Vol. 60, 1909 - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

118 THE CHARLOTTE MEDICAL JOURNAL.
frequently useful work than Thornton's
Formulary. The author is peculiarly qualified
to render such a service, as he unites
in himself a knowledge of the three necessar>'
branches, being a graduate in pharmacy,
a professor of materia medica in a
leading medical college, and an active
practitioner of many years' standing. He
has here presented the collective experience
of the medical profession as to the best
measures for combating each disease. He
has arranged the various diseases alphabetically,
and under each has given the
best formulcC for simple cases, as well as
for the various stages and complications,
with quantities both in the ordinary and
metric systems. A feature peculiar to this
work, and one of obvious value, is found
in the Indications and annotations for a
choice between the various formulee according
to the conditions to be met. Critical
study has been given to each formula in all
its parts, as well as to palatability and compatibility.
Xo point desirable in such a
work has been overlooked. The most experienced
physician will find it useful as a
reminder, and his younger confrere will
perform his duty better both to his patient
and himself with the brst collective knowledge
of his profession at hand for quick
reference. That practitioners widely appreciate
its value is shown by the frequent
demand for new editions, a point of special
importance in a work dealing with S3 rapidly
advancing a department as therapy.
In each of its nine editions, the author has
embodied the latest and best information,
so that the profession may consult this
hand-book with confidence in finding it always
up to date.
Vaccine and Serum Therapy, Including
also a Study of Infections, Theories of
Immunity, Opsonins and the Opsonic
Index, By Edwin Henry Schorer, B.S.,
M.D., Assisiant Professor of Parasitology
and Hygiene, University of Missouri;
Formerly Assistant Rockafeller Institute
for Medical Research. New York City.
Illustrated. St. Louis: C. V. Mosbv Co.
1909. $2.00 net.
In this work the author has brought together
the most important features of the
recent contributions to the subjects of vaccines
and immune sera. Infections and
immunity are briefly discussed. The greater
part of the book is concerned with a discussion
of opsonins, the methods of determining
the opsonic index and the importance
of opsonins in health and disease. He has
described clearly the technique employed
in obtaining the o^jsonic index, and has
pointed out the diflSculties and inaccuracies
associated with the method. The use of
the various vaccines is taken up to some j
extent, and the uses of the various sera are |
also considered. In short, the little work I
is a good resume of the enormous amount !
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of work which has been done in this field
in the last five years, and the book is well
worth the study of anyone who desires to
familiarize
subject.
himself with this important
Bier's Hyperemic Treatment in Surgery,
Medicine and all the Specialties: A Manual
of Its Practical Application. By '
'
^'^illy Meyer, M. D., Professor of Surgery
at the New York Post-Graduate
.Mfedical School and Hospital; and Pro- .;
fessor Dr. \'ictor Schmieden, Assistant '.^
to Professor Bier at Berlin University, I
Germany. Second Revised Edition. Oc- .1
tavo of 280 pages, illustrated. Philadel- \
phia and London: W. B. Saunders Com- |
pany, 1909. Cloth, S3. 00 net. \
The first lines of the introduction to this v
book embody the value of its purpose: i
"The physician who intends to make use of j
artificial hyperemia must first have a clear \
idea as to what he wishes to accomplish I
with it." The pages which follow try to i
suggest the indications and the ways of j
fulfilling these. 1
While hardly more than an extended .>
brochure, the work of these two distinguish- j
ed authors very graphically presents the j
whole subject, from the simple reactions I
caused by bandage congestion to the pro- 1
found obstructive hyperemia brought about I
by apparatus of special construction. Illus- J
trations are numerous and excellent, and '
the typographic arrangement readily pre- ^,
sents the purpose in a way to attract the \
attention and interest of the student reader. ;
Diet in Health and Disease. By Julius
PViedenwald, M. D., and John Ruhrah, :
M. D. Third Edition, Thoroughly Re- :
vised and Enlarged. The W. B. Saun- 1
ders Company. Philadelphia. 1909. '
Price, $4.00.
We have on two occasions spoken in .
complimentary phrases of the first and sec- j.
end editions of this excellent book on diet, \
the popularity of which rests upon the fact '
that its authors have endeavored to make it
a practical handbook for the physician. '
The book is somewhat larger at tlie present \
time than when it first appeared. After \
opening chapters upon the chemistry and i
physiolog\' of digestion and classifications \
of foods, beverages, and stimulants, it pro- |
ceeds to consider the various factors in their ;
bearing on diet, infant feeding, and the ]
diet for various special conditions and dis- \
eases, the latter forming by long odds the i
most complete portion of the book. There
are also chapters devoted to army and navy \
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