The Reviewer's Table. Books, Reprints, and Instruments for this department, should be sent to the Editors, St. Louis. OBSTETRIC AND GYNECOLOGICAL NURSING. By E. P. Davis, A. M., M .D., Professor of Obstetrics in Jefferson Medical College and Philadelphia Polyclinic. 12mo volume of 402 pages, fully illustrated. Philadel phia and London: W. B. Saunders & Company, 1901; (Price $1.75 net.) This very excellent and very practical volume should be put in the hands of all nurses doing obstetric work, and it may be read with great benefit by the younger physicians who wish to have the best of order and of success in their obstetric work. We know of no better work on this sub ject. SIMON'S CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS. A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis by means of Microscopical and Chemical Methods for Students, Hospital Physicians and Practitioners. By Charles E. Simon, M. D., author of Simon's Physiological Chemistry, etc. New (4th) edition, thoroughly revised and enlarged. In one handsome octavo volume of 608 pages, illustrated with 139 engravings and 19 plates in colors. Philadelphia and New York: Lea Brothers & Co., 1901. (Cloth, $3.75 net.) Simon's Clinical Diagnosis, first published in 1896, has won a permanent place in the medical literature of today. Coming into the field when laboratory diagnosis was in its evolution it has developed with the great strides made in laboratory methods, and its several editions, this being the fourth, mark the progress in this wonderful field of knowledge. Equipment for laboratory investigation in diagnosis is now an essential part of every physician's office, or at least at his command. With this book as a guide the equipment and work is made practicable and scientific. Accurate diagnosis is the cry of the times, hence, the demand for the laboratory worker, and such excellent works on diagnosis. With these methods at his command the obligation to use them becomes binding upon the physician both legally and morally. The physician can readily acquire a working knowledge of precise diagnosis and the student finds it included in the curricula of a rapidly increasing number of colleges. It has been the earnest endeavor of the author to adapt this book to the needs of undergraduates and practitioners alike. It states the best methods clearly and simply with all necessary instructions in careful detail. The present edition shows revision from cover to cover, notwithstanding the short time that has elapsed since the issue of its predecessor. Every effort has been made. to render the book as modern and as practical as possible. Complying with many requests, the author has supplied abundant references to the literature of the subject. This will be valued by those who wish to proceed further with the study of the subject. PATHOLOGICAL HISTOLOGY. The Principles of Pathological Histology, by Harvey R. Gaylord, M.D., Professor of Surgical Pathology in the University of Buffalo, N. Y., and Ludwig Aschoff, M. D., Professor and First Assistant in the Pathological Institute of the University of Gottingen, Germany, with an introductory note by William H. Welch, M. D., Professor of Pathology in Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. In one very handsome quarto volume of 354 pages, with 81 engravings in the text and 40 full page plates. Philadelphia and New York: Lea Brothers & Co., Publishers. (Cloth, $7.50 net.) This volume of Pathological Histology is a revelation in the art of book making; a charming scientific work, full of the richness and beauty which the modern book publisher makes possible. The photomicrographs are produced with unusual delineation by the modern art of printing. Twentynine full page, containing from four to twelve figures each, which for clearness and ability in illustrations are unrivaled, serve to impart instruction and give unusual value to the text. This process of illustration the heliotype is expensive, but the value in conveying knowledge is superior to any other known process. Several excellent lithographs executed in Germany add to the value of the book. It is worthy of note that simultaneously a German edition of this work has been published, and the American publishers supplied the German with the heliotype plates and the German supplied the Americans with the lithographs, so that the two foremost nations in medicine have joined hands to enrich it with the best the world can produce. The work is at once an Atlas and a Text-book. In 350 large pages the author covers the subject, the pathological histology of organs, the clinical significance of the appearances, the methods of preparing and demonstrating the tissues, and the principles of optics and photomicrography involved. The need for such a book as well as the excellence of the present volume are vouched for by Professor William H. Welch, of Johns Hopkins Medical School, who has contributed the introduction. The price is really low for the value of the work to every student and every physician who realizes the practical importance of patholoTo such it will be of priceless service. gy. CHEMICAL PATHOLOGY. Chemical Pathology in its Relation to Practical Medicine. By C. A. Herter, M.D,, Professor of Pathological Chemistry in the University and Bellevue Medical College, New York, etc. In one 12mo. volume of 454 pages. Philadephia and New York: Lea Brothers, Publishers. (Cloth, net, $1.75.) The newer chemical pathology which this book heralds, opens up a wonderfully rich field for research work, and gives to internal medicine a more reliable scientific foundation. This book should be read by every physician because it is a pioneer in this field of experimental medicine. An intensely scientific author who is capable of giving in language so entertaining, so instructive, the essential facts of chemical pathology, that every one who reads this work, will realize its great value and application in the field of practical medicine. Herter is the American authority in chemical pathology; this is shown. in the text by the wide range of his researches, the minuteness of detail in experimental work, and especially in the application of his results to practical medicine. The instincts of a practical clinician have guided a master hand in the treatment of such topics as: Clinical Defences of the Organism against Disease; Food-stuffs and their Fate in the Body in Health and Disease; Chemical Pathology of Gastric and Intestinal Digestion; Chemical Pathology of Hepatic Disease; Diabetes; Starvation; Undernutrition and Obesity. A simple, clear and direct style brings these important questions within easy comprehension, while the bibliography which follows each chapter will be welcomed by students who wish to pursue the subjects further. A SYSTEM OF PHYSIOLOGIC THERAPEUTICS. A Practical Exposition of the Methods, other than Drug-giving, Useful in the Prevention of Disease and in the Treatment of the Sick. Edited by Solomon Solis Cohen, A. M., M. D. Volume III.