RUGS THAT LIVE!

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Are few in number compared to the enormous increase of claimants for the physician's approval. The active practitioner cannot afford to risk success by leaving the safe harbor of tried and approved remedies, to follow the leadings of every alleged new remedy brought to his notice through. "worked up" testimonials, adroitly presented to catch the unwary. "It requires a long and careful study to determine the true value of the old, and still longer to test a new medicine."

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SEAL,

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The representative American remedy, in all its varied forms, is one of the "drugs that live," and its place in medicine is so firmly established, both in America and Europe, that the physician who does not give it a place in his medicine case fails to fully avail himself of his opportunities to combat disease with the best means at his command.

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RON is easily chief among Hæmatinics. According to T. Lauder

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THE DETROIT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE held its annual commencement March 22. The exercises comprised the customary addresses and much excellent music. A banquet was subsequently given to the new graduates at the Wayne hotel, at which the students displayed their oratorical abilities. The graduating class, which was a large one, was composed of the following gentlemen. The college this year graduated its largest class in medicine and its first class in pharmacy. The following are the names of the members of the two classes: Department of medicine-S. A. Addison, Michigan; G. H. Beal, Ontario; W. S. Brownell, Michigan; J. N. Bell, Michigan; O. S. Bell, Ontario; T. A. Corlett, Ontario; J. E. Campbell, Ontario; H. M. Crane, Michigan; J. M. Croman, Michigan; B. A. Corneille, Ontario; O. Chrysler, Ontario; H. A. Dawley, Michigan; L. S. Eastlake, Missouri; F. P. Eastman, New York; G. Fee, Ontario; R. S. Forsyth, Michigan; J. K. Gilmore, New York; N. A. Goodwin, Michigan; F. L. Hoag, Ontario; R. B. Honey, Michigan; R. Howell, North Carolina; P. M. Hickey, Michigan; A. B. Jordan, New York; L. S. Joy, Michigan; F. W. R. Lapsley, Ontario; T. S. Miller, Ontario; A. McDonald, Ontario; G. S. Miller, Illinois; D. McKay, Michigan; S. McKenney, Ontario; J. R. McCracken, Michigan; F. J. McDaniels, Michigan; H. A. McEachren, Ontario; R. J. May, Ontario; J. D. Matthews, Michigan; E. Orton, Ontario; J. R. O'Brien, Michigan; M. Printz, Michigan; G. R. Pogue, Michigan; N. T. Shaw, Ontario; R. Seaborn, Michigan; A. L. Share, Michigan; N. M. Spranger, Michigan; C. F. Spademan, Michigan; H. B. Strong, New York; G. G. Speer, Michigan; C. L. Stewart, Michigan; L. E. Schell, New York; M. M. Smith, Ontario; T. W. Treharne, Ontario; F. Van Sickle, Ontario; F. B. Walker, Michigan. Department of pharmacy-Augustus Carrier, Martin A. Dettling, Charles T. Gustin, Frank S. Geppert, George C. Hupp, Fred J. Rothacher, Merle Smith, William J. Wagar.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

REVIEWS.

THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF MEDICINE.*

THE publication of Dr. Osler's practice of medicine has been awaited with much interest. The standing of its distinguished author as an investigator, pathologist, and clinician, have led to the formation of sanguine expectations. regarding the value of the work. These expectations will be found to be amply fulfilled in the present volume. While perhaps Dr. Osler's literary style is not characterized by the forcible diction and illustrative facility of the late Dr. Hilton Fagge, his clinical pictures are so fresh and his pathological descriptions so vivid, that the reader is immediately familiarized with his subject.

The classification adopted is not unlike that prevailing in other standard text-books. From specific infectious diseases we pass to infectious diseases of doubtful nature. In this latter department we find descriptions of Malta fever and mountain fever; indeed nothing seems omitted. Then follow sections dealing with constitutional diseases, diseases of the digestive system, and diseases of

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the intestines. Then follow respiratory diseases and diseases of the circulatory system. The eighth section contains two hundred and nineteen pages devoted to nervous diseases, and the concluding sections treat of intoxicants, sun-stroke, obesity, and diseases due to animal parasites. The article on phthisis contains seventy-two pages and is an admirable compendium of modern research upon the subject. Speaking of the unity of phthisis he says: "It was peculiarly fitting that from Germany, in which the dualistic heresy arose, the truth of Laennec's views should receive incontestable proof in the demonstration by Koch of the etiological unity of all the various processes known as tuberculous and scrofulous." The admirable article on Brights disease (unfortunately so named) will be studied with interest, and the excellent sections on affections of the brain substance will also be found of unusual ability.

