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THE PLAGUE. 
$ts tbistorp, Clinical Features, Patbology, and Bacteriology 
WITH SUGGESTIONS AS TO GENERAL PREVENTIVE MEASURES, 
INCLUDING PREVENTIVE INOCULATION AND 
CURATIVE TREATMENT. 
By Dr. W. M. HAFFKINE. 
Assisted by Dr. E. KLEIN, F.R.S., and Others. 
Lllustrated, one volume, demy 8vo. 
It is hardly possible to exaggerate the importance of the subject of 
this book. Merely as a matter of history, the part played by the plague 
in our own islands in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was 
appallingly large, while in different parts of the continent of Europe it 
has raged even more recently. Viewed in a purely scientific light, it 
presents problems of profound interest. These are treated of with well- 
recognised authority by Professor Klein. But perhaps the most absorb- 
ing portion of the subject is its practical side—the actual struggle with 
this most baffling and insidious of diseases, in which Dr. Haffkine and 
his staff in Bombay have taken so notable a share. Not the least 
striking feature of this struggle are the administrative difficulties arising 
out of it which amount sometimes, as is well known, to grave political 
dangers, and deserve the serious attention of all who are interested in 
our Indian Empire. 
FOOD AND THE PRINCIPLES OF 
DIETETICS, 
By ROBERT HUTCHISON, M.D. Epin., M.R.C.P., 
AssisTtanT PuysicIAN TO THE Lonpon HospiTraL, AND TO THE HosPITAL FOR SICK 
CHILDREN, GREAT ORMOND STREET. 
Lilustrated, demy 8vo., 16s. net. 
This volume forms a comprehensive work of reference and informa- 
tion upon a subject of vital importance. The lectures delivered by the 
author to students at the London Hospital have formed the basis of the 
work, but although eminently scientific in method, the style and diction 
are not too technical to spoil the interest of the general reader. Among 
the matters discussed are: The Amount of Food required in Health, 
Animal Foods, Vegetable Foods, Sugar, Water and Mineral Waters, 
Tea, Coffee, Cocoa, Alcoholic Beverages, the Cooking of Food, Diges- 
tion, Principles of Feeding in Infancy and Childhood, Principles of 
Feeding in Disease, etc. The book is illustrated with graphic diagrams 
from sketches by the author, and three plates in colour. 
