AMERICAN RESORTS, WITH NOTES UPON THEIR CLIMATE. By BUSHROD W. JAMES, A.M., M.D., Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Public Health Association, the Pennsylvania Historical Society, the Franklin Institute, and the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia; the Society of Alaskan Natural History and Ethnology, Sitka, Alaska, etc. WITH A TRANSLATION FROM THE GERMAN, BY MR. S. KAUFFMANN, Of those chapters of "Die Klimate der Erde" written by Dr. A. Woeikof, of St. Petersburg, Russia, that relate to North and South America and the islands and oceans contiguous thereto. In One Octavo Volume. Handsomely Bound in Cloth. Nearly 300 Pages. Price, Post-paid, in U. S. and Canada, $2.00, net. Great Britain, 8s. 6d. France, 12 fr. 40. This is a unique and valuable work, and useful to physicians in all parts of the country. It is just such a volume as the Medical Profession have stood in need of for many years. We mention a few of the merits it possesses: First. List of all the Health Resorts of the country, arranged according to their climate. Second, Contains just the information needed by tourists, invalids, and those who visit summer or winter resorts. Third, The latest and best large railroad map for reference. Fourth. It indicates the climate each one should select for health. Fifth. The author has traveled extensively, and most of his suggestions are practical in reference to localities. Taken altogether, this is by far the most complete exposition of the subject of resorts that has yet been put forth, and it is one that every physician must needs possess intelligent information upon. We predict a large demand for this useful and attractive book.-Buffalo Med. and Surg. Jour. The special chapter on the therapeutics of climate is excellent for its precautionary suggestions in the selection of climates and local conditions, with reference to known pathological indications and constitutional predispositions.-The Sanitarian. It is arranged in such a manner that it will be of great service to medical men whose duty it often becomes to recommend a health resort.-N. W. Med. Jour. A well-arranged map of the United States serves as the frontispiece of the book; and an almost perfect index is appended, while between the two is an amount of informa tion as to places for the health-seeker that cannot be gotten elsewhere. We most cordially recommend the book to travelers and to the doctor.-Virginia Med. Monthly. This is a work that has long been needed, as there is scarcely a physician who has not had occasion to look up the authorities on climate, elevation, dryness, humidity, etc, etc., of the various health resorts, and has had great difficulty in finding reliable information. It certainly ought, as it deserves, to receive a hearty welcome from the profession.Medical Adrance. The book before us is a very comprehensive volume, giving all necessary information concerning climate, temperature, humidity, sunshine, and indeed everything necessary to be stated for the benefit of the physician or invalid seeking a health resort in the United States.-Southern Clinic. This work is extremely valuable, owing to the liberal and accurate manner in which it gives information regarding the various resorts on the American continent, without being prejudiced in the least in favor of any particular one, but giving all in a fair manner. All physicians need just such a work, for the doctor is always asked to give information on the subject to his patients. Therefore, it should find a place in every physician's library.-The Med. Brief. The author of this admirable work has long made a study of American climate, from the stand-point of a physician, with a view to ascertaining the most suitable localities for the residence of invalids, believing proper climate to be an almost indispensable factor in the treatment, prevention, and cure of many forms of disease. The book evidences careful research and furnishes much useful information not to be found elsewhere.