Of works in English, the present volume is undoubtedly the most exhaustive and complete that has yet appeared. It is comprehensive in every respect, and furnishes practitioners and students with a text-book on the essential principles and facts in general pathology and pathologic anatomy, with special bearing upon the relation of the latter to practical medicine. The work is compiled after the prevailing custom in the series of "American Text-Books" published by Messrs. Saunders & Company, being written by a number of authors, each of whom is a specialist recognized for his acquaintance with the particular subject of which he writes. The work is illustrated in a manner to appeal to the reader, and the typographical execution is such as is characteristic of the output of the publishers.

TYPHOID AND TYPHUS FEVERS. By Dr. H. Curschmann of Leipzig. Edited, with additions, by William Osler, M.D., Professor of the Principles and Practice of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University. Handsome octavo of 646 pages, illustrated, including a number of valuable temperature charts and two full-page colored plates. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders & Co., 1901. Cloth $5 net; sheep or half morocco $6 net.

Practitioners and teachers will no doubt read this review notice with considerable pleasure, for the original German edition of this volume has been for some time generally recognized as the standard authority on the subject of which it treats, so those who have not a reading knowledge of the German language cannot fail to rejoice to learn that the work has been translated into English. The reader, however, who has access to the German edition, will notice that the American edition is even superior to the former, for, besides containing all the material of the original, characteristic additions have been made to almost every chapter.

The chapters on bacteriology and pathology have received close attention, and to both of them various additions have been made, the important work of Mallory being incorporated in the latter. In discussing the state of the blood, Thayer's exhaustive study has been utilized, and Keen's epoch-marking contribution to the subject of the surgical aspects of typhoid fever has been placed in requisition for bringing this portion of the volume fully up to date. Other chapters, notably those on diagnosis by bacteriological methods, perforation and peritonitis, and the section on the hepatic complications of typhoid, have been rewritten and added to. This work is the most complete of its kind that is available.

THE MEDICAL NEWS VISITING LIST FOR 1902. Weekly (dated, for 30 patients); Monthly (undated, for 120 patients per month); Perpetual (undated, for 30 patients weekly per year); and Perpetual (undated, for 60 patients weekly per year). The first three styles contain 32 pages of data and 160 pages of blanks. The 60-patient Perpetual consists of 256 pages of blanks. Each style in one wallet-shaped book, with pocket, pencil and rubber. Seal grain leather, $1.25. Thumb-letter index, 25 cents extra. Philadelphia and New York: Lea Brothers & Co., Publishers.

No visiting list that we have the pleasure of reviewing enjoys more favor with the medical profession than the one bearing the title "The Medical News." It is handsomely gotten up, conveniently arranged for reference, with tables of diseases and remedies, doses, incompatibles, poisons and antidotes, etc. The practitioner will find this list to be not merely a convenience as a record of visits made, but also a handy ready-reference book on certain subjects.

A TREATISE ON SURGERY BY AMERICAN AUTHORS. For Students and Practitioners of Medicine and Surgery. Edited by Roswell Park, M.D., Professor of Surgery in the University of Buffalo, N. Y. New (3d) edition in one royal octavo volume of 1350 pages, with 692 engravings and 64 fullpage plates in colors and monochrome. Cloth $7 net; leather $8 net. Lea Brothers & Co., Philadelphia and New York. Thoroughly revised and considerably enlarged, Park's Surgery comes to us in its third edition. Indeed the work is now somewhat bulky owing to its very completeness. But this cannot be an objection, inasmuch as it is an accurate exposition of up-to-date surgery. Quite an important factor in bringing about this enlargement, is the great number of handsome illustrations that the work boasts, for it has nearly seven hundred pictures, and sixty-four full-page plates in colors and monochrome. We have never seen anything quite so beautiful in the way of a work on surgery.

American surgery is now regarded as the peer of any, and Dr. Park has been one of the most active workers in placing it on this elevated plane. In this book we will find a most careful consideration of every phase of surgery from the standpoint of American operators, and it may be regarded as a safe guide and reference book to anyone who has occasion to exercise surgical knowledge.

ANATOMY, DESCRIPTIVE AND SURGICAL. By Henry Gray, F.R.S., Lecturer on Anatomy at St. George's Hospital, London. Thoroughly revised American from the 15th English edition. In one imperial octavo volume of 1246 pages, with 780 illustrations. Price with illustrations in black, cloth $5.50 net; leather $6.50 net. net; leather $7.25 net.

Price, with illustrations in colors, cloth $6.25

With the regularity of the swinging of a pendulum, new editions of Gray's Anatomy come from the press. No work has ever been found that could quite fill the place that has for so long been occupied by this book. Henry Gray, while he would hardly recognize his original work in the present fifteenth edition of his Anatomy, in launching this publication for the benefit of the student body, built for himself a monument more lasting than could have been erected of the commoner materials of which such structures are usually composed. His work promises to endure for all time. This fifteenth edition of Gray's Anatomy has been revised and rewritten in its entirety, and 231 new engravings have been added to its already magnificent series.

