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15. ESSENTIALS OF DISEASES OF CHILDREN. BY WILLIAM M. POWELL, M. D., Attending Physician to the Mercer House for Invalid Women, at Atlantic City, N. J.; late Physician to the Clinic for the Diseases of Children in the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and St. Clement's Hospital; Instructor in Physical Diagnosis in the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania. Crown 8vo, 216 pages. Price, Cloth, $1.00; interleaved for notes, $1.25.

"This work is gotten up in the clear and attractive style that characterizes the Saunders' Series. It contains in appropriate form the gist of all the best works in the department to which it relates."-American Practitioner and News.

"The book contains a series of important questions and answers, which the student will find of great utility in the examination of children."-Annals of Gynecology.

16. ESSENTIALS OF EXAMINATION

OF URINE. By LAWRENCE WOLFF, M. D., Author of "Essentials of Medical Chemistry," etc. Colored (Vogel) urine scale and numerous illustrations. Crown 8vo. Price, Cloth, 75 cents.

"A little work of decided value."-University Medical Magazine.

"A good manual for students, well written, and answers, categorically, many questions beginners are sure to ask."-Medical Record.

"The questions have been well chosen, and the answers are clear and brief. The book cannot fail to be useful to students."-Medical and Surgical Reporter.

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17. ESSENTIALS OF DIAGNOSIS. BY SOLOMON SOLIS-COHEN, M. D., Professor of Clinical Medicine and Applied Therapeutics in the Philadelphia Polyclinic, and AUGUSTUS A. ESHNER, M. D., Instructor in Clinical Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. Crown 8vo, 382 pages, 55 illustrations, some of which are colored, and a frontispiece. Price, $1.50 net.

"A good book for the student, properly written from their standpoint, and confines itself well to its text."-Medical Record.

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Concise in the treatment of the subject, terse in expression of fact.

.. The work is reliable, and represents the accepted views of clinicians Specimen Illustration. of to-day."-American Journal of Medical Sciences.

"The subjects are explained in a few well-selected words, and the required ground has been thoroughly gone over."-International Medical Magazine.

18. ESSENTIALS OF PRACTICE OF PHARMACY.

By LUCIUS E.

SAYRE, M. D., Professor of Pharmacy and Materia Medica in the University of Kansas. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Crown 8vo, 200 pages. Price, Cloth, $1.00; interleaved for notes, $1.25.

"Covers a great deal of ground in small compass. The matter is well digested and arranged.

The research questions are a valuable feature of the book."-Albany Medical Annals.

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The best quiz on Pharmacy we have yet examined."-National Drug Register.

"The veteran pharmacist can peruse it with pleasure, because it emphasizes his grasp upon wledge already gleaned."-Western Drug Record.

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20. ESSENTIALS OF BACTERIOLOGY:
A Concise and Systematic Introduction
to the Study of Micro-organisms.
M. V. BALL, M. D., Assistant in Microscopy,
Niagara University, Buffalo, N. Y.; late Resi-
dent Physician, German Hospital, Philadelphia,
Second edition revised. Crown 8vo, 200
pages, 81 illustrations, some in colors, and 5
plates. Price, Cloth, $1.00; interleaved for

etc.

notes, $1.25.

"The amount of material condensed in this little book is so great, and so accurate are the formulæ and methods, that it will be found useful as a laboratory hand-book."-Medical News.

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"Bacteriology is the keynote of future medicine, and every physician who expects success must familiarize himself with a knowledge of germ-life-the agents of disease. This little book, with its beautiful illustrations, will give the students, in brief, the results of years of study and research unaided."-Pacific Record of Medicine and Surgery.

21. ESSENTIALS OF NERVOUS DISEASES AND INSANITY, their Symptoms and Treatment. By JOHN C. SHAW, M. D., Clinical Professor of Diseases of the Mind and Nervous System, Long Island College Hos pital Medical School; Consulting Neurologist to St. Catherine's Hospital and to the Long Island College Hospital; formerly Medical Superintendent King's County Insane Asylum. Second edition. Crown 8vo, 186 pages, 48 original illustrations, mostly selected from the Author's private practice. Price, Cloth, $1.00; interleaved for notes, $1.25.

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"Clearly and intelligently written."-Boston Medical and Surgical Journal.