-Pacific Med. I sur. JUST PUBLISHED RECORD-BOOK OF MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS For Life Insurance. Designed by JOHN M. KEATING, M.D. In examining for Life Insurance, questions are easily overlooked and the answers to them omitted; and, as these questions are indispensable, they must be answered before the case can be acted upon, and the examiner is often put to much inconvenience to obtain this information. The need has long been felt among examiners for a reference-book in which could be noted the principal points of an examination, and thereby obviate the necessity of a second visit to the applicant when further information is required. After a careful study of all the forms of examination blanks now used by Insurance Companies, Dr. J. M. Keating has compiled such a record-book which we are sure will fill this long-felt want. This record-book is small, neat, and complete, and embraces all the principal points that are required by the different companies. It is made in two sizes, viz.: No. 1, covering one hundred (100) examinations, and No. 2, covering two hundred (200) examinations. The size of the book is 7 x 3 inches, and can be conveniently carried in the pocket. (F. A. DAVIS, Medical Publisher, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S A.) 9 DISEASES OF THE Heart and Circulation IN INFANCY AND ADOLESCENCE. With an Appendix entitled “Clinical Studies on the Pulse in Childhood." -BY JOHN M. KEATING, M.D., Obstetrician to the Philadelphia Hospital, and Lecturer on Diseases of Women and Children; Surgeon to the Maternity Hospital; Physician to St. Joseph's Hospital; Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, etc., -AND WILLIAM A. EDWARDS, M.D., Instructor in Clinical Medicine and Physician to the Medical Dispensary in the University of Pennsylvania ILLUSTRATED BY PHOTOGRAPHS AND WOOD-ENGRAVINGS. About 225 Pages. 8vo. Bound in Cloth. Price, post-paid, în U. S. and Canada, $1.50, net; Great Britain, 6s. 6d.; France, 9 fr. 35. There are many excellent text-books on children's diseases, but they have failed to give a satisfactory account of the diseases of the heart; and, indeed, as far as known, this work of Keating and Edwards' now presented to the profession is the only systematic attempt that has been made to collect in book form the abundant material which is scattered throughout medical literature in the form of journal articles, clinical lectures, theses, and reports of societies. The authors have endeavored, in their difficult task, to collect these valuable materials and place them within easy reach of those who are interested in this important subject. That they have succeeded will, we believe, be conceded by all who obtain and make use of their very valuable contribution to this hitherto neglected field of medical literature. An appendix, entitled "Clinical Studies on the Pulse in Childhood," follows the index in the book, and will, we are sure, be found of much real value to every practitioner of medicine. The work is made available for ready reference by a well-arranged index. We append the table of contents showing the scope of the book: CONTENTS——— CHAPTER I-The Methods of Study-Instruments- CHAPTER II.-Acute and Chronic Endocarditis- CHAPTER III.-Acute and Chronic Pericarditis. dium-Hamopericardium-Pneumopericardium. CHAPTER V.-Myocarditis-Tumors, New Growths, and Parasites CHAPTER VI.-Valvular Disease: Mitral, Aortic, Pulmonary, and Tricuspid. Drs. Keating and Edwards have produced a work that will give material aid to every doctor in his practice among children. The style of the book is graphic and pleasing, the diagnostic points are explicit and exact, and the therapentical resources include the novelties of medicine as well as the old and tried agents.--Pittsburgh Med. Review. A very attractive and valuable work has been given to the medical profession by Drs. Keating and Edwards, in their treatise on the diseases of the heart and circulation in infancy and adolescence, and they deserve the greatest credit for the admirable manner in which they have collected, reviewed, and made use of the immense amount of material on this important subject.-Archives of Pediatrics. The plan of the work is the correct one, viz., the supplementing of the observations of the better class of praetitioners by the experience of those who have given the subject systematic attention.-Medical Age. 10 It is not a mere compilation, but a systematic treatise. and bears evidence of considerable labor and observation on the part of the authors. Two fine photographs of dissections exhibit mitral stenosis and mitral regurgitation: there are also a number of wood-cuts.-Cleveland Medical Gazette. As the works upon diseases of children give little or no [ attention to diseases of the heart, this work of Drs. Keating and Edwards will supply a want. We think that there will be no physician, who takes an interest in the affections of young folks, who will not wish to consult it. -Cincinnati Med. News, The work takes up, in an able and scientific manner, diseases of the heart in children. This is a part of the field of medical science which has not been cultivated to the extent that the importance of the subject deserves.