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argued and determined in the various courts of 

 the eastern district of Pennsylvania. " Lec- 

 tures on Law for Women," delivered by Isaac 

 Franklin Russell at the University of the City of 

 New York, 1892-'93, were collected into a vol- 

 ume ; St. George T. Brooks made " Notes on 

 Common-Law Pleading and Practice," for stu- 

 dents in the University of West Virginia ; " Con- 

 tracts," by Clarence D. Ashley, consisted of ex- 

 tracts, citations, condensed cases, and statements 

 prepared for the use of students, and " Experi- v 

 ence at the Office Desk " was compiled to the 

 same end by S. Vos. Eugene Wambaugh gave 

 instructions for the " Study of Cases." " Law 

 Language for the Use of Stenographers and 

 Typewriters" proved a useful little manual of 

 its kind, as did the "Instructor in Practical 

 Court Reporting," of H. W. Thome. "Skill 

 in Trials," by J. W. Donovan, revived famous 

 cases won by famous men. " Martindale's 

 American Law Directory" made its biennial ap- 

 pearance for 1892-'93 ; " Sharp and Alleman's 

 Lawyers' and Bankers' Directory for 1892 " 

 contained over 7,000 names of attorneys in the 

 United States and Canada ; and " Hubbell's 

 Legal Directory for Lawyers and Business Men " 

 was issued, revised and brought down to Oct. 1, 

 1891. A " Legal and Mercantile Handbook of 

 Mexico " was produced by A. K. Coney and J. 

 F. Codoy in collaboration. 



Medicine and Surgery. In medicine we 

 have two volumes on "Modern Therapeutics," 

 by George H. Napheys, M. D. ; " Notes on the 

 Newer Remedies," by David Cerna, M. D., giving 

 the therapeutic applications and modes of ad- 

 ministration of comparatively unknown medici- 

 7ial remedies; " Principles and Practice of Med- 

 icine/' designed for practitioners and students, 

 by William Osier, M. D. ; a " Text-Book of the 

 Practice of Medicine," by R. C. M. Page, M. D. ; 

 " Essentials of Diagnosis," arranged in the form 

 of questions and answers for students of medi- 

 cine, by S. S. Cohen, M. D., and A. Eshner, M. D. ; 

 and a " Primer of Materia Medica," for practi- 

 tioners of homoeopathy, by Timothy Field Allen, 

 M. D. ; while " How to feel the Pulse and what 

 to feel in it," by William Ewart, M. D., con- 

 tained valuable practical hints for beginners. 

 From the same author we had "Cardiac Out- 

 lines." N. S. Davis, Jr., M. D., treated " Diseases 

 of the Lungs, Heart, and Liver " in the " Phy- 

 sicians' and Students' Ready Reference Series," 

 and also wrote on " Consumption : How to pre- 

 vent it and how to live with it"; Sidney Coup- 

 land, M. D., edited a " Treatise on Diseases of the 

 Lungs and Pleura," by Wilson Fox, M. D. ; M. L. 

 Holbrook, M.D., suggested "The Hygienic Treat- 

 ment of Consumption " ; and J. M. Buckley de- 

 scribed " A Hereditary Consumptive's Success- 

 ful Battle for Life.'" " Materialism and Modern 

 Physiology of the Nervous System " was the title 

 of an address made before the faculty of Colum- 

 bia College, Feb. 16, 1892, by Prof. William H. 

 Thomson; Christian A. Herter, M. D., wrote on 

 " Th$ Diagnosis of Diseases of the Nervous Sys- 

 tem '^J J. A. Ornurod, M. D., on " Diseases of the 

 Nervous System " : Herbert W. Page on " Rail- 

 way Injuries, with Special Reference to those of 

 the Back and Nervous System, in their Medico- 

 Legal and Clinical Aspects" (reprinted from 

 " Wood's Medical and Surgical Monographs ") ; 



