or popular, and they demonstrate the evident truth, that the thoughtful homœopath must exercise his natural faculties in other lines than those of Hahnemannism. The leading editorial is entitled, "Philosophy in Homœopathy," and is a review of a book of that name. The reviewer is not at all in sympathy with the writer, and "Philosophy in Homoopathy" gets some hard knocks. The concluding sentence of the review is so characteristic of homeopathic thought that we quote it: "Let us teach what we know, meanwhile keeping our faith serene and steadfast in the Unseen and Unknowable." The next striking editorial is "Immortality." It is inspired by an article in the Andover Review, and it goes far to prove that the intelligent homeopath is a better schoolman than he is a medical man, a better theologian than he is a scientist. The selections from current medical literature in the Times again reveal the wordrous state of homeopathic medicine. These number in all sixty-seven, and only two are credited to homœopathic sources. Five are from the British Medical Journal, three each from the Therapeutique Gazette and the Medicinische Monatschrift, two each from the Medical Record, the Times and Register, and L' Union Medicale. The others are from various sources of regular medicine. They include such subjects as "Dry Cupping for Infantile Convulsions," and others equally vigorous. The two selections from homœopathic journals are eight and six lines in length respectively, and they very much resemble Gratiano's reasons, both in prominence and value: "You may seek all day ere you find them, and when you have found them, they are not worth the search." To the casual observer the advertising pages of this paper do not at all differ from those of any other prosperous medical journal. Parke, Davis & Co., the Lambert Pharmacal Co., Fairchilds, Wyeth, the Rio Chemical Co., and many other firms who claim to cater to legitimate medicine, display their cards here. Of the thirty-two pages given to advertising, one poor half-page only is distinctly homeopathic. The purveyors of therapeutic supplies to the medical profession are confessedly among the shrewdest of business men. They put their advertisements where they know they will do some good, and their presence in this homœopathic journal is a sufficient commentary on the therapeutic practice of homœopaths. The moral of all this is that if the most prominent homœopathic journal in this country gives less than four pages of homœopathy in thirty-two pages of reading matter, and one-half page of advertising.matter, how much of homeopathy is there in it? Clearly not enough to found a sect upon. If the intelligent homeopath would but relinquish his blind faith in that mysticism which our editor calls "the Unknown and Unknowable," lay aside as something that has outlived whatever of usefulness it once may have possessed, the dogma of "similia similibus curantur," and square his medical practice as he does all his other acts, by the rule of reason, one broad banner might cover us all. Lady Dufferin's scheme for the emZenanas is wining public support in ployment of female physicians in the India. Ten students completed their curriculum at Calcutta in April, and were made available for employment. BOOK NOTICES. QUIZ COMPENDS: DISEASES OF CHILDREN, especially adapted for the use of medical students, by Marcus P. Hatfield, A. M., M. D. With colored plate. P. Blakiston Son & Co., 1012 Walnut St., Philadelphia. As an aid to the medical student in helping him toward his examination, this little book will prove invaluable. It will give him the salient points in the diseases of children, which he will have to know in order to pass on, and will prove a handy assistant as well as quiz master. OUT DOOR LIFE IN EUROPE, OR Sketches of Seven Summers Abroad, by Rev. Edward P. Thwing, M. D., Ph. D. 122 Nassau St., New York City, Hurst & Co. This is a most delightful book, filled with pleasant incidents of travel during a trip from Russia to Spain. Dr. Thwing has a wealth of expression and a great store of valuable information from which to draw his material, and his style is so easy as well as pleasant that it is a real literary treat to sit down and read his work. It will prove as valuable an instructor as it will pleasurable. TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN DERMATOLOGICAL Association at its annual meeting held at the new bathing establishment, Richfield Springs, N. Y., on the 2nd, 3rd., and 4th of September, 1890. Official report of the proceedings, by George Thomas Jackson, M. D., Secretary. New York. 1890. Dr. Morrow, the talented president of the American Dermatological Association, delivered an admirable address, and one suggesting a broader field as well as a more successful one, for dermatological science. Dr. R. W. Taylor read an excellent paper, intitled, "Observations on Prurigo, Clinical and Pathological." "A Clinical Study of Pruritus Hiemalis, Winter Itch, Water Itch, etc., etc.," was read by Dr. Corlett. Dr. E. B. Bronson Here is much in a small compass. Physical diagnosis is illuminated in some new aspects, then follows a study of Mental Automatism, clinical and forensic bearings of Hypnotism, the basis of Remedial Science, and other essays of deep interest to medical men, particularly those engaged in the study of mental aberrations. The author or S. W. Part ridge & Co., London., will forward the volume postpaid. THE MODERN TREATMENT OF HEADACHE, by Allan McLane Hamilton, M. D., of New York City. Geo. S. Davis, Publisher, Detroit, Mich. No. six of the Physician's Leisure Library. 