Reviews and Book Notices.

THE SCIENCE AND ART OF SURGERY, A TREATISE ON SURGICAL INJURIES, DISEASES, AND OPERATIONS, by JOHN ERIC ERICHSEN, F. R. S., LL.D., F. R. C. S., Surgeon Extraordinary to her Majesty, the Queen; Ex-President R. C. S. E.; Consulting Physician to University College Hospital, etc., etc. Eighth edition, revised and edited by Marcus Beck, M. S. and M. B., London, F. R. C. S.; Surgeon to University College Hospital, and Professor of Clinical Surgery in University College, London. With 484 engravings on wood. Vol. I., pp. 1,124. Henry C. Lea's Son & Co., Publishers, Philadelphia. 1884.

A little over a quarter of a century ago, among the first batch of medical and surgical volumes the writer purchased, at the suggestions of his preceptor, an alumnus of University College of London, as a text-book, was Erichsen's Surgery—then a young candidate and a promising candidate for professional honor and renown. It has ever since been one of his most valued, trusty and reliable counsellors, and yet occupies an honored place-close at hand in his library. And notwithstanding the valuable works of Gross, Hamilton, Agnew, Bryant, Holmes, Esmarch, Ashurst, and others have demanded, by reason of merit, well recognized and justly earned, frequent reference and most satisfactory consultation, we are gratified indeed, to see that this true and trusty friend of our earlier years has not yet been laid aside by the profession as an absolute thing of the past.

During the thirty years that this, now classic work, has been before the profession, it has passed through seven preceding cditions, and this, the eighth, is materially enlarged, greatly im proved and fully brought up to latest professional advances. has proven so excellent a guide, and the many English-speaking

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surgeons who have consulted it have found its sound and practical teaching to so thoroughly in accord with their experience, that many of the leaders of English and American surgery are loth to acknowledge that it has a rival.

We do not think we can better call the attention of our readers to the work than by giving entire, the author's preface to this new American Edition, which is as follows:

"I dedicate these volumes to the Surgical Profession of the United States of America, in testimony of the esteem which I entertain for that large and enlightened body of practitioners, and of the cordial friendship that has long existed between me and many of its members.

I have even regarded the favor that has, for so many years, been shown by American surgeons to the "Science and Art of Surgery," as the most honorable distinction that could be conferred on it, and on its author.

I have spared no pains to make this edition deserving of a continuance of this good opinion on the part of my trans-Atlantic colleagues, and I trust that in it they will find, not only an Epitome of British Surgery, but that, so far as its scope has permitted, I have endeavored to do justice to the great achievements of American Surgeons of a past and of the present generation."

Volume I is divided into three principal divisions, the first being devoted to First Principles, including Operations, Inflammation, Suppuration, Ulceration, and the Process of Repair; the second to Surgical Injuries affecting the Tissues Generally; and the third to Surgical Diseases. The chapter on Operations on the Eye of preceding editions, is absent from the edition of 1884, as it was from that of 1854, the author, justly deeming it of such importance as to demand treatment in works devoted specially to ophthalmology.

The volume is handsomely printed on the best of book paper, strongly and elegantly bound, and the many excellent wood-cuts are invaluable in elucidation of the text. A copious index concludes the volume.

A MANUAL OF BANDAGING ADAPTED FOR SELF INSTRUCTION, by C. HENRI LEONARD, A. M., M. D., Professor of Medical and Surgical Diseases of Women, and Clinical Gynecology in the Michigan College of Medicine; Member of American Medical Association; of the Michigan State Medical Society, etc., etc. With 139 engravings. Second edition, revised and enlarged. 8 vo. cloth, pp. 156. Illustrated Medical Journal Co., Publishers, Detroit Mich. 1884 Price $1.50

This very excellent little work, which will prove of great benefit to the medical student, contains a series of thirteen chapters on the following subjects: Cataplasmata, Charpie and Cottonwool, Compresses, Bandages in General, Classification, Bandages of the Head, Neck, Upper Extremity, Body, Lower Extremity, Immovable Dressings, Strappings and Knots. It supplies a mass of information, arranged in a most excellent, entertaining and instructive manner.

A TEXT-BOOK OF HYGIENE, A COMPREHENSIVE TREATISE ON THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, FROM AN AMERICAN STANDPOINT, by GEORGE H. ROHE, M. D., Professor of Hygiene, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore; Member of the American Public Health Association; of the American Dermatological Association, etc., etc. 8 vo. cloth, pp. 324. Thomas & Evans, Publishers, Baltimore. 1885.

