author and his brother on "Ophthalmic Diseases and Therapeutics." We have here just what is needed to enable the man in ordinary practice to help the diseased conditions of the eye which come under his observation. It is a book concise, and at the same time thorough in its treatment of the subject, and needs one thing to make it complete, namely, a repertory of symptoms found in ophthalmic diseases. It is without hesitation that we heartily endorse the book and bespeak for it a large sale everywhere.

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A HAND-BOOK OF SURGERY. For Students and Practitioners. Frederic R. Griffith, M. D., Surgeon to the Bellevue Dispensary, New York City; Assistant Surgeon at the New York Polyclinic School and Hospital. 12mo volume of 579 pages, containing 417 illustrations. Philadelphia, New York, London: W. B. Saunders & Co., 1904. Flexible leather, $2.00 net.

Dr. Griffith epitomizes the greater work of Wyeth, and in addition takes up several subjects not included in the larger surgery. Among these are Life Insurance, Sexual Perversion, Microscopy, Medico-Legal Examinations, etc., thus making a book really of more practical value to the ordinary practitioner than is the larger book of Dr. Wyeth. Dr. Griffith's work is just such an one as you would like to have on your desk ready to consult at a moment's wish. It is profusely illustrated, the illustrations being clear-cut and very helpful in the understanding of the subject discussed. The low price brings it within the reach of all and its substantial binding and the fine mechanical work embraced within its covers make it a book of which any man would be proud.

AN INTRODUCTION TO VERTREBRATE EMBRYOLOGY, BASED ON THE STUDY OF THE FROG AND THE CHICK. By Albert Moore Reese, Ph. D., Associate Professor of Histology in Syracuse University, and Lecturer on Histology and Embryology in the College of Medicine. With 84 illustrations. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London. 1904.

The author is without doubt an enthusiast upon his subject, because none other would give to a study of the frog and the chick the careful, systematic and close attention necessary to develop the wealth of information found within the covers of this book. It will undoubtedly fill a very much felt want in the class-room, inasmuch as the one other book which takes up this particular embryologic study is that by Milneys Marshall, and contains more than 640 pages, costing $6.00. The many illustrations contained add very much to its interest and show a remarkable research. We see no reason why

it should not be adopted as a text-book in nearly every medical college.

APPLETON'S MEDICAL DICTIONARY.

Edited by Frank P. Foster, M. D., Editor of The New York Medical Journal and Philadelphia Medical Journal Consolidated, etc. Fully Illustrated. 2,000 pages. Sold by Subscription. Half-Leather Binding $10.00; Thumb-Indexed Edition, $11.00. D. Appleton & Co., New York and London. 1904.

What the Century Dictionary is to the English language Appleton's Dictionary is to what we might call the medical language. Edited by Dr. Foster, of New York Medical Journal, it is the result of an extensive course of reading by an army of collaborators, who report that in their researches they have consulted nearly 1,500 standard works, as well as many foreign periodicals. As a consequence we have a book which will take in the medical world, as we have intimated, the same relative position as that occupied by the Century Dictionary towards the English language. The editors have aimed to be absolutely correct in their work, discarding fads and illfounded methods affected by some present-day writers. The book is freely illustrated, and can be depended upon as being accurate, convenient and comprehensive. It is a complete medical dictionary, with the emphasis upon the word "complete."

RADIOTHERAPY, PHOTOTHERAPY AND HIGH FREQUENCY CURRENTS. The Medical and Surgical Applications of Radiology in Diagnosis and Treatment. By Charles Warrenne Allen, M. D., Professor of Dermatology in the New York Post-Graduate Medical School. Octavo, 618 pages, 131 engravings and 27 plates. Cloth, $4.50, net. Lea Brothers & Co., Publishers, Philadelphia and New York.

The growth of our knowledge of the action of electricity upon the human organism is continuous and at times startlingly rapid. In fact, the man who depends to-day upon what he has read yesterday is very apt to be behind the times. Just recently we had the pleasure of reviewing a work on Photo-Therapy and High Frequency Currents, but even in the short time between that and this the action of light has become better known, consequently the book now presented by Prof. Allen is needed. It evidences a desire to be practical and thoroughly helpful, the author studying his subject from the standpoint of the practical and frequent user of the agent.

He discusses the whole subject under a number of heads, the first part being given up to general considerations upon radiology, then follows a study of medical and surgical diagnosis, radio-therapy,

light, actino-therapy. radio-therapy and high frequency currents. By far the larger space is quite properly given to the study of radiotherapy, because of the larger field in which it is active and its greater usefulness as a therapeutic agent.

We have no hesitancy in recommending the book heartily and predicting for it a popularity among the growing multitude of students of electro-therapeutics.

THE DOCTOR'S RED LAMP. A Book of Short Stories Concerning the Doctor's Daily Life. Selected by Charles Wells Moulton. Second Volume, The Doctor's Recreation Series. 1904. The Saalfield Publishing Co., Chicago, Akron, O., New York.

