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the gist of what they have to say regarding the treatment of diseases commaily 

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 Price 25c. each, in paper covers, or 50c. , bound in cloth. 



Microbes and Disease Demons. The Truth about ihe 



Anti-Toxin treatment of Diphtheria. By Edward Burdoe, L.R.C.P. Ec. , 

 M.R.C.S. Eng., etc. Cr. 8vo, pp. 93. (London: Swan Sonnenschein a:id 

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The author commences by saying "The most ancient and wide-spread 

 theory of disease is the demon theory." On page 12 he says : '" The disease 

 demon has now reappeared as a germ. Some 36 diseases, many of which are 

 the most terrible, which afflict men and animals are attributed by bacteriologists 

 to micro-organisms." And goes on to say : " I cannot think it can ever be true 

 scientific medicine to pour poison into the blood current to counteract other 

 poison ; we may in one sense convey an antidote, but we may work untold mis- 

 chief by our ignorant meddling, which we have no means of combating." 



Dreamy Mental States. By Sir James Crichton-Browne, 

 M.D., LL.D., F.R.S. , etc. Svo, pp.32. (London: Bailliere, Tindall, & 

 Cox. 1895.) Price i/-. 



This is the Cavendish Lecture delivered before the West London Medico- 

 Chirurgical Society, on Thursday, June 20th, 1895. 



Herbal Simples approved for Modern Use or Cure. By W. 

 T. Fernie, M.D. Cr. 8vo, pp. xvi. — 432. (Bristol : John Wright & Co. 

 London : Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. ; and Herschfield Bros. 1895.) Price 5/- 



" Various British Herbalists," the author tells us, "have produced works, 

 more or less learned and voluminous, about our native plants ; but no author 

 has hitherto radically explained the why and the wherefore of their ultimate 

 curative action. . . . Chemically assured of the sterling curative powers 

 which our Herbal Simples possess, and anxious to expound them with a com- 

 petent pen, the present author approaches the task with a zealous purpose." 

 Some 300 plants are named and their properties described. 



Eyesight and School Life. By Simeon Snell, F.R.C.S. 

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 kin, Marshall, & Co. ; and Herschfield Bros. 1895.) Price 2/6. 



A large amount of valuable information is here given. The author states 

 that there is abundant and convincing evidence that the vision of children, 

 which should under normal conditions have remained good, is constantly deteri- 

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 deterioration, and suggests remedies. There are 15 illustrations. 



A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles. Ed. 

 by Dr. James A. H. Murray. Deject — Depravation. (Oxford : The Claren- 

 don Press. London : Henry Frowde. July, 1895.) Price 2/6. 



This section (a portion of Vol. HL), which covers the words from Deject 

 to Depravation, contains 1269 main words, 37 combinations explained under 

 these, and 138 subordinate words ; to which may be added 125 obvious combi- 

 nations recorded and illustrated without definition, bringing up the total to 

 1569 ; and of these 1365 are illustrated by quotations. 



