so acceptable to the stomach, that they are loth to even try any so-called substitute or "similar preparation" that may be offered them, no matter how highly lauded-by the manufacturer. WE are in receipt of a circular from Messrs. Parke, Davis & Co., announcing an improved hypodermic syringe case. The case is of metal, made to fit the vest pocket, and contains, besides an improved syringe, two needles, cleaning wire, and a half dozen bottles of assorted hypodermic tablets. These tablets are the result of much experimentation, and are surprisingly soluble. AN important step in advance has been taken by the Medical Department of the Western Reserve University in making the three years' graded course requisite for graduation beginning with the session of 1888–9. THE error in the title of Dr. Orwig's article on Antipyretics, in our last issue, was of course purely typographical. SANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT (EUCALYPTOL).-Apply to Dr. Sander, Dillon, Iowa, for gratis supplied reports on cures effected at the clinics of the Universities of Bonn and Greifswald. PRACTICE FOR SALE.-Owing to ill health I desire to sell my residence and practice. Will stay until June to introduce successor. Population 800, and town rapidly growing. Excellent college and high school. Two good drug stores. Good roads, mostly free pikes. On B. & O. R'y. No saloons. Will sell property and "good will" for $1700, on easy terms. Address: PRACTICE, care of COLUMBUS MEDICAL Journal. A TEST FOR SEWER GAS.-The presence of this poisonous gas in a room may be detected as follows: Saturate unglazed paper with a solution of one troy ounce of pure acetate of lead in eight fluid ounces of rain water; let it partially dry, then expose in the room suspected of containing sewer gas. The presence of this gas in any considerable quantity soon blackens the test paper. TO PREVENT CHAPPED HANDS.-R. Ol. rose, 15 drops; glycerine, 1 ounce; Sp. myrciæ, 3 ounces; Ol. cajuputi, 20 drops, M. Sig. -To be used on the hands every night before going to bed, and in cold weather to be applied before going out into the open air, the hands being first washed and dried. REVIEWS AND BOOK NOTICES. The Practice of Medicine and Surgery Applied to the Diseases and Accidents Incident to Women. By W. H. Byford, A. M., M. D., Professor of Gynecology in Rush Medical College, and of Obstetrics in the Woman's Medical College, etc.; and Henry T. Byford, M. D., Surgeon to the Woman's Hospital at Chicago, etc. Fourth Edition. Thoroughly revised, rewritten, and enlarged by over 100 pages, with 306 illustrations, 100 of which have been especially drawn for this edition, from original drawings made from life or based on the observations and investigations of the authors. 832 pages. Cloth, $5; leather, $6. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston, Son & Co. That Dr. Byford is a teacher is evidenced on nearly every page of this book. In preparing this edition for the publisher he has revised it all and rewritten very much of it. Chapter one opens with the Anatomy and Physiology of the Female Pelvic organs. It contains numerous well executed diagrams and drawings illustrative of the subject matter. Then follow chapters on Instrumental Examination of the Female Pelvic organs; Accidents of the Labia and Perineum, and operations for their restoration; Diagnosis of Uterine Diseases; Displacements of the uterus, etc., concluding with three chapters on ovariotomy. Every student of gynecology, whether a mere tyro or possessed of wide experience, will find much in this volume to interest and instruct, and we know of no book which, on the whole, so clearly and thoroughly discusses the various diseases peculiar to women. THE Forum for April (published at 97 Fifth Ave., New York) contains two notable political articles. Mr. John Foord, an Independent, who was formerly editor of the New York Times, maintains that Mr. Blaine could not carry New York this year or receive as large proportion of the votes in that pivotal State as he received in 1884. He makes this showing by a study of the statistics of the elections held since 1884. Mr. Henry Watterson, writing on the "Hysteria of Sectional Agitation," shows that the Union is stronger now than ever before, and that no partisan agitation can again estrange the sections. He pays his compliments vigorously to Mr. Murat Halstead, and quotes election statistics to prove Mr. Halstead's error. There are two articles that bear on the Roman Catholic Churchone by the eminent Belgian scholar, Prof. Emile de Laveleye, who shows how powerful a factor the Pope is in European politics; and the other by Monsignor T. S. Preston, who writes specifically against Henry George's books. E. P. Roe, more of whose stories have been sold than of any other living novelist, explains the secret of success in fiction. Mrs. Alice Wellington Rollins, who has made a study of the slums and the social problem involved therein, with a woman's sympathy for suffering, explains the impracticability of most of the methods of reform that have been suggested. Dr. Meredith Clymer, the eminent New York physician, explains the faith-cure and similar miraculous methods of healing; Mr. John D. Champlin, Jr., the enclycopedist, writes a broad essay on "The Union of the English Speaking Peoples," predicting the annexation to the United States of Canada, and ultimately of all British America; and Mr. Park Benjamin reviews the remarkable work done by Dr. Wm. Gilbert, Queen Elizabeth's physician, in creating the modern science of electricity. From a scientific point of view the most noteworthy article in the number, and one of the most noteworthy that has been published in a very long time, is an explanation by Dr. Brown Sequard of the location of the brain's various functions. Chemical Manual for the Study of Medical Cases. Edited by James Finlayson, M. D., Physician and lecturer on clinical medicine in the Glasgow Western Infirmary, etc., etc. Second edition, revised and enlarged; with illustrations. Philadelphia: Lea Bros. & Co. 1886. This volume is much larger than its predecessor, owing to the addition of a large amount of new matter, and to a large increase in the number of illustrations. The book is designed chiefly for students to use in connection with their clinical work, and not to take the place of more exhaustive treatises. It is excellently adapted for this purpose. Health Lessons. A Primary Book. By Jerome Walker, M. D., Lecturer on Hygiene at the Long Island College Hospital, and on Physiology and Hygiene at the Brooklyn Central Grammar School, etc. