subject seems to have been neglected. It contains a large amount of information upon special points in the technique of operations not usually found in works of this character. PATHOLOGICAL AND MORBID ANATOMY. By T. Henry Green, M.D., F.R.C.P., Consulting Physician and Emeritus Lecturer on Clinical Medicine at Charing Cross Hospital, London, and Consulting Physician to the Brompton Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest. Tenth American, revised from the tenth English, edition. Revised and enlarged by W. Cecil Bosanquet, M.A., M.D. Oxon., F.R.C.P., London, Assistant Physician (Late Pathologist) to Charing Cross Hospital, London, and to the Brompton Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest; formerly Fellow of the New York College, Oxford. With a colored plate and 348 illustrations in the text. Philadelphia and New York: Lea Brothers & Co., 1905. The author is well known, and his work is an evidence of excellent qualities. In this tenth edition a large amount of new material has been added, the subject has undergone many changes, as the growth is both rapid and transforming. It is simple, clear, and adequate to meet the wishes of the busy practitioner. A TEXTBOOK OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS BY LABORATORY METHODS, for the use of students, practitioners and laboratory workers. By L. Napoleon Boston, A.M., M.D., Associate in Medicine and Directory of the Clinical Laboratories, Medico-Chirurgical College, Philadelphia: formerly Bacteriologist at the Philadelphia Hospital and at the Ayer Clinical Laboratory of the Pennsylvania Hospital. Second edition, revised and enlarged, with 330 illustrations. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders & Co., 1905 It seems strange that no really complete book on this subject has as yet been published in the English tongue. Dr. Boston's book is as good as the average in this respect, and perhaps a little better than the average. The first edition has been rapidly exhausted, and within the year this second edition has been put upon the market. The book is a very good one, but the author has overreached himself in trying to make it too comprehensive. Thereby, it loses a great deal of its value as a laboratory guide. The publishers have done their work remarkably well, and have produced a volume most finished in appear ance. THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THE RÖNTGEN RAYS IN THERAPEUTICS AND DIAGNOSIS. By William Allen Pusey, A.M., M.D., Professor of Dermatology in the University of Illinois, Member of the American Medical Association, and Eugene Wilson Caldwell, B.S., Director of The Edward N. Gibbs X-Ray Laboratory, University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York; Member of the Röntgen Society of London; Associate Member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. Second edition; thoroughly revised and enlarged. W. B. Saunders & Co. This work, as its title declares, is a practical guide in the application of Röntgen Rays in diagnosis and therapeutics. It also gives a practical and concise up-to-date explanation of the apparatus used in medical and surgical cases. In that part of the work which embraces the application of X-Ray to the treatment of diseases it shows that it has been written by one who has had large experience and knows how to profit by the careful analysis of such experience. This book is a most valuable addition to the literature upon the practical use of the X-Ray in medicine and surgery, and will be found a safe guide to follow in the proper use of this agent, which is in the infancy of its possibilities as a diagnostic and therapeutic aid in the practice of medicine. A TEXTBOOK OF THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE. By James M. Anders, M.D., Ph.D., LL.D., Professor of Medicine and Clinical Medicine at the Medico-Chirurgical College; Physician to the Medico-Chirurgical Hospital; formerly Physician to the Philadelphia and to the Protestant Episcopal Hospitals, Philadelphia; Fellow of the College of Physicians, Member of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, etc. Illustrated. Seventh edition, thoroughly revised. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders & Co., 1905. Many additions and changes, made necessary by the rapid advances in internal medicine, are presented in this seventh edition. In the department of differential diagnosis no departure has been ventured, the subject being dealt with under a separate heading. The treatment of diseases has received a large share of earnest attention, and is in harmony with the latest approved theapeutic advances. The author's personal experiences, with the examination of the contributions of other observers, has been used with excellent results. It is an excellent work of the present state of our knowledge of the practice of medicine in general, and of the diagnosis and treatment of disease in particular. A TEXTBOOK OF PRACTICAL THERAPEUTICS, with special reference to the applications of remedial measures to disease, and their employment upon a rational basis. By Hobart