The above is the title of a very excellent work by the talented and progressive editor of the Medical Chronicle, whom we desire to congratulate on making so satisfactory and commendable a debut as a medical author. Although the volume is not so full and comprehensive as the works of Buck, Richardson, and others, it will take high rank, as comprising in a small space, a vast amount of most satisfactory information in regard to the very important subject of which it treats. It is just the work needed by the medical student, and the busy, active, sanitary officer, whose duties are daily becoming more important and recognized in our towns, cities and municipalities. An experience of several years' service as member and Secretary of the Nashville Board of Health, has forced upon us the knowledge of a decided want of just such a

compact, comprehensive, and useful volume as is now placed before the medical public.

'The author's modest preface, as showing the scope of the work, we give in full:

"The aim of the author in writing this book has been to place in the hands of the American student, practitioner, and sanitary officer, a trustworthy guide to the principles and practice of preventive medicine.

He has endeavored to gather within its covers the essential facts upon which the art of preserving health is based, and to present these to the reader in clear and easily understood language. The author cannot flatter himself that much in the volume is new. He hopes nothing in it is untrue."

A HAND BOOK OF OPHTHALMIC SCIENCE AND PRACTICE, by HENRY E. JULER, F. R. C. S., Senior Assistant Surgeon and Pathologist to the Royal Westminister Ophthalmic Hospital, formerly Clinical Assistant to the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital, Moorfields. In one very handsome octavo volume of 460 pages, with 27 colored plates, embracing Holmgren's test for color blindness, 125 woodcuts, and the test-types of Jæger and Snellen. Cloth, $4.50; Leather, $5.50. H. C. Lea's Son & Co., Publishers, Philadelphia. 1884.

It is with a great deal of pleasure that we welcome this addition to the literature of Ophthalmology.

The unlimited facilities at the author's command for the study of the diseases of which he treats, have enabled him to delineate them accurately, tersely and lucidly. And much that is new is added to our knowledge of this branch of the healing art.

The anatomy and physiology of the different parts of the eye are briefly set forth, as well as a concise statement of the pathology and morbid anatomy of the different forms of disease.

In his chapters on the Visual Field and the Use of the Perimeter; Color Vision and its Defects; Errors of Refraction, we find these subjects thoroughly discussed and the results of his most recent investigations given. The text is amply illustrated by excellent plates, of which quite a number are chromo-lithographs of the fundus oculi.

It is thoroughly a practical work, and fully up to the present knowledge of the subject, and in every way a clear, reliable guide. We commend it to students and general practitioners who need a condensed and complete treatise on diseases of the eye.

THE ELEMENTS OF PHYSIOLOGICAL PHYSICS, an Outline of the Elementary Facts, Principles and Methods of Physics; and their Applications to Physiology. By J. M'GREGOR-ROBERTSON, M.A., M. B, C. M., Muirhead Demonstrator of Physiology, and Assistant to the Professor of Physiology in the University of Glasgow. Illustrated with 219 engravings on wood; pp. 528. H. C. Lea's Son & Co., Publishers, Philadelphia. 1884.

The handy little volumes of "The Student's Manual Series," has received a very excellent addition in the work of Dr. Robinson. The fund of practical information stored up within its pages, in entertaining and instructive language, is large indeed, and valuable beyord measure.

The subjects treated of are Electricity and Magnetism; The Graphic Method; Fluids at Rest and in Motion; The Mechanics of the Circulation; Pneumatics; Optics; Sound; Heat, and Dynamics. Time and mcney will be well spent in the purchase and perusal of this volume.

HOLDEN'S ANATOMY, A Manual of Dissections of the Human Body, by LUTHER HOLDEN, late President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Consulting Surgeon to St. Bartholomew's and the Foundling Hospital. Fifth edition. Edited by JOHN LANGTON, Surgeon to, and Lecturer on Anatomy at St. Bartholomew's Hospital; Member of the Board of Examiners, Royal College of Surgeons of England; with over 200 illustrations, 8 vo. cloth, pp. 886, price, cloth $5 00, Leather $6.00. P. Blackiston, Son & Co., Publishers, 1012 Walnut St., Philadelphia, 1885.

Holden's Anatomy has been prepared for and is eminently adapted to the dissecting room, giving in plain, terse, yet entertaining and instructive language, just what the student most needs to learn and know.

A concise and accurate account is given of all parts of the human body-the bones excepted, of which a competent knowl