The work is suited in all respects to the needs of the American practitioner. The local phases of diseases are given due prominence. The text is elucidated by numerous charts and illustrations and the work of the publisher has been accomplished in the admirable style characteristic of Messrs. Appleton's medical library, of which series this volume will now form a most important number.

*By William Osler, M. D., professor of medicine in the Johns Hopkins university and physician-in-chief to the Johns Hopkins hospital, Baltimore. Sold only by subscription. Prices: Cloth, $5.50; sheep, $6.50; half morocco, $7.00. D. Appleton & Company, publishers, 1, 3, and 5 Bond street, New York.

THE MEDITERRANEAN SHORES OF AMERICA.*

A GREAT deal has been written about "the glorious climate of California." Dr Remondino's contribution to the climatology of Southern California will be received with interest. The climatological treatment of phthisis is undoubtedly among the most important, if not the most important of measures for the cure of the malady. Southern California presents a number of varied climates suitable for the different phases of the disease. The book before us will be found an admirable hand-book, and deals freely with the meteorological conditions of the various localities. It will be found an aid to the physician who may be seeking for some health resort for his patient. The illustrations are very striking.

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By P. C. Remondino, M. D. Illustrated. Cloth. The F. A. Davis Company, publishers, Philadelphia.

A DICTIONARY OF TREATMENT.*

DR. WHITLA'S dictionary is bound to be popular. The treatment of all subjects of a medical or surgical nature is discussed in a brief and incisive manner which makes the book very attractive reading. The therapeutical suggestions are standard in kind, and while free from speculative uncertainty are thoroughly modern in tone and tendency. The work is admirable for the purpose of ready-reference and we are unable to detect any serious omissions. The work promises to be well received in America as the present edition has been adjusted to the American pharmacopoeia.

*By William Whitla, M. D., professor of materia medica and therapeutics in the Queen's college, Belfast. Revised and adapted to the pharmacopoeia of the United States. Lea Brothers & Company, Philadelphia. 1892.

A PRACTICAL MANUAL OF DISEASES OF THE SKIN.*

THE latest accession to the ranks of the physicians' and students' readyreference series is a practical manual of diseases of the skin by Dr. G. H. Rohe and Dr. J. W. Lord. The spirit of the work is practical and clinical. A few illustrations would have greatly added to the value of the book, but used in conjunction with some standard atlas this defect is overcome. The descriptions of the various lesions of the skin are admirable and the numerous formulæ furnished for the treatment of these disorders makes the work a useful one.

*By George H. Rohe, M. D., professor of materia medica, therapeutics, and hygiene in the college of physicians and surgeons, Baltimore, etc. Assisted by J. Williams Lord, A. B., M. D., lecturer on dermatology and bandaging in the college of physicians and surgeons. Number XIII in the physicians' and students' ready-reference series. Extra cloth, price, $1.25, net. The F. A. Davis Company, Philadelphia.

FIRST LINES IN MIDWIFERY.*

In this little primer Dr. Herman presents in clear and simple language the elements of obstetrics. Beginning with a brief description of the anatomy of the pelvis, the stages of labor, the various foetal presentations and their diagnosis, and the management of normal delivery are successively dealt with. The student is told what to provide and how to use his materials, how to care for his patient before and after labor, and is furnished with a lot of sensible information which will be of value to him in conducting his first case. Some wholesome advice is given on the subject of antisepsis, but we question the advisability of recommending the routine use of the vaginal douche post-partum. First-year students will find this little book a helpful "pocket piece." Eighty illustrations serve to elucidate the text.

* By G. Ernest Herman, M. B. (London), F. R. C. P., etc. ninety-one pages. Philadelphia: Lea Brothers & Company.

REFERENCES.

W. P. M.

One hundred and 1892.

BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS.

"The Indications for Colotomy." By Charles B. Kelsey, M. D., New York. Reprinted from the Therapeutic Gazette.

"Trendelenburg's Posture in Gynecology." By Florian Krug, M. D., New York. Reprinted from "Transactions of American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists."

"Tuberculin: The Value and Limitation of its use in Consumption." By Charles Denison, A. M., M. D., Denver, Colorado. Reprinted from "Transactions of the Colorado State Medical Society."

"Empiricism, Rational Practice, Practice under Guidance of Law: A Lecture to Medical Students." By Charles S. Mack, M. D., Ann Arbor, Michigan. Reprinted from North American Journal of Homeopathy.