New Publications. DOSE-BOOK AND MANUAL OF PRESCRIPTIONWriting. With a List of the Official Drugs and Preparations, and also many of the Newer Remedies now frequently used, with their Doses. By E. Q. Thronton, M. D., Ph. G., Demonstrator of Therapeutics, Jefferson Medical College. W. B. Saunders, Publisher, Philadelphia, 1895. Price $1.25, This admirable little volume, of 334 pages belongs to the popular “Saunders' New Aid Series." In the compilation of this work the author's aim was to produce a book that should prove valuable to the student of medicine, both prior and during the early part of his professional career; his object has evidently been accomplished, and not only this alone, but the book to practitioners also of many years standing, will prove of value for reference. We regard the publication timely and appropriate, and have no doubt it will be well received and appreciated by the profession. RICKETS, TUBERCULOSIS AND ABDOMINAL Tumors. By Sir. William Jenner. Macmillan & Co., Publishers, 66 Fifth Ave., New York, 1895. Price $4.00. This intensely interesting and very readable volume of 330 pages, is one com. piled from the clinical lectures and essays, delievered by the distinguished author at different periods of his busy life, and a careful perusal of these pages cannot fail to prove of advantage to all interested in the subjects upon which this work treats. The world-wide reputation of the author is a sufficient guarantee of reliabiliy and practical value of this book. WARNER'S THERAPEUTIC READY REFERence Book for Physicians. Wm. R. Warner & Co., Publishers, Philadelphia, 1895 This is a little book of over a hundred pages of interesting matter. Convenient for handy reference and of sufficient worth to be found on the office table of every practitioner. We are authorized to say tha: it will be sent to SUMMARY readers upon the receipt of fifteen cents to cover expense of mailing, etc. ANTISEPSIS AND ANTISEPTICS. By Charles Milton Buchanan, M. D., Professor of Chemistry, etc., Washington, D. C. With an introduction by Prof. Augusius C. Bernays The Terhune Company, Publishers, Newark, N. J., 1895. Price $1.25. The contents of this small volume of 350 pages have been gathered together by the author and presented to the busy doctor in such a form that will no doubt be most welcome. The author states that his efforts have been to present the views of the best living scientific biologists. It is evident that he has succeeded in presenting a thoroughly practical manual of antiseptic teachnique. TEMPERATURE CHART. Prepared by D. T. Laine, M. D. W. B. Saunders, Publisher, Philadelphia, 1894. Price 50 cents. In addition to this being a well arranged chart for the recording of temperature, respiration, pulse rate, etc., on the back of each sheet is a discription of the Brand method in the treatment of typhoid fever. SALACETOL IN THE ANTISEPTIC TREATMENT of Typhoid Fever. By M. Thornton Parker, M. D., Groveland, Mass. PRESCRIPTION CARDS. By Stacy Jones, M. D. Boericke & Tafel, Publishers, Philadelphia. 1895. THE PHARMACOLOGY OF COLA ACUMINATA. Third Edition. Revised and Enlarged. Parke, Davis & Co., Publishers, Detroit, Mich. This is an interesting monograph upon the subject which it treats. It is admirably well compiled and illustrated. SURGERY 200 YEARS AGO. Illustrated from Original Copper Plates. This is quite an interesting Brochure, presenting a history of Surgery 200 years ago. It is supplied only by The Antikamnia Chemical Co., of St. Louis, Mo. HÆMATHERAPY: THE RELATIONS OF STRICTURE DISTURbances of the Abdominal Viscera and Displacements of the Pelvic Organs. By J. H. Kellogg, M. D., of Battle Creek, Mich. Summary Gleanings. A rachitic child should be allowed absolutely nothing but water between meals. Phenacetine, in small doses, will relieve the hot flashes characteristic of the menopause. Hydriodic acid may be relied upon to produce the desired effect of iodine and its preparations. Nervous and excitable people are, as a rule, not good subjects for chloroform or any other anesthetic. THE SUMMARY is Honest, Earnest and Progressive. Is your name on its subscription list? If not why not? An Argentine medical journal declares that the juice of the banana is most efficacious in chronic bronchitis. Dr. Ivanoff says when piles are prolapsed and inflamed and operation refused, paint daily with tincture of iodine. The advertising pages of THE SUMMARY are always interesting and you should not fail to look them over carefully. A prominent Homœopathic practitioner insists that ignatia amara will cause the smoker to lose all taste for tobacco. Loffler has shown that menthol is an excellent antiseptic in diphtheria. It is curative if applied in a ten per cent solution. There is perhaps no one remedy which is so efficient in all cases of asthma, regardless of their source, as sodium iodide. It is stated that small doses of nitroglycerine given for any cause, just prior to the menstrual epoch, will prevent the flow entirely. Dr. Charles Kerley claims that antipyrin, one grain every two hours, is a specific in the laryngismus stridulus of children. The American Doctor says that oil of cloves, in one-half to one drop doses, in a suitable menstruum, will control excessive vomiting. Dr. Boardman Reed says that ten to thirty drops of extract of cimicifuga after meals rarely fails to effect a cure of seminal emissions. Dr. Baudey says that no remedy in the whole therapeutic range is so valuable in any cerebral congestion as a good, old fashioned purgative. Calomel is claimed, a sure and safe antipyretic, reducing the temperature from two to three degrees in a few hours, when given in a large dose. 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XVII. SINGLE COPIES, TEN CENTS PHILADELPHIA, APRIL, 1895. No. 2 ROUTINE IN PRACTICE. There is no doubt but that physicians, like other people, are subject to the evil effects of routine practice. Some one has stated, that the expressions frequently heard at Medical Society meetings present the strongest evidence of routine practice. The physician who never uses ergot, never gives veratrum viride is as much of a routinist as the one who uses ergot in every case of labor and gives veratrum viride in every case of puerperal convulsions. It is only a difference in the method. The doctor who follows a routine plan of treating his patients, cannot possibly exercise that perception or discernment, which evinces a thorough comprehension of pathological conditions. To recognize every condition, and meet every indication, is indispensible to a truly scientific practice. No particular drug or method should be entirely ignored, perchance, in any condition, it should meet the requirement. It is a well known fact that the skill with which remedies are used, often makes or mars the result. If we know when, and how to administer a remedy, we may feel perfectly satisfied of obtaining the desired result from its use. The doctor cannot afford to fall behind and retain antiquated methods from lack of energy and application, He should keep up with the times and exercise his faculties so that they will grow in strength and develop new powers, The good physician is always a student, and if his studies do not terminate with his college course; then he is not likely ever to fall into the habit of routine practice, but applies his knowledge in the most sci |