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DISEASE OF THE EYE. By G. E. de Schweinitz, M.D. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders. 8 vo. 600 pps. Price, $4.00 and $5.00.

The arrangement of this work is practical, and is an outcome of a study of the needs of the student in ophthalmology as observed in the clinics and lecture-room over which the author has control. The anatomy of the eye is presupposed, and the first chapters deal with general facts of inspection, palpation, and external examination of the eye, the use of the ophthalmoscope, and the determination of errors of refraction; and the following chapters with muscular anomalies, and with diseases-their diagnosis and treatment, medically and surgically; this latter being, included in a final chapter by itself.

Its distinguishing feature is its orderly classification, the subject matter of each chapter on disease being preceded by an epitome, and the first chapter dealing with inspection, etc., being preceded by directions for recording the results of our observations, thus saving much time and confusion. This seems to us to be of great practical value, and alone should commend the book. Again, an original feature is its description of the preparatory steps in antisepsis, of the patient, of self, of dressings, and of instruments preceding an operation. Personally, we believe that absolute cleanliness and sterilization by heat are the only essentials; but we do not recall a publication that has insisted strongly on anything of this nature that has been found of so great value, and has revolutionized the results of surgery. This, together with minor details of anæsthesis and of bandaging, reenforced by original illustrations, combine to give a practical tone to the whole work, and a finishing touch that is lacking in most publications of this kind.

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The June CENTURY brings the "Naulauka" within a few chapters of its end. Mr. James Jeffrey Roche has a fine ballad on the "Fight of the Armstrong"; Mr. Fuller, of Pensieri-Vani fame, begins a new serial, "The Chatelaine of La Trinité." Dr. Weir Mitchell continues his interesting paper on "Characteristics." New York: The Century Co.

The June POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY has several papers of much interest to physicians: "First Actions of Wounded Soldiers," by Geo. L. Kilmer; Dr. Chapin's "Survival of the Unfit"; "Dust and Fresh Air," by T. Pridgin Teale, and others of equal value. New York: D. Appleton & Co.

"John Gray," by James Lane Allen, is the complete novel in LIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE for May. There is the usual variety of entertaining sketches and stories. Phila. J. P. Lippincott Co.

PERSONAL AND NEWS ITEMS.

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THERE is a good opening for a homeopathic physician at South Yarmouth, Mass.

DR. SIMEON O. PILLING has settled at 633 Warren street, Boston. Hours, until 9 A. M., 2 to 4 P. M.

DR. GEORGE P. DUNHAM, Class of '91, B. U. S. of M., has moved from Westboro, Mass., to Uxbridge, Mass.

DRS. JAMES and EDWARD R. UTLEY have moved their office to their new residence, 407 Centre, corner of Westley street, Newton.

Dr. WINTHROP T. TALBOT has returned to Boston after a winter of European study, and is receiving the welcome of many old friends.

DR. LOUISE F. CHAMBERLAYNE, Class of '78, B. U. S. of M., has removed her office from 243 Alexander street to 127 East avenue, Rochester, N. Y.

J. H. BUFFUM, M.D., oculist and aurist, has removed to Venetian Building, 34 Washington street, opposite Field's, Chicago. Consultation hours, 9 to 12 A. M., 3 to 5 P. M.

DR. E. A. CLARKE, of Westboro, has completed the course at the New York Ophthalmic Hospitsl, and is now in Europe for additional study, in the hospitals of London and Paris.

THE Homœopathic Medical Society of the State of Michigan met at Detroit, May 17th and 18th. The meeting was fully attended, and an excellent programme of papers presented.

W. NEWELL EMERY, M.D., has settled at 274 Meridian street, opposite Princeton, East Boston. Office hours, 3 to 5, 7 to 8 P. M. Winthrop office with Floyd & Tucker, corner of Winthrop and Jefferson streets. Office hours, 11 to 12 A. M., except Sunday.

