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A Text-Book of Histology, Descriptive and Practical, for 

 the Use of Students. By Arthur Clarkson, M.B., C.M.Edin. ; with 174 ori- 

 ginal coloured illustrations. 8vo, pp. xx. — 554. (Bristol : John Wright and 

 Co. London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. 1896.) Price 21/- net. 



It is with much pleasure that we direct the attention of our readers to 

 this really magnificent work, the purpose of whose author has been to furnish 

 the student of Histology with both the descriptive and practical parts of the 

 science. The first two chapters are devoted to the consideration of the general 

 methods of Histology ; subsequently, in each chapter, the structure of the 

 tissue or organ is first systematically described ; the student is then taken his- 

 torically over the specimens illustrating it ; and, finally, an Appendix affords a 

 short note of the methods of preparation. We give a summary of the more 

 important subject-matter of the various chapters : — Chaps. I. and II., General 

 Methods ; Chaps. III.— VII., The Simple Tissues ; Chap. VIII., The Vascu- 

 lar and Lymphatic' Systems ; Chap. IX., The Spleen and Ductless Glands; 

 Chap. X., The Respiratory System; Chaps. XL and XII., The Ahmentaiy 

 Canal; Chap. XIIL. The Kidney, Ureter, and Bladder; Chap. XIV., The 

 Skin, Epidermic Appendages, and Termination of the Sensory Nerves ; Chap. 

 XV., The Reproductive System; Chap. XVI., The Eye, Ear, and Olfactory 

 Membrane; and Chap. XVII., The Nervous System. There is also an 

 exhaustive index. The information given throughout the entire work is tho- 

 roughly plain and concise. Besides the 174 beautifully coloured plates, there 

 are 22 wood engravings in the text. 



Rheumatoid Arthritis : Its Pathology, Morbid Anatomy, 

 and Treatment. By Gilbert A. Bannatyne, M.D.Glas., M.R. C.P.Ed. 8vo, 

 pp. xii. — 173. (Bristol : John Wright and Co. London : Simpkin, Marshall, 

 and Co, 1896.) Price 7/6. 



Chap. I. of this work is Introductory and Historical ; Chap. II. treats of 

 the /Etiology and Pathologj' of the subject ; Chap. III., Pathological Anatomy 

 and Bacteriology. These chapters are followed by others on Diagnosis, Prog- 

 nosis, and Treatment. 



The Ritual of Health for the Grown. By H. Cooper 

 Patten. Cr. 8vo, pp. 125. (London: Jarrold and Son. 1896.) Price i/- 



This, the first of three volumes in course of pubhcation, is intended for the 

 guidance of men between the ages of 30 and 60 and of women five years 

 younger, and contains an amount of good common-sense information, from 

 which all may derive much profit. We regret that the book came to hand too 

 late to receive the careful reading we should otherwise have liked to have given 

 it. We hope to treat the succeeding volumes of the series in a more satisfac- 

 tory manner. 



Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien. By A. Engler- 

 Nos. 136, 137, 138, 139. (London : Wilhams and Norgate. Leipzig : Wil- 

 helm Engelmann.) 



These beautifully illustrated parts contain descriptions of the Pezizine?e 

 (concluded), Phacidiine?e, and Hysteriinere, by G. Lindau ; RhamnaccK (con- 

 cluded), by A. Weberbauer ; Vitaceas, by E. Glig ; Meliacete (concluded), by 

 H. Harms ; Trigoniacete and Vochyiacere, by O. G. Peterson ; Tremandracete 

 and Polygalaceas, by R. Chodat ; and Dichapetalacex, by A. Engler. 



In these parts there are 665 figures, comprised in 95 illustrations. 



