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the feeding of difficult cases ; the feeding during the second year ; 

 marasmus; infectious diarrhoea; the preparation of formulae by 

 the percentage method; the composition and preparation of the 

 foods most employed, such as barley water, whey, casein milk 

 of Finkelstein, buttermilk, and batter bread. There is also 

 presented the Harvard classification of gastrointestinal disturb- 

 ances. Worthy of mention as interesting features of the hand- 

 book are the following chapters: 



1. The stools of infancy, masterly written by Professor Lorett 

 Morse. 



2. The bottle feeding gives valuable hints to modify cows' 

 milk in order to reach "a gradual adaptation of the ingredients 

 to the digestive power of infants." 



3. The chapter on the digestive disturbances, in which the 

 author wisely adopts the German division of disturbances in 

 breast-fed and in bottle-fed infants. 



4. The chapter on the handling of difficult cases of feeding 

 also must be commended, as presenting very practical advice 

 for the practitioner. 



It is to be regretted that the chapter on the treatment of 

 marasmus is so short and rather incomplete. 



Altogether the book is a successful attempt to guide the practi- 

 tioner, especially the American physician, who is very well 

 acquainted with the principles of the percentage method, and 

 to solve the daily problem of conducting the feeding of infants. 



Jose Albert. 



Diagnostic Methods | [6 lines] ] by 1 Herbert Thomas Brooks, A. B., M. D., 

 I [2 lines] ] third edition | revised and rewritten | St. Louis | C. V. 

 Mosby Company | 1916 | Cloth, pp. 1-96. Price, $1. 



This little book of diagnostic methods is very well adapted to 

 the needs of the medical student, interne, and practicing phy- 

 sician. By referring to it, often many important and essential 

 diagnostic facts may be kept in mind, thereby obtaining more 

 vital data from each patient. Using this handbook as a guide 

 and a large textbook for reference, a decided improvement in 

 the character of medical work performed by the average prac- 

 titioner should result. 



The average textbook on diagnostic methods is altogether too 

 exhaustive for everyday work, and the practicing physician 

 finding it so formidable decides to depend wholly on his native 

 knowledge of this subject. Undoubtedly this handbook will 

 bridge over the gulf and will encourage the physician toward a 

 more complete study of the individual case. 



T. F. Keating. 



