New Publications.

THE AMERICAN POCKET MEDICAL DICTIONARY. Edited by W. A. Newman Dorland, M. D., Assistant Obstetrician to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Containing the pronunciation

and definition of the principal words used in medicine and kindred sciences, with 566 pages and 64 extensive tables. W. B. Saunders & Company, Publishers, Philadelphia, New York, London, 1903. Price, flexible leather, with gold edges, $1.00 net; with thumb index, $1.25 net. There is no better small medical dictionary published than the one now before us,and it appearing in its fourth edition within five years would seem sufficient evidence to prove the correctness of our assertion. Several thousand of the newest terms that have appeared in recent medical literature have been added to the present edition, and the entire work subjected to a careful revision.

We are inclined to believe that this little book in its present form will more fully than ever meet the demands of students and physicians.

A TEXT-BOOK OF THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE. By James M. Anders, M. D.,Ph. D., LL. D.,Professor of the Practice of Medicine and of Clinical Medicine, MedicoChirurgical College, Philadelphia. Sixth Edition, Thoroughly Revised. Handsome octavo volume of 1300 pages, fully illustrated. W. B. Saunders & Company, Publishers, Philadelphia, New York, London, 1903. Price, Cloth, $5.50 net; Sheep or Half Morocco, $6.50 net.

This has been a phenomenally successful work; the sixth edition in as many years is now before us; this must be a gratification alike to the author and the publisher. The general plan and classification adopted in the previous editions has been preserved in the present one, and the many tabular presentations of points in differential diagnosis have also been retained. These are of superior value as a means of familiarizing the student and the practitioner alike with the outstanding features of disease.

Malaria, yellow fever, bacillary dysentery, cholecystitis, certain animal parasitic diseases, and the use of the X-rays in diagnosis and treatment have been fully dis

A TEXT-BOOK OF THE DISEASES OF WOMEN. By Thomas A. Ashby, M. D., Professor of Diseases of Women, University of Maryland, Fellow of American Gynecological Society, etc., etc. Handsomely illustrated with over three hundred cuts. Williams & Wilkins Company, Publishers, Baltimore, Md,, 1903. Price, Cloth, $4.50.

This is an entirely new work on the Diseases of Women, and as it emanates from the pen of one who has a national reputation as a teacher and practitioner of his specialty, it would be taken for granted that the work would possess some points of interest and practical value, but a careful perusal indicates that it is a superior work in every respect and particularly well adapted for the purposes intended, and as an up-to-date text-book it stands in the very front rank of other recent publications on the same subject. In a concise and practical way the author presents all the subjects embraced in a study of the Disease of Women. The anatomy and development of the female organs of generation are fully described and with the numerous illustrations presented give a very correct knowledge of these organs. The author has laid much stress on the subject of physical diagnosis, with a view of encouraging a careful and painstaking examination of the pelvic organs and of showing the various methods employed in arriving at a correct diagnosis preliminary to the treatment of the diseases met with in women.

The subject of aseptic surgery is described somewhat briefly, yet with sufficient fullness to show the importance of the subject and the great necessity for the most careful technique in surgical work.

The anatomical method of arrangement of subjects has been adopted with the belief that it is the most simple and direct way of presenting each subject. The operations on the pelvic organs are fully described and the many illustrations help to elucidate the text, with the intent of giving a practical knowledge of operative gynecology. Principles rather than unnecessary details is what the author attempts to teach, and presents what his experience has taught him to be the best methods for operation for each condition.

DISEASES OF THE NOSE AND THROAT. By Charles Huntoon Knight, A. M.. M D., Professor of Laryngology, Cornell University Medical College, Surgeon Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital, Throat Department, Member of the American Laryngological Association, American Medical Association, etc., etc. One hundred and forty-seven illustrations. P. Blakiston's Son & Co., Publishers, Philadelphia, 1903. Price, Cloth, $3.00.

This work consisting of nearly 425 pages is entirely new, and in some respects different in its make-up from other works published on the same subject. The matter presented in this volume formed the basis of a course of lectures delivered by the author at Cornell University Medical College. Only the essentials of anatomy are presented, and bibliological references are omitted. In this volume we do not find an array of formulas for the treatment of the diseases treated, that only aid to confound the ordinary practitioner in the correct application thereof, as he would be at a loss to know how to choose; that is, he would not know exactly which one would be best in any given case, but, we have presented to the student all the facts bearing on the subject, and the author presents them in their logical development; and as to the therapeutics, nothing is given that has not stood the test of clinical experience. The 143 illustrations presented are a most valuable

aid to elucidate the text. This is a most admirable work on the subject treated, and no student or practitioner can make a mistake by procuring a copy for his library.

