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' The Principles and Practice of Hyderopathy " ; 

 "Osteopathy, Complete," came from Elmer D. 

 Barber, and a second edition, revised and enlarged, 

 appeared of " Essentials of Homoeopathic Therapeu- 

 tics," by W. A. Dewey, M. I). Louis Stephen Pil- 

 cher discussed " The Treatment of Wounds." Vol. 

 II appeared of a " System of Diseases of the 

 Eye," by American and European authors, for 

 which we were indebted to William F. Norris, 

 M. D., and Charles A. Oliver, M.D. ; A. Maitland 

 Ramsay, M. D., prepared an " Atlas of External 

 Diseases of the Eye," and a second revised and en- 

 larged edition was made of "Diseases of the Eye," 

 by G. E. de Schweinitz, M. D. W. J. Walsham 

 wrote upon " Nasal Obstruction " ; " Diseases of the 

 Stomach" were the theme of John C. Hemmeter, 

 M. D., and again of William W. Van Valzah, M. I)., 

 and J. Douglas Nisbet, M. D. ; T. N. Kelynack 

 made a specialty of " Renal Growths," and Herman 

 Mynter, M. D., of " Appendicitis and its Surgical 

 Treatment," with a report of 75 operated cases. 

 Three lectures of Charles B. Kelsey, M. D., upon 

 "The Office Treatment of Haemorrhoids, Fistula. 

 etc., without Operation," were collected into a 

 small volume. " Diabetes Mellitus and its Treat- 

 ment " was considered by R. T. Williamson, M. D. ; 

 William H. Howell, M. D., edited "An American 

 Text-book of Physiology " ; and ' Practical Exercises 

 in Comparative Physiology and Urine Analysis " 

 were given by Pierre A. Fish. "Practical Uranaly- 

 sis and Urinary Diagnosis," by C. W. Purdy, went 

 through a fourth revised edition. James Kingston 

 Fowler, M. D., and Rickman J. Godlee gave par- 

 ticular attention to " The Diseases of the Lungs," 

 and '' Tropical Diseases," by Patrick Manson, was 

 intended as a manual of the diseases of warm cli- 

 mates. " The Surgical Complications and Sequels 

 of Typhoid Fever " formed the subject of a volume 

 by William W. Keen, M. D. " Meditations on Gout," 

 both practical and literary, with a consideration of 

 its cure through the use of wine, by George H. Ell- 

 wanger, had a frontispiece and decoration by George 

 Wharton Edwards, and was intended for both the 

 student of medicine and the general reader. " Lec- 

 tures on the Theory and Practice of Vaccination" 

 were delivered by Robert Cory, M. D. " Operative 

 Gynaecology," by Howard A. Kelly, M. D., was 

 complete in twoVolumes, and a third edition, re- 

 vised, rewritten, and enlarged, was made of " Con- 

 servative Gynjecology and Electro-Therapeutics," bv 

 G. Betton Massey, M. D. ; E. C. Buck, M. D., was 

 the author of " A Treatise on the Principles and 

 Practice of Gynaecology"; John Clarence Webster, 

 M.D.. drew up a text-book of " Diseases of Women "; 

 and Barton Cooke Hirst, M. D., " A Text-book of 

 Obstetrics." "Veterinary Obstetrics" were pre- 

 pared for students and practitioners by W. H. Dal- 

 rymple. L. Bolton Bangs, M. I)., and William A. 

 Hardaway, M. D., were joint editors of the "Ameri- 

 can Text-book of Genito-Urinary and Skin Diseases 

 (including Syphilis)," and "A Manual of Venereal 

 Diseases" was by James R. Hayden. M. D. James 

 Foster Scott, M. D., wrote upon " The Sexual In- 

 stinct : Its Use and Dangers as affecting Heredity 

 and Morals." "Cutaneous Medicine" was the title 

 of a systematic treatise on the diseases of the skin 

 by Louis A. Duhring. M. D., and George Henry Fox, 

 M. D., made a specialty of " Skin Diseases of Chil- 

 dren"; a second revised edition was also made of 

 " An American Text -book of the Diseases of Chil- 

 dren," by Louis Starr, M. D. " About Children " 

 was the substance of six lectures given to the nurses 

 in the training school of the Cleveland General Hos- 

 pital in February, 1896, by Samuel W. Kelley, M. D. 

