Reviews.

ANNUAL OF THE UNIVERSAL MEDICAL SCIENCES. By Chas. E. Sajous, M.D., and a large corps of collaborators. Five handsome volumes, price $15.00. The F. A. Davis Co., 1914 Cherry St., Phila. We admire this most excellent work and gladly note its arrival each year. It is like an annual medical journal, giving the best of the year's literature in the various departments of the science of medicine and surgery. It would be impossible for a physician to do the amount of reading and research that would be required to obtain the information herein presented, even if he had all the medical journals and pamphlets of the world before him for that purpose. This is the faithful work of intelligent editors, placing before the reader only the best out of the vast mass of medical literature.

A MANUAL OF MODERN SURGERY, GENERAL AND OPERATIVE. By John Chalmers DaCosta, M.D. 809 pages, 276 illustrations, 13 full-page colored plates; cloth, $2.50. W. B. Saunders, 925 Walnut St. Phila., Pa.

We have examined this work with great care, and find that it is clear and plain in diction, up to the latest date in theory, and is in every way a desirable work for those who need a new work on general surgery.

We acknowledge with thanks the receipt of a copy of the fine artistic work "The Discovery of Hot Springs, Ark., by DeSoto" from Dr. Thomas E. Holland, Hot Springs, Ark., Chairman Committee of Arrangements of the Miss. Valley Med. Association.

THE POCKET ANATOMIST. By C. Henri Leonard, A.

M., M.D., Prof. of Gynecology Detroit College of
Medicine. Leather, 300 pages, 193 illustrations,
postpaid $1.00. The Illustrated Medical Journaĺ
Co., Publishers, Detroit, Mich.

The eighteenth edition of this popular anatomy is now before us; it is printed upon thin paper and bound in flexible leather so as to be specially handy for the pocket. The illustrations are photo-engraved from the English edition of Gray's Anatomy, so are exact as to their details. Three large editions have been sold in England, testifying to its popularity there, and some sixteen thousand copies have been sold in this country. It briefly describes each artery, vein, nerve, muscle and bone, besides the several special organs of the body. It contains more illustrations than any of the other small anatomies.

A SYNOPSIS OF THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE FOR PRACTITIONERS AND STUDENTS. By William Blair Stewart, A.M., M.D., Lecturer on Therapeutics; late Instructor on Practice of Medicine in the Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia; Demonstrator in the Philadelphia School of Ana tomy, etc. Cloth, 434 pages, price $2.75. E. B. Treat, 5 Cooper Union, New York, N. Y.

Our acquaintance with the talented young author of this work gives us all the more confidence in recommending it to those who need a late review of the modern facts and methods in the practice of medicine.

For interesting and important pamphlets (free) regarding your duties and privileges as a citizen, address, Mr. B. Franklin Hunter, 1100 Pine Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

Wit and Wisdom.

THE COLOR OF NEGRO BABIES.

Editor MEDICAL WORLD:-In November WORLD Dr. Annetta Kratz, replying to Dr. Koonts, says that the scrotum of the male negro baby is always black. This reminds me of a good joke on a distinguish lega gentleman who once graced the bench in North Carolina.

In a case of disputed paternity before the judge, thelawyers were disputing as to whether the infant was white or a negro, when the judge, who was one of the "rough and ready" kind, said "don't you know that a negro child's scrotum is always black? Hand me the child," and proceeding, without ceremony, to investigate the matter for himself, to his chagrin and the great amusement of the lawyers, he found it was a female child, and that his test was not applicable in that case. It seemed not to occur to him to inquire asto the sex of the baby. D. S. ELLIS.. Ashland, Va.

MANY cases of spermatorrhea and nocturnal emissions have been permanently relieved by treatment with the "Sexual Sedative" and "Sexual Tonic" Granules of the Phila. Granule Co. No. 10 S. 18th St.. Only 25 cents per hundred each.

THE state of the mouth should be carefully looked after before beginning a mercurial course. Teeth with caries, irregular edges, and deposits of tartar about the roots will show evidence of ptyalism much sooner than if they were in a healthy condition.

FOR Strychnine Granules, send to the Phila. Granule Co., No. 10 8. 18th St. Only 10 cents per hundred or 65 cents per thousand.

