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recovery from a protracted and serious illness ; and 2nd, on the 

 very able and efficient manner in which his co-editor (Mrs. 

 Stowell) has conducted the Journal during his illness. 



The Medical Register : A Monthly Record of the Litera- 

 ture of Medicine and the Allied Sciences. Vol. 2, Nos. 2 and 3. 

 April and May, 1883. {F. Blakiston^ Son, 6^ Co , Philadelphia.) 



Contains, in addition to several good articles. Critical Reviews, 

 Book-notices, Miscellaneous News, and a very full Bibliographical 

 List of all New Books published on Medical and relative subjects. 



A Popular Treatise on The Hair : its Growth, Care, 

 Diseases, and their Treatment. By C. Henri Leonard, 

 M.A., M.D. Fifth thousand. {Geo. S. Davis, Detroit, Mich., 

 U.S.A.) Illustrated by ti6 engravings. 



The first five or six chapters of this book are of much interest 

 to the microscopist. They treat of the Anatomy and Physiology 

 of the Hair and Hair Follicles, of the Hair Root, and of the Hair 

 Shaft. The remaining chapters (28 in all) will doubtless prove 

 interesting to the general reader, if not to the microscopist. The 

 various diseases of the Hair are discussed, and receipts given for 

 their treatment. 



Current IRotices an& flDemorant)a< 



The Editor regrets that owing to a severe illness the issue of the 

 present part has been unavoidably delayed. 



We are advised by our Publishers to issue Parts 7 and 8 

 together on ist October. By so doing we shall be able to com- 

 plete each volume at the termination of the Society's financial 

 year. This double part will -.onsist of at least 128 pages and 12 

 lithographic plates. 



Bacillaria paradoxa. — Mr. R. T. Homan, of Rochester, writes: 

 — Last year I found this diatom in several places in this neigh- 

 bourhood. One was a small ditch which is frequently flooded with 



