etc., when the old fellow broke in: 'I know dat, Mars Burrows, I know dat. I ain't makin' no objections. It were de act of a all-wise and unscrupulous Providence.""-Ex. Convicted of Abortion.-Dr. Q. C. Smith, of Austin, a well known practitioner of more than twenty years in this city, was indicted by the grand jury for criminal abortion, and was tried at the present session of the Austin district court. The verdict of the jury was "guilty," and the punishment was assessed at two years in the penitentiary. A motion for a new trial was granted, on the ground that at the noon recess one of the jurors had separated himself from the others, and had gone down town to dinner instead of dining with the sheriff. Dr. T. J. Bennett, of Austin, who was called to the woman after Smith had delivered the fetus, was the complainant and prosecuting witness. So Bills, Bills, Bills. Doctors expect pay at this season. do editors. Every bill on my books was sent out in November and January, and again in February. If I didn't want and expect the money, I wouldn't do it, for it's lots of trouble. While many, very many, responded, as many or more didn't, and I want to hear from them. I know that it is only negligence-or laziness-that prevents them from remitting. Doctor, you got your bill. "Do it now." Send me a postoffice money order or an express order or a check, or "any old thing" that represents and will fetch a dollar--two-three-five, as the case may be. The north wind doth blow and we shall have snow, and what will poor robin do then-if you don't? University of Texas Mineral Survey. We have received Bulletin No. 2, which deals with the results of the examination of certain public lands in the counties of Brewster, El Paso, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio and Reeves. It contains two reports on the sulphur deposits of El Paso county, showing that they are well worth attention and that they could supply large quantities of sulphur to commerce. There is also a description of the deposits of quicksilver ores in Brewster county, showing the extent of the field, the value of the product, and the possibility of further development. All bulletins, maps, etc., issued by this Survey, are for gratuitous distribution to the citizens of the State, and may be ob tained by addressing Wm. B. Phillips, Director of the University of Texas Mineral Survey, Austin, Texas. Nearing its seventeenth The Red-Back continues to boom. birthday, it still heads the procession. wagon, but the band,-the whole push. It is "It." There is nothing like it in heaven or earth nor in the waters beneath the earth; no, not anything whatever. It is indispensable to every doctor who does not wish to get left, and is the best advertising medium extant for things that a doctor ought to have. There is nothing like it. I was offered, (and I accepted the offer), fifty per cent. more for a certain preferred page than I had been getting. It is the official organ of the State Association of Health Officers and of most of the district medical societies, and as these are growing, the new subscribers are just pouring in. I'll soon be able to splurge an automobile, and make all the other fellows green with envy, or shay green, anyhow, (a wonderful no-horse shay). The meeting of the Texas State Medical Association having been changed from El Paso to Dallas, and the date, April 22-25, changed to May 6-9, of course the Committee of Arrangements had to be changed also. Dr. Jno. O. McReynolds, of Dallas, has been appointed chairman of the committee. To him applications should be made for floor space for exhibits, etc. I have received several inquiries on this head. Although the Association invited itself to Dallas, I haven't the slightest doubt but that the Dallas doctors will be glad to see us, a whole lot of us, and will set 'em up. I am reminded here of the resolution adopted by the Brazos Valley Medical Society when accepting Bryan's invitation to hold the next meeting in that city: "Resolved, that the Bryan people do not go to the expense of a banquet. Resolved, that if they do, we'll go to it." Calvert gave us a banquet, (I'm a B. V. man), but the preachers having just previously held forth there, it was a "dry town." The hardest proposition I was ever up against, was having to respond to a toast-a dry one at that— drunk in cold water. Books and Magazines. FIRST AID TO THE INJURED AND SICK. By F. J. Warwick, B. A., M. B. Cantab., Associate of King's College, London; SurgeonCaptain, Volunteer Medical Staff Corps, London Companies, etc.; and A. C. Tunstall, M. D., F. R. C. S. Ed., Surgeon-Captain Commanding the East London Volunteer Brigade Bearer Company; Surgeon to the French Hospital and to the Children's Home Hospital, etc. 16mo volume of 232 pages and nearly 200 illustrations. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders & Co., 1901. Cloth, $1.00 net. The first part of this little volume is devoted to elementary anatomy and physiology. The bones, joints, soft parts, blood, respiration, digestion, etc., are all described in a readible and easily understood manner. Part II deals with emergency bandaging, the treatment of hemorrhage, wounds, sprains, dislocations, fractures, burns, insensibility, fits, poisoning of various kinds, and the like. The illustrations are excellent, and aid materially in making the text easily understood. The book is of course written primarily for the use of laymen, but medical students, and even practitioners, will do well to have a copy on hand. Being printed on thin paper, it can easily be carried in a small pocket, notwithstanding its 232 pages. One dollar is a merely nominal price for such a book. R. OBSTETRIC CLINIC. By Denslow Lewis, Ph. C., M. D., Professor of Gynecology in the Chicago Polyclinic; President of the Attending Staff of Cook County Hospital, Chicago; President of the Chicago Medical Examiners' Association; Vice President of the Illinois State Medical Society; Ex-President of the Physicians' Club of Chicago; Consulting Obstetrician to the Florence Nightingale Home; Senior Gynecologist and Obstetrician to the Lakeside Hospital, Chicago; late Special Commissioner from the Illinois State Board of Health and the Health Department of Chicago for the Investigation of Municipal Sanitation in European Cities. Illustrated. 640 octave pages. Price, $3.00 net. Published by E. H. Colegrove, 65 Randolph St., Chicago. This book consists of thirty-nine clinical lectures on practical obstetrics, delivered to students and practitioners in the Cook County Hospital, Chicago. It includes also a discussion of criminal abortion, infanticide, illegitimacy, the restriction of venereal diseases, the regulation of prostitution, and other medico-sociologic topics. The author's experience and long service as a teacher in this line, make his work an authority that will be appreciated by the profession. T. J. B. Phillips' Emulsion 50% best NORWAY COD LIVER OIL minutely sub-divided, WITH WHEAT PHOSPHATES (Phillips') Pancreatized, Palatable, Permanent, Miscible in Water, Milk, Wine, etc. Phillips' Milk of Magnesia Mg H2 O2 (FLUID.) "THE PERFECT ANTACID." for correcting Hyperacid conditions-local or systemic. Vehicle for Salicylates, Iodides, Balsams, etc. Phillips' Phospho-Muriate TONIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE. of Quinine, COMP. WHEAT PHOSPHATES, WITH MURIATE OF QUININE AND STRYCHNINE. PHILLIPS' WHEAT PHOSPHATES (ACID). 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Physicians, students, druggists, in short, everyone interested in the use of medicine, will find a study of the work a very great help. It is not a book that is likely to lie idle on one's shelf. R. THE STANDARD MEDICAL DIRECTORY OF NORTH AMERICA, consisting of twelve parts, including Directory of Physicians of North America, Medical Colleges, Medical Service of the United States, Medical Societies, Medical Practice Acts, Medical Publications (including Books and Periodicals), Mineral Springs, Drugs and Medicines, Medical and Surgical Products, Manufacturers and Life Insurance Companies. Handsomely hound in red buckram, 824 pages, imperial octavo. Price, $10.00. G. P. Engelhard & Co., Chicago. This work is a distinct improvement over any similar publication, in scope, accuracy and typography. It is not too bulky to handle. 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