"A valuable addition to this series of compends, and one that cannot fail to be appreciated by all physicians and students."-Medical Brief.

"Dr. Shaw's Primer is excellent. The engravings are well executed and very interesting."— Times and Register.

22. ESSENTIALS OF PHYSICS. By FRED. J.

BROCKWAY, M. D., Assistant Demonstrator of Anat-
omy in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New
York. Crown 8vo, 320 pages, 155 fine illustrations.
Price, Cloth, $1.00 net; interleaved for notes, $1.25

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"The publisher has again shown himself as fortunate in his editor as he ever has been in the attractive style and make-up of his compends."-American Practitioner and News.

"Contains all that one need know of the subject, is well written,

and is copiously illustrated."-Medical Record.

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"The author has dealt with the subject in a manner that will make the theme not only com

paratively easy, but also of interest."-Medical News.

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CATALOGUE OF MEDICAL WORKS.

23. ESSENTIALS OF MEDICAL ELECTRICITY. By D. D. STEWART, M. D., Demonstrator of Diseases of the Nervous System, and Chief of the Neurological Clinic in the Jefferson Medical College; Physician to St. Mary's Hospital, and to St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, etc., and E. S. LAWRANCE, M. D., Chief of the Electrical Clinic, and Assistant Demonstrator of Diseases of the Nervous System in the Jefferson Medical College, etc. Crown 8vo, 148 pages, 65 illustrations. Price, Cloth, $1.00; interleaved for notes, $1.25.

"Clearly written, and affords a safe guide to the beginner in this subject."-Medical and Surgical Journal.

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The subject is presented in a lucid and pleasing manner."-Medical Record.

"A little work on an important subject, which will prove of great value to medital students and trained nurses who wish to study the scientific as well as the practical points of electricity."The Hospital, London, England.

"The selection and arrangement of material are done in a skilful manner. It gives, in a condensed form, the principles and science of electricity and their application in the practice of medicine."-Annals of Surgery.

24. ESSENTIALS OF DISEASES OF THE EAR. By E. B. GLEASON, S. B., M. D., Clinical Professor of Otology, Medico-Chirurgical College, Philadelphia; Surgeon in Charge of the Nose, Throat, and Ear Department of the Northern Dispensary of Philadelphia; formerly Assistant in the Nose and Throat Dispensary of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and Assistant in the Nose and Throat Department of the Union Dispensary. illustrations.

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leaved for notes, $1.25.

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This latest addition to the Saunders Compend Series accurately represents the modern aspect of otological science. While small in compass, it is logically and capably written; it comprises upward of 150 pages, with 89 illustrations, mostly from original sources.

NURSE'S DICTIONARY of Medical Terms and Nursing Treatment, containing Descriptions of the Principal Medical and Nursing Terms and Abbreviations; of the Instruments, Drugs, Diseases, Accidents, Treatments, Physiological Names, Operations, Foods, Appliances, etc. encountered in the ward or in the sick-room. Compiled for the use of nurses. By HONNOR MORTEN, Author of "How to Become a Nurse," "Sketches of Hospital Life," etc. 16mo, 140 pages. Price, Cloth, $1.00.

This little volume is intended merely as a small reference-book which can be consulted at the bedside or in the ward. It gives sufficient explanation to the nurse to enable her to comprehend a case until she has leisure to look up larger and fuller works on the subject.

DIET LISTS AND SICK-ROOM DIETARY. By JEROME B. THOMAS, M. D.

There is here offered, in portable form, as an efficient aid to the better practice of Therapeutics, a collection of Diet Lists and a Sick-room Dietary, compiled from the most modern works on dietetics. It meets a want, for the busy practi tioner has but little time to write out Systems of Diet appropriate to his patients, or to describe the preparation of their food. Send for sample sheet. Price, $1.50 THE CARE OF THE BABY. By J. P. CROZER GRIFFITH, M. D., Clinical Professor of Diseases of Children in the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Philadelphia Polyclinic ; Physician to the Children's, to St. Agnes', and to the Methodist Hospitals, etc., forming a handsome post-octavo volume of 400 pages with 68 illustrations. Price, Cloth, $1.50.

