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In Chapter XVII (pages 251-262) on Determination of the Value of 

 Antiseptics, Germicides and Disinfectants, a detailed description of the 

 technique of the Anderson-McClintic method is given. The important 

 theoretical work of Chick is not mentioned in this chapter. 



Part II is devoted to a discussion of the infectious diseases and the 

 specific microorganisms — each disease being treated in a separate chap- 

 ter, — and this Part is very fully and well treated. 



It is curious that the importance of septic sore throat as a new dis- 

 ease should not find a place in a discussion of streptococci. Cole's 

 work on the Pneumococci has not yet been included in the chapter 

 on Pneumonia. 



Chapters XIX (pages 471-493) on Malaria and Chapter XX (pages 

 494-505) on Sleeping Sickness treat these subjects in much detail. 



There is no mention of Texas Tick fever or Rocky Mountain Spotted 

 Fever. Such diseases as measles, scarlet fever, foot and mouth disease 

 and mumps should find a place in a chapter on filterable viruses, which 

 the book does not contain. 



On the whole the text presents the subject very clearly, and the 

 illustrations are exceedingly good. The author in the preface says that 

 the book is a medical work intended for medical students and practi- 

 tioners; and its purely medical aspects are excellently handled. It is 

 unfortunate however, that medical students should not master the un- 

 delying fundamental biological principles of bacteriology in their wid- 

 est aspects for these are of the utmost importance in their application 

 to modern preventive medicine. 



D. Greenberg. 



The Principles of Pathologic Histology. By Frank B. Mallory, M.D., 

 Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School and Pa- 

 thologist to the Boston City Hospital. Octavo of 677 pages, with 

 497 figures containing 683 illustrations, 124 in colors. Philadelphia 

 and London: W. B. Saunders Company, 1914. Cloth $5.50 net. 



This interesting and useful book on pathologic histology reflects 

 admirably the experience of its well-known author. It is confessedly 

 individualistic and contains practically no direct reference to the work 

 and opinions of others. The author is undoubtedly right in insisting 

 that the study of the lesions themselves is the only proper source of a 

 balanced judgment in reference to the terminal aspects of disease. It 

 seems a pity, however, that on controversial points he has not seen fit 

 to state both sides of the question and then give his own interpretation. 



The book may be reviewed from the standpoint of pathology in the 

 larger sense, and again from the standpoint of the morphological aspects 

 of disease. From the latter viewpoint it is to be praised for the order- 

 liness of presentation and the remarkable clearness and beauty of the 

 numerous original illustrations. In the first part, dealing with Gen- 

 eral Pathologic Histology, the subjects of inflammation and the retro- 



