Literary Notices. civ 



An instructive summary of the gray masses of the cerebellum 

 follovvs. 



It seems strange that it should still be necessary to insist that the 

 thalamus does not form a part of the wall of the lateralventricle. If this 

 remains necessary it simply illustrates the crying need for some element- 

 ary work in embryology on the part of our descriptive anatomists. 

 The paper closes with an extended abstract of recent work on the sur- 

 face topography of the cerebrum. 



The second article referred to deals with methods of removing, 

 preserving, dissecting and drawing the brain. It would be impossible 

 to compile from this article, which we would gladly reproduce entire. 

 We must content ourselves with recommending it to all practically 

 concerned with neurological manipulation and teaching and an espe- 

 cial emphasis on the well-deserved strictures upon the book-makers 

 who insert diagrams with now the dorsal and now the ventral aspects 

 uppermost. 



Tumors of the Brain. 



This subject is presented with a full tabulation of the eighty-five 

 operations attempted since 1884 by Dr. Mary Putnam-Jacobi. The 

 percentage of success is not large enough to be very flattering, yet it 

 affords data under the guidance of which the indications for operation 

 may be made out. 



The cases of recovery include only one of operation on the cere- 

 bellum. The great majority of successful cases have been where the 

 tumor exists in the motor convolutions (29 out of 39 cases.) 



A conservative position is taken with reference to trephining for 

 non-traumatic epilepsy. 



Acromegaly.^ 



Dr. O. T. Osborn gives a full and interesting account of this rare 

 disease which is characterized as a chronic affection evidenced by an 

 abnormal increase in the extremities due to hypertrophy of the bones 

 and soft parts in these regions. The disease was first noticed by P. 

 Marie in 1886. Pain in the head is the first subjective symptom and 

 is often exceedingly intense and may be accompanied by joint pains 

 and tingling in the extremities. 



The reflexes and special senses are not necessarily involved. The 



^Article under this head in Supplement to Wood's Reference Handbook of 

 the Medical Sciences, p. 2. 