1891. Dr. Hamilton's experience in the treatment of nervous diseases has been such a wide one that we turn over the leaves of his interesting little book, with an expectation that we will receive the results of that vast experience and that it will be of a character that will be of the most value to the practitioner, and in neither of these expectations are we disappointed. The book abounds in good practical common sense which makes most interesting reading. The formulæ and treatment are drawn entirely from his own experience, and will strike the eye at once as being original as well as useful. We have received one of the most beautiful calendars we have ever seen from the publishing house Lee & Shepard, Boston, Mass. It is simply exquisite in design, and convenient of access. TRANSACTIONS OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE This volume besides containing the reports of standing committees and the business minutes of the sessions, has a number of excellent papers which reflect credit on the Society as a whole as well as the members who presented them. Among those which particularly impress us as being of the higher order are: The President's able address, one by Dr. Conn on "Railway Hygiene, one entitled "Potomines," by Dr. C. P. Frost, an exceedingly interesting report of a case by Dr. Wallace Russell, and "A Combined Intra and Extra Uterine Pregnancy," by Dr. A. H. Harriman; Dr. Geo. Cook and Dr. W. D. Chase report interesting cases of Surgery, and Dr. Adams a similar case of Gunshot Wound. Dr. Faulkner's report on an "Epidemic of Diphtheria," is as interesting as valuable. The whole volume is an interesting one. TEXT-BOOK OF HYGIENE, A COMPRE HENSIVE Treatise of the Principles and Practice of Preventive Medicine from an American Standpoint, by George H. Rohe, M. D. Second edition thoroughly revised and largely rewrit owner. reputation and is pre-eminently wellfitted for the work he has undertaken, and we hope to hear of large and everincreasing sales of this book. It ought to be in the hands of every practicing physician, every sanitary engineer, every plumber, every householder and houseWe know of no intelligent person who would not be benefitted by a careful study of a treatise like this. It takes up in succession the subjects of Air, Water, Food, Soil, Sewage, Construction of Habitations and Hospitals, Industrial, Military, Navy and Prison Hygiene, Exercise and Training, Baths and Bathing, Clothing, Disposal of the Dead, Contagion and Infection, Epidemic Diseases, Antiseptics and Vital Statistics. The book is simple in style and aims to present sanitary science as it exists to-day. It is seldom dogmatic and whenever it asserts a thing contrary to the opinion of sanitary authorities generally, it is so stated. We would be glad to dwell further upon the many excellencies of the book but space forbids. We would urge our readers to buy it, and assure them that they will not be sorry. The book is a credit to the publisher for its excellent typographical appear ance. ten, with many illustrations and valu- WOOD's MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MONable tables. Philadelphia and London: F. A. Davis, Publisher. 1890. A second edition, following so closely the first, is eminently encouraging and shows an increasing interest in the allimportant subject of preventive medicine. That about one hundred additional pages are necessary, as the author tells us in his preface, to incorporate the advances made in sanitary science and art since the issue of the first edition, is also extremely encouraging. Although written as a text-book, clearness has not been sacrificed to simplicity nor has its value as a book of reference been diminished at all, because its style necessarily conforms somewhat to its elementary character. The author has a national OGRAPHS contains for November: "Treatment of Uterine Affections by Massage," by Dr. Eugene Arendt; "Cosmetics, a Treatise for Physicians," by Dr. Henreich Paschkis; "Affections of the Stomach in Diseases of the Male Genital Organs," by Dr. Alex. Pyer. Contents of the December number: "Practical Guide to the Demonstrations of Bacteria in Animal Tissues," by Dr. H. Kuhne; "On the Present Position of Antiseptic Surgery," by Sir Joseph Lister; "Cancer and its Complications," by Charles Edgerton Jennings; "The Treatment of Epilepsy," by Dr. Charles Fere ; "Handbook of Dr. Koch's Treatment in Tubercular Disease," by Drs. Grun and Severn. CURRENT LITERATURE. "Diseases of the Uric Acid Diathesis treated by Lambert's Hydrangea. "A Few Practical Suggestions Concerning Quinine," by Professor D. C. Binz, of Bonn. "The Abuse of a Great Charity," by George M. Gould, M. D. From Medical News. "A Criticism of Willett's Operation for Talipes," by A. B. Judson, M. D. Reprint from the N. Y. Medical Journal. "The