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1887. 12 mo.; pp. 194. This book is designed for children, and can be used either for reading or for a school text book. It contains much valuable information, well and pleasantly expressed. The illustrations are numerous and pleasing. The Rectum and Anus: Their Diseases and Treatment. By Charles B. Ball, M. Ch., Univ. Dub., F. R. C. S. I.; Surgeon to Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital; University Examiner in Surgery; and Member of Surgical Court of Examiners, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland. This volume contains a very full consideration of the diseases of the anus and their treatment. Especial attention is given to the consideration of wounds of the region discussed. The author's recommendations are all in harmony with the most approved principles of modern surgery. The main feature of the book is its singular conciseness and clearness. Fever Nursing, Designed for the Use of Professional and Other Nurses, and especially as a text book for nurses in training, by J. C. Wilson, A. M., M. D., author of "A Treatise on the Continued Fevers; visiting physician to the Philadelphia Hospital, etc. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company. 1888. 12 mo.; cloth; pp. 210; $1.00. This little book, as suggested by the title, is not intended for professional nurses alone, but the information is so plainly given that untrained persons may fully profit by it, and it would be well if it could be generally The suggestions are all good and to the point. read. On a New Treatment of Chronic Metritis, and Especially of Endometritis with Intra-Uterine Chemical Galvano Cauterizations. By Dr. Georges Apastoli, Paris. Translated by A. Lapthorn Smith, B. A., M. D. 12 mo., cloth. 119 pp. Geo. S. Davis, Detroit; 1888. This monograph is this first complete one on this method, which the author's admirers think is destined to completely revolutionize the treatment of chronic metritis, as well as of subinvolution and fibroid tumors of the uterus. We very much doubt, however, if it particulary hastens the gynecological millineum. The book is written in a very clear, practical style, and can be understood by every one. A Practical Treatise on the Medical and Surgical Uses of Electricity. Including Localized and General Faradization; Localized and Central Faradization; Franklinization; Electrolysis and Galvano-Cautery. By George M. Beard, A. M., M. D., Fellow of the N. Y. Academy of Medicine, etc., and A. D. Rockwell, A. M., M. D., Professor of Electro Therapeutics in the N. Y. Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital; Fellow of the N. Y. Academy of Medicine; Member of the American Academy of Medicine, etc. Sixth edition. Revised by A. D. Rockwell, M. D. With nearly 200 Illustrations. New York: Wm. Wood & Co., 1888. 8vo., Cloth. Pp. 758. This book requires no introduction. It has always been known as the most comprehensive treatise extant on the subject of electricity and its therapeutic applications. Dr. Rockwell, who has had sole supervision of the work since Dr. Beard's untimely death, keeps it fully abreast of the times. The present edition is rendered necessary, chiefly, by the fact that within the past two or three years Apostoli, of Paris, has by his experiments and the results that he has succeeded in obtaining, greatly enlarged the domain of electricity in gynecology. The revision in the present addition, therefore, has been mainly restricted to this subject, and the chapter on the Diseases of Women almost entirely recast. The methods through which these better results in gynecology are obtained do but confirm the truth of the observation made in the Preface to the third edition, to the effect that the real scientific basis for the use of electricity in medicine and surgery is found in electro-physics more than in electro-physiology. Rectal and Annal Surgery, with a Description of the Secret Methods of the Itinerants. By Edmund Andrews, M. D., L. L. D. Professor of Clinical Surgery in the Chicago Medical College, and E. Wyllys Andrews, A. M., M. D., Adjunct Professor of Clinical Surgery in the Chicago Medical College. With original illustrations. Chicago: W. T. Keener, 96 Washington St. 1888. 8 vo.; cloth, pp. 111; Price, $1.25. This little brochure fills a very important place at this particular time, when so much attention is devoted to a consideration of rectal troubles. Its title very fairly indicates its scope. Portions of it have already appeared in medical journals, and have been laid before our readers. The book contains a condensed description of the latest methods of treating hemorrhoids and other rectal affections, as practised by Dr. Andrews. The procedures of the itinerant "pile doctors" are explained and discussed, with the author's own views, pro and con. The book is a convenient and valuable summary of current knowledge on this branch. |