A DOCTOR MUST NOT AND SHOULD NOT

Depend wholly upon subjective symptoms for his diagnosis or let his patient dictate treatment or remedies.

Be agitated by the praises or criticisms of the patient's friends or buoy up a hopeless case.

Make a display of his instruments or experiment, or exhibit his skill, till he is personally requested to do so.

Pretend that he is more clever than his fellow practitioner, or allow a look or act, when in consultation, show that he is displeased or thinks himself smarter than his consultant.

Encourage or initiate the slander of his professional brethren or indulge in intoxicants or narcotics.

Promise to cure a patient in any given time or that the malady will never return, or that to-morrow's fever will not rise as high as it is to-day.

Promise to call at an exact specified time or forget to pay a visit.

Be afraid to tell the truth or publicly inveigh against what he practises in private, or say one thing and mean another.

Betray his patients' trust, or take advantage of their weaknesses. Indian Journal of Pharmacy.

SO FAR as the number of students is concerned, Philadelphia is the medical center of the United States. There are 2,400 students, of which 875 are in the University of Pennsylvania; 700 in Jefferson; 325 in Hahnemann; 300 Medico-Chirurgical; 200 women. -N. Y. Med. Times.

DR. ANGELO BELLOMI, of Italy, has good results from the use of Bromidia in vomiting of pregnancy, in delirium tremens and other nervous affections.

BROMO SODA holds its own on its merit. For nerVous headache and stomach headache, insomnia, brain tire, debility, vertigo, and headache after taking opium or morphine it has but few equals, if any superiors. And it is "so nice" to take and the effect is like magic in the majority of cases. It is one of the things one does not like to be without night or day.

CHARLES L. LUMLEY, L. R. C. P. I., L. M., etc., etc., Gt. Portland street, London, W., England, says: "I have no hesitation in stating that Sanmetto is one of the most important remedies of the present day for diseases of the genito-urinary tract-having had ample experience of its use in gonorrhea and acute cystitis, in both of which kind of cases it acted in a most marvelous and rapid manner. I prescribe Sanmetto in every case where it is indicated, and it has always been rich in results, and well deserves all that is said of it."

DOUBLE BRIDGES, TENN., June 23, 1893. Send me by mail, one double box of your Freligh's Tablets, Cough and Constituent. Enclosed find check for same. The sample box is doing grand work for a patient with incipient Phthisis.

Class of 1886.

W. H. TUCKER, JR., M.D.

SOMATOSE IN ACUTE AFFECTIONS.

In an article on the nourishment in acute affections, published in the New York Medical Times, September, 1894. Dr. Alfred K. Hills, one of the editors of this journal, writes as follows:

"The most perfect preparation of the albumoses yet produced is furnished us from Germany, under the name of Somatose.

Somatose is a yellowish, fine, granular powder, readily soluble, perfectly odorless and practically tasteless, containing the nutritive qualities of meat minus, the glutinous material, fat, creatin, xanthin, etc. The usual dose of Somatose is a teaspoonful or a dessert spoonful dissolved in a cup of milk, soup, grape juice, with or without the addition of effervescing water. It has been found that this agent diminishes nitrogenous waste, replaces the albumen of the organism, and one part is equal to six parts of beef devoid of fat.

It is claimed to be indicated in all acute diseases where a food rich in albumen and readily assimilated is required, and I have found it of especial service in cases where the peptones were declined on account of their odor and taste."

UNEQUAL dilatation of the pupils is regarded by Dentree as a sign of great value in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis. It is present, he says, in the majority of cases of this disease.

WE have had entire satisfaction with the goods bought from G. W. Flavell & Bro., 1005 Spring Garden St., Phila.; manufacturers of trusses, supporters, elastic goods, etc.

SEND to B. Keith & Co., 75 William St., New York, for information regarding treatment of morphinism. THE distinguished brother of the senior member of the firm of the Hastings Truss Co., 224 S. 9th St., Phila., was recently elected Governor of Pennsylvania by the largest majority ever received by any state officer of the United States. However, The Hastings Truss Company still keeps the best of trusses and supporters at the same old stand.

MELLIN'S FOOD carried off the honors at the California mid-winter exposition.

