Medical Gynecology-The New (2nd) Edition. By S. Wyllis Bandler, M. D., Adjunct Professor of Diseases of Women, New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital. Second Revised Edition. Octavo of 702 pages, with 150 original illustrations. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders Company, 1909. Cloth, $5.00 net; Half Morocco, $6.50 net.

The second revised edition of this work is marked by few important changes. In the chapter on Gynecological Examination, several pages are added regarding the diagnostic value of certain areas of skin hyperesthesia, the so-called Headzone. The work of Elsberg and Neuhof have been cited extensively in this connection. The therapeutic use of electricity and the technique of hydrotherapy received more detailed consideration in the present edition.

A good many additional illustrations have been introduced at this point. In these days when gynecology in the eyes of some people seems about to become a mere annex to surgery, it is gratifying to see a work as thorough as that of Bandler, re ceive general recognition by the profession.

We trust this second edition will receive the careful attention, not merely of the general practitioner, but also of the over-surgical gynecologists.

Quain's Elements of Anatomy. Eleventh Edition, in Four Volumes, Royal, 8vo, Edited by Edward Albert Schafer, F. R. S.; Johnson Symington, M. D., F. R. S., and Thomas Hastie Bryce, M. A., M. D. Longmans, Green & Co., Publishers, New York. Volume III dealing with neurology is in two parts, edited by Schafer and Symington; Part I contains a description of the nervous system and the structure of the brain and spinal cord, with 361 illustrations, many of which are colored, and 402 pages of text; Part II contains the descriptive anatomy of the peripheral nerves and of the organs of special sense, with 321 illustrations, many of which are colored.

Volume III of Quain's Anatomy is probably the most comprehensive and exhaustive study of the central and peripheral nervous system and the organs of special sense ever before attempted. It is fully up-to-date, and those desiring an authoritative text book will be compelled to consult this work of distinct value on the frequent reference to literature. The citations are numerous.

The reviewer cannot too heartily commend this work.

Myomata of the Uterus.

By Howard A. Kelly, M. D., Professor of Gynecologic Surgery at Johns Hopkins University; and Thomas S. Cullen, M. B., Associate in Gynecology at Johns Hopkins University. Large octavo of 700 pages, with 388 superb original illustrations by August Horn and Hermann Becker. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders Co., 1909. Cloth, $7.50 net; Half Morocco, $9.00 net.

For many years it has been known to those interested that there was in process of publication an extensive work on "Uterine Myomata" by the gynecological department of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. If we have waited long for the appearance of the work, we have been amply repaid by the masterly way in which it has been carried to execution.

In developing the technique of myomectomy and hysteromyomectomy, no man has rendered greater

service in this country than Howard Kelly, and on the pathology of this form of tumors, we have no greater authority than Cullen. The material for their work was taken from 1674 cases in their own practice and at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

The method adopted by them is similar to the one employed in previous publications, namely the compilation of their cases grouped according to special pathological conditions, followed by a brief but clear commentary upon the diagnostic and operative features of the cases. Regarding the illustrations by Becker and Horn, we have nothing but unstinted praise for the masterly workmanship they exhibit.

Seven Hundred Surgical Suggestions. Practical Brevities in Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment. By Walter M. Brickner, B. S., M. D., Assistant Adjunct Surgeon, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York; Editor-in-Chief, American Journal of Surgery; Eli Moschcowitz, A. B., M. D., Assistant Physician, Mount Sinai Hospital Dispensary, New York, and Harold M. Hays, M. A., M. D. Third Series. Duedecimo; 153 pages. New York: Surgery Publishing Co., 92 William St. Price, semi-de-lux, $1.00; full library de lux, ooze leather, gold edges, $2.25.

This little volume of surgical suggestions is replete with short, terse paragraphs of useful information for the student, especially the hospital interne. It represents the "trite sayings" of many teachers on many subjects. While these paragraphs are household words in hospital, the general practitioner will find much of value.

Treves' Operative Surgery.

A Manual of Operative Surgery. By Sir Frederick Treves, Bart., G. C. V. O., C. B., LL.D., F. R. C. S., Serjeant-Surgeon to H, M. the King, Surgeonin-Ordinary to H. R. H. the Prince of Wales; Consulting Surgeon to the London Hospital; and Jonathan Hutchinson, F. R. C. S., Surgeon to the London Hospital. New (3d) Edition, revised and rewritten. In two octavo volumes. Volume 1, 775 pages, with 193 engravings and 17 full-page plates. Half-morocco, $6.50 net. Lea & Febiger, Publishers, Philadelphia and New York, 1909.

