In order to restore it to its right position, it is necessary that we reconstruct our knowledge of pharmacology and therapeutics, and by beginning with the simplest problems, slowly rebuild it upon a scientific basis.”

Further he says: "The action of electrolytes must be analyzed into the action of their constituent ions. Ultimately we shall have a classification of the electrolytes based upon the action of the ions contained in them Once we grasp the notion that the activity of a given substance is determined by the ions it yields upon solution we shall, perhaps, find a method of rearranging our sy stem of dosage upon this basis-a process analogous to the regulation of the dosage of crude drugs based upon their alkaloid content."

This book can stand on its merits.

STORCK.

Dudley's Gynecology. By E. C. DUDLEY, A. M., M. D. Lea Brothers & Co., Philadelphia and New York, 1902.

This little book is Vol. IV of the Practical Medicine Series of year books, etc.

This volume is simply a résumé of the latest ideas in gynecological medicine. It is really more adapted to the requirements of the specialist, than to those of the general practitioner. MICHINARD.

Applied Surgical Anatomy, Regionally Presented. By GEORGE WOOLSEY, A. B., M. D. With 125 illustrations. Lea Brothers & Co., New York and Philadelphia, 1902.

This book has pleased us exceedingly. It is not as voluminous as the admirable work of Deaver, but it is full enough to be extremely useful to the practitioner or student and not too bulky to be inconvenient. The descriptions are concise, but sufficiently comprehensive, and the plan of the work has been consistently and admirably carried out. It ought certainly to prove very helpful to all who understand the value of surgical anatomy in giving a clear grasp of the actual relations of parts. For the student, it may be especially commended, presenting the subject of anatomy, as it does, from its practical and its most interesting side. It shows the reasons for knowing things, and by giving him an incentive to study anatomy with an object, discourages him from simply memorizing. We take pleasure in recommending the work.

PARHAM.

A Text-Book of Anatomy. By American authors. Edited by FREDERIC HENRY GERRISH. Second Edition, revised and enlarged. Lea Brothers & Co., Philadelphia and New York, 1902.

We spoke in commendation of the first edition of this work on Anatomy and our judgment as to its merit has been fully sustained by the verdict of the profession and the schools demanding so soon another edition. The second edition has been thoroughly revised by the editor and his dis. tinguished collaborators and deserves the patronage it has enjoyed.

PARHAM.

A Text-Book of the Surgical Principles and Surgical Diseases of the Face, Mouth and Jaw. For Dental Students. By H. HORACE GRANT, A. M., M. D. W. B. Saunders & Co., Philadelphia and London, 1902. This work is intended for the student of dentistry and as such ought to be found very useful. It touches only on such subjects as are necessary to elucidate the principles of dental surgery, and describes succinctly those diseases and injuries likely to require the services of a dentist. It can scarcely be recommended to the student of medicine, as its information is too meager.

Genito-Urinary and Venereal Diseases. By LOUIS E. SCHMIDT, M. Sc., M. D. Lea Brothers & Co., Philadelphia and New York, 1902.

One of the "Medical Epitome Series." It covers the subject concisely but satisfactorily and makes a good quiz-book for students. The author includes gonorrhea with G.-U. diseases instead of the venereal, although he properly states in his introduction that three distinct types of venereal diseases are recognized: gonorrhea, chancroid and syphilis. This might confuse the beginner. C. C.

The Practical Medicine Series of Year Books, issued monthly, under the general editorial charge of G. P. HEAD, M. D., Vol. VIII, Pediatrics and Orthopedic Surgery. The Year Book Publishers, 1902, Chicago, July.

This is one of ten volumes aiming to give the year's progress in the subjects treated. In this volume pediatrics is treated by Christopher and Walker, and orthopedics by Ridlon. The review is very satisfactory and the volume can be commended as presenting progress of these two sub'jects fairly.

Supplement to the Twentieth Century Practice, An International Encyclopedia of Modern Medical Science, by Leading Authorities of Europe and America. Edited by THOMAS L. STEDMAN, M. D. William Wood & Co., New York, 1902.

