the patellar reflex, which is so frequent in such cases, is to be referred to the neuritic process. Finally among the symptoms is the frequently observed disturbance of co-ordination, giving rise to a pseudotabetic form of diabetic neuritis. Auché then shows the agreement of all authors in the view that the severity of the nervous symptoms bears no relation to the amount of sugar in the urine. By experiment he found that sugar had no deleterious influence upon a living nerve exposed to its action. Hence the changes in the nerves in diabetes must have some other cause, such as deficiency of water or the presence of acetone in the blood, or general nutritional changes, or perhaps some, as yet unisolated, chemical substance in the circulation of the diabetic.-Archiv. de med. experim. et d'anat. path.—N. Am. Jour. of Hom.

REVIEWS AND NOTICES OF BOOKS.

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HOMEOPATHIC Bibliogrphy of the United States, from the YEAR 1825 TO THE YEAR 1891, INCLUSIVE. Compiled and arranged by Thomas Lindsley Bradford, M.D. Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel. 1892. 596 pp.

The time is quite ripe for a book of just the character of this one. It is historical in nature, and will be of increasing worth every year. It is in the writings of the Fathers of American Homœopathy that one can gather some idea of their struggles, of the obstacles they overcame, and of the truths for which they were willing to labor and suffer. To the younger members of the profession even the names of many of the hard-working pioneers are unknown. Their names and writings are found here set down, so that anyone desirous of knowing of the literary growth of homoeopathy can, by consulting this book, find the means of gratifying his desire. The book contains a list of all the books and pamphlets written by American homoeopathists up to 1892, under the authors' names, arranged alphabetically; a list of all the books written against homoeopathy; homoeopathic magazines, directories, publishers, libraries, and previous bibli-ograghy; condensed histories, data, and bibliography of the homœopathic societies, colleges, hospitals, asylums, dispensaries, pharmacies, etc., now or at any time existent in the United States; besides a list of Hahnemann's writings. For frontispiece is found a photogravure of the old Allentown Academy, the first homœopathic college building in the world. The work has been carefully and conscientiously done, and should be heartily appreciated by the profession.

THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF MEDICINE. Designed for the use of Practitioners and Students of Medicine. By William Osler, M.D. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1892. 1079 pp. This book is presented to the profession without the customary "preface." No explanations or apologies are made for its appearance; nothing but a note of thanks to friendly assistants. Its title-page is its only introduction; its merits are to be judged by the reader, and only by a study of the text itself, The author's classification of diseases is convenient and practical. First is placed the great class of Specific Infectious Diseases; then Constitutional Diseases; then Diseases of the Digestive System; of the Respiratory System; of the Circulatory System; of the Blood and Ductless Glands; of the Kidneys; of the Nervous System; of the Muscles; followed by the concluding sections on the Intoxications, Sunstroke, and Obesity; and on Diseases due to Animal Parasites. The numerous subdivisions of these classes, like the classes themselves, are mainly anatomical. The author's purpose evidently is to give, in the fewest words possible, a clearly recognizable picture of "medical" diseases. His style is admirably suited to his purpose, being concise and graphic. As a consequence, the work lacks somewhat in detail, and the important matter of "treatment" is frequently only suggestive. In the treatment recommended for the multitudinous diseases described, "Nature," diet, hygiene, and nonmedicinal measures, are allowed a fair chance, drugs being advised with a commendable conservatism. Where advisable, as in the section on diseases of the stomach, valuable hints on methods. of clinical examination are given, which add greatly to the usefulness of the work. The work is that of an accomplished and successful teacher, and is admirably adapted as a text-book for the medical student who should be capable of digesting and assimilating "condensed food." Its popularity as a text-book is a foregone conclusion.

TREATISE ON THE DISEASES OF WOMEN. By Alex. J. C. Skene, M.D. Second edition. New York: D. Appleton & Co.

968 pp.

