BIBLIOGRAPHY — WEEKS, FLETCHER. 9I 



Fuhirc Work. — The greater part of the Italian and Spanish literature is 

 yet to be examined. It is thought not desirable to include papers printed 

 only in Russian, Polish, Hungarian, and Japanese languages, as few persons 

 could make use of this material. To properly treat it would require the title 

 of each paper in the original language and a translation into English, French, 

 or German, which would add greatly to the amount of printed matter and 

 to the cost of the work. Abstracts of such papers printed in one of the 

 commonly used languages will be included. A considerable amount of 

 English literature also remains to be examined. 



It is believed that the publication of this work will make 3,000 double- 

 column pages, making four volumes of approximately 750 pages each. 



Fletcher, Robert, Army Medical Museum, Washington, District of Columbia. 

 Grant No. 322, Preparatio7i and publication of the Index Mcdiais. (For 

 previous reports see Year Book No. 2, p. 23 ; Year Book No. 3, p. 95, 

 and Year Book No. 4, p. 85.) $10,000. 



The Index Medicus for 1905 was duly completed after the publication of 

 the report in the last Year Book. It formed a volume of 1,241 pages, the 

 annual index of authors and subjects occupying 208 pages in addition. 

 Besides the usual sources from announcements and examination of new books, 

 the unrivaled collection of current medical periodicals and transactions of 

 societies and congresses, medical and scientific, in the Eibrary of the Surgeon- 

 General's Ofl&ce, has been made available through the courtesy of the Surgeon- 

 General of the Army. The title of every original article in these publica- 

 tions appears under its proper subject-heading month by month in the Index 

 Medicus. Of the volume for 1906, the numbers to September, inclusive, have 

 been issued. 



