﻿428 
  Scientific 
  Intelligence, 
  

  

  known 
  occurrence. 
  It 
  is 
  hoped 
  that 
  further 
  specimens 
  may 
  be 
  

   obtained 
  for 
  analysis 
  and 
  exchange. 
  The 
  chief 
  credit 
  for 
  the 
  

   identification 
  rests 
  between 
  Mr. 
  Savage 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Huff, 
  who 
  sug- 
  

   gested 
  that 
  the 
  mineral 
  might 
  be 
  the 
  rare 
  lead 
  dioxide. 
  Thanks 
  

   are 
  due 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Savage 
  for 
  the 
  material 
  supplied. 
  

  

  Kellogg, 
  Idaho. 
  

  

  III. 
  Miscellaneous 
  Scientific- 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  1. 
  Mullens 
  Serodiagnostie 
  Methods 
  ; 
  by 
  Ross 
  C. 
  Whitman, 
  

   B.A., 
  M.D. 
  Pp. 
  146;' 
  7 
  illustrations 
  in 
  text. 
  Philadelphia, 
  1913 
  

   (J. 
  B. 
  Lippincott 
  & 
  Company). 
  — 
  This 
  authorized 
  translation 
  of 
  the 
  

   third 
  German 
  edition 
  of 
  Miiller's 
  Serodiagnostie 
  Methods, 
  enlarged 
  

   by 
  the 
  addition 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  newer 
  tests 
  in 
  this 
  field, 
  is 
  a 
  "purely 
  

   practical" 
  manual 
  presenting 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  clear 
  way 
  the 
  methods 
  of 
  

   " 
  sero-diagnosis." 
  As 
  a 
  compilation 
  of 
  the 
  tests 
  now 
  in 
  use 
  it 
  fills 
  

   a 
  great 
  need 
  to 
  the 
  worker 
  and 
  student 
  in 
  this 
  line. 
  In 
  each 
  case 
  a 
  

   brief 
  statement 
  of 
  the 
  theory 
  of 
  the 
  test, 
  followed 
  by 
  the 
  practical 
  

   applications 
  of 
  the 
  theory, 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  accepted 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  newer 
  

   and 
  still 
  untried 
  modifications, 
  is 
  given. 
  A 
  detailed 
  description 
  of 
  

   the 
  methods 
  makes 
  their 
  performance 
  possible 
  for 
  one 
  inexperi- 
  

   enced 
  in 
  this 
  comparatively 
  new 
  branch 
  of 
  diagnosis. 
  As 
  expressed 
  

   by 
  the 
  author, 
  " 
  The 
  chief 
  emphasis 
  has 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  been 
  laid 
  on 
  making 
  

   the 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  methods 
  as 
  exact 
  as 
  possible, 
  and 
  

   especially 
  on 
  giving 
  a 
  complete 
  and 
  detailed 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  reagents 
  

   and 
  apparatus 
  required 
  for 
  each 
  test." 
  

  

  The 
  quality 
  of 
  the 
  illustrations 
  is 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  equal 
  to 
  the 
  

   standard 
  of 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  book 
  ; 
  by 
  far 
  the 
  best 
  among 
  these 
  

   being 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  capillary 
  pipettes 
  and 
  capillary 
  tubes 
  for 
  use 
  

   in 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  tests. 
  References 
  to 
  the 
  original 
  literature 
  in 
  the 
  

   foot-notes 
  greatly 
  enlarge 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  book 
  as 
  a 
  reference 
  

   work. 
  The 
  translator, 
  moreover, 
  has 
  added 
  " 
  certain 
  suggestions 
  

   offered 
  by 
  experience 
  " 
  now 
  and 
  then, 
  which 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  value 
  

   to 
  the 
  beginner. 
  Among 
  the 
  newer 
  tests 
  in 
  this 
  edition 
  are 
  the 
  

   following: 
  The 
  Stern 
  test 
  for 
  syphilis, 
  the 
  Much-Holzmann 
  

   " 
  Psycho 
  reaction," 
  the 
  Mtiller 
  & 
  Jochmann 
  (modified 
  by 
  Marcus) 
  

   estimation 
  of 
  the 
  antitryptic 
  power 
  of 
  blood, 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  test 
  

   according 
  to 
  the 
  method 
  of 
  Bergmann 
  and 
  Meyer. 
  s. 
  g. 
  

  

  2. 
  Planet 
  olo 
  g 
  ia 
  ; 
  Ing. 
  Emilio 
  Coktese. 
  Pp. 
  vii, 
  387, 
  64; 
  

   12mo, 
  12 
  figures, 
  2 
  plates. 
  Manuali 
  Hoepli; 
  Milan 
  (Ulrico 
  

   Hoepli), 
  1913. 
  — 
  The 
  Hoepli 
  Library 
  has 
  published 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  

   small 
  volumes, 
  popular 
  in 
  character, 
  on 
  various 
  scientific 
  subjects. 
  

   The 
  one 
  in 
  hand 
  discusses 
  the 
  planetology 
  of 
  the 
  earth, 
  both 
  from 
  

   the 
  present 
  and 
  the 
  geological 
  standpoint. 
  Special 
  chapters 
  deal 
  

   with 
  the 
  internal 
  heat 
  of 
  the 
  earth, 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  water 
  and 
  the 
  

   tides, 
  the 
  seismic 
  phenomena, 
  etc. 
  Finally 
  the 
  comparative 
  

   planetology 
  of 
  other 
  prominent 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  solar 
  system 
  is 
  

   treated 
  in 
  detail 
  (pp. 
  297-387). 
  

  

  