FOR sclerosis prescribe Mercauro.

JULIUS FEHR'S Baby Powder is a distinct success.

SEND to Micajah & Co., Warren, Pa., for a sample of medicated uterine wafers.

FATS AND OILS.

If the digestive organs of your patient are unable to digest and assimilate fats and oils, then he needs Seng, two or more teaspoonfuls before each meal. No person will have consumption whose digestive apparatus is able to digest fats and oils.

FOR a good instrument for the injection treatment of hernia, address Samuel A. Crocker & Co., 117 W. 5th St., Cincinnati, O.

WE always keep a supply in our office of the pile ointment made by Fred. W. Stewart, Oswego, N. Y.

THE Coryza, cough, rheumatism and heart tonic granules made and originated by the Philadelphia Granule Co., 10 8. 18th St., are very reliable and efficient. Only 25 cents per 100.

NUCLEIN solution is the new physiological remedy. Send to Parke, Davis & Co., Detroit, Mich., for information.

FOR cut rates in surgical instruments, address, I. Phillips, 69 Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga.

WE use Weinhagen's thermometers. Address, H. Weinhagen 22 and 24 William St., New York, N. Y.

ANY one who understands the formula of Celerina must have a high regard for it as a valuable nerve tonic. Full-sized bottle free if you will pay express charges. Address, Rio Chemical Co., St. Louis, Mo.

WE have always been pleased with the cases and other goods purchased of the Western Leather Co., 125 Rees St., Chicago.

WAS NOT SPOILED BY PROSPERITY.-A newspaper paragraph is going the rounds to the effect that a Scotch girl named Lithegow recently gratuated from the medical school of Ann Arbor University with a very fair record. Immediately following the event came the news that an uncle had died in Glasgow, Scotland, and left her a fortune variously estimated at $650,000 to $800,000. The young doctress exhibited no surprise or emotion on receiving the announcement, but merely said: "That will enable me to relieve the wants of the poor, without any regret for the loss of my time and labor."-Jour. of the Amer. Med. Ass'n.

Or the use of Per-oxide of Hydrogen, Prof. Kastenbine says:-Of the various brands of commercial dioxides I have examined, I find Marchand's to be the one which yields the largest amount of available oxygen under all conditions of exposure, and the one which contains the minimum percentage of free acid. All the marketable articles I have seen are free from barium compounds, but the majority do not come up to the 15 volume standard, but are 6, 8, 10 and 12 volume solutions.

I WILL unhesitatingly say that I consider Peacock's Bromides much superior to the ordinary bromides, and the chionia I believe to be an extremely successful preparation of a very valuable therapeutic agent. I have used both with excellent success, John J. Shaw, M.D., Plymouth, Mass.

AT the Antwerp World's Fair Exposition, Wm. R. Warner & Co., of Philadelphia, were awarded the Grand Prize for the purity and excellency of their preparations.

STEARN'S Kola Cordial is a new and valuable tomic stimulant. Samples free if you pay express charges. Frederick Stearn's & Co., Detroit, Mich.

FOR valuable suppositories send to Hall & Ruckel,

218 Greenwhich St., New York, N. Y. Sample dozen free if you mention THE MEDICAL WORLD.

FOR nervous exhaustion try Horseford's Acid Phosphate. Sample if you pay express charges. Rumford Chemical Works, Providence, R. I.

We have used Horlick's Malted Milk with satisfaction. Sample free. Horlick's Food Co., Racine, Wis.

DYSMENORRHEA AND METRORRHAGIA.

"An unmarried lady, aged 35, with a previously good personal history regarding her general health, called upon me a few months since, seeking relief from dysmenorrhea and metrorrhagia. Bearing in mind the formula of ponca compound and being impressed with its application for the conditions presented, I prescribed the preparation in doses of one tablet ti.d. The abnormal conditions very soon responded favorably to this treatment. The painful menstruation improved and the menses became more regular. She took the tablets as directed for two or three weeks and later on expressed herself as very much relieved. I saw her a few days since and she said that now during her menstrual periods, she experienced little or no pain."

