448 Miscellaneous Bibliography. 
ments of this extended subject so full of interest as well to scien- 
tists as to those ee in technical pursuits. A greater degree 
port additional value. The very full and detailed re for an ex- 
one irae uric acid works sate by Dr. Smith supply a want 
“ar: data respecting the Paris system, but iene us hung 
fiir wi re. So in the chapter on oxygen, hydrogen and other at 
Technists will glean from the e perusal of Dr. Smith’s report nu 
erous important hints and suggestions which cannot fail to atten 
attention and stimulate inquir 
5. Report on rican of ihe Femur for Gunshot Injury; Cir- 
cular No. 2, War Department, Surgeon General’s Office, bere: 
diseases. The office is octane ng an obvious daeys and at the 
same time rendering a great service =e medical science, in the use 
which it is eeisag ng “of this invaluable material. 
he 
of unwearied labor, and of an intelligent and ecerea arity use 
of statistics which in careless or ignorant hands might prove @ 
snare and a delusion. 
This report and several other of the recent issues from the same 
ureau, notably the great “ Catalogue of the Army Medical Mu 
seum,” are worthy of mention for the beauty of their mechanical 
execution; some of the best specimens of American wood é gents 
ing are to be found in their pages. 
6. Fownes’s Chemistry: A Manual of Elementary C. hemistry, 
Theoretical and Practical ; by Guorce Fownts, F.R.S. From 
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