-Climatology, Health Resorts, Mineral Springs. By F. Parkes Weber, A. M., M. D., F. R.C. P. (Lond.), Physician to the German Hospital, Dalston; Assistant Physician North London Hospital for Consumption, etc. With the Collaboration for America of Guy Hinsdale, A. M., M.D., Secretary of the American Climatological Association, etc. In Two Books. Book I. Principles of Climatotherapy-Ocean Voyages-Mediterranean, European and British Health Resorts. Book II-Mineral Springs, Therapeutics, etc. Illustrated with Maps. (Price for the complete set, $22.00 net.) These are the third and fourth volumes of Cohen's System of Physiologic Therapeutic, whose timeliness has already been commented upon. The first part treats of the factors of climate, with their effect on physiologic functions and pathological conditions, and describes the fundamental principles that underlie the application of climates, health resorts and mineral springs in the prevention of disease, and to promote the comfort and recovery of the sick. The second part describes health resorts, and the third part discusses in detail the special climatic treatment of various diseases and different classes of patients. Book II also describes the health resorts in Africa, Asia, Australasia and America. In Book I ocean voyages are first treated of with considerable detail and their advantages and disadvantages, indications and counter--indications as a therapeutic measure, are pointed out. As very little exact information on this important subject exists in an available form, this chapter should be of great use to physicians. The subject of altitude is treated in a similarly full and definite manner. The difference between summer and winter climates in Switzerland, and the therapeutic indications for the different seasons are discussed at length. In addition, the sea-coast and inland health resorts of the Mediterranean countries, those of Continental Europe and those of the British Islands, including mountain stations of various elevations, plains and mineral water spas, are described, with no waste of words, but with a fullness of detail unusual in medical books. Not only geographic and climatic features are pointed out, but also social and other characteristics so important in selecting a resort that shall be suitable to the tastes and means of the individual patient, as well as beneficial in this disease. Throughout this section allusion is made to the special medical uses of the various resorts described, and to the particular form of treatment for which any one is famous. The existence of sanatoriums for special diseases, as those at seaside resorts for scrofulous and weakly children, and in various regions for consumption, nervous affections, diseases of women, and the like, are specified; and the mere lists of such places, as found in the index, are likely to prove invaluable for reference. We know none other so complete. A mere glance at the closely printed pages of the index will show how unusually full is the treatment of special resorts and their particular qualities. Like the preceding volumes these are thoroughly scientific and eminently practical, a combination that reflects credit alike on authors and editor. A TEXT-BOOK OF PHARMACOLOGY. Including Therapeutics, Materia Medica, Pharmacy, Prescription-writing, Toxicology, etc. By Torald Sollman, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Materia Medica, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. Royal octavo volume of 880 pages, fully illustrated. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders & Company, 1901. (Cloth, $3.75 net.) One of the most important subjects of the whole range of the art and science of medicine is therapeutics, and as a basis for the evolution of this art, must come substantial foundation, made of the knowledge of drugs, a definite conception of their composition, strength and dose, together with the indications for their use. This is apparently a much neglected field of medicine, but in reality we find that such excellent works as this are opening up greater possibilities in their use. The author. bases the study of therapeutics on a systematic knowledge of the nature and properties of drugs, and thus brings out forcibly the intimate relation between pharmacology and practical medicine. Practitioners and students will find the work an admirable guide in that most important part of their equipment, namely, how to use drugs accurately and efficaciously. The book includes the practical subjects of materia medica, pharmacy, prescribing, incompatibility, toxicology, etc. A special chapter has been devoted to toxicologic analysis, including both the inorganic and organic poisons. Pharmaceutic assaying has likewise been given due consideration. There is also a secretion on laboratory experimentation, which, besides rendering the greatest aid to the student in the laboratory, will serve as a basis for classroom demonstrations. The book will be of the utmost service, not alone to students and practitioners, but also to druggists and everyone interested in the use of medicines. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SURGERY Co is about to issue a new volume in their series of practical manuals. The new work is to be on "Regional Minor Surgery," by Dr. G. G. Van Schaick. It promises to be a work of exceptional worth. ing. Ring Worm.-Poindexter (Med. World) advises the use of the follow An Antineuralgic Ointment.-The Gazette hebdomadaire de medesine et de chirurgie ascribes the following to G. Menier: R Extract of belladonna... aa 180 grains q. s. M. Rub in thrice daily; the frictions should last for from five to ten minutes and be desisted from so soon as the face blanches. - New York Medical Journal. Chafing of the Skin.-Where skin surfaces which are in apposition have a tendency to chafe, the following will be found useful: B Magnesii carbonatis.. Zinci oxidi.... Acidi borici M. Sig. Apply to the affected parts. aa 3ij An Ointment for Instillation in Gonorrhea. - Gerald Dalton has had distinctly good results from the following: R Ꭱ Carbolic acid Pure iodine. Olive Oil.. ounce M. et ft. unguentum. To be used, with or without preliminary irrigations, by means of a Guyon catheter syringe, or a small silver tube with a short terminal curve screwed on to a hypodermic syringe, passed through the compressor muscle into the posterior urethra. The instillations may be performed every second, third, or fourth day, according to the strength of the ointment used, immediately after an irrigation.-New York Medical Journal. POSTPONEMENT OF THE CONGRESS OF TUBERCULOSIS.--The officers of the Congress, in response to a very general strong expression from the Southwestern States, Mexico, and the Central and South American countries, have decided to postpone the meeting of the American Congress of Tuberculosis, to the 2d, 3d and 4th days of June, to be held at Hotel Majestic, New York City. The banquet will be given on the evening of the 3d, at this hotel. |