cution of the campaign. In the Report for 1877, the most practical papers are "Disease of the Mind," by C. F. Folsom, M. D., "The Sanitary Condition of Lynn," by J. G. Pinkhamn, M. D., and "Sewerage; its Advantages and Disadvantages, Construction, and Maintenance," by S. S. Cheesbrough, C. E. On the question of drainage and sewerage, a perfect system of either can never be accomplished until they are entirely disconnected. A sewer cannot act as a drain without polluting the neighboring soil, nor can a drain act as a sewer without the same result. Drains are constructed so as to absorb moisture; sewers should be constructed so as to prevent absorption or leakage. The report of the board itself is very full, and in the main satisfactory.

ART. V.-Pathological Report of the Montreal General Hospital, for the year ending May 1, 1877. By WILLIAM OSLER, M. D., of McGill University. One volume. Pp. 97. Montreal: Dawson Brothers.

THIS report contains a detailed account of.a large number of interesting autopsies, as well as a condensed clinical history of each very important case. The cases have been very carefully and systematically worked up, and the various pathological changes concisely and graphically described. The book is preceded by an index, which adds greatly to its usefulness, the subjects being classified under the various organs to which they refer. To describe pathological changes accurately and concisely is not an easy matter; but Dr. Osler may be congratulated upon his ability to do so. We would be much pleased to see the example of the Montreal General Hospital followed by some of the hospitals in the United States, many of which possess ample material for contributing greatly, every year, to the sum of our knowledge in pathology.

ART. VI.-Lectures on Clinical Medicine.-By Dr. McCALL ANDERSON, Professor of Clinical Medicine in the University of Glasgow.

THE seventeen lectures which make up this work embrace a wide range of subjects. It does not claim to be a systematic

one on clinical medicine, but is rather an attempt, by a few well-selected cases, to bring the student in contact with the patient. In the introductory chapter some illustrations of the more recent advances and discoveries in the field of practical medicine are given in a sketchy résumé.

The cases which form the text for these lectures are clearly and pleasantly narrated, but we think the author fails to make their differentiation as vivid as opportunity allowed.

The book presents no new feature, but is well abreast of the times in pathology and treatment.

Macmillan & Co. have issued the work in their usual attractive style.

APTM VII.-Proteus; or, Unity in Nature. By CHARLES BLAND RADCLIFFE, M. D., author of "Vital Motion as a Mode of Physical Motion," etc. Second Edition. London: Macmillan & Co., 1877. Pp. 214.

THE demand for a second edition of this work is proof that many readers have taken an interest in following the author in his metaphysical studies and speculations. The chapters on the traces of unity in plants and animals, and in all organic and inorganic forms, show a deep knowledge of the subject, and a conscientious effort to bring that knowledge to bear in support of the author's views and theories, which are decidedly opposed to the doctrine of evolution, and to almost all that is taught by the high-priests of the materialistic school.

ART. VIII.-A New System of Medicine, entitled Recognizant Medicine; or, the State of the Sick. Pp. 212.

Principles of Rational Therapeutics, commenced as an Inquiry into the Relative Value of Quinine and Arsenic in Ague. Pp. 84. By Bholanoth Bose, M. D., Lond., M. R. C. S. Eng., Her Majesty's Indian Medical Service. London: J. & A. Churchill. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co., 1877.

WE began the perusal of these works with some interest, but were doomed to utter disappointment in the endeavor to follow the author in his complicated theories of the cause and cure of discase. So far from simplifying the subject, he seems

only to add mystery and confusion, and we fail to eliminate a single idea or principle from the mixture of medicine, politics, and theology that constitutes the so-called "new system."

ART. IX.-The Druggists' Hand-book of Private Formulas. By JOHN H. NELSON, of Cleveland, Ohio. 12mo, pp. 206. Printed for the Author, 1878.

THIS Volume contains numerous formulas for elixirs, emulsions, medicated syrups, and almost every unofficinal compound known in art and medicine. The method of preparing and the uses of the numerous compounds are fully described. Every druggist will find it to his advantage to possess this book. The work testifies to the qualifications of the author for his task, and shows him to be a thorough pharmaceutist.

ART. X.-The Vest-Pocket Anatomist.

Founded upon Gray. By C. HENRI LEONARD, A. M., M. D. Second Enlarged Edition. Detroit, 1878. Price, 50 cents.

THIS is an exceedingly compact and complete epitome of anatomy, in small but clear print, and so portable that the student may constantly carry it to refresh his memory when the larger text-books are not accessible.

BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS RECEIVED.-On Hæmaturia as a Symptom of Diseases of the Genito-Urinary Organs. By O. Hoff, M. D., Ex-Visiting Surgeon City and County Hospital, San Francisco, etc. Philadelphia:

Lindsay & Blakiston, 1878.

Brain: A Journal of Neurology. Edited by Drs. J. C. Bucknill, J. Crichton-Browne, D. Ferrier, and J. Hughlings-Jackson. New York: Macmillan & Co. Part I.-April, 1878. To be published quarterly. Annual subscription, $4.

