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predecessors in this department of medical litera- 
ture; all diseases are considered briefly or exten- 
sively in accordance with their degree of im- 
portance, and many subjects not hitherto pecially 
mentioned are given the prominence they deserve. 
This is especially the case with di of the 
“The name of Skene will cause the reader to 
open this volume with an eager interest that will 
be amply justitied. In the plan adopted in this 
book, the diseases of women are divided into three 
bladder and urethra—a class little understood by 
the average physician, yet of prime importance ; 
80, too, of the abuse of pessaries, gynecology as 
related to insanity, and, best of all, the use of 
electricity in the treatment of uterine tumors.””— 
Kansas City Medical Index. 
‘*We regard the book as one of the best extant 
on gynecology, and especially so for the student 
and general practitioner; and we think that but 
few specialists can read it without profit as well as 
pleasure. The illustrations are of more than usual 
excellence, and many of them are original. The 
printing also is good, but the paper is rather 
poor.” —Medical and Surgical Reporter. 
, viz. : Those which occur between birth and 
puberty, those between puberty and the meno- 
paws, and those which come atter the menopause. 
ach subject being briefly described with history 
of cases, typical and complicated, which are given 
as illustrative of the disease or injury under con- 
siderations ee fae page the ifthe of treatment. 
n carrying out this plan, the history of gynsecolo, 
and the discussion of all Mibptted questions hive 
been omitted as being at variance with scope 
adopted. Taken altogether, we find that it is one 
of the very best books extant on the subject of 
gynecology, and we can not too warmly com- 
mend it to the readers of the New England 
Monthly.” 
SMITH. Health: A Hand-Book for Households and Schools. 
By Epwarp Sirs, M. D., F.R:8., Fellow of the Royal College of Phy- 
sicians and Surgeons of England, etc. 
Cloth, $1 00. 
12mo. Illustrated. 
198 pages. 
It is intended to inform the mind on the subjects involved in the word Tlealth to show how health 
may be retained and ill-health avoided, and to add to the pleasure and usefulness of life. 
“The author of this manual has rendered a 
real service to families and teachers, It is not a 
mere treatise on health, such as would be written 
by a medical professor for medical students. Nor 
is it a treatise on the treatment of disease, but 
a plain, common-sense essay on the prevention 
of most of the ills that flesh is heir to. There 
is no doubt that much of the sickness with 
which humanity is afflicted is the result of igno- 
se 
rance, and proceeds from the use of improper 
food, trom defective drainage, overerowded rooms, 
ill-ventilated workshops, impure water, and other 
like preventable causes. Legislation and munici- 
pal regulations may do something in the line 
of prevention, but the people themselves can do 
a great deal more—particularly if properly en- 
lightened ; and this is the purpose ot the book.” 
—Albany Journal, 
SMITH. On Foods. By Evwarp Surru, M.D., LL.B., F.R.8. Fellow 
of the Royal College of Physicians of London, ete., etc. 
pages. Cloth, $1.75. 
‘ Since the issue of the author’s work on ‘ Prac- 
tical Dietary,’ he has felt the want of another, 
which would embrace all the generally known and 
some less known foods, and contain the latest scien- 
12mo, 485 
tific knowledge respecting them. The present vol- 
ume is intended to meet this want, and will be 
found useful for reference, to both scientific and 
general readers. The author extends the ordinary 
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