﻿REVIEWS. 



Infection, Immunity and Serum Therapy in Relation to the Infectious Diseases 

 which Attack Man, with Considerations of the Allied Subjects of Agglu- 

 tination, Precipitation, Hemolysis, etc. By H. T. Ricketts, M. D. Cloth. 

 Pp., x + 600. Price, $2.50. Chicago: American Medical Association Press, 

 1906. 



This excellent review has become so widely known and was received 

 so favorably on its first appearance in the columns of the Journal of 

 the American Medical Association that an extensive analysis seems 

 superfluous. 



The book is divided into two parts, a general and a special. In the 

 first 234 pages the facts and theories of infection and immunity, together 

 with a consideration of antibody formation in general, are set forth 

 clearly, interestingly and with reasonable fullness. In this place haemoly- 

 sis and allied processes are considered. 



In the second division of the book the diseases of an infectious nature 

 are classified in accordance with the theoretical considerations of part 

 one. A review of the recent work which tends to throw light upon the 

 nature of the process involved is given for each disease, and an acccount 

 is given of the methods of immunization and the results obtained. In 

 addition, the etiology and pathogenesis is entered into in some instances, 

 notably in the cases of the protozoon infections. 



In general the style is so clear that the book will prove intelligible and 

 interesting to medical men who have not had special laboratory training 

 in immunity research. The general arrangement, subdivision and index- 

 ing makes the book available for quick reference. 



R. P. S. 



Diagnostic Methods. By Prof. Dr. Hermann Sahli. Edited with additions, by 

 Francis P. Kinnicutt, M. D., and Nath'l Bowditch Potter, M. D. Authorized 

 translation from the fourth revised German edition. Cloth. Pp., 1008. Price, 

 $6.50 net. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders Company, 1906. 



With the additions made by the American editors, this book forms 

 the most exhaustive and complete attempt yet published upon the sub- 

 ject of diagnosis. Every practicable method of obtaining, classifying 

 and properly weighing data looking to a determining diagnosis is con- 

 sidered, including subjective and objective information as well as that 



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