A NERVINE. We have often been asked by practitioners what agent would best serve their purpose as a nervine. It goes without saying that the market is congested with drugs which are reported to be efficient as nervines. But a physician who has practiced medicine for a considerable time will not readily assent to the claims which are made for these agents. A good nervine should be a remedy which is anodyne, antispasmodic, hypnotic and which at the same time is by its toning action on the nervous system a nerve stimulant. No remedy has proved itself after sufficient trial to act in this way but Passiflora; Daniel's Conct. Tinct. being the most reliable preparation of this drug. This remedy is a genuine nerve tonic, and produces its tonic effect in a short time after its administration has begun earnestly. Since we have begun the employment of Daniel's Conet. Tinct. Passiflora Incarnata our prescription for bromides, valerian and drugs of that character have fallen off, because, in the first named we find the results expected on the one hand, nor do our patients receive harm on the other hand. Daniel's Conct. Tinct. Passiflora Incarnata is also a mild laxative and diuretic-two qualities most valuable in a remedy of this character.

Knoxville, Tenn.

JOHN O. JONES, M.D.

A PRIZE WINNER. "The Golden State Limited" is the name of the New Rock Island System Train to California via Kansas City and El Paso, Tex. Recently the Rock Island system offered $100 cash prize for the most appropriate name for their new limited train to California, via Kansas City and El Paso, Tex. There were thousands of names presented from all parts of the United States. The name decided upon was "The Golden State Limited," submitted by T. H. Davis, of the New York Central lines, Denver, Col.

DR. D. W. CRITTENDEN, of Gordonsville, Ky., says: I have used Neurilla in a case of spasms in a child six months old. They were recurrent each day until I began its use, by which they have been promptly stopped and the little sufferer completely relieved. I have also used it personally for sick headache which it quieted. It does exactly as it is recommended.

"PARALDEHYD" possesses many of the good without the evil qualities of chloral. Used in Insomnia resulting from various causes. The objectionable taste of the chemical is, to a great extent, disguised in Robinson's Elixir Paraldehyd, which is an elegant preparation.

FOR shaking palsy nothing excels tinct. Aesculus Glabra, one-half drachm; CELERINA, eight ounces. Teaspoonful every two or three hours.

ARTICULAR RHEUMATISM.-Dr. F. W. Stewart, late assistant physician to Milwaukee County Hospital, reports excellent results from the use of Lambert's Lithiated Hy lrangea in the treatment of two cases of complicated articular rheumatism due to excess of uric acid in the system, and which had resisted the remedies usually prescribed in such cases. The lithiated hydrangea was administered in one dram doses, three times daily; the effects were prompt and satisfactory, a complete recovery resulting after two weeks' medication and diet.-Peoria Medical Momthly.

INCREASE OF APPETITE.-Peptenzyme is a physiological remedy which possesses the valuable property of assisting the digestive organs to resume their functions. After having taken peptenzyme for a few days, the increase of appetite and the ability to digest food are very perceptible.-The Monthly Cyclopedia of Practical Medicine.

SANDER & SONS' Eucalyptol (pure Volatile Eucalypti Extract).— Apply to Dr. Sander, 88 Lincoln Ave., Chicago, Ill., for gratis supplied sample and literature of Sander's Eucalyptol. It is invaluable in inflammations of the mucous membranes and in all septic and infectious diseases. Meyer Bros. Drug Co., St. Louis, Mo., sole agents.

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INTERNATIONAL CLINICS. A Qurterly of Illustrated Clinical Lectures and especially prepared Articles on Medicine, Neurology, Surgery, Therapeutics, Obstetrics, Pædiatries, Pathology, Dermatology, Disease of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, and other Topics of Interest to Students and Practitioners by leading Members of the Medical Profession throughout the World. Edited by HENRY W. CATTELL, A.M., M.D., Philadelphia, U. S. A., with the Collaboration of John B. Murphy, M.D., Chicago; Alexander D. Blackader, M.D., Montreal; H. G. Wood, M.D., Philadelphia; T. M. Roch, M.D., Boston; E. Landolt, M.D., Paris; Thomas G. Morton, M.D., Philadelphia; James J. Walsh, M.D., New York; J. W. Ballantyne, M.D.. Edinburgh, and John Harold, M, D., London, with regular Correspondente in Montreal, London, Paris, Leipsic and Vienna. J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY, Philadelphia and London. Cloth, $2.00. Volume 2, 12 series.

This volume of the International Clinics is a most excel

lent one indeed; containing as it does no less than eight articles on Therapeutics, ten on prominent subjects connected with General Medicine, five on Surgery, and oue very comprehensive article on Gynecology by Howard A. Kelly, which in itself is a most important clinical contribution of important work at the hands of this master in his specialty. In addition, we have a brief biographical sketch of Dr. Jno. B. Murphy, by Guy Hinsdale, A.M., M.D.; a special article on the organization and work of the Medical Department United States Army, by E. L. Munson, A. M., M.D.; some notes on the Management of a Modern Private Hospital, also by Dr. Kelly; and an important essay on The Function of the Digestive Glands, by Peter Berissot, M.D. Twenty-four pages are devoted to plates and diagrams, which with five figures serve to illustrate this very handsome and valuable work.

