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the sale of another edition by the author. Three times have 

 we reviewed it before, and with increasing feelings of gratitude 

 to the author each time. How so much common-sense advice 

 ever emanated from one brain is a mystery to us. The book is 

 worth a hundred times its cost to any young practitioner, and a 

 thousand times to the old fossilized antiquarian, who, doubtless, 

 could not be induced to read it, for he " knows it all, already." 



Alcoholic Drinks. By T. B. Stowell, A. M., Ph. D., Professor of 

 Natural Sciences, Cortland, N. Y. 1885. pp. 25. Price, 25 cents. 



The author has undertaken to meet the alcohol question 

 from a new standpoint, the key of which is found on page 5, 

 where he says : " The study of alcoholism is primarily one of 

 circulation." The argument used to prove this is at once unique 

 and strong. The author says that the medical profession alone 

 must determine whether alcohol should be administered ; the 

 laity are incompetent to judge. The question, the author says, 

 " is one of cell-function." The lecture has been delivered in 

 public very many times, and with good effect, judging from the 

 fine notices of the press. 



Vegetable Histology. By D. P. Pen hallow, B. 8. Large 8vo. 

 pp. 40. Price, $1.00. S. E. Cassino, Boston. 1882. 



This work contains tables for use in the study of vegetable 

 histology. The more prominent reagents are given, and their 

 uses described. It enables the student to have his work-table 

 always ready for immediate and constant use. The publisher's 

 work is very neatly done. 



Palatable Prescribing. By B. W. Palmer, A. M., M. D. Small 

 8vo. pp. 136. Geo. S. Davis, Detroit. 1885. Price, $1.00. 



In this little volume there are collected the favorite pre- 

 scriptions of the most eminent English, German, French and 

 American authorities of the age. The information given is of 

 immediate use in practice, and will be a help to medical men in 

 various ways. It tells the favorite remedies used in certain dis- 

 eases, and their doses. It tells also what remedies are success- 

 fully combined to meet certain indications. Although as a rule 

 the physician prefers to do his own prescribing, yet in another 

 sense this book becomes to him a text-book. 