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PATHOLOGY AND SURGICAL TREATMENT OF TUMORS. By N. SENN, M. D., Ph. D., LL. D., Professor of Practice of Surgery and Clinical Surgery, Rush Medical College; Professor of Surgery, Chicago Polyclinic; Attending Surgeon to Presbyterian Hospital; Surgeon-in-Chief, St. Joseph's Hospital, Chicago. Price, Clo., $6.00 net; Half Mor., $7.00 net. This work will epitomize the results of many years of personal observation and successful experience of its author, whose professional eminence guarantees the authoritative character of the subject-matter. The illustrations will be profuse and unusually fine, including photographic reproductions of the microscopic appearance of a great variety of morbid conditions.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS.

A TEXT-BOOK OF THE PATHOGENIC BACTERIA. Specially written for the use of Students of Medicine. Finely illustrated by JOSEPH MCFARLAND, M. D., Demonstrator of Pathological Histology, and Lecturer on Bacteriology, in the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, etc. (In press.)

SURGICAL DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT.

By J. W. MAC

DONALD, M. D., Graduate of Medicine of the University of Edinburgh; Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh; Professor of the Practice of Surgery and of Clinical Surgery in Minneapolis College of Physicians and Surgeons; Surgeon to Wisconsin Central Railway, etc. (In press.) A TEXT-BOOK OF EMBRYOLOGY. By JOHN C. HEISLER, M. D., Prosector to the Professor of Anatomy, Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania. (Preparing.)

A MANUAL OF ANATOMY. By IRVING S. HAYNES, M. D., Adjunct Professor of Anatomy and Demonstrator of Anatomy, Medical Department of the University of the City of New York, etc. Beautifully illustrated by about 125 half-tone illustrations reproduced direct from photographs of dissections taken by the author; also 40 diagrams representing in outline the more intricate plates, and thoroughly bringing before the student the points. which other similar works have failed to elucidate. (In press. Ready shortly.)

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Now Ready. For Sale by Subscription.

An American Text-Book of Obstetrics

BY AMERICAN TEACHERS.

CONTRIBUTORS:

James C. Cameron, M. D., Edward P. Davis, M. D., Robert L. Dickinson, M. D., Charles Warrington Earle, M. D., James H. Etheridge, M.D., Henry J. Garrigues, M. D., Barton Cooke Hirst, M. D., Charles Jewett, M. D., Howard A. Kelly, M. D., Richard C. Norris,

A. M., M. D., Chauncey D. Palmer, M. D., Theoph

ilus Parvin, M. D., George A. Piersol,

M. D., Edward Reynolds, M. D.,

Henry Schwarz, M. D.

In one very handsome imperial-octavo volume, with a large number of original illustrations, including full-page plates, and uniform in size with "The American Text-Book of Diseases of Children." Prices: Cloth, $7.00 net; Sheep, $8.00 net; Half Russia, $9.00 net.

Such an array of well-known teachers is sufficient guarantee of the high character of the work. The illustrations will receive the most minute attention; the cuts interspersed throughout the text, and the full-page plates, which will reflect the highest attainments of the artist and engraver, will appeal at once to the eye as well as to the mind of the student and the practitioner.

An American Text-Book of Physiology

BY AMERICAN TEACHERS.

Edited by WILLIAM H. HOWELL, Ph. D., M. D.,

Professor of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University.

WITH THE COLLABORATION OF THE FOLLOWING EMINENT SPECIALISTS :

Henry P. Bowditch, M. D., John G. Curtis, M. D., Henry H. Donaldson, M. D., Frederick S. Lee, M. D., Warren P. Lombard, A. B., M. D., Graham Lusk, Ph. D., Edward T. Reichert, M. D., Henry

Sewall, M. D., Joseph W. Warren, M. D.

In one imperial-octavo volume, with a large number of original illustrations. (In preparation for early publication.)

This work will be the most notable attempt yet made in America to combine in one volume the entire subject of Human Physiology by well-known teachers who have given especial study to that part of the subject upon which they write. The completed work will represent the present status of the science of Physiology, particularly from the standpoint of the student of medicine and of the medical practitioner.

AN AMERICAN TEXT-BOOK OF APPLIED THERAPEUTICS. By American Teachers. (In preparation.)

AN AMERICAN TEXT-BOOK OF NURSING. By American Teachers. (In preparation.)

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