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self-control. In the book before us he has made the structure and function of 

 different organs and parts of the body the basis for a brief consideration of some 

 of the injuries and accidents that may interfere with the function of these 

 various parts, and in so doing impair the heakh and endanger life. 



Our Bodies and How we Live. By Albert F. Blaisdell, 



M.D. pp. vi. — 285. (Boston, U.S.A. : Lee and Shepard. 1885.) 



This is one of Lee and Shepard's excellent " Young Folks' Series " of little 

 books. Here we have presented in a clear and logical manner, some of the 

 most important facts about the build and health of our bodies. Prominence 

 has been given to such Anatomical and Physiological facts as are proper to the 

 necessary understanding of the laws of hygiene. Everything has been made 

 clear and practical by the use of a simple style of writing. The subject of 

 stimulants and narcotics has been fairly and plainly treated. 



Practical Physiology, being a School Manual of Health 



for the use of Classes and General Reading. By Edwin Lankester, ALD., 

 LL.D., F.R.S. Second edition; pp. xxiv. — 152. (London: W. 11. Allen 

 and Co. 1880). Price 2s. 6d. 



A useful book for the School and for general home use ; it is w^ritten in a 

 clear and interesting style, and illustrated by fairly good plates. It not only 

 gives an accurate course of physiology, but affords valuable hints as to food, 

 dress, exercise, and education in relation to health. 



Diet for the Sick : a Treatise on the Value of Foods, their 

 application to special conditions of Health and Disease, and on the best 

 methods of their preparation. By Mary F. Henderson. Illustrated, pp. ix. — 

 234, (New York : Harper Bros. 18S5.) 



A proper dietary is doubtless as necessary for the recovery of the sick as is 

 medicine : a perusal of this book will supply the nurse with much useful 

 information. 



Text-Book of General Botany. By W. J. Behrens, trans- 

 lated from the second German edition ; Revised by Patrick Geddes, F.R.S.E. 

 \Yith 408 illustrations ; pp. viii. — 374. (Edinburgh : Young J. Pentland. 

 1885.) Price I OS. 6d. 



A most useful addition to the list of Text-books on this subject, and one 

 that may be highly recommended to teachers of the science. The student is 

 at once and by easy stages introduced to the Morphology of the plant, the 

 more difficult study of the Anatomy and Physiology being left till later in the 

 book. The flowering plants are first treated, the system of classification em- 

 ployed being original and differing from that of most of the text-books in 

 general use. The subject of fertilisation and cross-fertilisation by Insects is 

 treated in a very interesting manner. The last portion of the book is devoted 

 to Cryptogams. The illustrations are original and exceedingly good, and we 

 find also a series of tables giving the characteristics of the various orders 

 according to the author's system of classification. 



American Medicinal Plants: an Illustrated and Descriptive 

 Guide to the American Plants, known as Homreopathic Remedies. Their 

 History, Preparation, Chemistry, and Physiological Effects. By Charles F. 

 Millspaugh, M.D. (New York ; Boericke and Tafel. 1885.) 



This is a splendidly illustrated work, containing a list of the x\merican 

 plants used as Homoeopathic remedies. We have before us two fascicles, each 

 containing 30 folio plates of flowers, beautifully drawn and coloured from 