A. Hare, M.D., B.Sc., Professor of Therapeutics and Materia Medica in Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, etc. Eleventh revised edition: 113 engravings and 4 colored plates. Lea Bros. & Co., 1905. This very practical work on therapeutics is clearly and concisely written, and this eleventh revision brings this valuable book up to date. We counted seventy-nine changes in the strength of drugs to agree with the new pharmacopoeia. The drugs and diseases treated are arranged in alphabetical order, and it is a valuable ready-reference book, written by an acknowledged authority upon the subject of which it treats. It is a work that should be in the library of every physician, since it represents the advancement made in the scientific treatment of diseases, by showing how and why the remedies are given. A TREATISE ON DIAGNOSTIC METHODS OF EXAMINATION. By Prof. Dr. Herman Sahli, Director of the Medical Clinic, University of Bern. Edited, with additions, by Francis P. Kinnicutt, M.D., Professor of Clinical Medicine at Columbia University, New York, and Nathan'l B. Potter, M.D., Visiting Physician to the City Hospital and the French Hospital, New York. Authorized translation from the German. Revised and enlarged edition. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders & Co., 1905. To those who have had a reading knowledge of the German language this volume has for a long time served as a most valuable aid and guide. The realization of these facts has led the editors to undertake the task of having Dr. Sahli's book translated into the English language in order that the American profession might reap the benefit that the few have so long enjoyed. The translators have done their work well and the editors have so arranged the book that in many respects it is an improvement on the original. There have been added to this edition a discussion of the subject of blood-pressure, which is contributed by Dr. Theodore C. Janeway. Many other American physicians have added notes to the translated text of the author. The book is thoroughly up with the times and should be found in the library of every practitioner, where it will be of inestimable assistance to him in his daily reading of his cases. THE VERMIFORM APPENDIX AND ITS DISEASES. BY Howard A. Kelly, A.B., M.D., Professor of Gynecology in the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, and E. Hurdon, M.D., Assistant in Gynecology in the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. With 399 original December, 1905. illustrations, some in colors, and 3 lithographic plates. Cloth. Pp. 827. Price, $10 net. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders & Co., 1905. This work is a most complete and valuable study of the vermiform appendix in health and disease, and will be a valuable addition to the library of physicians, as well as to those of the specialist in abdominal surAfter a careful review of the history of our gery. knowledge of appendical disease, the anatomy and physiology of the organ are elaborately set forth, as is the technic of the various operations for the removal of the organ. Especial mention may be made of the chapters on appendicitis in its relation to typhoid fever; of its peculiarities in children; of its relation to the pelvic organs; of its medico-legal status, as well as to that on treatment. Too much cannot be said in praise of the excellence of the illustrations and presswork-in fact, it may be well said that the book is a great credit to all concerned in its production-authors, artists, printers and publishers. A SYSTEM OF PRACTICAL SURGERY. By Prof. F. von Bergmann, M.D., of Berlin; Prof. P. von Bruns, M.D., of Tübingen, and Prof. J. von Mikulicz, M.D., of Breslau. Translated and Edited by William T. Bull, M.D.. Professor of Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, and Edward Milton Foote, M.D., Instructor in Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York. Volume V. Surgery of the Pelvis and the Genitourinary Organs. New York and Philadelphia: Lea Brothers & Co., 1904. Pp. 789. This book is a translation of articles by Steinbach, Körte, Sonnenburg, von Bramann, Ramstedt and Schede upon the surgery of the pelvis, rectum anus and the urinary and male genital organs. The work, in addition to its own index, contains a general index to the other volumes. A TREATISE ON OBSTETRICS, for students and practitioners. By Edward P. Davis, A.M., M.D., Professor of Obstetrics in Jefferson Medical College; Professor of Obstetrics and Pediatrics in the Philadelphia Polyclinic, etc. New second edition, thoroughly revised and much enlarged. Octavo, 800 pages, with 274 engravings and 39 full-page plates in colors and monochrome. Cloth, $5 net; leather, $6 net. This is a thoroughly scientific and practical book on the subject of which it treats, the author's method be ing original, and the scope of the work includes cognate subiects of much value which are not met with in other similar books. In preparing this new edition Professor Davis has completely revised the text and added much new matter, resulting in an enlargement of the book by