1899] MICROSCOPICAL JOURNAL. 289 



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

 meeting- of Aug-ust, 1898. It is rather larg-er than the t)re- 

 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 ical classifications which could not be published in any 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 notsog-reat as sometimes but all in 

 all the volume is a useful contribution to scienfific literature. 

 We trust another volume may be collected during- the 

 coming year whether there is a g-ood meeting- or not. It is 

 intended to hold a meeting Aug-ust 17, at Columbus, Ohio, 

 just prior to the meeting- of the American Association for 

 Advancement of Science. 



Urinary Analysis and Diag-nosis 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 

 neg-lected, but the bulk of the volume is devoted to micros- 

 copic examination as a means of diag-nosis. 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 drawing-s. Without ex- 

 ception they are clear and instructive. At first sig-htitis 

 hard to imag-ine the claim that a new work upon uranalysis 

 should have to our recog-nition, 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. 