Treatment of White Swelling of the Knee," by A. B. Judson, M. D. Reprint from the N. Y. Medical Journal. "Facts Proven Through the Tenth International Medical Congress at Berlin. Presented by Eisner & Mendelson Co. "Thirty-eighth Annual Announcement of the Medical Department of the University of Vermont, 1890." "Testamentary Capacity in Mental Diseases,” by A. Wood Benton, Esq., of the London Bar. Reprinted from the Medico Legal Journal. "Rise, Decline and Fall of the Devil," by M. A. Rust, M. D., Richmond, Va. Reprint from the Virginia Medical Monthly. "The Rotary Element in Lateral Curvature of the Spine," by A. B. Judson, M. D. Reprint from the Medical Record. "Is More Conservatism Necessary in the Treatment of the Joint Diseases of Children?" by A. B. Judson, M. D. Reprint from the N. Y. Medical Record. "The Psychopathic Sequences of Hereditary Entailment," by C. H. Hughes, M. D., of St. Louis, Mo. Reprint from the Alienist and Neurologist. "Annual Report of the PostmasterGeneral of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1890," "Evolution of Antisepticism, Unconscious Asepticism, Listerism, Iodoformization," by M. A. Rust, M. D., Richmond, Va. Reprint from the Virginia Medical Monthly. "Removal of Tonsilar Hypertrophy by Electro Cautery Dissection," by E. Pynchon, M. D. Read before the Chicago Medical Society. Reprint from the Journal of the American Medical Association. "The Prevention of the Short Leg of Hip Disease." "The After-Treatment of Hip Disease," by A. B. Judson, M. D. Reprint from the transactions of the American Orthopedic Association. "Fundamental Anatomical Mechanical Considerations Underlying the Successful Treatment of Deformities, Diseases and Weaknesses of the Spine by means of a New, Efficient, Comfortable, Inconspicuous Corset," by Corset," by Milton Josiah Roberts, M. D. Reprint from the Medical Register. "Remarks on Certain Mutilations and Artificial Deformities."—" Typhoid Fever with Special Reference to the Recent Epidemic in Richmond." "Heredity Preliminary Considerations." "Remarks on the Etiology of Zymotic Dis cases," 1st, 2d, 3d paper.-"Mysticism in the Development of Medicine," by M. A. Rust, M. D., Richmond, Va. Bulletin of the University Medical Magazine containing "Dosage, Methods of Injection, and Symptoms Produced by Subcutaneous Injections of the Lymph as stated in Koch's Paper." Specific directions accompanying the lymph. Clinical results of the treatment of tuberculosis by Koch's Method. Methods of investigation to be pursued at the University Hospital.-Berlin Correspondence. ANNOUNCEMENT: 66 E.B.Treat,Pub.,N.Y., has in press for early publication the ninth yearly issue of the International Medical Annual." Its corps of thirty-seven Editorsspecialists in their respective departments, comprising the best American, English and French authors-will vie with previous issues in making it even more proper and of even more practical value to the Medical Profession. We have the assurance of some of the best medical practitioners that the service rendered their profession by this CORRESPONDENCE. IS IT JUSTIFIABLE TO PREVENT CONCEPTION UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES? Editor New England Medical Monthly: I should like to ask your readers for information: Married women who are averse to having any more children will consult a doctor; if he gives them no encouragement they will go to some quack, who will endeavor to impart the desired information. Are not preventives less damaging and demoralizing than abortions? Is a physician, under any circumstances, justifiable in suggesting preventives? If so, what ones are the best (medicinal)? E. C. FRASER, M. D. Lancaster, Pa. [We hope that our readers will discuss this subject, as it is an inviting one.-Ed.] :0: SOCIETY REPORTS. Annual cannot be duplicated by any STATED MEETING OF THE HAR current annual or magazine, and that it is an absolute necessity to every physician who would keep abreast with the continuous progress of practical medical knowledge. LEM MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, HELD WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1891. Chair. Its Index of New Remedies and Dic- President Dr. E. Fridenberg in the tionary of New Treatment, epitomized in one ready reference volume at the low price of $2.75, make it a desirable investment for the busy practioner, student and chemist. In Press: Diabetes, Lectures on, by Robert Saundby, M. D., Edinburgh. 300 8vo pages, $2.75. In Press: Sexual Neurasthenia, by G. M. Beard, M. D., and A.D.Rockwell, M. D. Third Edition, Enlarged, $2.75. A new eye and ear institution has been started in New York. This makes six such in that city. DR. R. THOMAS H. MANLEY presented the following specimens: First case, Premature pathological degeneration of the organs of generation. I am indebted to Dr. John G. Truax for this pathological specimen, as the patient from whom it was taken was in his service and I removed it with his permission. One of the features of greatest interest in connection with the case is its clinical history. The patient sustained a slight injury, a fall, but shortly after coming into the hospital developed a high fever and suddenly died. The |