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and Disease" came from Albert Harris Hoy, M. D. ; 

 William Ewart. M. D.. wrote on "doia and Gouti- 

 iinl tlieir Treatment "; Dr. Sidney Martin on 

 "Functional and Organic- Di-ea-es ol' the Stom- 

 ach": Dr. .Max Einhorn on "Diseases of the Stom- 

 ach "; while " Lecturo on Appendicitis " came from 

 I T. .Morris. M. D. " Diagnosis and Treat- 

 ment of Diseases of the Kectum." by Dr. S. G. Gaut, 

 hail two chapters, on "Cancer" and "Colotomy," 

 by Dr. Herbert \V. Allingham.and a second revised 

 edition was issued of "A Treatise on the Di.v 

 of the Kectum, Anus, and Sigmoid Flexure," by 

 ii M. Matthews. Parts 1 and II were issued 

 of a third edition of Dr. Byron \V. ChceverV 

 lect Methods in Inorganic Quantitative Anah 

 revised and enlarged by Frank C. Smith. Dr. 

 Donald Campbell Black wrote on "The Urine in 

 Health and Disease, and Urinary Analysis, Physio- 

 logically and Pathologically Considered"; Dr. H. 

 W. Stewart, on "The Diseases of the Male Ure- 

 thra " : Henry Morris, on " Injuries and Diseases of 

 the Genital and Urinary Organs'"; Robert W. Tay- 

 lor. M. D.. on "The Pathology and Treatment of 

 Venereal Diseases": Eugene Fuller. M. D., was the 

 author of a " Treatise on Disorders of the Sexual 

 organs in the Male"; and Drs. James Nevins Hyde 

 and Frank 11. Montgomery collaborated upon a 

 " Manual of Syphilis and the Venereal Disc, 

 Richard C. N orris edited "An American Text- 

 book of Obstetrics." by well-known American 

 teachers and specialists, the art editor being Robert 

 L. Dickinson. M. D. : " A System of Gyna'cology 

 by Many Writers" was edited by Thoma's Clifford 

 Allbutt and William Smoult Playfair; W. A. New- 

 man Dorland. M. D., drew up a " Manual of Obstet- 

 rics": -Obstetric Accidents. Emergencies, and 

 Operations" were treated by Dr. L. C. Boi>liniere; 

 Dr. John M. Keating and Dr. Henry C. Coe were 

 joint authors of "Clinical Gynaecology, Medical and 

 Surgical." for students and practitioners, for whom 

 also " Pediatrics : The Hygiene and Medical Treat- 

 ment of Diseases in Children " were written by Dr. 

 Thomas Morgan Rotcli. Dr. John L. Smith wrote 

 "On Children," being a treatise on the diseases of 

 infancy and childhood ; Abraham Jacobi, M. D., on 

 " The Therapeutics of Infancy and Childhood " : A. 

 Brothers, M. D., delivered the William Furness 

 Jenks prize essay of the College of Physicians of 

 Philadelphia on " Infantile Mortality during Child- 

 birth, and its Prevention " ; Dr. Louis Starr pre- 

 scribed " Diets for Infants and Children " ; and 

 "Mother, Baby, and Nursery" was a manual for 

 mothers by Dr. Genevieve Tucker. 



To surgery belong " Aids to Surgical Anatomy," 

 by Eugene S. Y. nge; "A Manual of Anatomy." by 

 Irving S. Ilaynes. M. D. : " Surgical Pathology and 

 Therapeutics," by Dr. John Collins Warren, illus- 

 trated by W. J. Kaula. and "Surgery of the Chest." 

 by Stephen Paget ; Clinical Lectures on Abdomi- 

 nal Surgery and Other Subjects." by Dr. Charles T. 

 Parkes. were edited by A. J. Ochsner : Nicholas Senn, 

 M. 1 ).. sent out a work upon the " Pathology and Sur- 

 gical Treatment of Tumors": and the Lettsomian 

 Lectures for 1896 were delivered by W. Watson 

 Cheyne on "The Objects and Limits of Operatin< 

 for Cancer." "The Deformities of the Human Ki>>r." 

 with their treatment, were the theme of W. G. Wai- 

 sham and William Kent Hughes. " Medical Elec- 

 tricity." by Drs. H. L. Jones and W. E. Steavenson 

 went through a second edition, and a new edition 

 of "The Medical and Surgical Uses of Electricity" 

 was entirely rewritten by Dr. A. D. Rockwell from 

 the former "book by Beard and Rockwell. C. Cas- 

 pari, Jr.. was the author of a " Text-book on Phar- 

 macy" for students and pharmacists: Dr. S. A. 

