigestion, and those especial types of dyspepsia which are attended with acute as well as chronic suffering. I shall then begin by enumerating those surgical lesions which, with the data now in our possession, are known to produce gastrointestinal disturbance, either acute or chronic, and which are to-day curable by surgical measures: 1.-Gastric ulcers. * Read before the New York County Homeopathic Medical Society, March 10, 1904. |
