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the really good schools, will always exist. But the establishment of 

 standards of entrance and equipment to which all schools must conform 

 will very soon eliminate the majority of American medical schools, and 

 the probabilities are that the ideal plan of Doctor Flexner will very nearly 

 be realized in a comparatively few years. The plea that young men must 

 not be compelled to spend so many years in study that they will be well 

 along in the twenties before commencing the practice of medicine is losing 

 its force before the realization that a few years more of practice for the 

 physician is a small matter compared with the welfare of the community. 

 Aside from its direct bearing on medical education, this report will have 

 a far more widespread and important effect upon education in general. 

 Every experienced educator knows that the "colleges" of the United 

 States stand in more need of regulation and standardization than even 

 the professional schools. The name of college covers a multitude of 

 educational sins, and even many serious sins resulting from greed, envy, 

 and cupidity, not to mention ignorance. We hope that the time is not 

 .far distant when a plain-spoken, brutally truthful account will be given 

 of every college in the United States, which shall force each into its own 

 proper position in the educational system. But as long as the reports on 

 education consist of statistical tables of the faculties, equipment, and 

 financial resources of the colleges (as the colleges themselves report them 

 for publication) and perfectly harmless essays upon the systems of 

 education in Germany, France, and England, there exists no basis for the 

 establishment of college standards. The most efficient educational work 

 to-day is being done by certain of the State universities of the Middle 

 West in their supervision of the high schools. 



Lawrence E. Griffin. 



An International System of Ophthalmic Practice. Edited by Walter L. Pyle, 

 A. M., M. D. Therapeutics, by A. Carrier, M. D. Translated by Sydney 

 Stephenson, M. B. Cloth. Pp. xxiv+444. Price $4.00 net. Philadelphia: 

 P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 1910. 



The relative value of a modern work on therapeutics can be discussed 

 from many viewpoints. The editor of "An International System of 

 Ophthalmic Practice," states in his preface that the purpose of this work 

 is to present up-to-date methods of ophthalmic practice. 



A recent method of cataract extraction as used by Smith, in India, 

 is not mentioned. Favorable results with argyrol in maternity hospitals 

 as a Crede substitute are stated, but no mention is made of the fact that 

 several practitioners have abandoned its use as unreliable. Whether 

 right or wrong, a one-sided statement is open to criticism. 



The subject-matter is arranged under the headings "General thera- 

 peutics" and "Special therapeutics." Under "General therapeutics," 