DISEASES OF THE STOMACH. Their Special Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment, with Sections on Anatomy, Physiology, Chemical and Microscopical Examinations of Stomach Contents, Dietetis, Surgery of the Stomach, etc. By JOHN C. HEMMETER, M.D., Philos. D., Professor in the Medical Department of the University of Maryland; Consultant to the University Hospital, and Director of the Clinical Laboratory; Author of "A Treatise on Diseases of the Intestines," etc. 8vo. cloth, pp. 894, with many original illustrations, a number in colors, and a lithograpic frontispiece, third Enlarged and Revised Edition. Price, $6.00. P. BLAKISTON'S SON & Co., Publishers, 1012 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. 1902.

A most complete treatise on Diseases of the Stomach; the subject being thoroughly and systematically considered by a careful and earnest author of well known reputation and ability.

From the author's preface to the third edition we quote: "In a work that is essentially a record of practice, and intended for practice, the main object for a new edition must be to sift the wheat from the chaff in the new publications on this subject that have appeared since the last previous edition.

"The reception which previous editions have met with in this country and Europe has exceeded the most sanguine expectations. If I shall have accomplished a work for the general practitioner and enabled him to keep abreast of modern progress in this special line-an aim which the success of

the previous editions encourages me to hope for this editionI will feel fully compensated for the work and labor bestowed on this volume."

DISEASES OF THE RECTUM AND ANUS. Designed for Students and Prac

titioners of Medicine. By SAMUEL GOODWIN GANT, M.D., LL.D., Professor of Rectal and Anal Surgery at the New York Post-graduate Medical School and Hospital, Formerly Professor of Gastro-intestinal Surgery at the University and Woman's Medical Colleges, Kansas City, Mo.; Attending Surgeon for Rectal and Anal Diseases to the New York Post-graduate Hospital, St. Mark's Hospital, Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Orphan Asylum, and New York Infant Asylum; Member of the American Proctologic Society, American Medical Association, Mississippi Valley Medical Association, and New York Post-graduate Hospital Alumni Association, New York Academy of Medicine, County and Greater New York Medical Societies, and Honorary Member of the Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska State Medical Associations, Kansas City Academy of Medicine, etc. Second Edition, Rewritten and Enlarged with Thirty-seven Full-Page Plates, Twenty of Which are in Colors, and Two Hundred and Twelve Smaller Engravings and Half-tones. Pages, xxiv-687. Royal Octvo. Extra Cloth, $5.00, net; Sheep or Half-russia, $6.00, net, Delivered. F. A. DAVIS COMPANY, Publishers, 1914-16 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

While this claims to be the second edition of Dr. Gant's excellent ocntribution to Rectal Diseases, it is practically a new work. The many and important advances made in Rectal surgery since the first edition necessitated a complete revision and the addition of much new matter. The chapters on "Cancer" and "Colostomy" in the first edition written by Mr. Herbert Allingham, have been entirely rewritten and extended by Dr. Gant. Entirely new chapters are given on Diseases, Injuries, and Tumors of the Coccyx, Venereal Diseases of the Ano-Rectal region, and Recto-Colonic Enteroliths and Concretions.

Many new and original illustrations have been added, comprising five full-page colored plates, seventeen full-page black and white plates, and one hundred and one smaller engravings and half-tones.

The work is very full, complete, and practical; and the excellent subject-matter is placed before the reader in most handsome and appropriate style by the publishers.

A SYSTEM OF PHYSIOLOGIC THERAPEUTICS. A Practical Exposition of the Methods, Other than Drug-giving, Useful in the Prevention of Diseases and in the Treatment of the Sick. Edited by SOLOMON SOLIS COHEN,, A.M., M.D., Professor of Medicine and Therapeutics in the Philadelphia Polyclinic; Lecturer in Clinical Medicine at Jefferson Medical College, etc. Vol. vi. Dietotherapy and Food in Health, by Nathan S. Davis, Jr., A.M., M.D., Professor of Principles and Practice of Medicine in the Northwestern University Medical School; Physician to Mercy Hospital and Wesley Hospital, Chicago, etc. 8vo. cloth, pp. 372. P. BLAKISTON'S SON & Co., 1012 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Publishers. 1902.

This is eminently a practical work. The diet best suited in individual diseases has been fully described under the heading of each ailment. The first part of the volume briefly but concisely reviews the chemical and physiological data concerning the nutrition and other qualities of the various foods; their relations to the digestive organs and the organism as a whole; and the many changes that the food must undergo before it can be appropriated to the needs of the living body and prepared for proper elimination.

In considering the diet for invalids, attention has been given to the causation of disease, especially with reference to the bearing that diet, digestion, and nutrition has on it. While the latest authorities have been fully referred to in the general makeup of the volume, the recommendations for diet for invalids and for persons in health under various conditions are largely based upon the personal observations of the author. So far, it is in our opinion, the most valuable volume of this series of Physiologic Therapeutics.

HAND-BOOK OF MEDICAL AND ORTHOPEDIC GYMNASTICS. BY ANDERS WIDE, M.D., Lecturer in Medical Gymnastics and Orthopedy in the Royal Carolean Medico-Surgical Institute and Director of the Gymnastic Orthopedic Institute, Stockholm. 8vo. cloth, pp. 373, with a Frontispiece and 94 Illustrations. Price, $3.00. Second Revised Edition. FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY, 30 LaFayette Place, New York, Publishers. 1902.

While schools, colleges, and universities of the "Old World" pay far more attention to Gymnastics than like institutions on this side the globe, yet our people are daily becoming more and more convinced of the necessity and importance of more systematized measures on this line. As showing the