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separation of titanium and aluminum ; in- 

 vestigations by C. Barus and V. Strouhall 

 on electrical resistance and density, and ox- 

 ide films on steel ; and miscellaneous analy- 

 ses. No. 28 is an account of the gabbros 

 and associated hornblende rocks occurring 

 in the neighborhood of Baltimore, Mary- 

 land, by Professor George Huntington Will- 

 iams, of Johns Hopkins University. No 

 29 is a memoir on the fresh-water inverte- 

 brates of the North American Jurassic, by 

 Charles A. White, M. D. 



Disinfection and Individual Prophylax- 

 is against Infectious Diseases. By 

 George M. Sternberg, M. D. Concord, 

 N. II. Pp. 40. 



This essay is published by the American 

 Public Health Association as one of the four 

 papers on as many subjects of public sani- 

 tation, for which the prizes offered by Mr. 

 Henry Lomb, of Rochester, New York, were 

 awarded. The author, who has long been 

 pursuing a scientific and practical study of 

 all that relates to microbic infections, has in 

 it explained the nature and office of dis- 

 infection and disinfectants, with the value 

 and effect of the different substances in 

 general use, and directions for application 

 and for individual prophylaxis against the 

 infectious diseases which man is liable to 

 contract. The essay is designed for general 

 use, and is, therefore, free from technicali- 

 ties, and is for sale at " a price covering the 

 cost," which we do not find specified. 



The Relation of Hospitals to Medical 

 Education. By Charles Francis With- 

 ington, M. D. Boston : Cupples, Uphani 

 & Co. Pp. 47. 



Dr. Withington starts out with the 

 proposition that measures not distinctly 

 contemplated by the founder of a trust may, 

 in the course of time or by changes in con- 

 ditions and circumstances, become necessary 

 to the truest fulfillment of the spirit of the 

 trust. Among such measures is the use of 

 hospitals as aids in medical education. Two 

 objections may be brought against this view : 

 one, that while the advancement of medical 

 education is for the advantage of all men, 

 there is no special obligation resting upon 

 hospitals more than upon the general medi- 

 cal profession to contribute to it ; and that 

 the use of a hospital for such purposes may 



be in conflict with the comfort and well- 

 being of the persons under treatment. These 

 objections are answered : First, it is held 

 that, since hospitals possess certain facili- 

 ties for the advancement of medical science, 

 having relation to important elements in med- 

 ical education that are not enjoyed elsewhere, 

 they are under a peculiar obligation to sec- 

 ond this work ; next, the possible conflict 

 between the interests of medical science and 

 those of the individual patient is considered, 

 and the latter's indefeasible rights are de- 

 fined ; and in a third section the factors in- 

 creasing the educational value of hospitals 

 are discussed. 



The Journal of Physiology. Edited by 

 Michael Foster, M. D. Vol. VII. Nos. 

 3 and 4. Cambridge, England. Pp. 164. 

 Price, $5 a volume. 



Dr. Foster has the co-operation in con- 

 ducting the "Journal of Physiology," in 

 England, of Professor W. Rutherford, of 

 Edinburgh, and Professor J. Burdon- San- 

 derson, of Oxford ; and in the United States, 

 of Professor H. P. Bowditch, of Boston; 

 Professor H. Newell Martin, of Baltimore ; 

 and Professor H. C. Wood, of Philadelphia. 

 The numbers appear, not at rigidly fixed 

 times, but at varying intervals, which are 

 determined by the supply of material. The 

 two numbers now under notice contain fif- 

 teen articles descriptive of original physio- 

 logical research, by W. M. Bayliss and J. 

 R. Bradford, J. W. Barrett, C. A. Mac- 

 Munn, M. Greenwood, S. Pallitzer, Sydney 

 Ringer, F. W. Ellis, Francis Warner, W. D. 

 Haliburton, and R. Norris Wolfenden. The 

 papers of most general interest are, per- 

 haps, those of S. Pallitzer on " Curare," and 

 R. Norris Wolfenden on " The Nature and 

 Action of the Venoms of the Indian Cobra 

 and the Indian Viper." 



First Annual Report of the Forest Com- 

 mission of the State of New York for 

 the Year 1885. Townsend Cox, Sher- 

 man W. Knevals, and Theodore B. Bas- 

 sclin, Commissioners. Albany: The 

 " Argus " Company. Pp. 362. 



The commission was appointed in pur- 

 suance of an act of the Legislature of May 

 15, 1885, and held its first meeting on the 

 23d of September of the same year. Its 

 functions, as defined in the act constituting 



