Dr. Turner moved that this question be made special order of business at the next meeting. Dr. Reilly moved that delegates be elected at the next meeting. Dr. Sale moved that the selection of delegates and the question of inviting the association to meet here, be the subject of a special called meeting to be held at an early date, selected by the president and secretary. Seconded and carried. Adjourned. Called meeting, April 23, 1901. President, Dr. F. A. Jones, in the chair. Present Drs. Turner, McReynolds, Goltman, A. B. Williams, Michie, Brown, Barton, Webb, Krauss, Moore, Rogers, Sale, Burns, Farrington, Braun, F. A. Jones, Neely, Morrow, Rice, Black and Andrews. Visitor-Col. Jerome Hill. The president stated the purpose of the meeting, and asked the wishes of the society as to the order of business. Dr. Alfred Moore moved that the society elect delegates to the American Medical Association. Carried. The following gentlemen, having expressed their intention to attend the meeting of the association, were selected as delegates: Drs. F. D. Smythe, E. C. Ellett, Wm. Britt Burns, Wm. Krauss, F. S. Raymond, F. A. Jones, Alfred Moore, Heber Jones, B. G. Henning and Richmond McKinney. Dr. Andrews moved that the selection of alternates be deferred. Seconded and amended at the suggestion of Dr. W. B. Rogers that the president be authorized to fill any vacancies that may occur. Col. Jerome Hill, by invitation, addressed the society. Col. Hill remarked that he was never surrounded by so many doctors before in all his life. He took pleasure in giving the positive assurance that Memphis could and would entertain the American Medical Association without the least trouble. As for himself, he is much interested in building up Memphis; and the way to do it, is to bring strangers to the city. Col. Hill believes that Memphis is the logical place of meeting for the association. When asked as to the hotel VOL. XXI-20 accommodations, he assured the society that the association could easily be entertained. He stated that the new Gayoso Hotel could entertain four hundred guests, and that it would be completed in time for the members of the Memphis Medical Society to there eat Christmas dinner. Dr. Neely asked if this was an invitation to the society. Col. Hill replied, amid laughter, that it could be considered an invitation. He closed his remarks, which were received with great enthusiasm, by urging the society to use its best endeavor to have the association meet here. After free discussion, Dr. Krauss moved that a committee be appointed to get all necessary information and present it to the American Medical Association. Carried, and the president appointed the following committee: Drs. Krauss, Burns, Smythe, F. S. Raymond and McKinney. Dr. Neely moved that the American Medical Association be invited to meet in Memphis, Tenn., in 1902. Carried. Adjourned. BOOK REVIEWS. Progressive Medicine, Vol. I, 1901. A Quarterly Digest of Advances, Discoveries and Improvements in the Medical and Surgical Sciences. Edited by Hobart Amory Hare, M.D., Professor of Therapeutics and Materia Medica in the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia. Octavo, handsomely bound in cloth, 430 pages, 11 illustrations. Per annum, in four cloth-bound volumes, $10. Lea Brothers & Co., Philadelphia and New York. With this volume Progressive Medicine commences the series of 1901, and if the success that has met the past issues of this work continues in the future, the publishers and editor will have cause for mutual felicitation. It is the practical character of the articles published in these volumes that has gained for the work such early and general recognition. As to the articles contributed to the present volume, the first section, by Dr. Da Costa, deals with the surgery of the head, neck and chest. The high standard of excellence which has characterized the contributions by this writer in previous volumes is fully maintained. Special attention is called to the articles on plastic operations about the face; surgery of the lungs, and the most recent methods of dealing with pericardial effusions. In his article on the acute infectious diseases, Dr. Packard has devoted much space to a careful consideration of the important subject of typhoid fever. In view of the immense amount of material which has accumulated during the past year concerning this disease, the writer is to be especially commended upon the compact form in which he has presented the matter without neglecting any point of