and a second edition was made of " Nerve Pros- 

 tration and Other Functional Disorders of Daily 

 Life," by Robson Roose, M. D. George H. Rohe, 

 M. D., and J. Williams Lord contributed a "Prac- 

 tical Manual of Diseases of the Skin " to the 

 " Physicians' and Students' Ready Reference Se- 

 ries " ; " Tuberculosis of Bones and Joints " was 

 discussed by N. Senn, M. D. Vol. II of " Dis- 

 eases of the Nose and Throat," by Franke Hunt- 

 ington Bosworth, M. D., was issued, devoted to 

 the diseases of the throat ; Samuel Sexton, M. 1)., 

 and Alexander Duane, M. D., wrote, in collabora- 

 tion, on " Deafness, and Discharge from tin: 

 Ear"; G. E. de Schweinitz, M.I)., published 

 " Diseases of the Eye," a handbook of ophthal- 

 mic practice ; A. B. Norton, M. D., " Ophthalmic 

 Diseases and Therapeutics"; and Henry I). 

 Noyes, M. D., a " Text-Book on Diseases of the 

 Eye." A " Treatise on Diseases of the Rectum, 

 Anus, and Sigmoid Flexure " was by Joseph M. 

 Mathers, M. D. ; "Diabetes: A Post-graduate 

 Course of Lectures, with Microscopic Illustra- 

 tions," by Robert Saundby, M. D., and " Indi- 

 gestion," by George Herschell, M. D., were valu- 

 able manuals. Allard Memminger, M. D., made 

 a " Diagnosis of the Urine " ; John W. S. Gouley, 

 M. D., described " Diseases of the Urinary Appa- 

 ratus; Phlegmasic Affections," in a series of 

 twelve lectures delivered during the autumn of 

 1891 ; " Ringworm : Its Constitutional Nature 

 and Cure," was exhaustively treated by J. Comp- 

 ton Burnett ; a " Text-Book of the Eruptive and 

 Continued Fevers" called forth all the ability of 

 George W. Moore, M. D. ; and C. Sihler advo- 

 cated enthusiastically the " Hydriatic Treatment 

 of Typhoid Fever according to Brand, Tripier, 

 Bouveret, and Vogel." "The Hydropathic Estab- 

 lishment and its Baths " formed the theme of 

 Robert Owen Allsop ; and James Graham, M. D., 

 considered " Hydatid Disease in its Clinical As- 

 pects." Geo. H. F. Nuttall, M. D., condensed 

 information as to " Hygienic Measures in Rela- 

 tion to Infectious Diseases " ; and a similar 

 work, anonymous, was " Safety in Cholera 

 Times : Homoeopathic Treatment." " Geograph- 

 ical Pathology," by Andrew Davidson, M. D., in 

 two volumes, made an inquiry into the geograph- 

 ical distribution of infective and climatic dis- 

 eases. George M. Sternberg drew up " A Man- 

 ual of Bacteriology " ; Eli F. Brown, M. D., made 

 a study of " Sex and Life " : S. Pozzi wrote a 

 "Treatise on Gyna3cology, Medical and Surgical," 

 in two volumes : George Sedgwick Minot, of 

 " Human Embryology " ; and J. Clarence Web- 

 ster, of " Tuboperitoneal Ectopic Gestation." 

 " Practical Midwifery " was a handbook of treat- 

 ment by Edward Reynolds, M. D. ; G. Ernest 

 Herman wrote " First Lines in Midwifery " ; and 

 "The Wife and Mother" formed the theme of 

 Albert Westland. " Marriage and Disease," by 

 S. A. K. Strahan, M. D., made a study of heredity 

 and the more important family degenerations. 

 " Practical Pathology," by G. Sims Woodhead, 

 passed through a third edition, enlarged and re- 

 vised ; F. J. Brockway arranged " Essentials of 

 Physics," in the form of questions and answers, 

 especially for students of medicine ; and Charles 

 E. Pellew published a "Manual of Practical Med- 

 ical and Physiological Chemistry." " Unsound- 

 ness of Mind in its Legal and Medical Consider- 

 ations," by J. W. Hume Williams, was reprinted 