Organic Stricture of the Urethra from Masturbation, with a Brief Account of its Pathological Significance. By Samuel W. Gross, A. M., M. D., Surgeon to the Jefferson Medical College Hospital, etc. Extracted from the "Transactions of the American Medical Association."

A Remarkable Case of Morphine Tolerance by an Infant. By James L. Little, M. D., Professor of Surgery in the Medical Department of the

University of Vermont. Reprinted from the American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children, vol. xi., No. II., April, 1878.

Observations in Practice, Surgery, Gynecology, and especially Obstetrics. By George B. Walker, M. D., Professor of Obstetrics in the Medical College of Evansville. Read before the Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky Tri-State Madical Society, in Evansville, October 17, 1877.

Notes on the Mineralogy and Petrography of Boston and Vicinity. By M. Edward Wadsworth, Instructor in Mathematics and Mineralogy in Harvard University. From the "Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History," vol. xix., May 16, 1877.

Amputation of Cervix Uteri. By W. H. Wathen, M. D., Clinical Lecturer on Diseases of Women and Children, Louisville Medical College, etc. Read before the Kentucky State Medical Society, April 3, 1878. (Reprint from May number Richmond and Louisville Medical Journal.)

Is Modern Education exerting an Evil Influence upon the Eye-sight of our Children? By A. W. Calhoun, M. D., Professor of the Diseases of the Eye and Ear in the Atlanta Medical College. (Reprint from the Atlanta Medical and Surgical Journal.)

Auto-Inoculation of Vegetable Parasites of the Skin, and the Clinical Testimony for their Identity or Non-Identity. By Edward Wigglesworth, M. D. Reprinted from the Archives of Dermatology, January, 1878.

Thirty-fifth Annual Report of the Managers of the State Lunatic Asylum, Utica, N. Y., for the Year 1877. Transmitted to the Legislature January 14, 1878.

Annual Announcement of Lectures at Toland Hall, Medical Department of the University of California, San Francisco, California. Session of 1878.

Transactions of the American Dermatological Association, with the President's Address at the First Meeting, held at Niagara, September 4, 5, and 6, 1877.

Clinical Gynecology. By W. H. Wathen, M. D., Clinical Lecturer on Diseases of Women and Children, Louisville Medical College. (January and February numbers Richmond and Louisville Medical Journal.)

Eighteenth Annual Report of the Medical Superintendent of the State Asylum for Insane Criminals, Auburn, N. Y. For the Year ending September 30, 1877.

Carbolic-Acid Injections in the Treatment of Piles. Radical Cures. By A. B. Cook, A. M., M. D. (From the American Medical Bi-Weekly of February 16, 1878.)

Suggestions in the Treatment of Spinal Diseases and Curvature. By E. H. Coover, M. D., of Harrisburg, Pa. (Reprinted from the Medical and Surgical Reporter.)

Lectures on Diseases of the Nervous System, delivered at Guy's Hospital. By Samuel Wilks, M. D., F. R. S. Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston. 1878. Price, $5.00.

In Memoriam. Edmund Randolph Peaslee, M. D., LL. D. Transac tions of the Academy of Medicine. Pp. 42.

Medical Women: A Statement and an Argument. By Charles West, M. D., Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London.

Reports on the Progress of Medicine.

CONTRIBUTED BY DRS. EDWARD FRANKEL, W. T. BULL AND GEORGE R. CUTTER.

SURGERY.

Rapid Cure of Traumatic Aneurism by Esmarch's Bandage.-A laborer, aged twenty, was admitted to the Taunton and Somerset Hospital, under the care of Mr. Cornish, for a tumor in the middle of the outer side of the calf of the right leg, which developed a month after a wound from a scythe. After a few days of rest the tumor appeared of the size of a hen's egg, deeply situated, pulsating synchronously with the heart, and giving a bruit on stethoscopic auscultation. Inability to lift foot. A flannel roller was applied from the toes to the middle of the thigh, except over the tumor. Esmarch's bandage was then put on with moderate tightness from the toes to the tumor, and, after the patient had stood in the erect position to fill the sac, from above the tumor to the middle of the thigh. In an hour pain necessitated its removal, and a horse-shoe tourniquet was fixed at the groin, the flannel bandage remaining. The tourniquet was slightly relaxed three hours later, again loosened an hour later, and removed after three hours more. No more pulsation was felt. The swelling gradually disappeared, and the power of lifting the foot returned.— Lancet, February 16, 1878. W. T. B.

Popliteal Aneurism; Two Cases treated successfully with Esmarch's Bandage; Two Failures; Cure after Ligation of Femoral.-A laborer, aged thirty-four, had an aneurism of the size of a small orange, which he had been cognizant of for only sixteen days. August 27th, bandage applied from the foot to the upper part of the thigh, passing lightly over the tumor, and kept on three-quarters of an hour, ether being administered during last thirty minutes. Tourniquet for four hours. Pulsation continued, but feeling of solidification existed. Two days later elastic bandage reapplied for the same time. Pulsation still. Leg moderately flexed. Tumor became more solid, and pulsation ceased. September 8th, cure was complete, but flexion was continued for a few days.

A second case, a fireman, aged thirty-nine, was not improved after