& Co., Victor Electric Co., E. J. Hart & Co., Frank S. Betz & Co., McDermott Surgical Instrument Co., McKesson & Robbins, Schieffelin Co., Lea Bros. & Co., J. B. Lippincott Co., W. T. Keener & Co., Smith, Kline & French Co., The Maltine Co., A. M. Hellman & Co., B. & E. Hanfeld, Rochester Surgical Appliance Co., Welch Grape Juice Co., Vossburg Mineral Springs Co., Colburn, Morgan & Co., Hutchison Acoustic Co, Fairchild Bros. & Foster, Kress & Owen Co., Warner & Co., Denver Chemical Co., S. J. Stewart, Sharp & Dohme, E. Fougera & Co., Clark & Roberts, Sharp & Smith, W. S. Merrill Chemical Co., The Trommer Co., W. D. Allison Co., Battle Creek Sanitarium, Armour & Co., H. K. Wampole & Co., Mellin's Food Co., L. S. Matthew & Co., United Agency Co., N. O. Nelson & Co., F. A. Davis & Co., Londonderry and Electra Mineral Water, Horlick's Food Co., W. Scheidel & Co., Finlay, Dicks & Co., The Ammonol Chemical Co., Vibrator Instrument Co., W. B. Saunders & Co., E. B. Meyrowitz, Geneva Optical Co., Wall & Ochs, F. Codman Ford, Kny-Scheerer & Co., Dr. Deimel, Hance Bros. & White, D. Appleton & Co.

THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH OF MISSISSIPPI have announced that eighty-four of total of 181 applicants for license to practice medicine had succeeded in passing the examination recently held.

THE COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION held a final meeting on May 14. All subcommittees made reports and the Treasurer reported a surplus of something like $1900. Donations were voted to the churches, Young Men's Christian Association Building, for use of these as meeting places; $750 was voted the fund for entertaining the Confederate Surgeons; a like sum was voted the fund being raised to establish a Pasteur Institute in New Orleans, provided this be accomplished in 12 months' time; resolutions were passed thanking the ladies and citizens of New Orleans, the newspapers and all others aiding in making this meeting a success. The Exhibit Committee reported $4,750.90 collected from exhibitors.

PAN-AMERICAN MEDICAL CONGRESS.-At a meeting of the International Executive Committee of the Pan-American Medical

Congress, held April 1, 1903, it was decided to accept the proposal of the Argentine Republic to hold the Fourth Pan-American Medical Congress in Buenos Ayres in 1905, instead of 1903, as had been announced in their invitation of February, 1901.

MARRIED-Dr. Philip Van Buren Speir and Miss Janie Williams, at Furman, Alabama, May 14, 1903.

THE NEW ORLEANS COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY held its commencement exercises at Tulane Theatre, May 4, 1903.

THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT AND THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND MARINE HOSPITAL SERVICE announce an examination for candidates, June 15, at Washington, D. C.

Candidates must be between 22 and 30 years of age, graduates of a reputable medical college, and must furnish at least two testimonials from responsible persons as to their professional and moral character.

The following is the usual order of the examinations: 1, physical; 2, oral; 3, written; 4, clinical.

The written examination is chiefly on the various branches of medicine, surgery and hygiene.

The oral examination includes subjects of preliminary education, history, literature and natural sciences.

The clinical examination is conducted at a hospital, and when practicable candidates are required to perform surgical operations on a cadaver.

Successful candidates will be numbered according to their attainments on examination, and will be commissioned in the same order as vacancies occur.

THE ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY OF THE CONFEDERACY met in New Orleans, May 19 and following days. The sessions were devoted to addresses, medical reminiscences and so forth. Prof. S. E. Chaillé, M. D., who delivered a magnificent address of welcome, was the chairman of the committee of arrangements in honorary capacity, while to Dr. H. B. Gessner, of New Orleans, is to be credited the detail of an enjoyable reunion. Meetings were held at Tulane Medical College, which was made the headquarters of these medical veterans.

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HYPERCHLORHYDRIA, A SYMPOSIUM.-The June issue of the International Medical Magazine will be devoted to a symposium on this most important gastric subject. More than half a dozen of the leading European specialists will contribute.

PROF. S. E. CHAILLÉ, Dean of the Medical Department of Tulane, was presented by the students with a beautiful silver loving cup, in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of his graduation and as a testimonial of their love and respect.

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.

Text-Book of Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology. By JOHN J. REESE, M. D. Sixth Edition, revised by HENRY LEFFMAN, A. M., M. D. P. Blakiston's Son & Co., Philadelphia, 1902.

When we were an undergraduate, Reese's Medical Jurisprudence was authoritative. That it has lost none of its prestige is evident in a sixth edition. We have reviewed former editions and must repeat the opinion that this is one of the best texts we know, in its arrangement and presentation of the subject. A general revision is evident, the additions of more recent poisons, methods of tests, etc., being noteworthy. We are pleased to note the opinion expressed that trained experts are desirable; for it is quite well known that the average medical man is ever ready to testify as an expert on anything, no matter what information he may or may not have. DYER.