PUBLISHER'S NOTICE.

Messrs. W. B. Saunders & Co., of Philadelphia, announce that they are arranging for the translation into English of Nothnagel's Encyclopedia of Practical Medicine, which will be published by them as rapidly as the translation can be made. The work will be published in ten or twelve volumes, which will comprise the cream of the entire German work. Five or six volumes of this series will be issued during the coming year, and the remainder of the series at the same rate. Each volume will be edited by a prominent specialist on the subject to which it is devoted, but Prof. Albert Stengel will have general supervision of the work. Judging from the first volume of this series, which is reviewed in this issue of the MONTHLY, this important work promises to assume as high a position with American physicians as it does in the country of its nativity.

WARWICK OF THE KNOBS. A Story of Knob County, Kentucky. By John Uri Lloyd, Author of "Stringtown on the Pike," "Etidorpha,' The Right Side of the Car," etc. With photographic illustrations of Knob County. Price $1.50. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1901.

The favor that a previous work from the pen of this author-"Stringtown on the Pike"-found in every corner of the United States, bespeaks a hearty welcome for this last product of his brain and pen. "Warwick of the Knobs" is located in the same region wherein the former story's scenes were laid, and some of the actors in the previous book are incidentally mentioned in the latter.

For the stern old preacher, Warwick, the reader will find no impulse of sympathy, and the ultimate desolation that his iron-clad religious principles bring upon him will be rejoiced in by the reader, only to be tempered by the feeling of compassion for the other actors in the drama that the narrow old man draws down with him. The plot of this story is well drawn, but it is too stern and realistic to appeal to the casual reader of the present day. Of course the book will be read-its popularity is already assured-but on finishing it there will be an unpleasant taste left to every reader. Even the most temperate of us cannot but regret that Joshua did not carry into execution his plan of taking the life of the fossil hunter who brought sorrow to the daughter of Warwick and her family, and we believe that this would have been a fitting denouement to a story so replete with sensational and unsavory happenings.

Mr. Lloyd is an accurate portrayor of character as existing at the time and in the region described by him, and he has gained a unique position in the literature of this country as a writer who follows no school nor author's creed. We wish him much success with all of the productions of his pen, but hope that his future "Stringtown Stories," which we understand are in process of preparation, will cater more to the esthetic and pleasant in life, than to the dark and bloody chapters which have been productive of so much sorrow to certain members of the human family.

THE PHYSICIAN'S VISITING LIST (Lindsay & Blakiston's) FOR 1892. Fifty-first year of its publication. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co. (Successors to Lindsay & Blakiston), 1012 Walnut Street. Sold by all booksellers and druggists.

The period of usefulness of this very convenient visiting list has extended over fifty-one years, and since its popularity is constantly on the increase, there is every probability that its age will round out a century. We can add nothing by way of praise to such a widely known publication.

A TEXT-BOOK OF PHYSIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. For Students of Medicine and Physicians. By Charles E. Simon, M.D., of Baltimore, Author of Simon's Clinical Diagnosis, etc. In one octavo volume of 452 pages. Cloth $3.25 net. Lea Brothers & Co., Publishers, Philadelphia and New York.

Dr. Simon first became well known as a medical writer on account of his Clinical Diagnosis, and the favorable reception accorded this work will be a factor in securing prompt recognition for the latest production of his pen. It is only in recent years that physiological chemistry has been the recipient of much attention at the hands of the general medical man, although the laboratory worker has

long been delving in its unexplored regions. But lately this field has been attracting to it not merely those who are engaged in research work, but also numerous practitioners who desire to keep in touch with all the departments of progressive medicine. For such readers Dr. Simon's book is especially well suited, but students and laboratory workers will also find it a valuable guide.

THE DIAGNOSIS OF NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISEASES. By Howell T. Pershing, M.SC., M.D., Professor of Nervous and Mental Diseases in the University of Denver; Neurologist to St. Luke's Hospital; Consultant in Nervous and Mental Diseases to the Arapahoe County Hospital; Member of the American Neurological Association. Illustrated. 12mo. Published by P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 1012 Walnut St., Philadelphia, 1901. Price in cloth $1.25 net.

The study of nervous and mental diseases has received more attention in the last decade or two than perhaps any other branch of medicine, and this study has been productive of specialists in this particular line of work in the various cities throughout this country and Europe.

Dr. Pershing has contributed some interesting articles to this subject, and the present small work which pertains to the diagnosis of nervous and mental diseases should meet with favor at the hands of not merely specialists, but likewise the general practitioner, who necessarily must see and treat a good many of these cases.

THE PRACTICE OF OBSTETRICS: BY AMERICAN AUTHORS.

Edited

by Charles Jewett, M.D., Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y. New (2d) edition, revised and enlarged. In one handsome octavo volume of 775 pages, with 445 engravings in colors and black, and 35 full-page colored plates. Cloth, net, $5; leather, net, $6; half morocco, net, $6.50. Lea Brothers & Co., Publishers, Philadelphia and New York.