 " A Treatise on Aphasia and Other Speech Defects " 

 emanated from H. Clmrlton Bastian, M.D., and 

 Joseph Collins, M. D., in " The Genesis and Dissolu- 



tion of the Faculty of Speech " made a clinical and 

 psychological study of the same disease. " The 

 Cure of Writers' Cramp, and the Arm Troubles of 

 Telegraphers and Ball Players.' 7 was briefly sug- 

 gested by S. H. Monell, M. D., and W. C. Hollbpetef, 

 M. D., reviewed " Hay Fever and its Successful 

 Treatment." " The Nervous System and its Dis- 

 eases" were examined by Charles K. Mills, M.D.. 

 and a new edition was issued of ' The Diseases of 

 the Nervous System," by Louis Ilirt. Original 

 studies upon " The Normal and Pathological Circu- 

 lation in the Central Nervous System (Myel-Enceph- 

 alon)," by W T illiam Browning, M. D.. were given 

 to the world, and Pearce Bailey. M. D., discussed 

 " Accident and Injury : Their Relations to Diseases 

 of the Nervous System." A "Clinical Manual cf 

 Mental Diseases" was prepared by A. Campbell 

 Clark, M. D. ; "A Compendium of Insanity," by 

 John B. Chapin, M. D. ; and "A Primer of Psychol- 

 ogy and Mental Diseases," by C. B. Burr, M. D., 

 went through a second, thoroughly revised, edition. 

 " A Text-book of Dental Pathology and Therapeu- 

 tics, including Pharmacology," was by H. H. Burch- 

 ard. M. D. Theodore Potter, M. D., published " Es- 

 says on Bacteriology and its Relation to the Process 

 of Medicine "; Edgar M. Crookshank, "A Text-book 

 of Bacteriology," including the etiology and preven- 

 tion of infective diseases, and an account of yeasts 

 and molds, hematozoa and psorosperms. " Notes 

 on Micro-Organisms Pathogenic to Man " were made 

 by B. H. S. Leumann. and " Laboratory Directions 

 for Beginners in Bacteriology " were given by Ver- 

 anus A. Moore, M.D. "Outlines of Anatomy," by 

 Edmund W. Holmes, M. D., was intended as a guide 

 to the methodical study of the human body iu the 

 dissecting room, and "Mammalian Anatomy," by 

 Horace Jayne, M. D., was a preparation for human 

 and comparative anatomy. Winfield S. Hall was 

 the author of " A Laboratory Guide in Physiology." 

 " Practical Points in Nursing," for nurses in private 

 practice, were given by Emily A. M. Stoney, and 

 " How to become a Trained Nurse " was edited by 

 Jane Hodson, giving information in detail together 

 with a complete list of the various training schools 

 for nurses in the United States and Canada. " Diet 

 in Illness and Convalescence" was prescribed by 

 Alice Worthington Winthrop. " A Manual of Hy- 

 giene and Sanitation " came from Seneca Egbert. 

 M. D., and " Outlines of Rural Hygiene " were briefly 

 given by Harvey B. Bashore, M.D. "The Psychol- 

 ogy of Health and Happiness" was investigated by 

 La Forest Potter, M.D., and some practical sugges- 

 tions for the improvement of the " Health of Body 

 and Mind " were offered by T. W. Topham, M. D. 

 Vol. I of the "Home Health Club," by David H. 

 Reeder, M. D., inaugurated the series of seven, 

 and contained the preparatory course. Vols. IV 

 and V of " Medico-Legal Studies," by Clark Bell, 

 were sent out, and "A Laboratory Manual of Phys- 

 iological and Clinical Chemistry and Toxicology " 

 was the work of Arthur E. Austin, M. D., arid Isador 

 H. Coriat. The " New Warren's Household Physi- 

 cian," a new edition, enlarged and revised, of " War- 

 ren's Household Physician," had the allopathic de- 

 partment, by Ira Warren, M. D., revised by William 

 Thorndike, M. D., and the homoeopathic depart- 

 ment, by A. E. Small, M. IX, revised by John Ileber 

 Smith. '" Elements of Latin " for students of medi- 

 cine and pharmacy were set down by George I). 

 Crothers, M. D., and Hiram II. Bice. Vol. Ill of 

 the second series of the "Index-Catalogue of the 

 Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, United 

 States Army," giving authors and subjects, covered 

 C-Czygan. To surgery proper belonged " A Manual 

 of Surgery," by William Rose and Albert Carless, 

 a " Manual of Operative Surgery," by H. J. Waring; 

 a second revised edition of "An American Text- 



