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probably be the most acceptable of the set, and the most frequently consulted. In it he may learn the experience of physicians in every corner of the earth on new and on familiar drugs and remedial agents, and the best of all is that everything, whether from Italy or from ndia, is in the English language ready to be read at a glance. The general index at the end of this volume is a marvel of industry, systematic and well applied. In the index is also an alphabetical syn

opsis of recent articles on therapeusis which is alone worth the price of the whole publication. Taken all in all the Annual of the Universal Medical Sciences is a remarkable work which needs only to be known be appreciated and is indispensable to every progressive practit

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et Book on the Theory and Practice of Medicine. By American Teachers. Edited by William Pepper, M. D., LL. D., Provost and Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine in the University of Pennsylvania. In two volumes. Illustrated. Vol. I. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders, 925 Walnut st. 1893. Price per volume by subscription: Cloth, $5; Sheep, $6; Full Russia, $7.

Thoroughly scientific and eminently practical, this elegant work serves and is destined to command a very high place in the esteem f American physicians. The separate articles have been written pecially for this treatise by some of the most noted medical eachers which this country has yet produced. The descriptions of diseases are exhaustive but not verbose, comprising the newest facts in etiology, symptomatology, prognosis, diagnosis and treatment, specially careful attention being given to the two last named subjects, and also to the bacteriological factor in disease. The first volume of the work, a royal octavo, of over 900 pages, discusses mainly general and diathetic diseases. Dr. Billings, whose former sphere of action and present position admirably fit him for the task, contributes for the first a long and extremely interesting article on hygiene, which every practitioner of medicine ought to read at his earliest opportunity. The editor of the treatise, Dr. Wm. Pepper, has written the chapters on fevers in his usual clear and forcible style, inserting, as the other contributors have likewise done, quite a number of approved formulas in the way of treatment. Dr. Whittaker, of Cincinnati, contributes the sections on acute infectious and

parasitic diseases; Dr. W. Gilman Thompson, of New York, those on tuberculosis, syphilis, malaria, cholera and yellow fever. The latter third of the volume is devoted to nervous, muscular and mental diseases, the descriptions of which are the joint production of Drs. Horatio C. Wood and William Osler, and the simple but masterly manner in which they treat these topics may be readily conceived by all who are familiar with their other writings. The treatise as a whole is of peculiar and inimitable value. Like nearly every first edition there are of course a few typographical errors, which will doubtless be corrected in the earliest revision.

A Manual of Diseases of the Nervous System. By W. R. Gowers, M.D., F. R. C. P., F. R. S., Consulting Physician to University College Hospital; Physician to the National Hospital for Paralyzed and Epileptic. Second Edition Revised and Enlarged. Volume II. Diseases of the Brain and Crania! Nerves; General and Functional Diseases of the Nervous System. With One Hundred and Eighty-Two Illustrations, I cluding a Large Number of Figures. Philadelphia: P. Blałiston, Son & Co., 1012 Walnut street. 1893. Price $4.50. Dr. Gowers richly merits the international name and fame long accorded to him. As an author he seems to keep the concrete and and the practical ever in steady view. The rare ease and vigor of his style and his elegant diction serve to make his writings as entertaining as they are instructive. Simple and lucid, the work is adapted for students and general practitioners as well as for special neurologists. The present revision is thoroughly up to date in the most approved ideas of the nervous system and its diseases. We heartily concur in the opinion of the American Journal of Medical Sciences that "this work is the most clear, concise and complete text book upon diseases of the nervous system in any language." Hospitals, Dispensaries and Nursing, Including Papers on Hospital Care of the Sick. Training Schools for Nurses. First Aid to the Injured.

Transactions of Section III, International Congress of Charities, Corrections and Philanthropy, held in Chicago, June 12th to 18th, 1893. In one volume of upwards 500 pages with about 60 illustrations. Edited by J. S. Billings, M. D., Surgeon, U. S. A., and Henry M. Hurd, M. D., Superintendent of the Johns Hopkins Hos

"In the treatment of lung and throat affections, especially where you have a dry and persistent cough to deal with, your patient will experience immediate relief by administering Terraline. We have tried this excellent preparation and heartily recommend it in cases as above mentioned."- International Journal of Surgery.

Dr. Granville L. Fox, Slate Springs, Miss., says:

I have used Papine in cases of typhoid fever. In all my practice of four years I have never yet found any preparation or combination that acted so admirably as an anodyne. Sometimes I combine it with Bromidia and get the best results. I expect to keep it on hand from now on as I do not know of anything that would exactly replace it in the experience I have had with it.

