Book Reviews and Notices.

All new publications sent to the JOURNAL will be appreciated and will invariably be promptly acknowledged under the heading of "Publications Received." While it will be the aim of the JOURNAL to review as many of the works received as possible, the editors will be guided by the space available and the merit of the respective publications. The acceptance of a book implies no obligation to review.

Saunders' Medical Hand-Atlases-Atlas and Epitome of Traumatic Fractures and Dislocations. By PROFESSOR DR. H. HELFERICH. Edited, with additions, by JOSEPH C. BLOODGOOD, M. D. Revised and enlarged German edition. W. B. Saunders & Co., Philadelphia and London, 1902.

For several years past, and especially since the introduction of the X-ray, an impetus has been given to the study of fractures and dislocations. Many existing errors have been brought to light and new methods of treatment suggested. The importance of illustrating the actual condition in fractures as bearing upon the treatment has been more clearly defined. To the physician who-e experience in the treatment of fractures and dislocations is limited, this book is indispensable; to the teacher it is almost a necessity. It is a masterpiece and so true to life are the skiagraphs and plates, that the description in many instances seems superfluous. In truth, it is an illustrated treatment of fractures and dislocations. MARTIN.

The Treatment of Fractures. By CHAS. L. SCUDDER, M. D. Third edition revised and enlarged. W. B. Saunders & Co., Philadelphia and London, 1902.

This work is all that is claimed for it. The chapter on gunshot fractures of bone is new and especially interesting, as are also the chapters on X-ray and the use and application of plaster-of-Paris, of which every practitioner should possess some knowledge in order to cope successfully with the treatment of fractures. It is to be regretted that the author does not make some mention of Hodgen's splint, for it is unquestionably one of the best methods of treating fractures of the thigh. The text is simple, the cuts clear and the work deserving of the highest commendation. MARTIN.

A Treatise on Diseases of the Eye, Nose, Throat and Ear. By Various Authors, edited by WM. CAMPBELL POSEY, A. B., M. D., and JONATHAN WRIGHT, M D. Lea Bros. & Co., Philadelphia and New York. This large volume of 1238 pages is a collaboration of twenty-seven able writers, each giving a thorough exposé of the part of the work assigned him, with the especial view of producing a text-book best suited to the

needs of the general practitioner and the advanced student in medicine. The text is illustrated with 650 engravings and 35 plates in colors and monochrome. More than one-half of the volume is devoted to the Eye, and special mention must be made of the chapter on the subject of the Eye in its relation to general diseases. The book is worthy of high commendation. DER. & K.

Infant Feeding, in its relation to Health and Disease. By LOUIS FISHER, M. D. Philadelphia, F. A. Davis Co., 1903.

An experience of ten years in one of the largest children's clinics in the United States gives Dr. Fisher the right to speak with authority on this most important subject.

Attention is called to the fact that when cow's milk gives an alkaline reaction, this indicates that some antiseptic has been added. This, however, would not hold good if formicaldehyde had been used as a preservative. The importance of giving water to infants at regular intervals is duly emphasized. The author makes mention of the observations of A. Jacobi that the exclusive feeding of sterilized cow's milk to infants frequently results in infantile scurvy. He further points out that “-by far the greatest number of cases of athrepsia are found in bottle-fed children. There are, however, a great many cases to be found among breast-fed children. We can, then, be positive that the breast milk is lacking in some of its chemical constituents, and frequently we find that it is the proteids that are deficient in quantity.”

"Before considering the means adopted to alter the chemical composition of cow's milk, it would be proper to state that there is á common but false belief that milk from one cow is the best for infants' use. The principle that underlies this belief is perfectly right. It is that it is desirable to obtain milk of uniform composition; but it has been found experimentally that milk of the same cow varies in its composition during twenty-four hours, and that it is in reality more likely that a mixture of the milk from several cows will show a more constant analytical result than that from one single animal. Jacobi and others have stated that the chances of infection from tuberculosis through the medium of milk can only be lessened by feeding from a large number of cows." The book is replete with sound information and is well worth a careful perusal.

STORCK.

A Manual of the Practice of Medicine.-By GEORGE ROE LOCKWOOD. Second Edition, Revised. Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders & Co. 1903. In the arrangement of the subject matter of this book, the classification of Osler has been adopted with but a few unimportant modifications. The new matter in this edition brings the book up to our present knowledge of the practice of medicine. It seems to have been the aim of Dr. Lockwood to avoid superfluities, and he has succeeded in giving us a readable book.

STORCK.

A Text Book of Pharmacology and some Allied Sciences. By TORALD SOLIMANN, M. D. Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders & Co., 1903.

It is becoming more and more apparent that, if the physician of the present and the future is to be secured from therapeutic nihilism, or from the prescribing of proprietary medicines, he must be better informed in drug therapeutics. The best way to acquire this knowledge is to acquaint himself with the work of the best investigation in pharmacology. The boo mere reviewed is a good exposition of the subject. The author gives all the important pharmacological facts, experiments, and the processes of reasoning which have led to conclusions are given in detail whenever necessary. In the section on laboratory work, a few simple experiments are given, followed by suggestions which will permit of making them more extensive.

In the preparation of the subject matter, the author has drawn very largely upon the classic work of Schmeideberg, and also on the works of Lauder Brunton and Kobert. He also makes mention of his indebtedness to our former fellow-townsman, Dr. Hatcher, for valuable aid in revision of proofs.

We welcome this book as another addition to the scientific treatment of disease by means of drugs. STORCK.

Clinical Examination of Gastric Contents. The New York Pharmacal Association, 1903.