The third edition of Treves Operative Surgery has been entirely revised. Some of the older sections have been omitted, some new ones added, and the others more or less increased by new literature and illustrations. The thorough revision of the work is timely and we heartily recommend it both as a work of art and a valuable treatise for the student of surgery.

Volume 1 consists of two sections: General Principles and Abdominal Surgery. Under the first section are several chapters devoted to the patient, the operator, the operating theatre, instruments, operating, and after-treatment. The opening sentence is striking: "Never decide upon an operation, even of trivial kind, without first examining the patient as to the risk of his life." It is worthy of much thought, as is the chapter on the operator, which emphasizes the necessity of years of study and preparation to qualify oneself for the practice of surgery.

The section on abdominal surgery is made up of thirty-four chapters, describing the abdominal operations together with the operative surgery of the genito-urinary organs. Only those operative methods which have been found most useful have been

described. The descriptions are very clear and when necessary illustrations have been added to show the various steps. While only describing in detail one method, comments on other operative methods are made, and many exce..ent passages are given to discussion of the advisability of operating for certain conditions, such as operating on very large umbilical hernia.

The author is conservative and deserving of much credit for the manner of presenting his subject. The typographical work, illustrations and general excellence of the volume is unsurpassed.

Books, Pamphlets, Etc., Received.

From Longmans, Green & Co., New York:

Quain's Elements of Anatomy, by E. A. Schafer, J. Symington and T. H. Brice. Vol. 3, Part 2, containing the descriptive anatomy of the peripheral nerves and of the organs of special sense. With numerous illustrations, many of which are colored. Price, cloth, $4.50.

From Chicago Medical Book Co., Chicago, Ill.:

Functional Diagnosis. By T. G. Atkinson, M. D. Price, $1.50.

From The MacMillan Co., New York.

Bacteriology for Nurses. By Isabel McIsaac. Price, $1.25 net.

From Charities Publication Committee, Chicago and New York:

Visiting Nursing in the United States. By Yssabella Waters. Price, $1.25, cloth.

From Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia and New York: Progressive Medicine, A Quarterly Digest of Advances, Discoveries and Improvements in the Medical and Surgical Sciences. Edited by Hobart Amory Hare, M. D., assisted by H. R. M. Landis, M. D. Price, $6.00 per annum. The Practitioners' Visiting List for 1910. An invaluable pocket-sized book containing memoranda and data important for every physician, and ruled blanks for recording every detail of practice. The Weekly, Monthly and 30-Patient Perpetual contain 32 pages of data and 160 pages of classified blanks. The 60-Patient Perpetual consists of 256 pages of blanks alone. Each in one wallet-shaped book, bound in flexible leather, with flap and pocket, pencil with rubber, and calendar for two years. Thumbletter index, 25c extra. Descriptive circular

showing the several styles sent on request. Price, $1.25.

A Treatise on Diseases of the Nose, Throat and Ear. By William Lincoln Ballenger, M. D., Professor of Laryngology, Rhinology and Otology in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago. New (2d) edition, thoroughly revised. Octavo, 930 pages, with 491 engravings, mostly original, and 17 colored plates. Price, cloth, $5.50 net.

An Epitome of Diseases of Women. By Charles Gardner Child, Jr., M. D. (Yale), Clinical Professor of Gynecology, New York Polyclinic Medical School and Hospital. 12mo., 210 pages, with 101 engravings. Price, cloth, $1.00 net.

From Hunter Robb, M. D., Cleveland, Ohio: The Air of the Operating Room as a Possible Factor in the Infection of Wounds. (Reprinted from the American Journal of Obstetrics, May, 1909.)

An Experimental Study on Hemorrhage Following Section of the Uterine and Ovarian Vessels in Dogs, and its Possible Bearing on Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancies. (Reprinted from the Transactions of the American Gynecological Society, 1908.)

Report of Two Cases of Ectopic Gestation. (Reprinted from the Cleveland Medical Journal, September, 1908.)

The Trained and the Untrained Anaesthetist. (Reprinted from Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, May, 1909.)

Inflammatory Conditions of the Appendix Accidentally Brought to Light in Pelvic Operations. (Reprinted from the Transactions of the American Gynecological Society, 1905.)

