﻿380 The Philippine Journal of Science 



Beriberi | by | Edward B. Vedder, A. M., M. D. | Captain Medical Corps, 

 U. S. Army. Member of the United States Army Board | for the 

 Study of Tropical Diseases as They Exist in the Philippines, \ Decem- 

 ber, 1910, to April, 1913. | [dash] | The Cartwright Prize of the 

 Alumni of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, | Medical Depart- 

 ment of Columbia University, New York for 1913, and | published by 

 permission of the Surgeon-General of U. S. Army. | [dash] | Illus- 

 trated by Numerous Engravings | and by Five Colored Plates | [dash] 

 I New York | William Wood and Company | MDCCCXIII. Cloth, 

 pp. i-viii + 1-427. 



This book is the most extensive treatise on beriberi in the 

 English language, and appears at a time when not only all 

 medical scientists but also the lawmakers in several countries are 

 interested in the subject. Vedder has had very favorable op- 

 portunity for carrying on investigations of the etiology of beri- 

 beri and its cure. As a member of the United States Army 

 Board for the Study of Tropical Diseases as They Exist in the 

 Philippines, his experience in Manila made it possible for him 

 to see. many cases of the disease and to prove the value of the 

 extract of rice polishings prepared by Chamberlain and Vedder. 

 The book deals with the history and the clinical and pathological 

 aspects of the disease, especial emphasis being placed on the 

 etiology. His conclusions that avian polyneuritis is the same 

 disease as human beriberi and that beriberi is caused by a too 

 exclusive diet of polished rice or by any other diet lacking in 

 the vitamines which are necessary for normal metabolism are 

 now accepted by the majority of workers on the subject, and 

 Vedder's review of the work of himself and others is presented 

 in a very pleasant and convincing manner. The abundant illus- 

 trations are excellent, and the book is presented in Wm. Wood 

 & Co.'s usual good form. B. C. C. 



The Mechanistic Principle and | the Non-Mechanical | an inquiry into funda- 

 mentals with extracts from | representatives of either side | by | 

 Paul Carus | Chicago | The Open Court Publishing Company | 1913 | 

 Cloth, pp. i-iv + 1-125. 



Memory | lectures on the specific energies | of the nervous system | by | 

 Prof. Ewald Hering | University of Leipzig | fourth edition, enlarged | 

 1913 I The Open Court Publishing Company | Chicago London | Cloth, 

 pp. 1-70. 



