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The Bactei'iological World and 3fodcrn 

 Medicine, formed )3y the fusion of the two 

 journals whose united names it bears, issued 

 the first number of its new series in Novem- 

 ber, 1S91. It is edited by Paul Paquin, 

 M. D., and /. II. Kcllogj, M. D., with a large 

 staff of collaborators (Battle Creek, Mich. 

 $2 a year). Among the contents of the 

 three numbers before us are continued arti- 

 cles on Influence of the Continuous Current 

 on Microbes, by Mil. Apostoli and Laguer- 

 riere, with illustrations ; The Influence of 

 Dress in producing the Physical Decadence 

 of American Women, by J. II. Kellogg, M. D., 

 illustrated with pncumographic tracings, out- 

 lines of natural and constricted forms, etc. ; 

 Lessons in Bacteriology, by Paul Paquin, M. 

 D. ; and The Application of the Microscope 

 in Medical, Medico-legal, and Legal Difiicul- 

 tics, by Frederick Gaertner, M. D. There 

 are also shorter articles, notes, reviews, edi- 

 torials, etc. The journal has as a depart- 

 ment the bulletins of the Medical and Sur- 

 gical Sanitarium, and of the Laboratory of 

 Hygiene connected with it. In addition to 

 the other illustrations, each number contains 

 one or two colored plates. 



A Ilistorij of Circumcision has been pub- 

 lished by P. C. Pcmondlno, M. D. (F. A. 

 Davis, $1.25 and 50 cents), extending from 

 the earliest times to the present. The au- 

 thor describes the Hebraic and other modes 

 of performing this operation, and argues 

 strongly in favor of the practice, setting 

 forth a great many annoyances and diseases 

 to which the presence of the prepuce con- 

 tributes, both in early and in later life. The 

 book contains also descriptions of infibula- 

 tion, muzzling, and other operations that 

 have been practiced on the prepuce, and his- 

 tories of castration, eunuchism, hermaphro- 

 dism, and hypospadias. The work gives 

 abundant evidence of having been carefully 

 prepared, and can not fail to be of service 

 to the surgeon. It contains much informa- 

 tion, moreover, that would benefit lay read- 

 ers, and the author's declared intention of 

 making the volume " readable " has been 

 very successfully carried out. Over a hun- 

 dred notes to the text, a list of works 

 quoted, and an index are appended ; there 

 arc also two illustrations, one of He- 

 braic and the other of Egyptian circum- 

 cision. 



I'CBLICATIONS EECEIVED. 



Allen, Harrison, M. D., University of Pennsyl- 

 vania. Addresses on Anatomy. Pp. 19. 



Aver, N. W. & Son, Philadelphia. Calendar for 

 1892.' 



Bacon. Benjamin "Wisner. The Genesis of Gene- 

 sis. Hartford: Ihe Student lublishing Co. Pp. 

 352. $2.50. 



Ballanoe, George A., and Edmunds, "W alter. The 

 Ligation of the Great Arteries in Continuity. Jlac- 

 miilan & Co. Pp. 56S. $10. 



Black, George Asbton. History of Municipal 

 Ownership of Land on Manhattan Island. .New 

 York: University Faculty of Political Science. Pp. 

 S3, with Plates. 50 cents. 



Brocknoy, Frederick J., M. D. Essentiiils of Medi- 

 cal Phvsics. Philadelphia : W. B. Saunders. Pp. 

 SSO. $1. 



Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Astro- 

 nomical Hand-book for 1SU2. Pp. 38. 20 cents. 



Coltmar, Pobert. The Chinese. Philadelphia: 

 F. A. Davis. Pp. 212. With Plates. 



Cdlumbia College. New York. Statement of the 

 Committee on Site. Pp. 9. 



Comstock. Theodore B. Eeport on the Geology 

 and Mineral Re^oiu-ces of the Central Mineral Legion 

 of Texas. Pp.128. AYith .Maps. 



Davis, N. S., Jr., M. D. Consumption. Philadel- 

 phia : F. A. Davis. Pp. 14.S. 75 cents. 



Draper, Andrew S. Thirty-eighth Report as 

 State Superintendent of Public' Instruction of New 

 York. Pp. CO.— Points in Favor of the Township 

 System of Schools. Pp. 4.— Address to New York 

 State Teachers' Associ.ation. Pj). 22. — American 

 Schools for American Citizenship. Pp. S". 



Engineering News, New York. Manual of Amer- 

 ican Water Works. Pp. 3S4. 



Flower, William Henry. The Horse. Modern 

 Science Series. D. Appleton & Co. I'p. 204. $1. 



Fliigel, Ewald. Thomas Carlyle's Moral and Ee- 

 ligious Development. New York : N. L. Holbrook 

 &. Co. Pp. 140. 



Glazier, Wilhard. Source of the Mississippi. 

 Broad sheet. 



Gordon. H. L. The Fe.ist of the Virgins, and other 

 Poems. Chicago: Laird & Lee. J p. 3GC, with 

 Plates. 



Gorton. Pev. James. Sharpsville, Pa. The Sab- 

 bath Question and the World's Fair. Pp. IG. 



Greer, Henry. Eecent Advances in Electricity. 

 Pp. 55. 



Hale, George E. Eecent Results in Solar Promi- 

 nence Photography. Pp. 9. 



Hasting.-;. C. W. Chicago. Chart of the Ele- 

 ments and Proportions of Soaring Flight. 75 cents. 



Ives. J. E.. Philadelphia. Reptiles and Batra- 

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James, William. Psychology. New York : Henry 

 Holt & Co. Pp. 479. 



Japan Journal of the College of Science, Im- 

 perial University. Yolume II. Part I. Pp. 130, 

 with Plates. 



Jastrow Joseph. The Natural History of Anal- 

 ogy (Anthropological Address, A. A. A. S.) Pp. 

 23. 



Keen, W. W.. M. D . Philadelphia. Congenital 

 Tumors of the Head and Spine. 



Ledger, Public, Philadelphia. Almanac for 1S92. 

 Pp. 73. 



I,e Favre. Carrica. Delsartian Phy.oical Culture. 

 New York : Fowler & Wells Co. Pp 108. 25 cents. 



Marine Biological Laboratory. Foiu-th Annu'il 

 Report. Boston. Pp. 40. 



Merrill, Frederick J. H. Quiitemary Geology of 

 the Hudson River Valley. Pp. 54. 



Mills. Chnrles, M. D, and Keen, W. W., M. D. 

 Jacksonian Epilepsy, etc. Pp. 13. 