about 250 pages. In its new form, the book represents the science and art of obstetrics fully up to date, and is abundantly illustrated. A TEXTBOOK OF MATERIA MEDICA, including Laboratory Exercises in the Histologic and Chemic Examinations of Drugs. By Dr. Robert A. Hatcher, Ph.G., M.D., and Torald Sallmann, M.D., Pp. 411. W. B. Saunders & Co., Philadelphia. This book is intended to popularize the "Laboratory Method" in the study of organic materia medica, and is divided into three parts, Part I treating of the Systematic Study of Crude Drugs, and containing chapters on Roots, Woods, Barks, Leaves. Herbs, Flowers, Fruit Seeds, and Drugs Other than Plant Organs. Part II treats of Plant Histology, with chapters on the Cell and Its Contents, Special Morphology of Cells, Tissues, Organs, and the Histologic Study of Powdered Drugs. Part III treats of Chemic Exercises in Materia Medica, with chapters on constituents soluble in water but not in alcohol, on chemic examination of drugs containing important alkaloids, drugs containing glucosids, drugs containing resinous principles, drugs containing aromatic acids, volitite oils or fats. The appendix contains a list of reagents for histological investigations, a posological table, glossary of medical terms used in the body of the work, and a complete index. The book is recommended to those who desire practical informa tion on the subject of organic materia medica, and it is a reliable guide in the scientific method of investigating the drugs treated in its several parts. HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY. Prepared with Special Reference to Students of Medicine. By Joseph H. Raymond, A.M., M.D., Professor of Physiology and Hygiene, Long Island College Hospital, New York City. Third edition, thoroughly revised. Octavo volume of 687 pages, containing 444 illustrations, some in colors, and four full-page lithographic plates. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders & Co., 1905. Cloth, $3.50 net. The review of this book will be found in the November issue of the JOURNAL. M.D. BOOKS RECEIVED. PHYSICIAN'S POCKET ACCOUNT BOOK. By J. J. Taylor, Published by the Medical Council, 4105 Walnut street, Philadelphia, Pa. Patent applied for. TRANSACTIONS OF THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK FOR THE YEAR 1905. Published by the Society, 1905. A TEXTBOOK OF PRACTICAL THERAPEUTICS, with especial reference to the application of remedial measures to disease and their employment upon a rational basis. By Hobart Amory Hare, M.D., B.Sc., Professor of Therapeutics and Materia Medica in the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia; Physician to the Jefferson Medical College Hospital; one time Clinical Professor of Diseases of Children in the University of Pennsylvania; Laureate of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Belgium; of the Medical Society of London; Member of the Committee of Revision of the United States Pharmacopoeia of 1905. Eleventh edition, enlarged, thoroughly revised and largely rewritten. Illustrated with 113 engravings and 4 colored plates. Philadelphia and New York: Lea Brothers & Co., 1905. ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY FOR NURSES. By Leroy Lewis, M.D., Surgeon to and Lecturer on Anatomy and Physiology for Nurses at the Lewis Hospital, Bay City, Mich. Illustrated. Philadelphia and London; W. B. Saunders & Co., 1905. A MANUAL OF THE DISEASES OF INFANTS AND CHILDREN. By John Ruhrah, M.D., Clinical Professor of Diseases of Children in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore. Illustrated. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders & Co., 1905. TREATISE ON DISEASES OF THE SKIN FOR THE USE OF ADVANCED STUDENTS AND PRACTITIONERS. By Henry W. Stelwagon, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Dermatology in the Jefferson Medical College and Woman's Medical College, Philadelphia; Dermatologist to the Howard and Philadelphia Hospitals; Member of the American Dermatological Association; Associate Member of the French Society of Dermatology and Syphilography, and of the Italian Society of Dermatology and Syphilography. Fourth edition, thoroughly revised, with 285 illustrations in the text, and 32 full-page lithographic and half-tone plates. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders & Co., 1905. A TEXTBOOK OF PHYSIOLOGY FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS AND PHYSICIANS. By William H. Howell, Ph.D., M.D., LL.D., Professor of Physiology in the Johns Hopkins Illustrated. University, Baltimore. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders & Co., 1905. THE BLUES (SPLANCHNIC NEURASTHENIA); CAUSES AND CURE. By Albert Abrams, A.M., M.D. (Heidelberg), F.R.M.S. Consulting Physician Denver National Hospital for Consumptives, the Mount Zion and the French Hospitals, San Francisco; President of the Emanuel Sisterhood Polyclinic; formerly Professor of Pathology and Director of the Medical Clinic, Cooper Medical College, San Francisco. Illustrated. Second edition, enlarged. New York: E. B. Treat & Co., 241-243 West 23d street, 1905. |