(1) 'New Methods of Treatment (2) 'The Surgery of the Diseases of the Appendix Vermiformis and their Complications (3) 'Clinical and Pathological Observations on Acute Abdominal Diseases (4) 'A Short Treatise on Anti-Typhoid Inoculation (5) 'The Suppression of Tuberculosis

Abstract

(1) EVERY year a multitude of substances, chiefly synthetic, is introduced, every one being extolled as a certain cure for this or that ailment. By good fortune one of them is now and then found to be of real value, and for a time at least finds a place in the “aramentaria medica,” but the majority in a year or two pass into oblivion. Similarly new modes of treatment come and go, most of them being of little worth. But the medical practitioner is expected to know of all these medicinal substances and vagaries of treatment, and must be prepared to employ any one of them at the suggestion of some faddist who happens to consult him. From this point of view the first book on our list may be a useful guide, but otherwise one would be inclined to ask, cui bono? Some of the substances included in the volume are by no means new, e.g. thyroid, guaiacol, and the anti toxic sera, while others which have a greater claim to novelty, and are, moreover, of real value, such as aspirin, acetozone, urotropine and cystamine, and purgen, are omitted. In dealing with tetanus anti toxin, no mention is made of injection into the spinal cord Or nerve trunks. As regards phosphorised prin ciples, lecithin, glycerophosphates, &c., which have of late been extolled in wasting diseases and nervous affections, the administration of a couple of eggs a day would probably be of far greater benefit than any of the medicinal preparations of these substances.

(1) New Methods of Treatment.

Dr. Laumonier. Translated from the second revised and enlarged French edition, and edited by Dr. H. W. Syers. Pp. xvii + 321. (London: Constable and Co., Ltd., 1904.) Price 7s. 6d. net.

(2) The Surgery of the Diseases of the Appendix Vermiformis and their Complications.

W. H. Battle E. M. Corner. Pp. xi + 208. (London: Constable and Co., Ltd., 1904.) Price 7s. 6d. net.

(3) Clinical and Pathological Observations on Acute Abdominal Diseases.

(The Erasmus Wilson Lectures, 1904.) By E. M. Corner. Pp. 98. (London: Constable and Co., Ltd., 1904.) Price 3s. 6d. net.

(4) A Short Treatise on Anti-Typhoid Inoculation.

Dr. A. E. Wright. Pp. x + 76. (London: Constable and Co., Ltd., 1904.) Price 3s. 6d. net.

(5) The Suppression of Tuberculosis.

Prof. E. von Behring. Authorised translation by Dr. Charles Bolduan. Pp. v + 85. (New York: John Wiley and Sons; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1904.) Price 4s. 6d. net.