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Columbia University in the City of New York 



Scientific Features of Modern Medicine 



By FREDERIC S. LEE, Ph.D. 



Dalton Professor of Physiology, Columbia University 



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TN this volume, the author, who is a member of the Faculty of the College 

 of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, presents in clear- 

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A Sketch of the Normal Human Body 

 The Nature of Disease. Methods of Diagnosing Dise-ase 

 Methods of Treating Disease 



Bacteria and Protozoa and their Relation to Disease 

 The Treatment and the Prevention of Infectious Diseases 

 The Problem of Cancer and other Problems 

 Features of Modern Surgery 



The Role of Experiment in Medicine. The Public and the 

 Medical Profession 



The book throughout is marked by poise and sanity, and admirably ac- 

 complishes its purpose to illustrate the genuinely scientific character of 

 modern medicine, its great change from the medicine of the past and its 

 hopeful outlook for the future. 



Education and Preventive Medicine 



By NORMAN E. DITMAN, M.D. 

 8vo, paper, pp. 73 Price, 25 cents net 



A N interesting account of the achievements of sanitary science in the 

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