Extended notice of a work that, in a field well occupied by competitors of the highest order, has, in a brief period, won its way to a wide and acknowledged popularity, is hardly necessary. The work retains its characteristics of directness and clearness of text, and the frankness of its author in quoting the opinions and referring to the experiences of his colleagues. As in the first edition, the last third of the book (about 300 pp.) is devoted to the diseases of the urinary organs, and it may not be an undue

reflection on the rest of the work to say that it is in this portion that the author's originality is most evident. The prominence given to diseases of the urethra, bladder and ureters is one of the many excellent features which so strongly recommend the work to the busy, general practitioner. In this edition several changes are to be noticed. Certain portions on urethral and vesical fistulæ have been omitted, and excellent chapters on diseases and injuries of the ureters and on ectopic gestation inserted. It must be added that the majority of the numerous illustrations, and the chromo-lithographs are exceptionally good, and that the work, in its preeent attractive form, is certain to make additional friends among those who can appreciate what is best in medical literature.

DISEASES OF WOMEN; A MANUAL OF NON-SURGICAL GYNECOLOGY. By F. H. Davenport, M.D. Second edition. Philadelphia Lea Brothers & Co. 1892. 323 pp.

In the May, 1890, issue of the GAZETTE this work, then in its first edition, was recommended as a practically useful book to the medical student, and one that will give many a valuable hint to the practitioner. For it is not designed to supplant the larger text-books on gynecology, only to supplement them by giving special attention to the description of minor, though important, points usually omitted in text-books. It is the simpler and more ordinary procedures only that are considered in this little book. It is eminently practical, and its size is not such as to discourage the reader. The changes noted in this, the second edition, are not particularly radical, but are chiefly in the nature of additions, which augment the size of the book by several pages.

ANNUAL OF THE UNIVERSAL MEDICAL SCIENCES. Edited by Charles E. Sajous, M.D., and Seventy Associates. Philadelphia: F. A. Davis Co. 5 vols.

The fifth series of these encylopædic volumes but calls for a renewal of the praise elicited by their predecessors. A comprehensive and exhaustive survey of the field of medicine-as regarded from an old-school standpoint,- of surgery, and the allied sciences, such as hygiene, bacteriology, and the like, is furnished in the sixty-three admirable papers, on the many subjects of medical importance, which make up the work. The papers are practically summaries, in paragraph form, of the theories and the formulated experiences of physicians, on the subjects dealt with, as gleaned from the medical literature, for the past year, of the civilized world. Such a treasure-house of suggestion is of a value which needs no dwelling upon. The

specialist in any field of medical work can here gather, in halfan-hour, the latest word of his brother specialists on the details of their common work; the practitioner, battling with a difficult case, can gather hints as to the newest dietetic or hygienic help in its safe conduct; and all those interested in matters of general public sanitation will find such papers as that by Dr. Walter Wyman, of Washington, on "Hygiene and Epidemiology," of keen and permanent interest. The work is excellently indexed for quick reference, and is gotten up very handsomely and substantially in all respects.

THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY for July has several papers of especial moment to physicians; that upon "Physiology and the Prevention of Disease," by Dr. J. M. Rice, for instance, which is an earnest plea for better systems of physical exercise in our schools; and "Proper Diet for Hot Weather," by Dr. N. E. Yorke Davies. New York: D. Appleton & Co.

In the July CENTURY the "Naulahka" at last comes to a conclusion; a happy one in the main, though Tarvin, the resourceful, gets but half his heart's desire. There is a deal of fiction in the number, including the last chapters of Dr. Weir Mitchell's "Characteristics." The second instalment of "The Chatelaine of la Trinité" is given, and the third instalment of Mrs. Mary Hallock Foote's story of "The Chosen Valley." There are also short stories by Maurice Thompson, Charles Belmont Davis (a brother of Richard Harding Davis), and George Wharton Edwards. Among the poets of the number are Miss Guiney, Frank Dempster Sherman, Edgar Fawcett, Edith M. Thomas, Elizabeth Akers, and others. New York: The Century Co.

