SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE. 



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SCIENTIFIC LITEKATUKE. 



PHYSIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. 



The publication, by an American au- 

 thor, of another new work devoted 

 exclusively to physiological chemistry 

 gives evidence of the increasing rec- 

 ognition which this branch of science 

 is receiving in this country. The 

 ' Text-book of Physiological Chem- 

 istry,' by Dr. Charles E. Simon,'* of 

 Baltimore, is a satisfactory addition 

 to the few really valuable books on 

 this subject in English. Resembling 

 in many details of treatment the 

 widely known volume by Hammar- 

 sten, Simon's new treatise shows the 

 same features of presentation which 

 have made the author's work on Clin- 

 ical Diagnosis so favorably received. 

 In somewhat over 400 pages the chief 

 facts and important methods of physio- 

 logical chemistry are offered in the 

 light of the recent advances, the purely 

 chemical aspects being emphasized. — 

 A new English translation (470 pp.) 

 o: Bunge's 'Text-book of Physiological 

 and Pathological Chemistry 'f is an- 

 nounced by American publishers. The 

 new edition of this work which has 

 lately appeared in German as the 

 second volume of Bunge's new ' Lehr- 

 buch der Physiologie 'J shows the same 

 unique peculiarities of style which 

 make his publications so readable. 

 Bunge's views on many topics seem, 

 however, somewhat extreme; they fre- 

 quently attract attention from the un- 

 usual standpoints assumed, rather than 

 from any indication of broad and pro- 



* Lea Brothers and Co., Philadelphia 

 and New York. 



f P. Blakiston's Son and Co., Philadel- 

 phia. 



t F. C. W. Vogel, Leipzig. 



gressive familiarity with the literature 

 of the subject. — The ' Lectures on 

 Chemical Pathology ' by Dr. C. A. 

 Herter,* of New York, forms one of the 

 most suggestive and interesting publi- 

 cations of the year. They point out 

 the importance of chemical considera- 

 tions in the study of both physiological 

 and pathological processes, and abound 

 in illustrations drawn from an ex- 

 tensive acquaintance with clinical and 

 experimental data. The medical prac- 

 titioner who has lately been hearing 

 about physical factors in therapeutics 

 will find in Dr. Herter's chemical treat- 

 ment much that is new and stimula- 

 ting. The distinctive scientific atti- 

 tude of the author is everywhere 

 apparent. — Oppenheimer's ' Die Fer- 

 mente und ihre Wirkungen,'t which 

 appeared two years ago, is now avail- 

 able in English form under the title 

 ' Ferments and their Actions. 't The 

 extensive references to the literature 

 make it helpful to the physiological 

 chemist. Dr. Effront's work on en- 

 zymes has also been translated (in 

 part) from the French by Dr. Prescott, 

 of the Massachusetts Institute of 

 Technology. §— In the book of 290 

 pages on ' Les fonctions hepatiques,'|| 

 Gilbert and Carnot have reviewed the 

 physiology of the liver in its various 

 aspects. Like H6don's publication on 

 the pancreas, it indicates a return to 

 the monograph form of presenting the 

 details of physiological research. 



* Lea Brothers and Co., Philadelphia 

 and New York. 



t F. C. W. Vogel, Leipzig. 



I Griffin, London. 



§ John Wiley and Son, New York. 



II C. Naud, Paris. 