It has been thought that a supplementary volume to the Twentieth Century Practice would be welcomed by those who possess that work. Most of what is contained in this great encyclopedia of medicine is, indeed, as fresh to-day as when it was written, but the rapid advance in medical knowledge has made necessary a revision of a few of the articles and an amplification of others. In the case of yellow fever, for example, the work of the medical officers of the United States Army in Havana has so widened our knowledge of the etiology of the disease, and as a result shown us the means of its prevention, that an entirely new treatise has seemed called for. This has been prepared by the man at whose incentive the work was undertaken, ex-Surgeon General Sternberg. Experience in the Philippines has demonstrated beyond question the fact that what is called dysentery is not a morbid entity, but embraces at least two diseases-a bacillary and an amoebie dysentery. Dr. Shiga of Japan, the

discoverer of the bacillus that bears his name, has accordingly contributed an article treating of bacillary dysentery. The discovery of Roentgen was almost coincident with the beginning of Twentieth Century Practice, and the medical applications of the X-rays are now so definitely established that the time has come for an article devoted to the subject, and such a one has been written by Dr. Carl Beck, of New York, one of the pioneers in this new science. The blood has been an especial object of study in recent years, the diagnostic significance of the variations in number and form of its cell constituents and the chemical changes incident to antitoxin formation and the production of immunity being the two main lines along which researches have been instituted. These two subjects have been thoroughly modernized by active workers in their respective fields. Another centre of interest at the present time is the pathogenesis of cancer. An article reviewing the work thus far accomplished by the searchers after a specific germ of malignant growths has been contributed by Mr. Roger Williams, and Dr. Coley has supplemented his previous, article by a presentation of what has been accomplished in the way of tha X-ray treatment of cancerous growths. Between thirty and forty other brief articles bave been written by the authors of the original treatises, revising or adding to their previous contributions. In short, the aim of the publishers in issuing this volume is, by supplying deficiencies and correcting what further investigation has shown to be erroneous, to place the original work again abreast of the times.

Publications Received.

Diseases of the Skin, by Alfred Schalek, M. D.-Lea Bros. & Co., Philadelphia and New York, 1902.

Transactions of the American Otological Society, July, 1902. Gynecology, Obstetrics, Menopause, by A, H. P. Leuf, M. D.— The Medical Council, 1902.

Clinical Surgery, by A. J. Ochsner, M. D.-Cleveland Press, Chicago, 1902.

A Treatise on Diseases of the Eye, Nose, Throat and Ear, edited by William Campbell Posey, M. D., and Jonathan Wright, M. D.-Lea Bros. & Co., Philadelphia and New York, 1903.

A Reference Handbook of the Medical Sciences, edited by Albert H. Buck, M. D.-Volume V. William Wood & Co., New' York, 1902.

A Manual of Dissection and Practical Anatomy, by William T. Eckley, M. D., and Corinne B. Eckley.-Lea Bros. & Co., Philadelphia and New York, 1902.

MORTUARY REPORT OF NEW ORLEANS.

(Computed from the Monthly Report of the Board of Health of the City of New Orleans.) FOR NOVEMBER, 1902.

Still-born Children-White, 21; colored, 25; total, 46.

Population of City (estimated)—White, 223,500; colored, 81,500; total, 305,000.

Death Rate per 1000 per annum for Month-White, 17.23; colored, 27.53; total, 19.95.

METEOROLOGIC SUMMARY.

(U. S. Weather Bureau.)

Mean atmospheric pressure.

Mean temperature.....

Total precipitation...

Prevailing direction of wind, southeast.

30.04

66.

3.65 inches.

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A NOTE ON THE TREATMENT OF THE CHANCRE.

By ISADORE DYER, Ph. B., M. D., New Orleans, La.

Within the past two months three patients have presented themselves for treatment with the story that previous consulta tions with medical men had resulted in a speculative diagnosis of the chancre and that iodid of potash had been given to clear up the diagnosis.

Another case seen in consultation brought out the statement from the physician himself that, "being in doubt as to the dif ferentiation between the possibility of a chancre or chancroid," he had given increasing doses of iodid for a week.

It is a sad confession to make, but none the less true, that the average practitioner of medicine is utterly ignorant of the logic of the treatment of syphilis and that he fails to distinguish the indications in the disease. Otherwise a practitioner of ability, when it comes to syphilis he is ignorant of method and is hardly ever willing to learn, especially as the disease seems to get better under any sort of treatment so long as this includes iodid or mercury.