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

BOOK NOTICES. 119
rations and to the dietaries of a number of The Psychic Treatment of Nervous Diswell-known
public institutions, and recipes orders. By Paul Dubois. Sixth Edition,
as to the preparations of certain foods com- Revised. Price, $3.00. New York: Funk
monly given to invalids. In the discussion & Wagnalls Company. 1909.
of the subject of alcohol we are glad to note The new edition of this work has an exthat
the authors make the following state- cellent introduction by Dr. Dubois which
ment: "The use of alcohol is of u idoul)ted clearly sets forth the object of the work and
value in medicine, and the sweeping con- the foundational principle of the same. It
demnation it has received from many quar- is one of the best works on psychotherapy.
ters in recent years is not justified. Its use The principles are sound, and if carried out
and abuse have been confused." lead to cures, not alone to temporary relief.
„,,,.„,, The writer distinctly states that psychothe-
Essentials of Bacteriology. By M. \ . Ball,
^^ ^^^ ^^j^ weapon is only to be used
M. D., formerly Instructor in Bacteri-
;„ ^^^j^j,^ ^^^^^ It is a book that is valology
at the Polyclinic Sixth edition
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thoroughly .revised. 12 mo. volume ot ,itio„er, but is dangerous in the hands of
290 pp.. with lo.T illustrations, some in ^n those who attempt to apply its principles
colors. y.B. Saunders Company, 1908. ^-ithout thorough medical education. The
Cloth. &1.00 net.
^^^ ..,v^;^„, ^f k„^,^
rocks upon which the author's'success are
The writer reviews the subject of bacte-
found are thoroughness of examination.
riology in a concise manner, covering in a
sy^jp^thy, confidence, persuasion and edu-
few words the essentials in this ever-broadcation.ening
field. Xearlv everv new subject of '-y"""'
i „ , . ,,r
Studies of the
imp-frtance has been touched upon Human Form, by Robert ^V.
in the
^hufeldt.
last revision but, as in other books M D. Major and Surgeon. U.
of a like
nature, too much of the text is misleading, ^- ^^'?^^'
, y'Tfl'v ^^.^^'f .
C""!sinee
it is impossible to tell in a few words P=»">'- ^ledical Publishers and Printers,
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important scientific discoveries which take \^'^
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manv chapters in the original descriptions. " •
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Theauthorsays that Trudeau
Study of he Nude with pictures as
uses tuber-
'llustratums of the text becomes more and
culin by beginning in afebrile cases with
MdCO mg.' B. K. or B. I-\, increasing I '""^^ f^^""f.t\"S '^.^^^^^
«f f''"'^'^^'. ^y
either the Artis, Sculptor or Scientist ^Iost
decigram every three davs until 1 cc. can
be iiTjecled without causing anv reaction." '.eautiful ly is this expressed by \ hit ler:-
'"deed the
The classification of bacteria at the end
Mimic worksof Art;
of
^^^fy
the book affords an excellent working table '
,,,^' -^.^Tu-^Sfi^tT I'!'
.,
t^. ,u^ i„K„.„ ^^ hen Dr. R. W . Shufeldt first began the
for the laboratory,
work of collecting and classifying the nude
Medical and Minor Surgical Diseases of in the "Studies of the Human Form" he
Women. By Samuel I, ile, M.I)., late Surgeon-in-chief
to LynchburgCity Hospital:
did not realize the enormous undertaking
he contemplated, but gradually as month
Surgeon -in-chief to St. Andrew's Home, after month he continued in his efforts toetc.
Illustrated. Pp. .il4. Southern Medi- ward a perfect classification, he disclosed
cal Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1909. to his personal view the task he had set
This book was written with the aim of himself.
placing the minor details of this class of After seven years of hard labor in his
work in the hands of students and practi- Studio he gives to the world the only work
tioiiers as a ready reference. Dr. Lile does of its kind ever published in this country
not deal with the major surger>' at all, as and superior to aay other ever published in
only a small per cent, of physicians ever
become operators; the majority being so situated
that their patients cannot be properly
F'urope.
The contents of the "Studies of the Hu-
man I'orm" show how thoroughly Dr.
cared for after the operation; so his object Shufeldt has done his work,
has been to give only the gross physiologi- The value of this most remarkable publical
anatomy of the female generative organs cation is apparent after even a slight peruand
the pathological anotomy . The author sal of its pages,
has dealt carefully with diagnosis, medical The book sells for Sl.S.OO net.
treatment, sepsis, asepsis, antisepsis, hv- . ..,.,„., ^^^^ T", , „. , .
',. , ., ,.„ ..' .{, CHKMIC.AL FOOD i.s a nii.\ture of Phosphoric
giene, etc. \)r. Llles differentiates the
.vcid and Phosphates, the value of which Physicians
major from the minor surgery and clearly seem to have loss sight of to some extent, in the
. . 1 ... 1 J -.1 .1 Dast few years. 'Jhe Robinson Pettet Co., to
States what is to be done with those cases '^.^^^^ advertisement (on page XVI) we refer our
belonging to the former class. The book is readers, have placed upon the market a much iiii-
,, •,, . . 1 1 ,1 .1 nroved form of this compound, "Robinson's Phoswell
illustrated and the author gives many P,j„R,e Elixir.' Its superiority consists in its uniof
his own experiences. form composition and high degree of ;palatabiUty.