A teaspoonful of Codliver Glycerine represents two tablespoonfuls of best Norwegian codliver oil, or from four to six tablespoonfuls of any of the emulsions.

At Home Daily.

The ten Medical Colleges of St. Louis, together with St. Louis' forty-one public and private Hospitals and Dispensaries, all use Codliver Glycerine. Codliver Glycerine certainly has a good standing at home.

Europhen.

OINTMENTS FOR FROST BITES.-Haas recommends the following ointments of Europhen as an effective remedy for frost bites.

The Publication of Physicians' Portraits.

To the Editor of the New York Medical Journal:

Sir:

Your reference to our calendar for 1894 demands our

attention.

While you did not mention us by name, the reference is so direct that the physicians who received the calendar can not but know to whom you referred.

It has been our custom for several years to send to the medical profession throughout the United States portraits of eminent physicians and surgeons, and, inasmuch as their distribution has been scrupulously confined to medical men of good repute, no objection has been offered by those gentlemen whose likenesses we reproduced. Not a copy of this calendar, nor of any of our other numerous publications, has ever been sent to the laity.

Maltine is distinctly not a "patent medicine," nor has it ever been advertised to the public, and therefore we have considered it within our province to distribute portraits just as we have promulgated testimonials from the most eminent physicians and chemists in this country and Europe.

We have statistics to prove that ninety per cent. of the physicians of the United States prescribe maltine. This fact, in addition to the fact that we reach the patient only through the physician, would seem to amply vindicate our use of the likeness of a physician whose pictures are on public sale and have continually appeared in the public press, and who is well known as a public man.

The portraits referred to were not used to push the sale of our preparations, as was the portrait of Dr. D. Hayes Agnew, recently published by us. It will be remembered that we printed under Dr. Agnew's portrait a facsimile of his indorsement of maltine. Our only reason for publishing the portrait of Dr.--was because we thought it would interest his medical brethren, who have shown sohigh an appreciation of the series of likenesses we have already published.

We should like further to say that as soon as objection was made by him we suspended the distribution of the calendars, as we would not knowingly offend even one of the honorable profession to whom. we are so greatly indebted.

THE MALTINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY.

Inebriety, Delirium Tremens, Opium Habit, Etc.

To overcome the appetite for strong drink we must employ a remedial

agent which, while acting as a stimulant and tonic on the system, will cause no disgust for it or nausea when its use is continued for some time. In Celerina we have almost a certain cure. Celerina, while causing no nausea whatever through and by itself, will, in most cases, as extensive experience has proven, imbue the person using it with an actual disgust for, and an abhorrance of, all kinds of strong drink. In the varied conditions following the abuse of alcohol, opium and tobacco, to restore the patient and tone up the nervous system, Celerina is of great value, and as a tonic to the nervous system in all these cases of nervous exhaustion, whether evolved in the cerebral or spinal centers. Celerina in doses of a fluid drachm three times a day, destroys the craving for alcoholic liquors. Celerina is a remedy par excellence to tone up the nervous system in the varied conditions. following sexual excesses and the abuse of alcohol, opium and tobacco. For the Teeth.

One of the most skillful dentists in New York gives these rules for the care of the teeth:

Use a soft brush and water the temperature of the mouth. Brush the teeth up and down in the morning, before going to bed, and after eating, whether it is three or six times a day. Use a good tooth powder twice a week, not oftener, except in case of sickness, when the acids from a disordered stomach are apt to have an unwholesome effect upon the dentine. Avoid all tooth pastes and dentifrices that foam in the mouth; the latter is a sure sign of soap, and soap injures the gums, without in any way cleansing the teeth.

The very best powder is of precipitated chalk; it is absolutely harmless and will clean the enamel without affecting the gums. Orris root or a little wintergreen added gives a pleasant flavor, but in no way improves the chalk. At least a quart of tepid water should be used in rinsing the mouth. A teaspoonful of Listerine in half a glass of water used as a wash and gargle after meals is excellent; it is good for sore or loose gums; it sweetens the mouth, and is a valuable antiseptic, destroying promptly all odors emanating from diseased gums and teeth. Coarse, hard brushes and soapy dentifrices cause the gums to recede, leaving the dentine exposed. Use a quill pick if necessary after eating, but a piece of waxed foss is better. These rules are worth heeding.