more intelligent appreciation of the gravity and importance of this problem shown by a lay speaker than that in the introductory address by the Rt. Hon. John Burns, the well known "labor" member of the English cabinet. The teaching of the hygiene of infancy to mothers, the public supply of milk fit for consumption by infants, the chemistry of infant foods, the regulation of midwives, infant life insurance, and many other similar topics are discussed. The speakers include such men as G. Sims Woodhead, J. W. Ballantyne, G. F. McCleary, and Alderman Benjamin Broadbent, now known because of his effort to diminish infant mortality in Huddersfield during his term as mayor. The appearance of the volume shows conclusively the wide spread interest in this subject in England at the present time. No one interested in the subiect can afford to miss this stimulating and suggestive book. The Technic of Operations upon the Intestines and Stomach. By Alfred H. Gould, of Boston. With 190 Illustrations, mostly Original, Several of Them in Colors. 302 pp. W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia and London. 1906. In no work on surgery can one find the kind of information contained in this new volume, the labor of one of the younger Boston surgeons, who has unremittingly pursued research work for several years. Devoted entirely to the technic of operations on the digestive canal, from stomach to rectum, there is detail enough to satisfy the most minute investigator, while there is a breadth of view and regard for casual readers which gives the book interest for all classes. It is based largely on original investigations upon animals, especially concerning the condition following different kinds of anastomoses. No more instructive monograph bearing on this subject has ever appeared, and the author is to be congratulated. The illustrations are remarkable for their number and excellence; some of the colored plates are of great value. All descriptions are clear and concise, and the recommendations for the most part worthy of general acceptance. The book covers the ground as follows. The repair of intestinal wounds; suture materials, needles, tying knots, sutures, and clamps; the anatomy of the intestines; operations upon the intestines; operations upon the stomach. The first, second, and third chapters are particularly valuable, as embracing knowledge that one would have to search for elsewhere long and diligently. Altogether Dr. Gould's volume may be unreservedly recommended. Abdominal Operations. By B. G. A. Moynihan, M. S. (London), F. R. C. S., Senior Assistant Surgeon at Leeds General Infirmary, England. Second Revised Edition, Greatly Enlarged. Octavo of 815 pages, with 305 original illustrations. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders Company, 1906. Cloth, $7.00 net; Half Morocco, $8.00 net. Moynihan's writings are always looked for with pleasant anticipation, because he usually has something definite to say and a definite way of saying it. This new and enlarged edition of his work on abdominal operations is a remarkably useful book, presenting 800 pages of clear exposition, excluding all gynecological, kidney, bladder, and hernia operations. It is singularly helpful in giving a preference to some one method of procedure, and then describing other methods, if any others are widely used. Moynihan is at variance in some points with other distinguished surgeons; for instance he advocates lavage and multiple incisions and drainage for acute general peritonitis; to be sure he has many to agree with him, but the best series of cases has resulted from simple median incision, no lavage, and one drainage point. He also puts the ban on all mechanical aids to intestinal anastomosis, such as buttons, bobbins, etc., saying that he believes "the purpose of these has been served, and their interest is now only historical." Not all surgeons are so ready to entirely do away with such appliances. He, of course, advocates the posterior gastro-enterostomy without a loop, and the use of clamps while suturing. He includes in the chapters on intestinal work the information concerning localization, so carefully worked out by George H. Monks. Other American surgeons are often mentioned (Moynihan has visited many of them) and he makes especial acknowledgement to W. J. Mayo and J. B. Murphy. The volume is of great interest and is indispensable to a progressive surgeon. Surgery, Its Principles and Practice. By various authors, Edited by William Williams Keen, M. D., LL. D., Professor of the Principles of Surgery, and of Clinical Surgery, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. Volume I, with 261 Text-Illustrations and 17 Colored Plates. Philadelphia and London. W. B. Saunders Co. 1906. Volume I of the new Surgery, edited by Keen, of Philadelphia, fulfils the expectation of this much heralded treatise. The mere mention of its contributors is enough to warrant excellence,-Adami, Bland-Sutton, Crile, Da Costa, Sr. and Jr., Frazier, Freeman, Hektoen Edw. Martin, Mumford, E. H. Nichols, Eugene A. Smith, Francis C. Wood. The opening chapter is especially welcome,-a Narrative of Surgery-and Dr. Mumford has infused into it all the knowledge of his long study of the subject as well as the distinctive charm of his literary style. A special chapter on Surgical Physiology is also welcome, wherein Crile elaborates upon the subject of blood pressure. Hektoen's discourse on Infection and Immunity gives a succinct resume of the present ideas on this comparatively new aspect of surgery. The succeeding pages include comprehensive essays on the processes of inflammation, suppuration, degenerative and circulatory changes, specific infections, traumatic fevers, scurvy, rickets, surgical tuberculosis, chancroid, syphilis, tumors, and wounds. The arrangement is well-advised, so that the chapters, though by different authors, succeed one another logically. Indeed, several correlated subjects have been written by the same man; e. g., Freeman has three chapters, on Suppuration, Ulceration, and Gangrene; Frazier has four, on Erysipelas, Tetanus, Special Infections, and Animal Infections. Martin has two, on Chancroids and Syphilis. The care and thoroughness bestowed upon every article by its author is unmistakable and the assistance afforded by the publishers is no less manifest. Typework is irreproachable, illustrations plentiful and of good quality, with many full page plates, and the binding dignified and attractive. 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