-Canada Lancet. (F. A. DAVIS, Medical Publisher, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A.) PERPETUAL CLINICAL INDEX -TO MATERIA MEDICA, CHEMISTRY, AND PHARMACY CHARTS. By A. H. KELLER, Ph.G., M.D. Consisting of (1) the "Perpetual Clinical Index," an oblong volume, 9x6 inches, neatly bound in extra Cloth; (2) a Chart of "Materia Medica," 32 x 44 inches, mounted on muslin, with rollers; (3) a Chart of "Chemistry and Pharmacy," 32 x 44 inches, mounted on muslin, with rollers. Read the Following Description and Explanation of the Work: In presenting the objects and advantages of these Charts and " Perpetual Clinical Index" it becomes necessary to state that the Author's many years' experience as a physician and Pharmacist enables him produce, in terse language, a volume of facts that must be of inestimable value to the busy physician and pharmacist, or to any student of either profession. He has endeavored to describe all that have borne invesigation up to date. The system will prove to be of great value in this, that so little labor will be required to add new investigation as fast as may be gathered from new books, journals, etc. The classification is alphabetical and numerical in arrangement, and serves so to unite the various essentials of Botany, Chemistry, and Materia Medica, that the very thought of the one will readily associate the principal properties and uses, as well as its origin. The MATERIA MEDICA” CHART, in the first place, aids at a glance: 1st, Botanical or U.S. P. Name; 2d, The Common Name; 3d, Natural Order; 4th, Where Indigenous; 5th, Principal Constituent; 6th, Part Used-herbs, leaves, flowers, roots, barks, etc.; 7th, Medicinal Properties-mainly considered; 8th, The Dose-medium and large. On this Chart there are 475 first names; Section A. is numbered from 1 to 59, each section commencing with the capital letter, and having its own numbers on both left-hand and right-hand columns, to prevent mistakes in lining out, all in quite large type. In the centre of the Chart, occupying about 6 inches in width, is a term index of common names. In the second column of Chart, like this: ACONITE LEAVES, 4 A. Then by reference to 4 A in first column, you there find the Botanical or U. S. P. Name. On this Chart is also found a brief definition of the terms used, under the heading "Medicinal Properties." The "CHEMISTRY" CHART takes in regular order the U. S. Pharmacopoeia Chemicals, with the addition of many new ones, and following the name, the Chemical Formula, the Molecular Weight, and next the Origin This is a brief but accurate description of the essential points in the manufacture: The Dose, medium and large; next, Specific Gravity; then, whether Salt or Alkaloid; next, Solubilities, by abbreviation, in Water, Alcohol, and Glycerine, and blank columns for solubilities, as desired. Alkaloids and Concentrations are tabulated with reference numbers for the Perpetual Clinical Index, giving Medicinal Properties, Minute Dose and Large Dose. For example, ALKALOIDS AND CONCENTRATIONS: A. (a) Aconitine. MEDICINAL PROPERTIES. Narcotic and Apyretic. MINUTE Dose. I-500 gr. LARGE DOSE. 1-16 gr. Following this, Preparations of the Pharmacopoeia, each tabulated. For example: † P. Macerate 24 hours. Percolate, adding Menstruum to complete (1) pint tincture. They are all thus abbreviated, with a ready reference head-note. Next, Thermometers, Metric Table of Weights, Helps to the Study of Chemistry, Examples in Working Atomic Molecular Formula. Next, Explanation of Terms Used in Columns of Solubilities, List of Most Important Elements Now in Use, and Definitions or Terms Frequently Used in Chemistry and Pharmacy. The PERPETUAL CLINICAL INDEX" is a book 6 by 9 inches, and one-half inch thick. It contains 135 pages, divided as follows (opposite pages blank): The Index to Chemistry Chart occupies two pages; Explanations, Abbreviations, etc., forty pages, with diseases, and with an average of ten references to each disease, leaving room for about forty more remedies for each disease. The numbers refer to the remedies used in the diseases by the most celebrated physicians and surgeons, and the abbreviations to the manner in which they are used. Eight pages, numbered and bracketed, for other diseases not enumerated. The Materia Medica, Explanations, Abbreviations, and Remedies suggested for, occupy twenty-six pages, For Abbreviated Prescriptions, seventeen blank pages. Then the Index to Alkaloids and Concentrations. These, already enumerated, with their reference, number six blank tabulated pages, for noting any new Alkaloids and Concentrations. Then the