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into details about these numerous additions 

 to the catalogue of diseases, to the stock of 

 pathological ideas, and to the resources of 

 treatment. The enumeration will serve to 

 show that the alleged progress of medical 

 science can be substantiated, if need be, by 

 full particulars. It may be more generally 

 interesting to give some account of the mod- 

 ern position of medical science of its pre- 

 cision, and of what its precision depends 

 upon. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



On the Characters of the Skull in the Hadro- 

 6auridse; and on some Vertebrata from the Per- 

 mian of Illinois. By E. 1). Cope. Pp. 13, with 

 Four Plates. 



" Paleontological Bulletin," No. 36. First Addi- 

 tion to the Fauna of the Puerco-Eocene ; On the 

 Brains of the Eocene Mammalia Phenacodus ami 

 Periptycmis ; and Fourth Contribution to the His- 

 tory of the Permian Formation of Texas. By Pro- 

 fessor E. D. Cope. Philadelphia : A. E. Foote. 



Proceedings of the Third Annual Meeting of the 

 Wisconsin Pharmaceutical Association held in Osh- 

 kosh, August 6-10, 1682. E. B. Ileimstreet, Janes- 

 ville, Secretary. Pp. 98. 



JEtiology and Non-Infection of Sewer Gases. 

 By Washington Ayer, M. D. San Francisco. 18t3. 

 Pp. 25. 



Study of Neglected Lacerations of the Cervix 

 Uteri and Perinseum. By Thomas A. Ashby, M. D. 

 Baltimore, Md. Pp. 11. 



The Nature of Heat and Gravity. By William 

 Coutie. Troy, N. Y. 1863. Pp. lt. 



Eemarks on Hydrophobia. By Charles W. 

 Dalles, M. D. Philadelphia. 18S3. Pp. 12. 



Third Annual Report of the Astronomer in 

 Charge of the Horological and Thermometric Bu- 

 reaus in the Observatory of Yale College, 1882-68. 

 By Leonard Waldo. New Haven. 1683. Pp. 20. 



Acute Articular Rheumatism. By E. O. Bard- 

 well, M. D. Emporium, Pa. 18S3. Pp. 7. 



The Newport Natural History Society. Docu- 

 ment 1. Newport, K. I. 1863. Pp. 15. 



Signal-Service Notes, No. 4, The Use of the 

 Spectroscope in Meteorological Observations. By 

 Winslow Upton, A.M. Pp. 7. No. 5, Work of 

 the Signal-Service in the Arctic Regions. Pp. 40. 

 Washington : Government Printing-Offlce. 18S3. 



Q. P. Indexes, No. XIII. An Index to Articles 

 relating to History, Biography. Literature, Society, 

 and Travel, contained in Collections of Essays. By 

 W. M. Oriswold, A. B. Bangor, U. S. A. Q. P. 

 Index, Publisher. 1888. Pp. 56. 



Pemphigus and the Diseases liable to bo mis- 

 taken for it. pp. 11; Hints on the Treatment of 

 some Parasitic Skin Diseases, pp. 11 ; The Treat- 

 ment of Various Forms of Acne. pp. 7. By George 

 II. Kobe, M. D. Baltimore, Md. 



"The American Psychological Journal." Edited 

 bv Joseph Fairish. M. O. Quarterly. Vol I, No. 2. 

 July, 1888. Philadelphia : P. Blakiston, Son & Co. 

 Pp.112. $2 a year. 



The Calendar of the Departments of Law, Sci- 

 ence, and I. it nature of the University of Tokio, Ja- 

 pan. 18Sl- , 82. Pp. 125. 



Measurement of the Force of Gravity at Sapporo, 

 Yesso. Published by the University of Tokio. 1882. 

 Pp. 21. 



Topics of the Time, No. 4. Historical Studies- 

 Edited by Titus M. Coan. New York : G. P. Put- 

 nam's Sons. 1888. Pp. 205. 25 cents. 



Hydraulic Tables for the Calculation of the Dis- 

 charge through Sewers, Pipes, and Conduits. By 

 P. J. Flynn, C.E. New York : D. Van Nostrand. 

 1883. Pp. 136. 50 cents. 



Die korperlichen Eigenschaften der Japaner. 

 Eine anthropologische Studie. (The Bodily Pecu- 

 liarities of the Japanese. A_u Anthropological 

 Study.) By Dr. Erwin Baelz. Yokohama : Press 

 of the " Echo du Japon." Pp. 30. 



Die Kupferlegirungen. ihre Darstellung und 

 Verwendung bei den Volkern des Altertbums. 

 (Copper Alloys, their Description and Application 

 with the Peoples of Antiquity.) By Dr. E. Reyer. 

 Vienna. Pp. 16. 



Revista de Agricultura. (Review of Agricul- 

 ture.) Nieomedes P. De Adan, Director. Monthly ; 

 August, 1883. Havana. Pp. 32. 



Muster altitalienischer Leinenstickerei. (Pat- 

 tern-Book of Old Italian Linen Embroidery.) Col- 

 lected and edited by Frieda Lipperheide. Berlin : 

 Franz Lipperheide. 2 vols. Pp. 32 and 36, with 22- 

 30 Plates. 12 marks. 



First Annual Report of the Board of Control of 

 the New York State Experiment Station, for the 

 Year 1>>S2. Albany : Weed, Parsons & Co. 18^3. 

 Pp. 156. 



Lessons in Qualitative Chemical Analysis. By 

 Dr. F. Beilstein. St. Louis : St. Louis Stationery 

 and Book Co. 1S83. Pp. 164. $1.50. 



Genesis. The Miracles and the Predictions ac- 

 cording to Spiritism. By Allan Kardec. Boston : 

 Colby & Rich. 1663. Pp. 488. 



God and Creation. By Robert Eeid Howison. 

 Richmond : West, Johnson & Co. 1Ss3. Pp. 578. 



Photo - Micrographs and how to make them. 

 By George M. Sternberg, M. D., F. R. M. S. Bos- 

 ton : James R. Osgood & Co. 1883. Pp. 204. Illus- 

 trated. $3. 



Fifth Annual Report of the State Board of Health 

 of Connecticut, for the Fiscal Year ending Novem- 

 ber 30, 18S2. Hartford : Press of the Case, Lock- 

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POPULAR MISCELLANY. 



The American Association. The thirty- 

 second annual meeting of the American As- 

 sociation for the Advancement of Science 

 was opened at Minneapolis, Minnesota, Au- 

 gust 15th, with the usual forms. The wel- 

 coming addresses were made by the Gov- 

 ernor of the State, the mayor of the city, 

 and Dr. Folwell, President of the State Uni- 

 versity, in whose halls the sessions were 

 held. The address of the retiring president, 

 Professor Dawson, was delivered in the 

 evening, after which the members of the 

 Association were entertained at a citizens' 

 reception. Professor William A. Rogers, 

 Vice-President of the Section of Mathemat- 

 ics and Astronomy, read an address on the 

 " German Survey of the Northern Heavens." 

 Professor H. A. Rowland, of Baltimore, 

 Vice-President of the Physical Section, made 

 "A Plea for Pure Science," in a paper 

 which was marked by many strong thoughts. 

 Professor Hitchcock, of the Geological and 