 Matthews published a "Syllabus of Lectures on 

 Pharmacology and Therapeutics in the University 



of Michigan"; George M. Sternberg, M. D.. "A 

 Text-book of Bacteriology": Joseph MeFarland, 

 M. D., "A Text-book upon the Pathogenic 1; 

 ria " ; and George E. De Schweinitz. M. ]).. "The 

 Toxic Amblyopias: Their Symptoms, Pathology, and 

 Treatment." A third revised and enlarged edition 

 of Alexander Wynter Blyth's work on " Poisi 

 appeared, as well as a fourth revi-ed and enlarged 

 edition of Dr. Clifford Mitchell's "Dental Chemis- 

 try and Metallurgy." A. C. Hasslock published a 

 "Compend of Veterinary Materia Medica and 

 Therapeutics": F. Smith's " Manual of Veterinary 

 Physiology " went through a second revised and 

 enlarged edition : and John Sutclirrellurndall wrote 

 on " Veterinary Homoeopathy in its Application to 

 the Horse." Closely connected with medicine are 

 "The Theory and Practice of Hygiene." by J. Lane 

 Notter, M. I)., and R. 11. Firth; "In Sickness and 

 in Health," a manual of domestic medicine and 

 surgery, hygiene, dietetics, and nursing, edited by 

 J. West Roosevelt, M. D. ; " Diet Lists and Sick- 

 Room Dietary." by Dr. Jerome B. Thomas ; and 

 " Practical Points in Nursing for Nurses in Private 

 Practice." by Emily A. M. Stoiiey. Dr. J. Jackson 

 Clarke treated briefly " Post-Mortem Examinations 

 in Medico-Legal and Ordinary Cases,'' and Vol. I 

 was issued of the second series of the "Index-Cata- 

 logue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, 

 I. S. A., covering A-Aziorri." 



Poetry. Little can be said in praise of the 

 poetry given to the American public during 1896. 

 Thomas Bailey Aldrich published "Judith and 

 Holofernes," and we have a volume of " Songs and 

 Other Verse " from Eugene Field, while " Songs of 

 Childhood." by the same author, were set to music 

 by Reginald De Koven and others. "A Child 

 World," by James Whitcomb Riley. and " In Child- 

 hood's Country." by Louise Chand'ler Moulton (the 

 last pictured by Ethel Reed), may be mentioned in 

 this connection, both full of natural charm and 

 sweetness. Rudyard Kipling sent out a book of 

 ballads, entitled " The Seven Seas." " Songs of the 

 Soul " represented the poems written by Joaquin 

 Miller during the past ten years collected into a 

 volume. " More Songs from Vagabondia." by Bliss 

 Carman and Richard Hovey, were accompanied 

 with designs by Thomas B. Meteyard ; Julius Madi- 

 son Cawein published " The Garden of Drea : 

 Edith Matilda Thomas. "A Winter Swallow, with 

 Other Verse"; Isaac Bassett Choate was at home 

 "With Birds and Flowers"; and George Mead 

 Gould declared himself "An Autumn Singer." 

 " Lyrics of Lowly Life " was the title of a remark- 

 able collection of poems by Paul Lawrence Dunbar, 

 a negro, born of negro parents who were slaves, 

 to which William, Dean Howells contributed an 

 appreciative introduction. Fifty short poems by 

 Irene Putnam were entitled "Songs without An- 

 swer": Frank E. Sawyer contributed "Notes and 

 Half Notes " : Howard J. Truman. " Echoes " : and 

 Anne Virginia Culbertson. " Lays of a Wandering 

 Minstrel." "The River Bend, and Other Poems" 

 came from Tacitus Hussey : "Soul and Sense" 

 were the theme of Hannah Parker Kimball ; Eleanor 

 M. I.add's "Cherry Bloom 1 ' had a cover design by 

 Stella Holmes Air'd : Mrs. Belle Van Derveer pub- 

 lished " Soul Waifs " : Archibald Lampson. " Lyrics 

 of Earth": Frank W. Gunsaulus. - Songs of Night 

 and Day " : Franeis Sherman, " Matins " : and 

 C. E. D.' Phelps. -Echoes from the Mountain." 

 "The Substance of his House." lyrics and son- 

 nets, came from Prosser Hall Frye ; "Blue and 

 Gold" from William S. Lord: "Songs of Ex- 

 ile " from Herbert Bates ; " Lovelore, and Other 

 Poems" from William James Linton : "Sonnets'' 

 from Albert J. Rupp : " l'<>eins " from Ernest 

 McGaffey: "The Acrobatic Muse" from Richard 