importance. Dr. Crandall has given especial attention to the treatment of Disorders in Childhood and has added to his section a most valuable consideration of the practice of surgery upon children. Dr. Logan Turner contributes the article on Laryngology and Rhinology. Malignant diseases, and tuberculosis of the throat and nose are among other subjects particularly considered. The section on Otology, by Dr. Randolph, is essentially practical. He devotes much space to the diagnosis and treatment of the inflammatory diseases of the ear. Every article evidences the care used in its preparation and the research and study of the several authors. A System of Practical Therapeutics. By Eminent American and Foreign Authorities. Edited by Hobart Amory Hare, M.D., Professor of Therapeutics, Jefferson Medical College; Physician to Jefferson College Hospital, etc., Philadelphia. New (2d) edition, thoroughly revised. In three very handsome octavo volumes, containing 2593 page, with 427 engravings, and 26 full-page colored plates. Vol. II. Per volume, cloth, $5.00, net; leather, $6.00, net; half morocco, $7.00, net. Lea Brothers & Co., publishers, Phila delphia and New York, 1901. The second volume in this system of practical therapeutics, which is now before us, bears out the impression gained from the first volume. It is as its name suggests a practical work, and offers to the general practitioner the most complete system of this character that has ever been published. This volume contains articles on the following subjects: Typhoid Fever (new). By H. A. Hare, M.D., Philadelphia. Malarial Fevers. By James M. Anders, M.D., LL.D., Philadelphia. Smallpox. By William M. Welsh, M.D., Philadelphia. Faricella, Rubeola, Rubella, and Scarlatina (new). By J. P. Crozer Griffith, M.D., Philadelphia. Yellow Fever (new). By D. T. Lainé, M.D., Havana. Dengue (new). By J. W. McLaughlin, M.D., Galveston. Acute Tonsillitis and Influenza, Acute Articular Rheumatism (new). By Diphtheria (new). By Floyd M. Crandall, M. D., New York. Spasmodic Croup and Rickets (new). By Floyd M. Crandall, M.D., New York. Diseases of the Mucous Membrane of the Mouth, and Mumps (new). By Floyd M. Crandall, M.D., New York. Pneumonia, Croupous and Catarrhal (new). By H. A. Hare, M.D., Philadelphia. Asthma, Bronchitis and Whooping-Cough. By Norman Bridge, M.D., Chicago. Acute and Chronic Organic Diseases of the Heart. By W. H. Thompson, M.D., LL.D., New York. Diseases of the Blood-Vessels. By Frederick C. Shattuck, M.D., Boston. Nervous Diseases of the Heart. By Sir Lauder Brunton, M.D., D.SC., LL.D. Edin., LL.D. Aberd., F.R.C. P., F.R.S., London. Diseases of the Liver, Gall Bladder, Hepatic Duct, and Spleen (new). By John H. Musser, M.D., Philadelphia. Diseases of the Stomach. By Thomas G. Ashton, M.D., Philadelphia. Diarrheal Diseases and Dysentery. By W. W. Johnston, M.D., Washington. The Intestinal Parasites. By H. A. Hare, M.D., Philadelphia. Diseases of the Kidneys. By N. S. Davis, jr., M.D., Chicago. Headaches and Neuralgia. By Wharton Sinkler, M.D., Philadelphia. The Drug Habits. The Disorders of Sleep. By Hugh T. Patrick, M.D., Chicago. Locomotor Ataxia, Acute Infantile Spinal Paralysis, Myelitis, and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. By M. Allen Star, M.D., PH.D., New York. Apoplexy, Brain Tumor, Spinal Tumor, Meningitis, Cerebritis, and Neuritis. By Charles K. Mills, M.D., Philadelphia. Spasmodic Affections of the Nervous System. By Joseph Collins, M.D., N.Y. The Medical Treatment of Insanity. By H. M. Bannister, M.D., Kankakee, Ill. Hospital Treatment of Insanity. By Edward N. Brush, M.D., Baltimore. The Modern Treatment of the Diseases of the Skin. By Henry W. Stelwagon, M.D., Philadelphia. A Compend of Human Physiology. Especially Adapted for the Use of Medical Students. By Albert P. Brubaker, A.M., M.D., Adjunct Professor of Physiology and Hygiene in the Jefferson Medical College; Professor of Physiology in the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery; Lecturer on Anatomy and Physiology in the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry; Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Tenth edition, revised and enlarged, with illustrations and a table of physiologic constants. Price, 80c, net. P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 1012 Walnut street, Philadelphia. Brubaker's compend is now in its tenth edition, and judging by its popularity it will very likely not cease to appear with its hundredth edition. No compend on this subject enjoys such