128 REVIEWS. 



a way as to tend to arouse the interest of the student in the 

 development of the subject and to induce in him the open-minded 

 attitude of the true scientist, as well as to foster a scientific 

 curiosity and to create impulses toward original investigation. 

 In preparing- this new edition, the author has "made diligent 

 search through the literature of the subject to find what new 

 facts have been discovered, what new views have been advanced 

 and what old views have been discarded." The new references 

 to the literature which cover the years 1910 and 1911 and number 

 forty-three are especially numerous on the subjects of blood 

 and circulation, internal secretions, and nutrition. 



Further and material evidence of the success of this text is 

 found in the fact that the six years of its existence have been 

 marked by eleven reprints and three thorough revisions. The 

 general plan of the book remains the same and its size has been 

 increased from 998 to 1018 pages. 



A. O. Shaklee. 



Clinical Diagnosis. A Manual of Laboratory Methods. By J. C. Todd. 

 Second edition. Revised and enlarged. Pp. 469. 164 text illustrations, 

 13 colored plates. Cloth. Price $2.25. Philadelphia and London: 

 W. B. Saunders Company. 1912. 



This book contains all of the important clinical laboratory 

 methods that are in use, including certain tests of very recent 

 origin such as : the antif ormin method for tubercle bacilli, Tsu- 

 chiya's modification of Esbach's test, the formalin test for 

 ammonia, Benedict's method for sugar in urine, volume index 

 of red corpuscles, Harlow's blood stain, Wassermann's reaction, 

 Frothingham's impression method in the diagnosis of rabies, 

 and many other tests that are the products of the recent advances 

 in medical science. 



The descriptions of the technique of the different laboratory 

 methods are precise and clear, and make the book a real guide 

 to students and beginners, as well as a help to those who are 

 more advanced in laboratory work. 



A. G. S. 



