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The Magic Lantern : Its Construction and Use. Cr. 8vo, 



pp. 82. (London : Perkin, Son, and Rayment, 99 Hatton Garden, E.G.) 



Two very useful little books, bound in cloth and published at 6d. each ; 

 will be found to give a large amount of information on the subjects of which 

 they treat. They contain a number of illustrations. 



Introduction to the Theory of Electricity, with numer- 

 ous examples. By Linnaeus Gumming, M.A. Third edition. Gr. 8vo, pp. 

 XV. — 326. (London: Macmillan and Co. 1885.) 



In the work before us, geometrical, as distinguished from analytical 

 methods have been employed, and although a large pro]Dortion of the proposi- 

 tions involve the ideas of the Doctrine of Limits, the use of the notation of the 

 Galculus has been avoided. In the present (third) edition Ghap. i has been to 

 a great extent rewritten, and a chapter on Thermo-Electricity has been added. 



The Medical Annual and Practitioner's Index : A Work of 

 Reference for Medical Practitioners. Gr. 8vo, pp. 650. (Bristol : J. Wright 

 and Go. London : Simpkin, Marshall, and Go. 1895.) Price 7/6. 



The 13th annual issue of this well-known w^ork is before us, in production 

 of which some thirty-five editors and contributors have been engaged. This 

 volume, we believe, is in all respects equal to any of its predecessors. There 

 are 24 plates and 72 illustrations in the text. We notice that the treatment of 

 Diphtheria by the Anti-Toxic Serum has received special attention. The Dic- 

 tionary of New Remedies and Review of Therapeutic Progress for 1894 

 occupy the first place, and are followed by a chapter on Electro-Therapeutics 

 by A. D. Rockwell, A.M., M.D. ; Anti-Microbic Treatment, by Prof. Alfred 

 H. Garter, M.D., F.R.G.P. A Dictionary of New Treatment in Surgery 

 forms the Second Section. Section 3 treats of Sanitary Science, etc. etc. 



Travaux d'Electrotherapie Gynecologique. Par Le Dr. 



G. Apostoli. Vol. I. 8vo, pp. 720. (Paris : Societe d'editions Scientifiques. 



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Dr. Apostoli has set himself the task of collecting together the most im- 

 portant papers that have appeared on his method of treating fibroid tumours, 

 etc., by electricity. In this first volume all the papers are by practitioners of 

 various nationalities, but translated into French, with footnotes by the Doctor. 

 If the results are as brilliant as described in the large number of cases whose 

 clinical history is minutely given, it would seem to be unjustifiable, if not cri- 

 minal, to subject a patient to the risk of hysterectomy without a previous trial 

 of this method. 



Physiology for Beginners. By M. Foster, M.A., M.D., 



F.R.vS., and Lewis E. Shore, M.A., M.D. Gr. 8vo, pp. xii. — 241. (London: 

 Macmillan and Go. 1894.) 



This finely illustrated Httle work is intended for those who, without any 

 previous knowledge of the subject, desire to begin the serious study of Physio- 

 logy. It is written in an elementary style, so as to form an introduction to 

 more advanced treatises ; a few chemical and physical facts are given in the 

 earlier chapters. There are upwards of a hundred good illustrations. 



The Animal World : A Monthly Advocate of Humanity. 

 Vol. XXV. (London: S. W. Partridge and Go.) 



The Animal World is issued by the Royal Society for the Prevention of 

 Gruelty to Animals. It is full of good pictures and thoroughly interesting 

 reading matter. 