The second volume of the Doctor's Recreation Series contains short stories concerning the doctor's daily life. Among the contributors we note Conan Doyle, Ian Maclaren, and others whose names would give standing to any volume. There are four very nice illustrations, copies from famous paintings, one being the "Village Doctor," another "A Spoonful Every Hour," another "Vaccinating the Baby," and the fourth "A Violent Fall," all depicting scenes which have occurred in the life of many a doctor. The book quite carries out the prophecy made in the review of the first volume and should be a welcome addition to the library of many a hard-working, busy physician.

It is the ill-nourished and ill-fed who first succumb to any form of infection or epidemic. Your stall-fed ox is sleek as satin. It is the whey-fed calf that shivers when the first early frost falls on the grass, that has to be housed and coddled, and that is a dwarf, and a victim of vermin and scurvy. This is an important object lesson, and it leads straight to a study of Nutrition. The dominant question is a question of Diet. In the ill-fed animal, human or dumb creature, the blood-stream is the first to go bankrupt, the first to show deprivation and depression. It famishes for want of Food.

Do but gain a boy's trust; convince him by your behavior that you have his happiness at heart; let him discover that you are the wiser of the two; let him experience the benefit of following your advice and the evils that arise from disregarding it, and fear not that you will readily enough guide him.

Cleveland 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.

Vol. XII.

OCTOBER, 1904.

No. 10.

Original Articles.

OPENING ADDRESS, CLEVELAND HOMEOPATHIC MEDICAL
COLLEGE, OCTOBER 3, 1904.

To-day is a time of war. The shriek of the murderous shrapnel and the clatter of the machine gun comes echoing from the Manchurian hills. The Yellow Sea has been tinged with red by the blood of mortal foes.

A nation has drawn about it the mantle of Christianity to conceal an amaurosis to the principles of justice, fairness and humanity. With wonderful celerity has a so-called pagan nation emerged from the dense fog of barbarism and astonished all Christendom with its power, wisdom and morality.

We too have assembled to-day to begin a campaign of assault upon the accumulated stores of medical lore. The shriek of the pain-racked and the wail of the mourner have aroused us to a consciousness of our calling, and we come not as conscripts but as willing volunteers, offering our lives as instruments in repelling the ravages of disease. The bugle call has sounded in schoolroom and factory, farm and store, and your presence here to-day betokens that you have presented yourself at the shrine of Aesculpaius, and that you have resolved to devote your life to the service of your fellow-man. If you have come under the delusion that medicine is an elysium for the idly inclined you might better retrace your steps, for it will be only by incessant toil that you can keep within the rear guard. If you have come from purely selfish motives the interests of humanity demand that you erase your name, for there is no excuse for the existence of a doctor except that he may help lift the curse of disease from stricken humanity.

After a four

You have launched your craft on the medical sea. years' cruise through varying seas you hope to safely anchor. The success with which you will make the journey will depend upon the preparation you have made, and upon the amount of steady, unremitting toil you are willing to bestow. If you have idled away your years of

preparation you can be assured of nothing but drudgery and ultimate failure.

You have no doubt lived these four years in the flights of fancy, four years which must transform you into a saviour of human life, four years which must prepare you for the tremendous responsibility of taking charge of life's intricate machinery, four years which must equip you to go out and fight the dragon, Disease.

Before entering this important epoch of your life you will do well to pause and consider what are the elements that must determine the final result. To what extent can trained corps of instructors, well equipped laboratories and logically arranged courses of study make for you a successful preparation. How far can you thank or blame your alma mater for your success or failure in the enterprise which you are about to undertake? The answer is, it will mainly depend upon yourself. Good doctors were made when medical schools consisted of a forum for the exhibition and display of the brilliancy of the faculty, but which offered about as much assistance in securing a medical education as a course in a theological seminary. The good school is not the school which can make your duties easiest but the school that can cause you to put forth the greatest effort. You may get inspiration from the lecturer but you must get mental power from hard work on text-book recitation or experiment. Your efficient teacher is a pattern, but you cannot take him with you. Your own mental acquirements are a part of yourself and no power on earth can take them from you. From your point of view you yourself are the principal character in this act of the drama of life. The mistakes and inefficiencies of others will escape notice, for all eyes are riveted upon you. Every failure is a position lost and sweeps you toward final defeat. Every triumph is a paving stone in your high road to victory. Every recitation missed or made, every examination failed or passed, every dissection spoiled or completed, every clinic "cut" or attended will contribute its share toward the making of an awkward, incompetent bungler, or a skillful, scientific physician. When you are engaged in the practice of medicine you will never know the day nor the hour when the opportunity will present to establish your fame, but as sure as the night follows the day the supreme moment will come. Your ability to fill the requirements of that moment will spell defeat or victory, no time then for hours of study and reflection,-no opportunity for experiment and investigation, no chance to retire and consult authorities. The crucial test may be the performance of an operation. Can you then expect to be given time to master the science of anatomy which is the study of a life time?