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NATURE 



Oi roBEF in, 1918 



S with thi others. But the statemenl is nol 



cleai ■ taken with that on p. 35, is calculated 



,1 wrong impression. 

 The whole oi the useful information in the bbbfe 



diffii ult\ be given in a pamphlel 



ith its size. No indes 1 - provided ; had it 

 the amount of needless repetition would hav< 

 made <\ iden1 at a glance. 

 (2) Foi some time aftei 1 he introduction of 



rations housewives found il 'It to adapt their 



cookery to the new conditions. The recipes com- 

 piled 1\\ Miss Mitchell an intended to help in 

 this matter, and arc well adapted to do so. After 

 some useful points on economy in the use of fuel 

 and in making the mosl of fat in cooking, the 

 recipes propei are given in detail. These are 



grouped in1 for (1) meat dishes, more than 



Forty in number; (2) vegetables and sundries, 

 enteen in number; (3) other meatless dishes, 

 numbering no fewei than sixty; (4) soups, ten; 

 (5) fish, eighteen; (6) sauces, eight; (7) salads, 

 seven; (8) pastry and hatters, eleven; (9) pud- 

 dings and sweets; thirteen; (10) bread and cakes, 

 thirteen; ( 1 1 ) preserves, fifteen. 



A mere list does not, however, convey an 

 adequate idea of the value of the hook. The re- 

 cipes are all carefully selected by a writer having 

 practical experience of her subject, and are in most 

 cases excellent. 



OUR BOOKSHELF. 

 Applied Bacteriology: Studies and Reviews of 



son:. lay I'm hi 1' ins for llic Laboratory 



Worker, the Clinician, and the Administrator. 

 Edited by lh-. ('. If. Browning. Pp. xvi + 291. 

 (London: II. Frowde and 1 bidder and Stough- 

 ton, ti)iS. ) I 'rice 7s. 6d. n*t. 

 This book comprises an account of research work 

 on bacteriological subjects by Dr. Browning and 

 co-workers, carried out partly in the Pathological 

 Department of the University and Western In- 

 firmary, Glasgow, and partly in the Bland Sutton 

 lute of Pathology of the Middlesex Hospital. 

 of the matter included has already appeared 

 in the form of separate published papers, but these 

 :en added to and extended. 

 Dr. Browning contributes an introduction on 

 the of applied bacteriology, in which he 



'1 t1 the best results can be attained 

 onl) trained and experienced workers 



who I i large part of their time free for 



original Then follow the series of 



papers Hi. inch include the diagnosis 



"l "enterica i (typhoid and paratyphoid 



fevers and d) ha :teriological and sero- 



logical methods, Di . Bi iwning, Mackie, and 



Thornton; the i ted pipettes in sero- 



logical work, h\ I). observations on 



the diphtheria grou] ms and on the 



isolation "I B. diphthi T a medium 



aining telluri< ai by Dr. J. F. Smith; 

 mi antiseptics, with special reference to 

 ive inhibitory action, fc» Drs. Browning, Gil- 

 1. 2S54. vol. 102] 



mour, and Gulbrausen, in which tin- action of the 

 fiavines and other aniline dyes is considered; and 

 the use of ultra violel radiations as a means oi 

 discriminating between, ami oi isolating, certain 

 micro-organisms, by Drs. Browning and Russ. 

 Ill, I!,, 1 1 is a summary of what is known 



about tetanus, bj Dr. Browning. This subject is 

 of so much importance in connection with the war 



that this epitome is \ ei ; wel< 1 



Being largeh a reprint oi research work, the 

 value of tins volume can scarcel) be appraised 

 at present, but it max be said thai much of the 

 matter Forms a notable contribution to the ad- 

 vancement hi bacteriological science. R. T. II. 



Veterinary Post-Mortem Technic. By Prof. \\ . J. 

 Crocker. Pp. xiv+233. (Philadelphia and 

 London ; J B. Lippim otl Co., 1918.) 1'riee 



l6s. net. 

 A BOOK nl tins type has lung been needed to fill 



a gap in veterinary literature. So far as we are 

 aware, then has previousl) been no work detail- 

 ing in a systematic manner the making of post- 

 mortem examinations on the lower animals, and, 

 consequently, reports of autopsies have been lack- 

 ing in uniformity, and often the most important 

 features have been omitted or insufficiently empha- 

 sised owing to the lack oi system. Prof. Crocker's 

 book will go far to remedy' thai state 1 

 and should be in the hands of all students and 

 most practitioners of veterinary pathology. As 

 might be expected, there are several minot 

 points with which we are not in entire agreement. 

 For example, it is suggested that in the case of 

 a small animal suspected of rabies the head 

 severed from the body as close to the trunk- as 

 possible should be dispatched to the laboratory 

 for examination. In our opinion it would be far 

 better to send the whole body without mutilation 

 — the extra weight of a small animal is of no 

 importance. The author recommends the use of 

 Midler's fluid for preserving tissues; it would 

 have been better if the formula had been included. 

 He also recommends the use of sla; platforms to 

 be used on the floor of the autopsy room. 'Wood, 

 however, is nol an ideal material for use under 

 these conditions, owing to the difficulty of dis- 

 infection, which can be properly carried mil only 

 by burning, thus causing continual expense. With 

 regard to the examination ol the various organs, 



we are ol i | , ami that insufficient attention is 



paid to the examination of the various lymphatic 

 glands, which are oi paramount importance in 

 post-mortem examinations in numerous affectio 



As a whole the hook has been written in a very 



cltar and lucid manner, and there is little fault 



to find with it. The photographic illustrations 



\.iiii ms methods of procedure are excellent. 



Common Bi etlcs an I Spiders, and //<>;.■ to Identify 



Them. By S. V Sedgwick. Pp.62. (London: 



Clinics II. Kelly, n.d.) Price is. ihI. net. 



Ix this little volume the author treats, in a style 



ne'eessarih si etchy and incomplete, of some com- 



