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studies.^ Its value is seen in the study before us. The value of such 

 work is, apart from the originality of the observations, in its perman- 

 ency, making practicable a comparative study of these types on the 

 part of others. 



In closing, attention is called to the need of a new nomenclature 

 for the various parts of the olfactory organ in the different types. 

 On the whole the paper, though brief, may be regarded as a valuable 

 addition to the literature of the subject. 



H. H. BAWDEN. 



A Text-book on Inebriety.' 



This well printed little book of over one hundred pages is a dis- 

 passionate and, on the whole, sensible discussion of the pathology and 

 heredity of intemperance. The introductory remarks upon the phy- 

 siology of the nervous system, while occasionally open to criticism, 

 are well adapted to introduce a discussion of natural inheritance. 

 The relationship between the various neurotic diseases is clearly 

 brought out as well as the effect of these as predisposing causes of in- 

 ebriety. The author drops his judicial and impartial tone for a mo- 

 ment to scourge the reformer who is stupid enough to think that 

 drinking is a cause of drunkenness and to expose the absurdity of ef- 

 forts to appeal to the inebriate's will power and moral feelings in the 

 effort to control his craving, though in the end he returns to the train- 

 ing of these faculties as the chief means for combatting the disease. 

 The little note of irritation is the chief defect in an otherwise quite 

 well-balanced discussion. 



He says later: " It is not extravagant to assert that the so-called 

 moral treatment of the inebriate has been the great obstacle in the 

 proper treatment of his case." Appeals made to a paralyzed will and 

 to a moral sense geared out of all relation to the originative faculties 

 can but be useless. The first step is to supply a suitable environment 

 without impairing the self respect. The second is to supply an en- 

 grossing object which by its worthiness shall appeal to all that is best 

 in the man's nature. 



Self-control is cultivated until it becomes habitual. 



Reparation of the physical damages must be left to the ordinary 



' Cf. "Wax Modeling from Microscopic Sections," by W. E. Wells, M. S., 

 Bull, of the Scientific Laboratories of Denison University, Vol. IX, pp. 3-7. 



2 C. F. Palmer. Inebriety, its source, prevention, and cure. F. H. Rev- 

 ell Co., 1897. 



