1899] MICROSCOPICAL JOURNAL. 289 



XX of the series and, issued in July, 1899, relates to the 

 meeting- of August, 1898. It is rather larger than the pre- 

 vious volumes and contains much matter not read at the 

 meeting. The meeting itself was unfortunate in the loss 

 of its president and sickness of the vice-president. The 

 secretary was also kept away by sickness. Indeed, this is 

 the first we have heard that any meeting occurred. The 

 volume contains a lot of bibliographical matter and biolog- 

 ical classifications which could not be published in any 

 other way and which will be of much value to a very small 

 number of persons. The matter of general interest to 

 microscopists is perhaps notsogreat as sometimes but all in 

 all the volume is a useful contribution to scientific literature. 

 We trust another volume may be collected during the 

 coming year whether there is a good meeting or not. It is 

 intended to hold a meeting August 17, at Columbus, Ohio, 

 just prior to the meeting of the American Association for 

 Advancement of Science. 



Urinary Analysis and Diagnosis by Microscopical and 

 Chemical Examination. By Louis Heitzmann, M. D., Pp. 

 .xvii— 253. 108 illustrations. New York : William Wood & 

 Co., 1899. The feature of this work that commends itself 

 in particular to the practitioner is the stress it lays upon 

 urinary microscopy. Chemical uranalysis, indeed is not 

 neglected, but the bulk of the volume is devoted to micros- 

 copic examination as a means of diagnosis. The conclud- 

 ing part of the book, which is devoted to this sort of diag- 

 nosis, is a model for clearness and for straightforward pre- 

 sentation. The text is enriched with many illustrations 

 which have been prepared from drawings. Without ex- 

 ception they are clear and instructive. At first sight it is 

 hard to imagine the claim that a new work upon uranalysis 

 should have to our recognition, for in a few branches of 

 medicine are there so many excellent works already, but 

 we must confess that in Dr. Heitzmann's book we find 

 much to admire and a good deal that the others do not 

 contain. — Sci. -Gossip. 