This brochure is replete with information, and treats the subject in three chapters. Chapter I presents briefly the most approved methods of examining the contents of the stomach; chapter Il deals with the interpretation of results and the significance of determined abnormal conditions, and chapter III gives a cursory review, in the light of diagnosis, of the commoner gastric diseases and their influence on gastric secretions. We think mention might have been made of Boas' method for the determination of lactic acid, which is based upon the fact that when lactic acid is treated with strong oxidizing agents, formic and acetic aldehyd are formed. We hope that this brochure may come into the hands of all our physicians. STORCK.

Diseases of Metabolism and Nutrition. Part II. Nephritis. By DR. CARL VON NOORDEN, translated under direction of BOARDman Reed, M. D., E. D. Treat & Co., New York, 1903.

A work of about one hundred pages, divided into five chapters. The first discusses the customary therapy of kidney diseases; the second, the principle of saving diseased kidneys; the third treats of metabolism as a basis in the protective therapy of renal affections; the fourth is on the dietetic and physical treatment of acute nephritis, and the fifth on that of contracted kidney.

Unfortunately, the title and first section of the last two chapters have been transposed, paging and all, and, as the other sections are in their right place, quite a degree of confusion is created. It is a pity, for the ext is interesting, the ideas new and rational. C. C.

Anatomy. By WM. H. ROCKWELL, JR., M. D. Lea Bros. & Co., Philadelpnia and New York, 1903.

A manual for students which is fairly complete, though compact. It belongs to the Lea's Series of Pocket Text-Books, edited by B. B. Gallaudet, M. D. It is based on Gray's Anatomy, as being the one most widely used by students. The illustrations are good, but nearly all are borrowed from Gray.

It makes a good ready reference for the practitioner.

C. C.

A Text-Book of Diseases of the Eye. By G. E. DE SCHWEINITZ, Á. M., M. D. Dr. De Schweinitz has succeeded in preparing a very clever, wellarranged text-book, which covers its ground with commendable thor oughness. The work has attained its fourth edition, which is sufficient proof of its popularity,

In this edition the text has been thoroughly revised and the entire work has been reset, many chapters having been added, such as Thomson's Lantern Test for Color-Blindness; Hysteric Alopecia of the Eyelids; Metastatic Gonorrheal Conjunctivitis; Grill-like Keratitis (Haab); the so-called Holes in the Macula; Divergence and Convergence Paralysis, and many others. A large number of therapeutic agents comparatively recently introduced, particularly the newer silver salts, are given in connection with the diseases in which they are indicated.

Publications Received.

BRUNS.

The American Year-Book of Medicine and Surgery for 1903.Edited by Geo. M. Gould, M. D.-W. B. Saunders & Co., Philadelphia, New York and London, 1903.

Tuberculosis Communicable, Preventable, Curable, by Addison W. Baird, M. D.-James T. Dougherty, New York, 1903. Bulletins of the University of Virginia, January, 1903. Diseases of the Skin, by H. Radcliffe-Crocker, M. D.--P. Blakiston's Son & Co., Philadelphia, 1903.

A Text-Book of Practical Medicine, by William Gilman Thompson, M. D.-Lea Bros. & Co., New York and Philadelphia, 1902.

Obstetrics, by J. Whitridge Williams.--D. Appleton & Co., New York & London, 1903.

A Manual of Practical Hygiene, by Charles Harrington, M. D.-Lea Bros. & Co., Philadelphia and New York, 1903.

A Manual of Materia Medica and Pharmacology, by David M. R. Culbreth, M. D.-Lea Bros. & Co., Philadelphia and New York, 1903.

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Diseases of Metabolism and Nutrition. Part I, Obesity. Part II, Nephritis.-By Prof. Dr. Carl von Noorden.-E. B. Treat & Company, New York, 1903.

Therapeutics of Infancy and Childhood, by A. Jacobi, M. D.-J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia and London, 1903.

Bolletin Mensual del Observatorio Meteorologico Magnetico Central de Mexico, 1901-1902.

The Internal Secretions and the Principles of Medicine, by Charles E. de M. Sajous, M. D. Vol. 1. --F. A. Davis Co., Philadelphia, 1903.

Report of Committee of Conference, Medical Society of New York, January, 1903.

Surgical Anatomy, Vol. III, by John B. Deaver, M. D.-P. Blakiston's Son & Co., Philadelphia, 1903.

Progressive Medicine, Edited by Hobart Amory Hare, M. D., and H. R. M. Landis, M. D., Vol. I.-Lea Bros. & Co., Philadelphia and New York, 1903.

Second Annual Report of the New York State Hospital for the Cure of Crippled and Deformed Children, 1902.

Reprints.

Causes of Epilepsy in the Young-Peribronchitis and Interstitial Pneumonia, by A. Jacobi, M. D.

Mental Hygiene, by Orpheus Everts, M. D.

The Mental Status of Czolgosz, the Assassin of President McKinley, by Walter Channing, M. D.

Superheated Compressed Air in the Therapeutics of Chronic Catarrhal Otitis Media, by George W. Hopkins, M. D.

Maritime Quarantine Without Detention of Non-Infected Vessels from Ports Quarantined Against Yellow Fever, by Edmond Souchon, M. D. Congenital Dislocation of the Hip, by Dexter D. Ashley, M. D.

Surgery of Penetrating Wounds of Lungs and Heart—Surgical Mélange— Ligation of Arteries (Cocain Anesthesia)-Experimental Research on the Heart of the Dog-Lung Surgery-Nasal Surgery-Heart Suture, by B. Merrill Ricketts, M. D.

The Involution of the Appendix, Acute Suppurative Appendicitis as a Sequel Thereto-A Report of a Series of Cases, with Deductions, by Horace Packard, M. D, and J. Emmons Briggs, M. D.