REVIEWS 355 



An extensive list of the Hrcmocytozoa in lower animals is given, but in many 

 cases the description is too brief to be of practical value. 



The chapter on ticks has been enlarged, and there is a good account of the 

 internal anatomy and the method of dissection. Trypanosomes, Leishman Donovan 

 bodies, and spirochetes are considered in detail as regards human species, whilst 

 notes, usually brief, are given of those occurring in other animals. 



The chapter on blood-sucking flies is too short to be of much practical value 

 as an aid to diagnosis to any but an expert. 



The book is a valuable one and should prove of much practical value to those 

 working in the tropics. It is well printed and profusely illustrated ; some of the 

 illustrations are good. 



C. W. Daniells. 



The Law of Hospitals, Infirmaries, Dispensaries, and other Kindred Insti- 

 tutions, whether Voluntary or Rate-Supported. By Arthur Turnour 

 MURRAY, Barrister-at-Law, B.A. Oxon. [Pp. xviii + 288.] (London, 1908 : 

 John Murray ; price 10s. 6d. net.) 



Mr. Murray's object in compiling this book was, as his preface states, " to bring 

 together into one volume the many legal questions which affect all kinds of medical 

 institutions." In spite of the difficulty of his task, Mr. Murray has achieved a 

 success upon which he may well be congratulated. The book should be most 

 useful, not only to legal practitioners, but also — and perhaps more especially — to 

 hospital secretaries and officials. It is well and simply arranged under thirty-two 

 alphabetical heads, with a good index, and a comprehensive list of cases and 

 statutes. Under these thirty-two heads it may fairly be said that every branch of 

 the law as relating to hospitals is dealt with — in some cases more fully than in 

 others— as for instance the law of infectious disease hospitals and death in 

 hospitals. There is an interesting classification of hospitals in the introduction ; 

 other chapters deal with subjects — to select a few out of many — such as accounts, 

 contracts, gifts, insurance (dealing particularly with the Workmen's Compensation 

 Act, 1907), vivisection, vaccination, land. Much of the law on these subjects is 

 statutory, and where this is so, Mr. Murray has succeeded in grouping the relevant 

 provisions in a manner which is at once intelligible and convenient. In a neces- 

 sarily short review it is impossible to deal with any particular portion of the book 

 at any length, but we may call special attention to the two headings which 

 Mr. Murray has treated perhaps more fully than any others ; namely, death in 

 hospital (pp. 37-60) and infectious disease hospitals (pp. 76-114). The former 

 deals {inter alia) with dissection, and the provisions of the Anatomy Act, 1832, 

 applicable thereto. Inquests, cremation, post-mortem examinations, are also 

 treated in this chapter. The latter contains the statutes affecting infectious 

 disease both inside and outside London. The relevant sections of the Isolation 

 Hospitals Acts are set out, and an account is given of the Metropolitan District 

 Asylums in London, and their management. The law relating to midwives, and 

 the settlement of bastards, and duties as to registration of birth are contained in the 

 chapter on " Lying-in Hospitals." The law of negligence as it affects hospitals is 

 a question of vital importance to them, and to it Mr. Murray devotes a separate 

 chapter. On the question of the effect of s. 1 (a) of the Public Authorities Pro- 

 tection Act, 1893, on suits brought under Lord Campbell's Act (p. 183), a reference 

 might usefully have been made to the case of Williams v. Mersey Dock and 

 Harbour Board (1905, 1 K.B. 804). A chapter is devoted to meetings (pp. 157- 

 72) which states concisely the formalities necessary in the calling of a meeting, 



