REVIEWS. 



Laboratory Studies in Tropical Medicine. By C. W. Daniels, M. B. Camb., 

 M. R. C. P. Lond., and H. B. Newham, M. R. C. S. Eng., L. R. C. P. 

 Lond., D. P. H. Camb., D. T. M. and H. Camb. Third revised edition. 

 Philadelphia, P. Blakiston's Son and Co. 1911. Pp. 535. Cloth. Price 

 $4 net. 



This is the third edition of Daniels and Newham's well-known 

 "Laboratory Studies in Tropical Medicine" which has been 

 revised and brought up to date. The plan and scope of the book 

 remain unchanged. It is intended to serve as a laboratory 

 reference book for the physician and investigator in the Tropics. 

 General pathological and histological technique and the clinical 

 examination of blood, sputum, urine, and faeces are fully con- 

 sidered. A brief but comprehensive description is given of the 

 morphology, development, and classification of the protozoan and 

 metazoan parasites of man and some of the more important 

 parasites of animals. Considerable space is devoted to the 

 insect and arachnoid carriers of infectious diseases, including 

 methods of collecting, rearing, and studying these animals. The 

 chapter on bacteriology is necessarily brief, owing to the limits 

 of the volume, but it is comprehensive and practical and can be 

 supplemented by reference to any standard text-book on the 

 subject. This edition continues to be the only complete labor- 

 atory reference book on tropical medicine. It is unfortunate 

 that a book which is intended to be subjected to constant usage 

 should have been so poorly and unsubstantially bound. 



E. L. W. 



The American Illustrated Medical Dictionary. By W. A. Borland, A, M., M. D. 

 Sixth edition, revised and enlarged. Philadelphia and London, W. B. 

 Saunders Company. 1911. Pp. 986. Limp leather. 



The completeness and up-to-dateness of a medical dictionary 

 can be pretty accurately measured by the fulness of its vocabulary 

 in the newer medical sciences, such as immunology, protozoology, 

 and chemotherapy. Judged by this standard, the new edition 

 of Borland's Medical Dictionary leaves nothing to be desired. 



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