Ruptured Tubal Pregnancy. When Shall We Operate? (Reprinted from the Journal of the American Medical Ass'n.)

From Isaac A. Abt., M. D., Chicago, Ill.:

Congenital Syphilis in Infants. (Reprinted from the Interstate Medical Journal, 1909.)

Nervous Children. (Reprinted from the LancetClinic, March 13, 1909).

An Inquiry Into the Status of the Kindergarten. (Reprinted from Archives of Pediatrics, April, 1909.)

Rachitic Erosions of the Permanent Teeth Associated with Lamellar Cataract. (Reprinted from The Journal, of the American Medical Ass'n, Oct. 3, 1908.

From the Treasury Department, Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service of the United States:

Report No. 3, on The Origin and Prevalence of of Columbia Typhoid Fever in the District (1908), by M. J. Rosenau, L. L. Lumsden and Joseph H. Kastle.

Soil Pollution and Its Relation to Hookworm Disease and Typhoid Fever. By Charles Wardell Stiles, Ph.D.

The Presence of Tubercle Bacilli in the Circulating Blood in Clinical and Experimental Tuberculosis. By John F. Anderson.

The Prophylaxis of Pellagra. By C. H. Lavinder. Summary of Transactions of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service, Fiscal Year 1909, and to November 1, 1909. (Reprint No. 44 from the Public Health Reports, Dec. 10, 1909.)

From Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of the Census:

Bulletin 104, Mortality Statistics, 1908. General

Death Rates, Occupational Mortality, Second Decennial Revision of the International Classification of Causes of Death.

From the House of Representatives:

International Arbitration and Peace. Extract from the Congressional Record.

Genito-Urinary Diseases and Syphilis, By Edgar
G. Ballenger, M.D..

Genito-Urinary, Diseases of the Organs, and the
Kidney, By Robert H. Greene, M.D.
Gottschalk's Gynakologie, By Von Professor Dr.
Sigmund Gottschalk

Gray's Anatomy, By Henry Gray, F. R. S.
Gynecology and Abdominal Surgery, By Howard A.
Kelly, M.D.

Hospital, Alumni Report of the New York State..
Khartoum, Third Report of the Wellcome Research
Laboratories at the Gordon Memorial College....
Materia, A Text-Book of Medica, Pharmacology
and Therapeutics, By George F. Butler, A.M.,
Ph.G., M.D.
Medical Gynecology.

By Bandler.

Mind, A, That Found Itself, By Clifford Whitting-
ham Beers
H. B. Stot-

Muscles, The, of the Eye,

By Lucien Howe,

Catsup in Powder Form..

251

A.M., M.D.

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Myomota of the Uterus. By Kelly.

409

Nurses, Primary Studies for, By Charlotte
Aikens

Cauterant, Carbon Dioxide Snow as an Anesthetic..
Centennial at New York, The MacDowell....Sp. Ab.
Centennial, St. Louis.

309

169

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191

Cerebro-Spinal Fluid, Puerperal Eclampsia and Leu-
cocytosis of the..

348

Nurses, Primary Studies for, By

Charlotte A.

Aikens

151

Operating, The, Room, and the Patient, By Rus-
sell S. Fowler, M.D.

Pathogenic Micro-Organisms, Including Bacteria
and Protozoa, By Wm. Hallock Bark, M.D.
Pharmacy, Principles of, By Henry V. Arny,
Ph.G., Ph.D.

Physiology, A Text-Book on, By George V. N.
Dearborn, A.M., Ph.D., M.D.

111

Certificates, The Issuance of Health, Before Marriage
Chargeable, Degree of Care and Skill with which a
Physician or Surgeon Is Legally..
Haberman
Charges, Sersational, Made Against Runnels Physi-
cian

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Charity. The Abuse of Medical..

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Practical Points in Anesthesia, By Frederick Emil
Neef, B.S., B.L., M.L., M.D.
Practitioner's, The, Visiting List for 1909.
Primitive Secret Societies, By Hutton Wester,
M.D.

Chemistry, The Study of, in Medical Schools. Warren
Children, Pneumococcal Feritonitis in..
Children, The Mental Immaturity of School.
China, Reform...

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58

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Editorial

63

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Cholecystitis, The Diagnosis of, and Cholecystitis
Calculosa

Robinson

293

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Church, The, and Socialism.

252

151

Progressive Medicine, Edited by Hobart A. Hare,
M.D.

