14 ROSS & DELBRIDGE'S MEDICAL WORKS. 
ANTISEPTIC MEDICATION ;— or Décrat's 
METHOD. By NIcHo. FRANCIS COOKE, M. D., 
ILL. D. Second edition. Cloth. $1.00. Postage, 
» cents. 
The second edition of this important work is now ready. It is the 
first and must continue to be for some time the only treatise on this vitally 
important subject in the English language. It is plain and practical. 
Though written only for the physician, it cannot fail to attract attention 
from the intelligent layman. 
In the introduction may bz found a history of antiseptic medication, 
the controversy between Deéclat, Lemaire and Tyndal, a brief sketch 
of Déclat’s life, and the theory on which the phenic-acid treatment is 
based. In the work proper he begins by giving a description of the 
various preparations of phenic acid, then of its physiological action 
when applied externally and when taken internally, and then he givesa 
résumé of the physivlogical symptoms evinced in the nervous system, 
vascular system, respiratory system, chylopcetic system, and genito- 
urinary system. Of the methods of administering it he mentions five: 
1. By the mouth; 2. By the rectum; 3. By the-air passages; 4. Endermic; 
>. Phe hypodermic method. The latter method he most enthusiastic- 
a'ly supports, and gives special instructions as to the use of the hypo- 
desmic syringe. Then follows a history of the cases treated by Dr. 
Cooke since 181, and the results of treatment, and among them were 
caves of tuberculosis, cancer, septicaemia, eczema, malarial fever, diphthe- 
ris, hay fever, etc, The book is well printed in good, clear type, with 
w.le margns. 
THE BABY. Ilow Tro Kerp Ir WeLL. By 
J.B. DunuHAM, M. D. Cloth. 50 cents. Postage, 
d cents. 
How to keep the baby well is a branch of knowledge rather more 
neglected than how to treat the baby when ill; but itisa most important 
branch of knowledge, and is here treated of with a common-sense re- 
freshing to encounter. The old nurse of other days would doubtless 
regard many of its instructions with wide-eyed horror, such as the for- 
bidding of the traditional bath within a half-hour of birth, and the sub- 
stitution of oilin its stead; the doing away with the abdominal band, and 
the injunctions against too frequent nursing; but the young mother of to- 
day is somewhat emancipated from the thralldoin of nurses and not dis- 
inclined to profit by the wisc teachings here so pleasantly offered.— .Vew 
England Med. Gureite 
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