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7 JBeitrdge zur chemisehen Ihysiologie, herausgegeben von 

 F. Hofmeister. IX. Band. 1906-1907. Braunschweig (Fr. 

 Vieweg und Sobn). — Among the papers which deserve special 

 notice in this volume are the studies of Wiechowski and Wiener 

 on the fermentative destruction of uric acid and the products 

 arising therefrom. New methods of preparing organs for the 

 investigation of the purine enzymes are described and allantom 

 was isolated as an enzymatic product resulting fi-om the metabo- 

 lism of uric acid. Papers from Prof. Hofmeister's laboratory 

 (by Sasaki and Savare) deal with the non-diffusible substances in 

 the urine and indicate that the compounds included in this group 

 may have significance through the quantitative alterations found 

 in pathological conditions. An elaborate investigation of the 

 debated specific-dynamic action of proteins in nutrition is pre- 

 sented by Falta, Grote and Staehlin. Almost every important 

 department of physiological chemistry is represented in the pres- 

 ent volume; e. g. the chemistry of the liver (Bang, Tiirkel, 

 Goodman), muscle (Saxl, Urano, Comessatti), digestion (Slowt- 

 zoff, Schroder, von Ftirth), the blood (Loeb, Lefmann), etc. 



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8. The Common Bacterial Infections of the Digestive Tract 

 and the Intoxications arising from them • by C. A. Hebter, 

 M.D. Pp. vi, 360, New York', 1907 (The Macm'illan Company).— 

 This book of 357 pages is of special interest to the student and 

 practitioner of medicine. It gives a clear and concise resume of 

 recent investigations on the pathological conditions of the gastro- 

 intestinal tract. The bacteria of the digestive tract in health 

 and disease are widely discussed, but most of the emphasis is 

 placed on the relation of the bacterial products to various kinds 

 of intestinal diseases. Excessive putrefactive and fermentative 

 processes, and methods of studying and controlling them form a 

 large part of the discussion. The book embodies the views 

 recently presented in a lecture before the Harvey Society for the 

 Diffusion of Medical Knowledge. l. f. r. 



9. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Edited 

 by Frederick Webb Hodge. Part I. Pp. ix, 972, with one 

 colored map. Washington, 1907. Bulletin 30 of the Bureau of 

 American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution. — This is the first 

 part of an encyclopedic work on the American Indian. It is 

 arranged alphabetically and the topics give descriptions not only 

 of the various stocks and tribes and other divisions of the aborig- 

 ines, with the origin and derivation of their names, but it also 

 includes a host of other terms, both general and special, covering 

 all the subjects connected with Indian life and history. A large 

 number of illustrations are introduced, so that the compendium 

 is one of more than usual completeness. The colored chart, due 

 to the late J. W. Powell, shows the distribution of the linguistic 

 families of American Indians. 



10. A University Text-Book of Botany ; by Douglas Hough- 

 ton Campbell. Second Edition. Pp. xv, 579, with 15 plates 



