REVIEWS. 



A Textbook of Experimental Physiology For Students of Medicine. By N. H. 

 Aleock, M. D., D. Sc., and F. O'B. Ellison, M. D. Cloth. Pp. xii+139, 36 

 illustrations. Price $1.50 net. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Sons, 1909. 



This book, with a preface by Ernest H. Starling, gives a clear description 

 of the experiments which should be performed by medical students in the 

 physiological laboratory. Not only are the usual muscle and nerve ex- 

 periments included, but also the more important ones on mammals. The 

 idea of the authors is not simply to show the student how to experiment, 

 but rather to teach him how to observe. The physiologic anatomy of 

 the rabbit is an especially excellent example of this method of instruction. 

 Some experiments, such as the demonstration of the action of secretin 

 on pancreatic secretion, or the analysis of the gases of the blood by 

 Haldane's apparatus, seem to the reviewer to be somewhat difficult for an 

 elementary course. Certain procedures are inserted to comply with the 

 restrictions which are placed by law upon vivisection in Great Britian. 



Hans Aeon. 



Examination of the Urine. A Manual For Students and Practitioners. By G. A. 

 DeSantos Saxe, M. D. 2d ed. Cloth. Pp. 448. Price $1.75. With text 

 illustrations and colored plates. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders 

 Company, 1909. 



Modern clinical medicine demands a certain amount of laboratory work 

 from nearly all practitioners and this book is destined as a guide for such 

 clinical examination of urines. - The first part, "Chemic Examination of 

 the Urine," is hardly more than a careful compilation of what is found 

 in a; great number of other text and hand books. The second part, 

 "Microscopic Examination," especially the chapters on "Urinary Diag- 

 nosis" and "Functional Renal Diagnosis," probably never has been 

 treated so clearly and thoroughly. The author gives here a number of 

 original pictures and many practical suggestions based on his own ex- 

 perience. The clinical significance and importance of the different find- 

 ings are well discussed, making the book of real value for the practicing 

 clinician. 



The questions at the end of each chapter remind one very forcibly of 

 the so-called vade mecum used by students not of the best type just 

 before examination, and impress the reviewer as somewhat out of place 

 in a work of this character. 



Hans Aeon. 



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