CATALOGUE OF MEDICAL WORKS. 37 
POORE. Osteotomy and Osteoclasis, for the Correction of Deformi- 
ties of the Lower Limbs. By Cuaruxes T. Poors, M.D., Surgeon to St. 
Mary’s Free Hospital for Children, New York. 8vo. 202 pages, with 50 
Illustrations. Cloth, $2.50. 
SPECIMENS OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 
densed his experience in the work before us. Ic 
‘¢ This handsome and caretully prepared mono- 
graph treats of osteotomy as applied to the repair 
of genu valgum, genu varum, anchylosis of the 
knee-joint, deformities of the hip-joint, and for 
curves of the tibia. The author has suloved large 
opportunities to study these special malformations 
in the hospitals to which he is attached, and de- 
scribes the operations from an ample observation. 
Quite a number of well-engraved illustrations add 
* to the value of the volume, and an exhaustive bib- 
liography appended enables the reader to pursue 
any topic in which he may be interested into the 
productions of other writers.”’—Medical and Sur- 
gical Reporter. 
“Dr. Poore, who has already become so well 
known by journal articles on bone surgery, has con- 
has succeeded in doing this in a very satisfactory 
way. We can not too strong], commend the clear 
and succinct manner in which the author weighs 
the indications for treatment in particular cases. 
In so doing he shows a knowledge of his subject 
which is as extensive as it is profound, and no one 
at all interested in orthopedy can read his conclu- 
sions without profit. is own cases, which are 
carefully reported, are valuable additions to the lit- 
erature of the subject. These, together with oth- 
ers, which are only summarized, contain so much 
practical information and sound surgery that they 
give a special value to the work aaaiber inde- 
pendent ofvits other excellences. ‘It is a goad book 
in every way, and we congratulate the author ac- 
cordingly.""—Medical Record. 
QUAIN. A Dictionary of Medicine, including General Pathology, 
General Therapeutics, Hygiene, and the Diseases peculiar to Women and 
Children. By Various Writers. Edited by Ricnarp Quvain, M.D., 
F.R.S., Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians; Member of the 
Senate of the University of London ; Member of the General Council of 
Medical Education and Registration ; Consulting Physician to the Hos- 
pital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest at Brompton, ete. 8vo. 
1,834 pages, and 138 Illustrations. Half morocco, $8.00. Sold only by 
subscription. 
This work is primarily a Dictionary of Medicine, in which the several diseases are fully discussed 
in alphabetical order. The description of each includes an account of its etiology and anatomical char- 
acters; its symptoms, course, duration, and termination ; its diagnosis, prognosis, and, lastly, its treat- 
ment. General Pathology comprebends articles on the origin, characters, and nature of disease. 
General Therapeutics includes articles on the several classes of remedies, their modes of action, and 
on the methods of their use. The articles devoted to the subject of Hygiene treat of the causes and 
revention ot’ disease, of the agencies and laws affecting public health, of the means of preserving the 
health of the individual, of the construction and management of hospitals, and of the nursing of the 
sick. 
Lastly, the diseases peculiar to women and children are discussed under their respective headings, 
both in aggregate and in detail. 
