vi Journal of Comparative Neurology. 



We have not seen in recent medical writings a stronger plea for public 

 and personal morality, and that too aside from the great weight given 

 by the author's high professional standing. The chapters are the fol- 

 lowing : The first two, devoted to the evolution and dissolution of the 

 sexual instinct, are followed by an interesting account of sexual per- 

 versions in animals, and this by anomalies of parental affection in man 

 and anomalies of the sexual instinct in man (three chapters). One chapter 

 is devoted to inversion and one to symptomatic perversions. The re- 

 maining chapters are devoted to, somatic and psychic affections accom- 

 companying or following sexual relations, predisposition and exciting 

 causes in the etiology of sexual perversions, the offspring of the sexu- 

 ally abnormal, sexual education and hygine (a very practical discussion), 

 and responsibility and anomalies of the sexual instinct. c. j. h. 



Jahresbericht f. Neurologic und Psychiatric.^ 



The second issue of this annual review, containing the neurologi- 

 cal literature for 1898 is in every way up to the high standard of the 

 first issue, which we commended to our readers a year ago. The 

 work comprises 1406 pages and 5517 titles. These are distributed as 

 follows : Under Neurology, Anatomical Technique, 45 ; Anatomy, 

 373; Physiology, 766; Pathological Anatomy, 277; Pathology, 2571; 

 Therapy, 574; and under Psychiatry, 885; together with 26 books not 

 otherwise classified. 



When one notices that nearly all of these titles are represented by 

 brief abstracts, the magnitude of the work is evident. The value of 

 the work is further increased by full author's and subject indexes, cov- 

 ering 98 pages. The number of typographical errors is unfortunately 

 rather large, but this is the only criticism which we have to offer. 



The publishers have prefixed a good portrait in photogravure of 

 the editor. Dr. Mendel, in honor of the latter's sixtieth birthday, re- 

 cently celebrated. c. j. h. 



' Jahresbericht iiber die Leistungen und Fortschritte auf dein Gebiete der 

 Neurologie und Psychiatric. Issued by Dr. E. Flatau and Dr. L. Jacobson ; 

 edited by Prof. E. Mendel, with tlie cooperation of a board of 5c) collabora- 

 tors. Berlin, S. Karger, 1899. 



