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Harvey's views on the use of the circulation of the blood. By John G. 

 Curtis {Posthutnous publication). Based on a lecture delivered, in 1907, before 

 the Johns Hopkins Hospital Historical Club, at Baltimore. Edited by Prof. F. 

 S. Lee, " with affection for Dr. Curtis's memory and with appreciation of bis 

 scholarly attainments." Pp. 194; 6x3^. Columbia Univ. Press, 1915. "Dr. 

 Curtis's work represents a more profound study of Harvey's ideas and compari- 

 son of them with those of the most important of Harvey's predecessors than has 

 heretofore appeared." 



Nutritional physiology: 2d ed. By Percy G. Stiles, instr. in physiol., Har- 

 vard Univ. Pp. 287— 6 x3^^; $1.25 net. W. B. Saunders Co., Phila., 1915. 

 First ed. issued in 1912. Our references to the first ed., as an " admirable treat- 

 ment of nutrition " and a " very valuable addition to the growing supply of text 

 books in biol. ehem. for beginners," apply with even greater pertinence to this 

 edition. The hygienic aspects of nutrition are given special consideration. 