Principles, The, and Practice of Gynecology, By
E. C. Dudley, A.M., M.D.

Problem of Age, Growth and Death, By Chas. S.
Minot, Ll.D., D.Sc...

Progressive Medicine, Edited by Hobart A. Hare,
M.D.

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Civilization: Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow.. Ricketts
Claims, The, of Charles Darwin on the Homage of
Scientific Posterity.....

393

Knott

325

109

Clarke, Some Recollections of a London Medical
School Thirty Years Ago..
Close, With One Another Get.

359

371

College, The Proper Sphere of the Cheap.
287
Colleges, Two Books for..

214

351

192

Progressive Medicine, Edited by Hobart A. Hare,
M.D.

Colors, Subjective. Seen in Cases of Poisoning.
Comfort, Public Stations.

249

Editorial

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Commercialism in Medicine.

339

352

Progressive Medicine, Edited by Hobart A. Hare,
M.D.

38

Prothesis, Subcutaneous Hydrocarbon, By Strange
Kolle

Conference, The Second International Leprosy
Congress, International Medical, at Budapest.
Congress, Sixteenth International Medical.

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Psychotherapy, Edited by W. B. Parker.

111

Corgress, The Surgeon-General's Report to. Editorial
Contagion, The Role of Human, in Infantile Tuber-
culosis

129

348

Quain's Elements of Anatomy. By Schafer, Sym-
ington and Bryce..

Contract Practice

Editorial

400

409

Reference Hand Book of Diseases of the Skin,
By Geo. Thomas Jackson, M.D.

38

Consumptives, The Expense of Illness of the, in Min-

nesota

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58

Saunders' Catalogue

77

Corrections

Saunders' Pocket Medical Formulary, By Wm. M.
Powell, M.D.

Costly Silence

402

151

Seven Hundred Surgical Suggestions. By Brick-
ner and Moschowitz..

Course, Schedule of Special Lecture.

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409

Credentials, Committee on, and Arrangements for
the U. S. Pharmacopoeial Convention.

382

Skin, Diseases of the, By Jay Frank Schamberg,
M.D.

192

Spectacles and Eyeglasses, By Dr. R. J. Phillips
Story, Writing a Short, by J. Berg Esenwein,
A.M., Lit..D.

Criminal, Vasectomy to Restrict the Propogation of
the, and Unfit..

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Cuba, Progress in.

252

Surgery, Text-Book of Operative, By Warren Stone
Bickham

Surgery, Its Principles and Practice, By W. W.
Keen, M.D.

Therapeutics of the Circulation, By Lauder Brum-

Darkness, Down with Dirt, and Disease.

70

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351

Darwin, The Claims of Charles, on the Homage of
Scientific Posterity

.Knott

325

409

Death, Disease and, in Indiana in May.

309

Tuberculosis a Curable and Preventable Disease,
By S. Adolphus Knopf, M.D...
Tuberculosis, National Association for Study and
Prevention of, Transactions 4th Annual Meeting

Death, Intestinal Obstruction, Based Upon the Cause

Sp. Ab.

171

Demonstrations of Health.

133

Books, Pamphlets, Etc., Received-

Dentists Object to be Prohibited from Administering
Anesthetics

186

40, 80, 112, 152, 192, 224, 256, 288, 320, 352, 384,

410

Dermititis, Epidemic of an Urticarioid, Due to a
Small Mite in the Straw of Mattresses.
Destruction, The, of Trees Furnishing Medical Bark
Destruction, The, of Vermin..

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251

Detroit, The Emmanuel Movement in.

Bureau of Public Health, The President and a-

Editorial

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Development, Physical, Mental, Moral..Fairbrother
Diagnosis, A Modified Method of Serum, of Syphilis 181
Diagnosis of Syphilis, Some Results with the Wasser-
man Reaction for the Serum.

131
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321

Bursitis Subacromial or Periarthritis of the Shoul-
der Joint

Diagnosis, The Danger of Laboratory

.Harris

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Business, Killing Our Own...

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Palmer

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Business, Rat Virus Starts Epidemic in.
Buttermilk, The Truth About.

28

Diagnosis, The, Affections of the Labyrinth.
Diagnosis, The, of Cholecystitis and Cholecystitis
Calculosa

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Robinson

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Diagnosis of Lead Poisoning, The Early.

406

Buying, A Bureau for Hospital.

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