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especially upon Prof. Virchow. The author, a professional mes- 
merist, relates a number of instances in which his treatment has 
proved signally successful — amongst others in a case of poisoning 
by phosphorus. Unfortunately he indulges in a violent outburst 
against physiological experimentation, and thus greatly shakes 
our faith in his own veracity, as we have generally found that 
particular monomania known as Anti-Vivisedtionism to be ac- 
companied by a tendency to state or to insinuate the thing that 
is not. Here Kramer tells us that phosphorus is condensed light 
and a vehicle for the powers of thought and will. The power of 
healing magnetism is probably connected with a high proportion 
of phosphorus in the brain. Sensitive patients have asserted 
that they can smell phosphorus on the author’s skull ! 
A twofold process is constantly adtive in Nature, spirit being 
condensed into matter, and matter being again diluted into 
spirit. 
We quote the following singular passage : — “ If the famous 
savant Virchow could at last find the long-sought-for bone which 
bridges over the gulf between gorilla and privy councillor, it 
would seem to the learned professor that he had reached the very 
summit of celebrity.” We had hoped that by this time everyone 
must be aware that no Evolutionist authority places privy coun- 
cillors, or even anti-vivisedtionists, on the same ascending line 
as the gorilla, and that the idea of the “ missing link ” is conse- 
quently about as rational as that of a bone connecting the tips 
of the thumb and the first finger. Moreover, is Herr Kramer 
sure that Prof. Virchow is an Evolutionist at all ? 
What practical power of healing diseases the author may 
possess we cannot of course pronounce, but his theories seem 
to us to belong to that anti-scientific movement which is now 
making itself felt in many countries. A feature of this move- 
ment is that persons unqualified by special study come boldly— 
it might almost be said impudently — forward, and lay down the 
law on the most difficult questions. 
Geological Map of Sutherland. By M. Forster PIeddle, M.D., 
President of the Mineralogical Society. Being No. 21 of 
the “ Mineralogical Magazine.” (Messrs. W. and A. K. 
Johnston.) 
We have here a very well executed geological map, on the scale 
of half an inch to the mile. The contour of the country is well 
expressed ; the heights of the mountains are given, and, in addi- 
tion to the colouring which indicates the fifteen formations 
occurring in this interesting county, dips, anticlinals, faults, and 
