REVIEWS. 



A Text-Book of General Bacteriology. By Edwin O. Jordan, Ph. D. Pp. 557. 

 Price $3.00 net. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders Company, 1908. 



Professor Jordan in his General Bacteriology has not only presented 

 much of his material from new points of view, but lie has arranged it to 

 the best advantage. This is especially true of his treatment of the very 

 important group of colon-typhoid organisms. The chapter on immunity 

 is short but it includes the essential points and these are given in a clear, 

 concise manner. The illustrations are exceptionally good and add much 

 to the value of the book. Tlie language is clear and the subject-nuxtter is 

 treated in an easy, attractive style. It would seem that the field of 

 protozoology has assumed such proportions that it should be considered 

 in a separate book and not in such a work on bacteriology, since it forms 

 no true part of this subject. However, Professor Jordan's chapter on the 

 protozoa does not detract from the value of the book. The closing 

 chapters upon the higher organisms, the bacteriology of milk and milk 

 products, the nitrogen cycle, etc., serve to enliance its value as a text-book. 

 The author lias stated facts as facts and where differences of opinion 

 prevail has given both sides impartially, yet he does not hesitate to express 

 his own opinions. The bibliography is not extensive but is ample, and 

 includes the most recent and most important references. In my opinion 

 it is the best text-book in English on bacteriology and it will be used in 

 the Philippine Medical School. 



The topography and general make-up of the book are in keeping witli 

 its contents, and both author and publisher are to be congratulated on the 

 result of their work. Tlie book will be valuable not only to the student 

 of medicine but to the general practitioner and to tlie advanced liacteri- 

 ologist. 



V. L. Andrews. 



Diseases of the Skin and the Efuptive Fevers. By Jay Frank Schaml)cr<jr, 

 A. B., M. D. Pp. 534. Price $3.00 net. Philadelphia and London: W. B. 

 Saunders Company, 1908. 



Doctor Schamberg devotes 380 pages of this volume to diseases of the 

 skin and the rest of liis space to the eruptive fevers. While the discussion 

 of the various skin diseases is necessarily brief, it is clear and practical. 

 The discussion of the eruptive fevers is confined mainly to the skin 

 manifestations of these diseases. Yaws is given one page, while syphilis 

 is given twenty-seven pages. Treponema pallidula is not mentioned in 



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