Diseases of the Skin (Medical Epitome Series). By ALFRED SCHALEK, M.D. Lea Bros. & Co., Philadelphia and New York, 1902. Handbooks for the student are useful for ready reference but hardly for further service. This is especially true with diseases of the skin where

the subject is so difficult for the average student. Dr. Schalek has presented a good summary of skin affections, giving brief descriptions and omitting everything that could be considered discursive. DYER.

How to Succeed in the Practice of Medicine. By JOSEPH M. MATHEWS, M. D., LL. D. John P. Morton & Co., Louisville, 1902. There are many sides to a doctor's life, and the pathetic, humorous and skeptic are among these. The struggles of the tyro, and the joys of the successful are both echoes of the experience of most physicians. Dr. Mathews has observed all of these things, and if he has not given the key to the Castle of Riches, he has certainly opened the Realm of the Heart in his work on the living experiences of medical men.

DYER.

A Treatise on Massage. Its History, Mode of Application and Effects. By DOUGLAS GRAHAM, M. D. Third Edition. J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia and London, 1902.

It is fortunate that the medical man can have a reliable text on a subject so little known and so much neglected by them. Not so much that it is necessary for the doctor to actually practice massage, as it is that he should know how to direct its application. Besides an interesting history of the origin and development of massage, the text contains a clear enunciation of the principles of this procedure and an exposition of the methods to be employed. Illustrations are numerous and graphic and are directed at practical demonstration.

Particular indications for massage are given and fully discussed; the especial diseases benefited by massage are detailed and the modes to be followed are related.

The literary style in the work is creditable and the general impression of the author's effort carries the conviction of the value of a knowledge of the subject matter discussed. DYER.

Prophylaxis; Hygiene. (MCFARLAND, LEFFMANN, BABCOCK, ABRAMS.) P. Blakiston's Son & Co., Philadelphia, 1902.

This is volume V of the System of Physiologic Therapeutics (Cohen). It is, certainly, one of those volumes of the whole series that will afford most pleasant reading. In fact, it reads like a novel. Part I, written by McFarland, treats of the origin and prevention of disease in 321 pages, more than half the contents of the whole volume. Part II, by Leffman, treats of Civic Hygiene. Part III, by Abrams, treats of Domestic and Personal Hygiene, Nursing and Care of the Sick-room. Needless to look for words to praise a book like this. There is no more valuable book for the practitioner and nurse. None can be more far-reaching for the instruction of the laity. With the Bible, this book ought to be on the shelf of the family library. E. M. D.

Therapeutics of Infancy and Childhood. (JACOBI.) J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia and London, 1903.

This is the third edition of Jacobi's universally known work. In this revision of the book many additions were made; in the main, the latter were taken from the contributions written for the Master's Festschrift— fifty-three monographs of contemporary progress in Pediatrics. As the distinguished author himself says, it has been a fruitful source of information to him, so it ought to be to us all.

E. M. D.

Practical Medicine. (THOMPSON.) Lea Bros. & Co., Philadelphia and New York, 1903.

This is a second edition, revised and enlarged, of Thompson's textbook of Practical Medicine. We have known this book to be on the desk of many practitioners, within easy reach, and always consulted for everyday work and reference with advantage in hurried moments when a crowded memory slips. For that very purpose was this book made. The articles are short; the headings in very large print. Additions are inserted on Dysentery, Yellow Fever and Malaria. The sections upon immunization, preventive inoculation and sero-therapy of the various infections have been brought to date. Several of the articles upon diseases of the Blood and of the Heart also have been re-written, and in dealing with the subject of Diseases of the Digestive System much new material has been incorporated. Special attention has been given to the Functional Nervous Disorders. Additional suggestions as to treatment and therapeutic formula, will certainly prove of special value. The book is illustrated with sixty-two engravings. E. M. D.

International Clinics, Vol. IV, 12th Series. J. P. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and London, 1903.

The interest in the International Clinics is due to the endeavor to give the practising physician the exact kind of help which he most needs, the articles being written by leaders in practice. This volume contains, among other valuable subjects: On THERAPEUTICS--Treatment of aneurisms by gelatin in hypodermic injections; On MEDICINE-Abdominal diagnosis, Scars and marks of clinical interest; On NEUROLOGY-Some aspects of paronoia; On SURGERY-Anatomy of the inguinal region and the radical cure of inguinal hernia; On DERMATOLOGY-Recurring phlyctenular eruption of the fingers, with changes in the nails, possibly of hysteric origin; On OPHTHALMOLOGY-The clinical significance of binocular diplopia. The volume ends with biographic sketches of eminent living physicians and a monograph on the blood in health and in disease. All the articles in this number will prove valuable and helpful. The illustrations, as usual, are very good. E. M. D.