MEETING OF AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF HOMEOPATHY.-The lines between Boston and New York, together with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, have made a reduced rate for the meeting of the American Institute of Homœopathy, to be held at Washington, D. C., June 13-17. Delegates have the choice of any of the rail or sound-line routes between Boston and New York. Tickets and full information concerning the best way of reaching Washington may be obtained at the office of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 205 Washington street, Boston, Mass. See advertising columns, page 1.

THE new law passed by the State of Maryland, as to the licensing of medical practitioners, went into force June 1st. The homoeopathic physicians who are to serve on the Homœopathic State Board of Medical Examiners are as follows: Milton Hammond, Robert K. Kneass, and Thomas E. Sears, Baltimore; Charles H. Brace, Cumberland; W. C. Karsner, Chesapeake City; R. K. Colley, Sudlersville; and Charles F. Goodell, Frederick. The board organized by the election of Robert K. Kneass president, and Thomas E. Sears, M.D., secretary. Applications for examination should be made to Robert K. Kneass, M.D., 1205 W. Fayette street, Baltimore, Md.

PHYSICIANS often find the Kodak of great practical value for the photographing of tumors, ulcers, and all sorts of peculiar cases, in various stages of development. No tripod, no glass plates, and no black cloth necessary. It is an easy matter to use it without the knowledge of the patient. If the busy practitioner has no time or taste for developing and printing the pictures, he can take his Kodak, or roll of film, to any photographer and have his developing and printing done; or, if the subject matter is not objectionable, this work will be done by the manufacturers. There is no camera so quickly available for every kind of work. The Kodak is

always loaded ready for use; it is alway in focus. It needs but the pressing of a button to take the picture. Send to The Eastman Company, Rochester, N. Y., for

circulars.

DR. N. EMMONS PAINE, SO widely and honorably known from his superintendency of the Westborough Insane Hospital, has opened a private Nervine Hospital at West Newton, Mass. The purposes and facilities of the hospital are thus stated in Dr. Paine's prospectus :

The house stands on a hill, with a fine view of miles of country, and is in the centre of a lot of ground of twelve acres. A wide lawn surrounds the house, while the walks and the grounds, shaded in all directions by old oak, elm, and evergreen trees, are ample for exercise. Indeed, the rear portion of the grounds, for about one-fifth of a mile along the brook, is not only beauful in itself, but is entirely secluded from public view. We have a daily supply of fresh milk and eggs from the place, and fresh vegetables in their season from the garden, together with a large variety of fruits and berries.

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The name Nervine was chosen to signify that a variety of nervous disorders would be received and treated, especially those requiring the Rest Treatment such as nervous prostration, hysteria, and chorea, as well as mild cases of insanity, for whose reception a license was obtained from the Governor and Council.

As the size of the house will permit me to receive only seven patients, it must be evident to all that my patients will be given a great deal of my personal attention; that they will be free from the annoyance of a large number of fellow sufferers, and that persons whom they may meet will be necessarily those of wealth and refinement. It has been my object to furnish to the homoeopathic profession a private hospital of the very highest character - one to which persons accustomed to luxury could be sent unhesitatingly by physicians, with the certainty of intelligent care, and the use of every means for restoration to health. To attain these results precludes low rates. For those, however, of limited means, who desire my services, arrangements have been made whereby I can care for certain cases outside my own house, at moderate expense. When resigning the superintendency at Westboro, in order to open the Nervine, I felt the step was warranted by the experience of the last few years. I found many nervous invalids, with ample means, who were unwilling to enter any large or public hospital, although wishing homeopathic treatment. This Nervine is for them.

Concerning my qualifications I shall only state that my experience with the insane began fifteen years ago, May 1st, 1877, as Assistant Physician at the Middletown State Hospital, New York, and that the last seven years have been spent at Westboro Insane Hospital, Massachusetts since April, 1885 (five years and nine months), —as Superintendent, during which time two thousand cases were admitted and treated.

West Newton being only nine miles from Boston, on the Boston & Albany Railroad, with thirty trains a day each way, is easy of access from all parts of the country. Consultations may be arranged at any time, at a distance as well as in this vicinity. I am also prepared to take charge of mildly-insane patients in their own homes (if not too far away) when for any reason their removal to a hospital might be unnecessary or undesirable. N. EMMONS PAINE, M.D.