The reader of the first edition of Jewett's Obstetrics would hardly recognize the old work in this new edition. It has undergone such thorough revision and received so many additions that it could well be called a new book. While there

is nothing much that is new in the obstetric line to be considered in a work on this subject, still there are certain essentials which are necessary to keep a book in the classification of a good text-book, and in this respect Jewett's work meets every requirement. It is a good book for the student and likewise for the practitioner.

This second edition can boast of many new and beautiful engravings and colored plates, which serve to enhance the value of the work as a clinical teacher.

ATLAS AND EPITOME OF BACTERIOLOGY. A Text-Book of Special Bacteriologic Diagnosis. By Professor Dr. K. B. Lehman, Director of the Hygienic Institute in Würzburg; and R. O. Neumann, Dr. Phil. and Med., Assistant in the Hygienic Institute in Würzburg. From the Second Enlarged and Revised German Edition. Edited by George H. Weaver, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology, Rush Medical College, Chicago. In two volumes. Part I, consisting of 632 colored figures on 69 lithographic plates. Part II, consisting of 511 pages of text, illustrated. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders & Co., 1901. Cloth $5 net.

In this work we have another volume of the magnificent series of hand atlases that Messrs. Saunders & Co. are having translated from the German. As in

preceding volumes, the chief feature of the work is the splendid lithographic plates, which show in the most accurate manner conditions as actually seen. It has also considerable text, supplying in the first, or general part, a survey of the properties of bacteria, together with the causes of disease, etc., etc. A second, or special part, gives, so far as possible in a natural botanical arrangement, a complete description of the important varieties, etc. The causes of diphtheria and tuberculosis, together with the related varieties, have been given special attention. Other features of this book tend to make it a very desirable text-book on bacteriology and bacteriological diagnosis.

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. Roch, M.D., of Boston; E. Landolt, M.D., of Paris; Thomas G. Morton, M.D., and Charles H. Reed, M.D., of Philadelphia; J. W. Ballentyne, M.D., of Edinburgh; and John Harrold, M.D., of London. With Regular Correspondents in Montreal, London, Paris, Leipsic, and Vienna. Volume III. Eleventh series, 1901. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company. 1901.

No medical annual enjoys greater popularity with the profession in general than does the International Clinics. This is due largely to the practical nature of this work. Its subjects are handled from the standpoint of the clinical lecturer, and this direct method of teaching has found favor with practitioners in general, since it corresponds in a measure to the method of instruction in post graduate courses. The present volume is in no degree less interesting than preceding issues.

THE INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL ANNUAL: A Year Book of Treatment and Practitioner's Index. Contributors: Robt. Abbe, A.B., M.D.; Herbert W. Allingham, F.R.C.S.; Prof. Edwd. A. Ayres, A.M., M.D.; Jas. Cantlie, M.A., M.B., F.R.C.S.; Prof. A. H. Carter, M.D., F.R.C.P.; Prof. Hy. D. Chapin, M.A., M.D.; F. Richardson Cross, M.B., F.R.C.S.; F. W. Edridge-Green, M.D.; E. Hurry Fenwick, F.R.C.S.; T. Colcott Fox, B.A., F.R.C.P.; H. Bellamy Gardner, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.; A. E. Giles, B.SC., M.D., F.R.C.S.; Edwd. W. Goodall, M.D.; J. Dundas Grant, M.A., M.D.; Prof. G. M. Hammond, A.M., M.D.; Robert Jones, F.R.C.S.; Priestly Leech, M.D., F.R.C.S.; Prof. Henry P. Loomis, M.D.; Prof. Joseph McForland, M.D.; John Macintyre, M.B., C.M.; Chas. F. Marshall, M.D., F.R.C.s.; Wm. Milligan, M.D.; Keith W. Monsarrat, F.R.C.S.; Wm. Murrell, M.D., F.R.C.P.; Jos. Priestly, B.A., M.D., D.P.H.; Boardman Reed, M.D.; Prof. R. Ruata; Prof. Robt. Saundby, M.D., F.R.C.P.; W. Scott Schley, A.B., M.D.; James Shaw, M.D.; Walter G. Spencer, F.R.C.S.; A. H. Tubby, M.S., M.B.; Joseph G. Turner, F.R.C.S., L.D.S.; J. W. Thompson Walker, M.B., F.R.C.S. 1901. Nineteenth year. New York: E. B. Treat & Co., 241-243 West 23d st. Chicago: 199 Clark st. Price $3. For many years this annual has made its uninterrupted appearance, and its sphere of usefulness and popularity has constantly been extended. While this year's Annual does not differ markedly from the preceding issues, it is remarkable for its comprehensive completeness, and yet is not overburdened with useless material. The work appeals at once to the practitioner and to the author who desires to look up the year's progress in medicine and surgery.