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system of classification, but such sub- 
jects as are of more importance in the 
author’s estimation are discussed to 
greater or less extent, according to 
individual bias. This book has re- 
cently been revised and enlarged by 
new suggestions and advanced opini- 
ons. Its clinical teachings have been 
modified to conform to the most 
recent views in practice. Exceptions 
will be taken by many to some of Dr. 
Hewitt’s peculiar views upon patholo- 
gy and treatment, but the fair minded 
thinker will give him credit for his 
sincerity and courage in defending his 
convictions. 
The American Public Health 
Association will hold its eighth an- 
nual meeting in New Orleans, com- 
mencing Tuesday, December yth, 
1880, and ending PTiday, December 
loth, 1880. 
Papers will be presented on Abat- 
toirs, PLpidemics, Life Insurance in its 
relation to Public Health, The Storm- 
water question in City Sewerage, The 
Sanitary Engineering problems of the 
Mississippi River, The Hygiene of 
Emigrant Ships, The Prevention of 
Venereal Diseases, Voluntary Sani- 
tary Associations, etc., etc. 
The special questions suggested for 
discussion at this meeting, in addition 
to those connected with the papers 
above referred to, relate to methods 
of preventing the spread within a 
town or city — after they have once 
been introduced — of such contagious 
or spreading diseases as Diphtheria, 
Scarlet Fever, Yellow Fever, Measles, 
Small Pox, etc., and are as follows: 
A, — What are the best means of 
securing prompt and reliable informa- 
tion as to the presence and location 
of cases of such disease ? 
B, — What are the best means of 
securing isolation of the first or of 
single cases of such diseases, and 
what are the chief difficulties in secur- 
ing such isolation? 
C, — Under what circumstances is it 
proper to declare such diseases epi- 
demic in a place? 
D. — Under what circumstances is 
it proper to recommend the closure of 
schools on account of the prevalence 
of such diseases? 
E. — What precautions should be 
taken at the termination of each case 
as to — 
a. — Care and disposal of the dead ? 
b. — Disinfection and cleansing of 
the room and house? 
c. — Period of time at which it is 
safe to allow the convalescent to re- 
turn to school or society? 
Brief practical papers upon any or 
all of these points are earnestly re- 
quested, and it is hoped that those 
attending the meetings will come pre 
pared to give the results of their ex- 
perience upon the questions, and to 
make positive recommendations. 
Gentlemen who propose to present 
papers at this meeting are respect- 
fully requested to notify the President 
or Secretary of their intentions and of 
the title of their papers, in order that 
they may be assigned a proper place 
in the programme. 
By order of the Executive Commit- 
tee, [Signed] 
John S. Billings, M. D , Pres, 
E. H. Janes, M. D., Sec. 
Dr. Joseph H. Warren, of Boston, 
has been grandly received in London. 
After reading a paper before the Royal 
College of Surgeons, he was not only 
feted by several members of the pro- 
fession, but was given a reception by 
the editors and publishers of the 
Lancet. His new work on Hernia is 
nearly out of the printer’s hands. Sir 
Henry Thompson has accepted the 
dedication. It will be issued in Lon- 
don — and simultaneously in this coun- 
try, by Mr. Charles N. Thomas, of 
this city, — solely to subscribers. As 
a whole, the work promises to be of 
great value and attractiveness. — Med. 
Library Journal. 
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