THE London Lancet has been laying great stress on the importance of sleep and to those who would live a long and useful life. Seven to nine hours, according to the temperament and constitution, is the modicum that ought to be taken, and the greater the regularity of the hours of slumber the better its effects are. The public is urged not to unduly prolong the day; for man, in common with most of the animal creation, has accepted the plain suggestion of nature that the approach of night should imply a cessation of effort. If he ignores this principle his work is done against inherited habit, and so far with additional fatigue. The practice of working by artificial light is strongly deprecated, and the Lancet shows that the old custom of early rest and early waking is certain to prove in future, as returns of longevity and common experience have shown that it has proved in the past, most conducive to healthy and active life.-Times and Register.

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NEW-ENGLAND MEDICAL GAZETTE.

No. 7.

JULY, 1892.

VOL. XXVII.

Contributions of original articles, correspondence, personal items, etc., should be sent to the publishers,

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THE WASHINGTON MEETING OF THE INSTITUTE.

The forty-fifth session and the forty-ninth anniversary of the American Institute of Homœopathy opened in Washington, on Monday, June 13th, closing session on Friday, June 17th, 1892. The meeting at Atlantic City last year, so large, enthusiastic, and valuable, incited the members to secure an equally good one this year, and the local committee, including nearly if not quite all the homoeopathic physicians of Washington, have spared neither pains nor money to make this surpass any meeting of the Institute ever before held. From the moment the first delegate reached Washington till the time the last one bade adieu to that lovely city, their wants and wishes were cared for with the greatest attention. Nearly nine hundred were in attendance, including four hundred or more active members; and they represented not only the one thousand members who could not come, but the still greater host who are interested in everything which advances homoeopathy. Four hundred men, intelligent, learned, and interested in any great subject, cannot remain in consultation for five days without developing much of general as well as special interest.

THE LOCATION.

Notwithstanding the heat, which, in this particular week, extended over the whole country, and was no more unbearable in Washington than in many other places, the city was delightful beyond expression. The gardens were laden with rich and beautiful flowers, and the foliage of the whole country along

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both banks of the Potomac was of unequalled verdure. The Soldiers' Home, with its thousand varieties of forest trees, had additional interest from having been the summer home of Abraham Lincoln. Washington has changed perhaps more than any other city since the last meeting of the Institute there, in 1873, nineteen years ago. Its streets, which were then unpaved, and often filthy, are covered with asphalt, and are kept with the greatest care and cleanliness. The little triangles and squares and parks are, all of them, models of beauty. The streets, which radiate from the Capitol, bisect the squares in such a manner as to entirely change the appearance of rectangu larity, so painfully felt in such a city as Philadelphia. Soon, if not now, Washington will excel in beauty any other city in America.

THE WORK DONE.

We do not propose to give in detail the professional work which was crowded into the session. This is already scattered among the twenty-five journals, all eager to procure their portion of it, and soon will be gathered up in the important volume of Transactions, which in a few months will be given to the profession. But the amount of this may be judged, to some extent, by the fact that twenty-five bureaus and committees, in which two hundred and sixty-two members participated, were included in its more than one hundred papers and reports. We shall, therefore, refer to some of the general subjects considered and acted upon at this meeting.

SCIENTIFIC WORK.

It has always been a problem how to condense into the short space of time allotted all of the material prepared for it; yet every bureau had assigned to it before the whole body a time for a general address, setting forth all important points of progress made in its department during the year, while all the bureaus had one or more sectional meetings at which their own papers were presented and carefully discussed. In some cases bureaus had at their command two and three sessions of at least three hours each. As a rule, the papers were prepared in the most careful manner, and the discussions were intelligent, and evinced great learning, observation and experience. The discussions alone, which were carefully and stenographically reported, will form a rich treasure of many personal opinions. Gynecology, obstetrics, and surgery are always the most attrac tive and absorbing subjects, though materia medica and practice were of great interest. The great work in materia medica, which the Institute has given to the profession within the last eight years by the publication of the Cyclopædia of Drug Pathogenesy,

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