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eluding inflammation. Under these headings are discussed all the 

 general principles of the science, and an attempt is made to explain the 

 various morbid processes as to their physiological nature, the author 

 being sufficiently honest to admit tliat many facts are entirely beyond 

 explanation at present, while in other cases he gives explanatory 

 ideas some of which must certainly be regarded as clever, even though 

 they be simply hypotheses. Then comes the more purely pathological 

 part. This occupies half the first volume and all the second one ; it 

 deals with the morbid state of the blood and the organs concerned in 

 its renewal, more especially the spleen and lymphatics, the morbid 

 anatomy of the circulatory apparatus, the morbid anatomy of the 

 serous membranes, the morbid anatomy of the skin, the morbid 

 anatomy of the mucous membrane, and similarly, under their different 

 sections, the morbid anatomy of the Lungs, of the Liver, of the Kidneys, 

 of the Ovaries, of the Testicle, of the Mammary gland, of the Prostate, 

 of the Salivary glands, of the Thyroid body, of the Supra-renal capsules, 

 of the Osseous system, of the Nervous system, and finally of the Mus- 

 cular apj)aratus. 



And under each of these divisions is the subject dealt with as fully 

 and as minutely as possible, thus giving to the student a book which 

 has no equal in the English language, and which — though in an 

 inferior degree — will constitute an admirable companion to the three 

 excellent volumes which have lately been completed of Strieker's 

 ' Histology.' The following brief extract, which we give more for the 

 purpose of showing the author's manner of dealing with the subject 

 than for any especial value we attach to it, is still not without interest. 

 Dr. Eindfleisch is explaining the mode of formation of bony growths, 

 and he says, " I consider myself fully justified in expressing the view 

 founded on the above data derived from normal histology, that j)ecu- 

 liarities in the movement of the nutrient juices, and especially a 

 certain retardation, or even stagnation, of their current, which may be 

 assumed as likely in the said localities, owing to the absence of 

 lymphatics, stand in some sort of causal relation to the process of cal- 

 cification. Should this view be correct, we might conceive the ju'eci- 

 pitation of the earthy salts to occur in some way like this : the free 

 carbonic acid, to which their solubility is due in consequence of its 

 great diflusive power, forsakes the stagnant nutrient fluid, and escapes 

 from the organism by other channels, while the calcareous salts, ren- 

 dered insoluble by its removal, are forthwith deposited in a solid 

 form." This quotation amply illustrates the author's tendency, while 

 it is not a bad example of his style also. 



The list of works referred to by the author is good, because most 

 of the books are of comparatively recent publication, while — whether 

 we are to thank Dr. Baxter for this we know not — it contains a more 

 ample reference to English workers than is usual in similar German 

 lists. This and the woodcuts — capitally drawn, and over 200 in 

 number — unite with the text in rendering Dr. Baxter's translation an 

 admirable and instructive volume, which every medical student who 

 is worthy of the name should purchase and carefully study. 