Chemistry Index, giving the same number as on Chart, with Name, Doses, Specific Gravity, Salt or Alkaloid in the same line, as for example: NAME. Doses. SPECIFIC GRAVITY. SALT OR ALKALOID. MEMORANDA. This Memoranda place is for Physicians' or Pharmacists' reference notes; and with the addition of several tabulated blank pages, in which to add any new chemical, with doses, etc. The remaining sixteen pages for Materia Medica Index, leaving blanks following each other for new names and reference numbers. To show the ready and permanent use of the "Perpetual Clinical Index" of the "Chemistry" and Pharmacy" Charts or Index in the book, suppose the Physician reads in a book or journal that Caffeine Citras is useful in the disease Chorea, and he wishes to keep a permanent record of that, he refers to the Chart, and if it does not already appear there, it can be placed opposite and numbered, and thereafter used for reference. But we find its permanent number is No. 99, so he will write down in the line left blank for future use in his book, in line already used, running parallel with other reference numbers in Chorea, the No. 99. and immediately under he can use the abbreviation in the manner in which it is given. Though years may have passed, he can in a moment, by referring there, see that No. 99 is good for Chorea, If failing to remember what No. 99 is, he glances at the Chart or Index. He sees that No. 99 is Caffeine Citras, and he there learns its origin and dose and solubility, and in a moment an intelligent prescription can L Constructed. (F. A. DAVIS, Medical Publisher, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A.) 11 New Edition of an Important and Timely Work Just Published. Electricity in the Diseases of Women, With Special Reference to the Application of Strong Currents. Physician to the Gynecological Department of Howard Hospital; Late Electro-Therapeutist to the Philadelphia Orthopedic Hospital and Infirmary for Nervous Diseases; Member of the American Neurological Ass'n, of the Philadelphia Neurological Society, of the Franklin Institute, etc. Second Edition. Revised and Enlarged. WITH NEW AND ORIGINAL WOOD-ENGRAVINGS. HANDSOMELY BOUND IN CLOTH. OVER 200 PAGES. 12mo. Price, in United States and Canada, $1.50, net, post-paid. In Great Britain, 68. 6d. In France, 9 fr. 35. This work is presented to the profession as the most complete treatise yet issued on the electrical treatment of diseases of women, and is destined to fill the increasing demand for clear and practical instruction in the handling and use of strong currents after the recent methods first advocated by Apostoli. The whole subject is treated from the present stand-point of electric science with new and original illustrations, the thorough studies of the author and his wide clinical experience rendering him an authority upon electricity itself and its therapeutic applications. The author has enhanced the practical value of the work by including the exact details of treatment and results in a number of cases taken from his private and hospital practice. FIG. 15.-AUTHOR'S FIBROID Spear. FIG. 18.-BALL ELECTRODE FOR ADMINISTERING FRANKLINIC SPARKS. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I, Introductory; II, Apparatus required in gynecological applications of the galvanic current ; III, Experiments illustrating the physical qualities of galvanic currents; IV, Action of concentrated galvanic currents on organized tissues; V, Intra-uterine galvano-chemical cauterization; VI, Operative details of pelvic electro-puncture; VII, The faradic current in gynecology; VIII, The franklinic current in gynecology; IX, Non-caustic vaginal, urethral, and rectal applications; X, General percutaneous applications in the treatment of nervous women; XI, The electrical treatment of fibroid tumors of the uterus; XII, The electrical treatment of uterine hemorrhage; XIII, The electrical treatment of subinvolution; XIV, The electrical treatment of chronic endometritis and chronic metritis; XV, The electrical treatment of chronic diseases of the uterus and appendages; XVI, Electrical treatment of pelvic pain; XVII, The electrical treatment of uterine displacements; XVIII, The electrical treatment of extra-uterine pregnancy; XIX, The electrical treatment of certain miscellaneous conditions; XX, The contra-indications and limitations to the use of strong currents. An Appendix and a Copious Index, including the definitions of terms used in the work, concludes the book. We The author gives us what he has seen, and of which he is assured by scientific study is correct. are certain that this little work will prove helpful to all physicians who desire to use electricity in the management of the diseases of women.