Belcher Hyde, M.D., 282 Macdonough St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

THE PLEASURES AND REWARDS OF A PHYSICIAN'S LIFE.-In his commencement address at Lafayette College last June, Dr. William W. Keen, of Philadelphia, gave the following picture of the pleasure and satisfaction of the busy physician, which we reprint at the request of another eminent professor:

"Sir Spencer Wells, as the net result of his first 1000 ovariotomies added 20,000 years to human life; and so far has modern surgery surpassed this result that every thousand similar operations to-day adds not less than 30,000 years to human life! Think what one of these lives means, as the pale cheek regains its color, the feeble pulse its force, strength succeeds weakness, each day records a gain, and finally health is re-established. The tender father returns to his usual pursuits; the adored mother once more becomes the centre of loving care of her family; the beloved child is restored to the family circle with ruddy health, rescued from the valley of the shadow of death itself. The hushed voices, the soft tread of the sickroom have given place to the laughter of health; the mists of sorrow are driven away; the anxious alarms of disease have vanished. What, think you, can equal the joy of the physician, as he views this happy transformation? Who is a dearer, more cherished, more welcome friend than he? Who finds & warmer place by the fireside and in the very hearts of his patients? No one can adequately appreciate his profound joy, his daily delight, his deep gratitude to the 'Giver of every good and perfect gift.' Oh, my friends, it is a blessed profession, a divine calling, with a heavenly recompense on earth!"-The Sanita

tion in one instance that came under my personal supervision.

A few days ago I was hastily summoned to the bedside of a gentleman who was suffering with a severe attack of asthma. After examining his condition I gave the patient a teaspoonful of passiflora and repeated the amount at intervals of a half hour. The first dose caused immediate relief, and after the third was administered the patient fell into a quiet, restful sleep, entirely relieved of the violent paroxysm. His slumber was not broken throughout the entire night, and on awakening the following morning, he expressed himself as feeling better than he had in months. I instructed him to continue the use of the medicine, in a little water, three times a day. The gentleman is now enjoying splendid health, has not experienced a return of the asthma, and feels that he has a permanent preventive for his malady. MISS JENNIE NEWMAN, M.D.

FOR the new Mexican remedy for rheumatism, address, the Atlas Chemical Co., 216 Main St., Cincinnati, Ohio.

HAVE you seen a sample of the new ointment base -unguentine? If not, send for it to the Norwich Pharmacal Co., Norwich, N. Y.

SEE the liberal offer of the Abbott Alkaloidal Co., in this issue. The vest pocket case of nine vials is a good one, and the granules are good.

SEE the elegant 24 vial case of tablets advertised by H. K. Mulford Co., in this issue. If you carry your own drugs you will find it desirable.

FOR a fine professional suit of clothes, send your order to E. O. Thompson, 1338 Chestnut St., Phila. FOR a handsome pair of Saddle-Bags, send to Willis H. Davis, Keokuk, Iowa.

FOR liberal samples of Dyspepsia Tablets, send your name to the P. J. Noyes Co., Lancaster, N. H.

TRY Aletris Cordial in your gynecological practice. Send for sample to Rio Chemical Co., St. Louis. You pay express charges.

YOUR dyspeptic patients will need the Pancreo-Bismuth with Pepsin, made by George C. Frye, Chemist, Portland, Maine. Sample free.

SYRUP OF FIGS is the standard family laxative. SAMPLES of Antikamnia Tablets, upon request to the Antikamnia Chemical Co., St. Louis.

FOR Colden's Liquid Beef Tonic or for Svapnia, the purified opium, apply to the Charles N. Crittenton Co., 115 Fulton St., New York, N. Y.

WORLD and Times and Register (weekly) for $1.75. Yes, we can still supply WORLD and Philadelphia Medical and Surgical Reporter, both for one year, for $3.25.

We can furnish Peterson's or Arthur's Home Magazine to our subscribers at 75 cents each per year. Remember this when you send renewal. Remember the wants of the ladies of your family. Either would make a nice Christmas present for a niece or cousin. Both of the above Magazines, THE MEDICAL WORLD and the Philadelphia Med. and Surg. Reporter (weekly) all for $4.75-worth $6.

WORLD and Alkaloidal Clinic, both one year for $1.70.

Louisville Medical Monthly and THE MEDICAL WORLD, one year $1.75.

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