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prothesis in the globe or in Tenon's capsule. The different 

 operations on the iris, extraction of cataract is exhaustively 

 gone into. Chapter XII takes up operations upon the orbita 

 for foreign bodies and retroocular tumors. Chapter XIII deals 

 with removal of foreign bodies from the interior of the eye, 

 magnet operations and their technic. The book contains many 

 original illustrations and is printed in clear type on good paper. 



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Manual of the Diseases of the Eye for Students and General Practitioners. By 

 Charles H. May, M. D. * * * Seventh edition, revised. With 362 

 orijfinal illustrations including 22 plates, with 62 colored figures. Cloth. 

 Pp. 407. New York: William Wood and Company. 1911. 



May's Manual of the Diseases o^ the Eye is a compact text- 

 book for the student and one of ready reference for the general 

 practitioner. 



The book contains twenty-six small chapters covering all the 

 principal points in regard to the diseases of the eye, ophthal- 

 moscopy, and errors of refraction. The book has many illus- 

 trations and is well gotten up. It serves excellently its purpose 

 as a textbook for the student. 



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A Textbook of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians. By William 

 H. Howell, Ph. D., M. D., Sc. D., LI. D., professor of physiology in 

 the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Fourth edition, thoroughly 

 revised. Cloth. Pp.1018. Price .$4. Philadelphia and London: W. B. 

 Saunders Company. 1911. 



On looking over this book, one feels that there is here presented 

 a judicious selection of the facts of physiology most important 

 for the student of medicine, in clear, smooth, elegant English. 

 The facts are presented with sufficient clearness to be easily 

 comprehended by the student possessing an elementary knowl- 

 edge of anatomy, physics, and chemistry, and also with sufficient 

 fulness of expression to leave a serviceable impression in the 

 student's mind. The author has not been content with the bare 

 presentation of only those "conclusions about which there is 

 no difference of opinion" and which too often "represent the 

 uncertain compromises of past generations," but has essayed to 

 open to view "the live issues of the present day which are of so 

 much importance to physiology and to all branches of medicine." 

 The older facts are presented with their historical setting and 

 the newer with "the trend of contemporary discussion" in such 