THE complete novel in LIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE for July, "White Heron," is by M. G. McClelland, and one of the quaintest and most cheerful mountain stories that writer has yet given her readers. In the Journalist Series Max de Lipman recounts "The Newspaper Illustrator's Story" with the help of numerous illustrations. In the Athletic Series W. P. Stephens contributes an illustrated article on "Canoe Life." "Peary's North Greenland Expedition and the Relief" is interestingly covered by those authorities on the expedition - W. E. Hughes and Benjamin Sharp. Agnes Repplier talks about the "Trials of a Publisher" in her naturally readable style. The short story is by Molly Elliot Seawell. The poetry of the number is contributed by Edgar Saltus, Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, Flavel Scott Mines, and Harrison S. Morris. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co.

THE current issue of The Weekly Bulletin of Newspaper and Periodical Literature, published at 5 Somerset street, Boston, is

twice its usual size, containing a classified index of 1,300 articles from recent numbers of the periodical press. The Bulletin catalogues the important articles in the leading daily and weekly papers and the monthly magazines of the United States and Canada, including THE N. E. MEDICAL GAZETTE. Its value to readers, writers and students is sufficiently indicated by its title, and, although still in its first volume, its success is deserved and assured.

MISCELLANY.

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COUNTRYMAN (to dentist): The tooth next to that 'un aches, too, doctor.
Dentist: Yes, it aches in sympathy.

Countryman: Yank it out. Durn such sympathy. — Ex.

SEVEN hundred and nine of the descendents of Margaret Jukes, of the State of New York, have been convicted of crime, from that of petit larceny to murder, at a cost to the State of one and a quarter millions of dollars. - Med. Tribune.

A GERMAN biologist says that the two sides of the face are never alike. In two out of five the eyes are out of line; one eye is stronger than the other in seven persons out of ten; and the right ear is higher than the left. - Weekly Med. Review.

THE daily press announcs that it is a common practice in European cities, and even in New York, for ladies to inject different perfumes hypodermically, by which means a perfumed perspiration is produced, which is said to add greatly to their personal charms. Boston Med. and Surg. Journal.

DEATH AND THE DOCTOR.- - A curious compliment to a dead man was uttered by the Marchioness of , who, when told that the celebrated physician Borden had been found dead in his bed, exclaimed: "Ah! death was so afraid of him that he did not dare attack him except when he was asleep." — Weekly Med. Review.

A LITTLE Topeka three-year-old boy, feeling stuffed up with a cold one morning, was asked by his aunt: "How do you feel Charlie?" "Don't feel well," said Charlie; "my nose wont work." The next day the cold had broken, when she asked him the same question. "Feel bad," said Charlie; "my nose works too much."- Kansas Med. Journal.

THE periods of gestation are the same in the horse and ass, II months each; camel, 12 months; elephant, 2 years; lion, 5 months; reindeer, 8 months; monkey, 7 months; bear, 6 months; sow, 4 months; dog, nine weeks; cat, 8 weeks; rabbit, 4 weeks; guinea pig, 4 weeks; wolf, 90 to 95 days. Goose sets 30 days; swans, 42 days; hens, 21 days; ducks, 28 days; pea-hens and turkeys, 28 days; canaries, 14 days; parrots, 40 days.

OUT-DOOR GAMES IN GERMANY. A course of instruction in out-door games will soon be opened for teachers in Berlin. This is an omen of a better time coming for young people in Germany, where the more or less complete absence of out-door games, for young and old, is a sad feature in the life of the people. The emperor is enthusiastically in favor of a change in this direction, and plays football himself with his own sons and Prince Henry, at the new palace near Potsdam. Boston Med. and Surg. Journal

MRS. CRIBBER: What has become of all your Cleopatra jewelry - the asps, snakes, serpents, and things?

Mrs. Bibber: Hush! Don't let my husband hear you. I have hidden them away. Mrs. C. Haven't you worn them at all?

Mrs. B. I wore them once, and the moment my husband saw them he rushed off to a doctor. The next morning he took the pledge. I shan't wear them again, unless he backslides. - New York Weekly.