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A Text-Book of Bacteriology, including the Etiology and 

 Prevention of Infectious Diseases, and a short account of Yeasts and 

 Moulds, Hiematozoa, and Psorospernis. By Edgar M. Crookshank, M.B.,etc. 

 Fourth edition, reconstructed, revised, and greatly enlarged. 8vo, pp. xxx. — 

 715. (London: H. K. Lewis. 1896.) Price 21/- nett. 



This, though nominally a fourth edition, is practically a new work. The 

 progress of Bacteriology has been very rapid, and many new investigations 

 having been made in connection with the etiology, prevention, and treatment of 

 communicable diseases, the author has found it necessary to reconstruct, enlarge, 

 and thoroughly revise the text and to add twenty-six new chapters. 



The book is divided into three parts. Part L is mainly technical, and 

 includes the most recent methods employed in studying bacteria and in investi- 

 gating the etiology of disease. Part IL deals with infectious diseases and the 

 bacteria associated with them ; in this part the most effectual measures for 

 stamping out these diseases are referred to. Part IIL contains descriptions of 

 about five hundred bacteria. There are 273 illustrations in the text, many of 

 which are printed in colours, and 22 beautifully-coloured plates. The student 

 of bacteriology will find it a most valuable book. 



Section Cutting and Staining : A Practical Introduction to 

 Histological Methods for Students and Practitioners. By W. S. Colman, 

 M.D., M.R.C.P. Second edition. Cr. 8vo, pp. viii. — 160. (London: W. 

 K. Lewis. 1896.) Price 3/6. 



Histologists and microscopists generally will find a large amount of useful 

 information here. The nine chapters treat of Apparatus, Hardening Processes, 

 Section Cutting and Mounting, General and Special Methods of Staining, 

 Injection of Blood Vessels, and Directions for Preparing Individual Tissues. 



An Introduction to Structural Botany. Part II., Flower- 

 less Plants. By Dukinfield Henry Scott M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., 

 F.G.S., etc. Cr. 8vo, pp. xv.— 312. (London : A. & C. Black. 1896.) 3/6. 



Whilst it was possible to give an idea of the main outlines of structure in 

 Flowering Plants in Vol. I. by a full description of three representatives, it has 

 been found necessary to select no less than twenty-three types for illustration of 

 the Cryptogams. 



The essential morphological points have been well brought out. There 

 are 114 illustrations and a good index. 



A Vest-Pocket Medical Dictionary, embracing those Terms 



and Abbreviations which are commonly found in the Medical Literature of the 

 day, but excluding the names of Drugs and Anatomical Terms. By Albert H. 

 Bush, M.D. Size, 2^ by 3^ by ^ in. ; pp. 529. (London : Bailliere, Tindall, 

 and Cox. 1897.) Price 3/- 



Owing to the large number of new words which have been introduced into 

 medical terminology during the last ten years, and the changes in signification 

 which have taken place in a few of the older terms, it has been fountl necessary 

 that such a lx)ok as the one now before us should be published. Although the 

 paper on which it is printed is exceedingly thin, as will be infcrretl from 530 

 pages only occupying the space of half an inch, the type is thorDUghly distinct. 

 The book is nicely bound in morocco, and is sure to prove a most useful 

 pocket companion. 



