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MacpherSOn (].) continued. 



OUR BATHS AND WELLS : The Mineral Waters of the British 

 Islands, with a List of Sea-bathing Places. Extra fcap. Svo. 

 pp. xv. 205. 3 s - 6d. 



Dr. Macpherson has divided his work into five parts. He begins by 

 a few introductory observations on bath life, its circumstances, uses, 

 and pleasures ; he then explains in detail the composition of the 

 various mineral waters, and points out the special curative pro- 

 perties of each class. A chapter on ' ' The History of British 

 Wells " from the earliest period to the present time forms the 

 natiiral transition to the second part of this volume, which treats of 

 the different kinds of mineral waters in England, whether pure, 

 thermal and earthy, saline, chalybeate, or sulphur. Wales, Scot- 

 land, and Ireland supply the materials for distinct sections. An 

 Index of mineral waters, one of sea-bathing places, and a third of 

 wells of pure or nearly pure water, terminate the book. ' ' This little 

 volume farms a very available handbook for a large class of 

 invalids.' 1 '' Nonconformist. 



Maudsley. Works by HENRY MAUDSLEY, M.D., Professor of 

 Medical Jurisprudence in University College, London : 



BODY AND MIND : An Inquiry into their Connection and 

 Mutual Influence, specially in reference to Mental Disorders ; being 

 the Gulstonian Lectures for 1870. Delivered before the Royal 

 College of Physicians. Crown Svo. $s. 



77/6' volume consists of three Lectures and two long Appendices, the 

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 and mental relations, as much as possible under the scope of scientific 

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