electricity, while his coadjutors are fully competent to collaborate in the preparation of such a work. The drawings, which have been specially prepared, will be of great assistance in memorizing the accompanying text and in determining motor points.

MANUAL OF THE ESSENTIALS OF DISEASES OF THE EYE AND EAR. By J. H. Buffum, M. D., Professor of Ophthalmology and Otology in the Chicago Homœopathic Medical College, etc.

Illustrated.

The subject matter of this book is arranged in the form of questions and answers. This admits of frequent paragraphing and would have permitted with advantage, we think, such divisions as would properly have appeared under chapter headings. There is, however, nothing of this kind and consequently no table of contents. The index is sufficiently complete and the scope of the book not so extensive as to create confusion in the search for a given subject. The principal diagnostic and therapeutic points of the various diseases of the eye and ear are concisely given, preceded by the anatomy, physiology and pathology. Many of the illustrations are chromo-lithographs of considerable merit. The inclusion of homeopathic remedies will be much appreciated. We commend the spring-back binding and wide margins but deplore the cheap paper.

ESSENTIALS OF OBSTETRICS. By Charles Jewett, A. M., M.D., Sc. D., Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Long Island Col lege Hospital, etc. Assisted by Harold F. Jewett, M. D. Illustrated. New York and Philadelphia: Lea Brothers & Co., 1901. pp. 386. Price, $2.25 net.

A manual such as the above furnishes an admirable introduction to larger and more comprehensive works on obstetrics. It serves as an accompaniment to and a commentary upon the didactic and clinical teaching of the college course. It belongs to the popular class of treatises which stand between the quiz-compend and textbook proper.

The author is accustomed to write for students and, as a teacher, understands and appreciates their needs. These "Essentials " will be found practical and helpful. The book has many and excellent illustrations, is well printed and attractively bound.

THE MEDICAL NEWS VISITING LIST FOR 1902. Weekly (dated, for 30 patients); Monthly (undated, for 120 patients per month); Perpetual (undated, for 30 patients weekly per year); and Perpetual (undated, for 60 patients weekly per year). The first three styles contain 32 pages of data and 160 pages of blanks. The 60-patient Perpetual consists of 256 pages of blanks. Each style in one wallet-shaped book, with pocket, pencil and rubber. Seal Grain Leather, $1.25. Thumb-letter Index, 25 cents extra. Philadelphia and New York: Lea Brothers & Co., Publishers. A visiting list is a necessity for every physician. Among the various ones which are annually put forth, the Medical News Visiting List seems to fill the bill as well as any. It has several useful tables in the beginning, such as "Doses," "Examination of Urine," "Artificial Respiration," "Diagnostic Table of Eruptive Fevers,” etc. As seen above, it is issued in four styles, and the work is up to the standard usually maintained by Lea Brothers & Co.

SAUNDERS' QUESTION COMPENDS.

ESSENTIALS OF THE DISEASES OF

CHILDREN. By William M. Powell, M. D. Third Edition. Thoroughly Revised by Alfred Hand, Jr., M. D., Dispensary Physician and Pathologist to the Children's Hospital, Philadelphia. 12mo., 259 pages. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders & Company. Price, $1.00 net.

In this third edition we find an unusually clear consideration of the essential features of all the ordinary diseases of children, together with a like careful survey of some of the rarer affections.

The feature of the book calling for especial commendation is the judicious stress put upon the matter of diet throughout, but particularly emphasized in relation to the disorders of the gastro-intestinal tract. The introduction, under which is included medical examination, fecal evacuations, the pulse, the temperature, and drugs, would prove instructive reading for any practitioner. Everything is revised to date.

A. E. P. R.

SAUNDERS' MEDICAL HAND-ATLASES. ATLAS AND EPITOME OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND ITS DISEASES. By Professor Dr. Chr. Jakob, of Erlangen. From the Second Revised German Edition. Edited by Edward D. Fisher, M. D., Professor of Diseases of the

Nervous System, University and Belleview Medical College, New York. With 83 plates and copious text. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders & Co., 1901. Cloth, $3.50 net.

To those of us who have shrunk from the critical study and precise interpretation of the pathological processes underlying the various diseases of the nervous system, this book comes as a revelation.

Even those members of the medical profession who have not enjoyed the elaborate pathological training of these latter days will, without great difficulty, soon find themselves at home in its pages. To the neurologist it is a veritable mine of information. The trained histologist, realizing, as he does, the great skill and untiring energy involved in carrying tissue through the various steps from the postmortem table to the multi-colored lithograph, is simply overcome upon inspecting this work. The debt which we owe Dr. Jakob and his coadjutors, including those concerned in the production of the mechanical features of the book, is one that it will be difficult to repay.

The text includes a concise and marvellously clear consideration of the Morphology of the Nervous System; Development, Structure and Histology of the Nervous System; Anatomy and Physiology of the More Important Nervous Pathways; General Pathology and Treatment of the Diseares of the Nervous System; Special Pathology and Treatment; each section, as indicated, being accompanied by profuse and well-described illustrations. It is difficult to conceive anything more complete.

A. E. P. R.

A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON DISEASES OF THE SKIN. By John V. Shoemaker, M. D., LL. D., Professer of Skin and Venereal Diseases in the Medico-Chirurgical College and Hospital of Philadelphia, Physician to the Philadelphia Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, etc. Fourth Edition, enlarged and revised. D. Appleton & Co., 1901. Cloth, $5.00; Sheep, $6.00. 8vo.

This is essentially the practitioners' and students' hand-book of diseases of the skin.

Part I is devoted to general considerations and includes the Anatomy, Physiology, Function, and Hygiene of the Skin and its Appendages.

In Part II the nine heads under which the diseases of the skin and their treatment are considered are as follows: 1, Disorders of Secretion and Excretion; 2, Hyperæmias; 3, Hæmorrhages; 4, Exudations; 5, Hypertrophies; 6, Atrophies; 7, Tumors; 8, Neuroses; 9, Parasites.

A valuable formulary of one hundred pages completes the book. A careful inspection of the work reveals the fact that all the important features that have marked the most creditable advance made in dermatology during the past few years have been faithfully noted. This book is especially valuable because of the admirable classification and arrangement of the material, the simplicity of the text, and the detailed attention which the subject of treatment receives throughout.

A. E. P. R.

PERSONAL AND NEWS ITEMS.

Dr. J. S. SHAW has removed from 552 Tremont St. to 2 Commonwealth Ave. He will have office hours from 12 M to 3 P. M.

Dr. Frederick William Payne has removed from the Steinert Building to Colonial Theatre Building, 100 Boylston St. Office hours from II A. M. to I P. M., and from 2 to 5 P. M.

Dr. Frederick W. Colburn has removed to 116 Newbury St., near Dartmouth. His office hours are from 2 to 4 P, M:

Sundays excepted.

Dr. H. E. FERNALD, of Cohasset, has removed to the residence formerly owned by the late Edward E. Ellms, on South St.

Dr. ALICE E. Rowe, of Springfield, Mass., returned from Germany on Nov. 12, where she had spent three months in the study of gynecology in the German hospitals.