-The American Lancet. To say that the author is rather conservative in his ideas of the curative powers of electricity is only another way of saying that he understands his subject thoroughly. The mild enthusiasm of our author is unassailable, because it is founded on science and reared with experience.-The Medical Analectic. The work is well written, exceedingly practical, and can be trusted. We commend it to the profession."-Mary land Medical Journal. The book is one which should be possessed by every physician who treats diseases of women by electricity.The Brooklyn Medical Journal. The departments of electro-physics, pathology, and electro-therapeutics are thoroughly and admirably con 12 sidered, and by means of good wood-cuts the beginner has before his eye the exact method of work required.-The Medical Register. "The author of this little volume of 210 pages ought to have added to its title, "and a most happy dissertation upon the methods of using this medicinal agent;" for in the first 100 pages he has contrived to describe the techni of electrization in as clear and happy a manner as ne author has ever succeeded in doing, and for this part of the book alone it is almost priceless to the beginner in the treatment with this agent. . The little book is worthy the perusal of every one at all interested in the subject of electricity in medicine.-The Omaha Clinic. The treatment of fibroid tumor of the uterus will, perhaps, interest the profession more generally than any other question. This subject has been accorded ample space. The method of treatment in many cases has been recited in detail, the results in every instance reported being beneficial, and in many curative.-Pacific Med. Jour. (F. A. DAVIS, Medical Publisher, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A.) MEARS' PRACTICAL SURGERY. By J. EWING MEARS, M.D., Lecturer on Practical Surgery and Demonstrator of Surgery in Jefferson Medical College; Professor of Anatomy and Clinical Surgery in the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, etc. With 490 Illustrations. Second edition, revised and enlarged. 794 pp. 12mo. PRICE, IN UNITED STATES AND CANADA: CLOTH, $3.00. DISCOUNT, 20 PER CENT., MAKING IT, NET, $2.40; POSTAGE, 20 CENTS EXTRA. GREAT BRITAIN, 13s. FRANCE, 18 fr. 75. MEARS' PRACTICAL SURGERY includes chapters on Surgical Dressings, Bandaging, Fractures, Dislocations, Ligature of Arteries, Amputa tions, Excisions of Bones and Joints. This work gives a complete account of the methods of antiseptic surgery. The different agents used in antiseptic dressing, their methods of preparation, and their application in the treatment of wounds are fully described. With this work as a guide it is possible for every surgeon to practice antiseptic surgery. The great advances made in the science and art of surgery are largely due to the introduction of antiseptic methods of wound treatment, and it is incumbent upon every progressive surgeon to employ them. An examination of this work will show that it is thoroughly systematic in vits plan, so that it is not only useful to the practitioner, who may be cailed upon to perform operations, but of great value to the student in his work in the surgical room, where he is required to apply bandages and fracture dressings, and to perform operations upon the cadaver. The experience of the author, derived from many years' service as a teacher (private and public) and practitioner, has enabled him to present the topics discussed in such a manner as to fully meet the needs of both practitioners and students. It is full of common sense, and may be safely taken as a guide in the matters of which it treats. It would be hard to point out all the excellences of this book. We can heartily recommend it to students and to practitioners of surgery.-American Journal of the Medical Sciences. We do not know of any other work which would be of greater value to the student in connection with his lectures in this department -Buffalo Medical and Surgical Journal. The work is excellent. The student or practi tioner who follows it intelligently cannot easily g The space devoted to fractures and dislocations -by far the most difficult and responsible part of surgery is ample, and we notice many new illustrations explanatory of the text.-North Carolina Medical Journal. It is one of the most valuable of the works of its kind.-New Orleans Med. and Surg. Jour. (F. A. DAVIS, Medical Publisher, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A.) 13 |