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

406 CHARLOTTE MEDICAL JOURNAL.
structor in Chemistry Harvard University
Medical School; Assistant in Clinical
Pathology, Boston City Hospital; Medical
Chemist to the Carney Hospital: Visiting
Chemist to the Long Island Hospital,
Boston, etc. Illustrated. Third edition,
thoroughly revised. Philadelphia and
London: W. B. Saunders Company.
1909.
The revision of this book vi'as undertaken
with pleasure on account of the pleasant
reception tendered the first and second editions
by teachers and students of physiological
and clinical chemistry, and also on
account of the real need for changing the
subject matter to conform to the advances
which have taken place since the publication
of the second edition.
A number of changes have been made in
the methods, and a special effort has been
directed toward bringing technique to a
higher degree of efficiency. Much of the
unimportant matter or the first two editions
has been eliminated, and the author has
intentionally omitted the consideration of a
number of subjects which are not of clinical
importance.
The subject of urinary examinations for
purposes of life insurance has been incorjjorated
for the rea.son that a very large
number of those who enter upon the practice
of medicine will be called upon to make
insurance examinations. In the portion of
this book given up to this subject, the methods
and lechtiique have been so condensed
as to be easily understood and quickly applied.
This volume is neatly houiid in cloth, is
well indexed and contains 427 pages, illustrated.
Price, cloth, $.3.00 net.
The Principles of Hygiene: A Practical
Manual for Students, Physicians and
Health Officers. By D. H. Bergey, A.M.,
M.D., Assistant Professor of Bacteriology,
University of Pennsylvania. Illustrated.
Third edition, thoroughly revised and enlarged.
Philadelphia and Loudon: W.
B. Saunders Company. 1909.
This book has been prepared to meet the
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of medicine. It has not been the object
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treat the subject in an exhaustive manner,
the object being merely to give the general
principles upon which the health officer and.*
the physician work in their r spective ca-*
pacities in dealing with conditions whichf
are detrimental to health or which tend to
improve health. It gives the Journa
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book to students, physicians, and health
officers, for whom it was prepared.
This volume contains 555 pages, is care
fully indexed and neatly bound in cloth
Price: Cloth, S3. 00 net.
Appropriately enough, both love and
politics figure in the plot of Mary Imlaw
Taylor's new novel, ' 'The Magnate of Para*v
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dise"— politics being appropriate to the season,
and love to all seasons. The story is ,
published complete in the November Lippin- \
cott's, v.Tiich, by the way, is an extraordinarily
fine number. The scenes of "The :j
Magnate" are laid in the nation's capitol ,
and in a live town in Missouri. While the
name given to the latter is fictitious, the ,
place is quite likely to be recognized by
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those who live or have lived there.
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Like
other municipalities not confined to Mis-
souri,thetown isruledby apolitical "gang."
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They are opposed by a young lawyer, who, ]
as District Attorney, undertakes to cleanse ;
the town's .'\ugean stables and replace the :
rule of might by the rule of right. L^nfor- i
tunately, Holland—the District Attorney— (
is in love with the ward of the Magnate of
Paradise, who is the head and the moving
spirit of the "machiner" All sorts of underhand
schemes are resorted to in order to
down the reformer, and thinks look dubious
for a while. Eventually, however, the citi- '',
zens awaken to the fact that Holland is ;
fighting their battles for them, and give i
him enthusiastic, if tardy, support.
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The
Magnate and his henchmen are overthrown, i
and the very likable hero wins the very-)
lovable heroine. There are some intensely?*
dramatic scenes, and the interest is not per-ii<
mitted to lag for a moment.
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Some remarkable short stories will be .j
found in this issue. One of them is "Mary
and Martha at Lunch," by Marion Hill,l
author of "The Pettison Twins." Thii
has rare originality and subtle humor, will'
a dash of pathos by way of seasoning
"Love and a Morning Ride," by Elizabetki
Maury Coombs, is a striking tale of
Southland. Other good stories are "A Deas<
Letter Come to Life," by Anne Warn*
"Lost—a Turkey," by Elliott Flower; "TH
Sight of the SouL" by Helen Talhot Port#
' and "Much Ado About Xuilung, by Tli
L. Masson.
Arthur Stunley Riggs, who has recentl]
been made a Fellow of the Royal Geograph
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