vogue, deservedly so, among medical students as does this. Introduction to the Differential Diagnosis of the Separate Forms of Gall Stone Disease. Based upon his own experience, gained in 433 Laparotomies for Gall Stones. By Professor Hans Kehr, Halberstadt. Authorized Translation, by William Wotkyns Seymour, A.B., Yale, M.D., Harvard. Formerly Professor of Gynecology in the University of Vermont; Fellow of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; Surgeon to the Samaritan Hospital, Troy, New York. With an Introduction by Prof. Kehr. Price, $2.50, net. P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 1012 Walnut street, Philadelphia. It seems that the last year or two has witnessed the production of a great amount of literature pertaining to the subject of gall stones. The medical journals have fairly teemed with such articles. It is refreshing to have our attention drawn to a work containing such a large experience in this line as this of Prof. Kehr's. An experience of 433 operations for gall stones should certainly be productive of not a few observations of value, and we commend the reading of this work to every surgeon or practitioner who has ever had, or anticipates doing, any gall stone surgery. A Textbook of Gynecology. Edited by Charles A. L. Reed, A.M., M.D., President of the American Medical Association (1900-1901); Gynecologist and Clinical Lecturer on the Surgical Diseases of Women at the Cincinnati Hospital; Fellow of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; Fellow of the British Gynecological Society; Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Medicine of Peru, etc. Illustrated by R. J. Hopkins. Price $5.00. D. Appleton & Co., New York. It is a rare thing nowadays for a twelve-month to roll around without the addition of a new work on gynecology to the textbook literature, and while we cannot say that every one of these books is indispensable, still they all contain something of value. The latest contribution to this host of textbooks is Dr. Reed's work. In the preparation of this book the editor has had the collaboration of thirty-one of the most prominent physicians and surgeons in this country, and the result has been an exceedingly clever work. The articles contributed by the several collaborators are not signed, but to one who has followed the literature during the past few years it is fairly easy to recognize the productions of the various writers. The editor states that in the production of this work there has been held in view the three following special objects, viz: 1. The formulation of a textbook which shall serve as a working manual for practitioners and students, and which shall impress the best approved developments of gynecology, including those of later date than are, or can be, included in a work of similar magnitude by a single author. 2. The co-operation of the various departments of medical science in their synthetic relation to gynecology. 3. The specific recognition of the work of investigators and operators in gynecology and correlated departments. With these objects in view, thoroughly carried out as they have been, the result could not otherwise have been than to supply a work that would at once find for itself a special niche in the esteem of the medical profession. We cannot devote space to the consideration of the merits of individual chapters, but we can heartily testify to the superiority of the whole. Numerous illustrations and good typography are special features of this work. International Clinics. A Quarterly of Clinical Lectures and Especially Prepared Articles on Medicine, Neurology, Surgery, Therapeutics, Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Pathology, Dermatology, Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, and other Topics of Interest to Students and Practitioners. By leading members of the medical profession throughout the world. Edited by Henry W. Cattell, A.M., M.D., Philadelphia, U.S.A., with the collaboration of John B. Murphy, M.D., of Chicago; Alexander D. Blackader, M.D., of Montreal; H. C. Wood, M D., of Philadelphia; T. M. Rotch, M.D., of Boston; E. Landolt, M.D., of Paris; Thomas G. Morton, M.D., and Charles H. Reed, MD., of Philadelphia; with regular correspondents in Montreal, London, Paris, Leipsic and Vienna. Vol. I. Eleventh series, 1901. Philadelphia. J. B. Lippincott Company. It is the direct method of teaching that has won for the International Clinics the warm esteem of practitioners of medicine. The articles presented in the |