New Publications.

A MANUAL OF THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF THE Diseases of THE EYE. By Edward Jackson, A. M., M. D., Emeritus Professor of Diseases of the Eye in the Philadelphia Polyclinic, etc. With 178 illustrations and two colored plates. 604 pages. W. B. Saunders, Publisher, Philadelphia. 1900. Price $2.50.

In the compilation of this admirable volume it is evident that the author had in mind the needs and requirements of the general practitioner and the beginner in ophthalmology, as for such is this book especially intended.

We know of no work upon the subject treated that is better adapted to the wants and requirements of the general practitioner and beginner in opthalmology than the book now before us. It gives the place of first importance to the recognition and management of conditions likely to be presented early in practice rather than the rarer diseases and the more difficult operations.

The last chapter in the book is perhaps the most important for the general practitioner, as it deals with the relations of ocular symptoms and lesions to general diseases.

fore and after, what to do in cases of accident, methods of applying local anesthetics, the use of cocaine in nose and throat, in genito-urinary surgery; precautions for cocaine anesthesia, infiltration anesthesia and its technique.

A TEXT BOOK of Diseases OF WOMEN. By Charles B. Penrose, M. D., Ph. D., Professor of Gynecology in the University of Pennsylvania; Surgeon to the Gynecean Hospital, Philadelphia. Illustrated. Third edition; revised. W. B. Saunders, Publisher, Philadelphia. 1900. Price, $3.75 net.

For the use of the general practitioner this is one of the best works published on the diseases of women. It presents the best teaching of modern gynecology, untrammeled by antiquated theories or methods of treatment. Minor gynecology is thoroughly covered and the needs of the non-specialist recognized. This edition has been slightly enlarged, and every subject has been brought up-to-date. Many excellent and useful illustrations are presented, and altogether the work is worthy of the highest commendation.

CHILDREN: ACID AND ALKALINE. "Health the Golden Mean." The Law of Diet Selection, Contraria. The Therapeutic Law, Similia, By Thomas C. Duncan, M. D., Ph. D.,LL. D., Boericke & Tafel, Publishers, Philadelphia. 1900. Price 75 cents; by mail, 82 cents.

The author of this little book, consisting of 148 pages, divides all babies born into three distinct classes-normal, acid and alkaline. Although not claiming that this classification is original with him, the author has evidently given the subject much thought and careful attention. Whether the theory here advanced is true or not is a question, but no harm can be done by further careful investigation, at least.

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Summary Gleanings.

Calcium sulphide has been lauded as a cure for phthisis.

All persisteat hemorrhages during menopause should be regarded with suspicion.

As a remedy for boils, pimples and some forms of skin disease calcium sulphide stands without an equal.

Ammonium iodide, regardless of the nosology, is the remedy for dizziness, or dizzy headache.

Guaiacol in vaseline or lanoline is advised as an excellent application in the treatment of orchitis.

In the treatment of boils coming in crops colchicum is recommended in doses of from one-third to one-half of a grain each day.

Aconite is indicated where there is a

small, hard, sharp, frequent pulse, chilly and aching sensations, at the onset of fevers.

Lobelia inflata is demanded in small doses where there is full and oppressed pulse, precordial oppression and oppressed breathing.

In the case of children who are often sufferers from rickets, phosphate of sodium, lime salts and common salt should be freely given.

Ammonium bromide is a remedy for convulsions when the face is pallid and extremities cool; there is usually anemia with some prostration.

A carbuncle may be arrested in its development by the injection into different parts of the tumor of five drops of pure liquid carbolic acid at each point.

Dr. Wilson says that equal parts of glycerin and water, with sufficient lemon juice to make the mixture agreeable to taste, is an excellent mouth-wash in fever

cases.

Dr. Emmet says that all pelvic congestions are venous, and the term "chronic inflammation," so far as it applies to the organs in that cavity, is a misnomer, because the arterial vessels are not involved in that process.

Dr. Bozarth says that in the later stages of la grippe, when the cases have been neglected or badly treated, he has found no remedy so frequently indicated bryonia.

Cancer of the womb, says Dr. Goodell, usually begins on the vaginal portion of the cervix, and consequently has to bear the brunt of the insults of coition and parturition.

Dr. Barnes says tepid vaginal injections so generally recommended and inadvertently used by patients in place of hot injections, have no positive therapeutic effect whatever.

Dr. Tait states that the most common displacement of the ovary is dislocation downward into the retro-uterine pouch, to which the name of prolapse has been improperly given.

Dr. Munde says chronic leucorrhea of long standing can only be cured by persevering in frequent local use of astringents through a speculum, together with hot vaginal injections.

Podophyllum will work nicely when there are full veins, full face, full abdomen and full tongue. Usually there is a yellow stripe down the center of the tongue, or there is a yellowish coat.

As prophylactic measures in delirium tremens, moderate quanities of alcoholic stimulants, of digitalis and capsicum, nourishing food and plenty of sleep are recommended by Dr. Horwitz.

Veratrum viride is indicated where there is a full and bounding, or hard pulse, whatever the condition. Many cases of convulsions, especially those of the puerperium, will present this indication.

Sodium sulphite is always indicated by a broad, pallid, dirty-coated tongue; those diseases in which this indication is present Dr. Ellingwood, of Chicago, says, are promptly benefited in many of their symptoms by this remedy.

Dr. Hare says that in cases of chronic nasal catarrh where the mucous membrane is congested and irritable, a solution of equal parts of distilled extract of hamamelis and water sprayed up the nose does very well, but first the nasal cavities must be well cleaned.