?QUIZ COMPENDS? No. 16. A Compend of Diseases of the Skin by Jay F. Schamberg, A. B., M. D., Professor of Diseases of the Skin, Philadelphia Polyclinic and College for Graduates in Medicine; Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Third Edition. Revised and Enlarged, with 106 illustrations. P. Blakiston's Son & Co., Publishers, Philadelphia, 1903. Price, 80 cts.

For a rapid reference work and key to the study of dermatology this little book can not be excelled. The subject is presented in a succinct and at the same time in a lucid and readable form. The present revision brings the book up-to-date and in accordance with the most accepted pathology. The diseases are dealt with according to classification and not in alphabetical order. Under each head is found the derivation, definition, symptoms, etiology, pathology, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment. The numerous illustrations, many half tones, from photographs of the patient, serve to make the text more clear.

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MEDICA AND THERAPEUTICS, PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, CLIMATOLOGY, SUGGESTIVE THERAPEUTICS, FORENSIC MEDICINE... By Drs. George F. Butler, Henry B. Favill, Norman Bridge, Daniel R. Brower and Harold N. Moyer. The Year Book Publishers, Chicago, 1903. Price, $1.50.

This is Volume VIII or July issue of the Practical Medicine Series, and the standing of the authors of the present volume is a sufficient guarantee of the excellence of its contents. About half the space in this volume is devoted to Materia Medica and Therapeutics; this being edited by the well known author of "Butler's Text-Book of Materia Medica, Therapeutics and Pharmacology." and of course needs no commends from us. The other two subjects are also well handled by their respective authors.

Summary Gleanings.

Apples are more nutritious than pota

toes.

Lanolin makes an excellent local ointment in burns.

In most cases of chorea, gelsemium will do more good than any other drug.

Arsenic iodide 1-30 grain t. i. d. works well in obstinate cases of skin diseases.

Guaiacol thoroughly rubbed over a pain and then hot flannels applied will generally relieve it.

Medicine should always be given in fluid form when the mucous membrane of the mouth is dry.

When a woman passes a little urine every time she coughs give her cantharides in small doses.

A sure way to remove warts is to apply enough glacial actic acid night and morning to wet them.

In membraneous croup don't stop to discuss mooted questions. Clear the air passages as soon as possible.

Opium and most of its alkaloids should not be used to relieve pain unless the pulse is soft and the tongue and skin moist.

Most all winter coughs can be relieved by equal parts of apomorphine and heroine in 1-6 grain doses, repeated as needed.

A hot infusion of hamamelis will remove soreness from the rectum when given by injection quicker than any other remedy.

A good application for swollen glands is made as follows: Take clay, dry it and powder finely, make into a paste with water and glycerin and apply hot.

Most pregnant women should take an ounce of oil ricini every other night from two to four weeks before the expected time of confinement. It should be taken hot and followed with hot milk.

When called to see a patient who has a high fever, pulse strong, bilious, has just taken sick and has not taken any medicine, be sure to give a lobelia emetic as nothing else will do as much good.

Heroin is an excellent substitute for morphine.

Sodium sulphate will destroy warts. External solution only.

Fld. ext. ergot and the bromides act well in epilepsy. One aids the other.

Tinct. gelsemium in drop doses is the remedy par excellence in neuralgia of the trifacial nerve.

The pain due to decayed teeth is often relieved by cleansing cavity and packing with acetanilid.

Sparteine sulphate has proved superior to atropine, strychnine or digitalis, in conditions where a prompt powerful cardiac stimulant is indicated.

For lukemia with enlarged spleen an unguent of hydrarg. nitratis rubbed over the spleen is a valuable remedy.

Eclectic physicians generally believe that the specific effects of quinine occur positively with a much smaller dose if given in conjunction with gelsemium.

Nothing can be superior to salol in typhoid and malarial fevers for keeping down meteorism nor in the gaseous distension of stomach and bowels so often met with in children.

Codeine is unexcelled for headache, mild pain anywhere and for troublesome, useless cough. It may be given in doses of from 1-8 to 1-2 grain, repeated every half to two hours.

The best remedy for pruritus to be used locally is menthol and olive oil, 20 grains to the ounce. This is a specific for the so called "chigger" bite which is met with in many localities.

The external application of Monsel's solution is very useful in erysipelas. Put two spoonfuls of the solution in a quart of water and keep a cloth wet with it applied to the parts.

A combination of acetanilid, one part, capsicum, two parts, quinine, three parts, is of great value in preventing chills. Give a five or ten grain dose four hours before the chill is due, then a two to four grain dose every hour for three doses.