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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED 
BOOKS. 
Besson, A. (1913). Practical Bacteriology, Microbiology and Serum Therapy. 
(Medical and Veterinary.) (Translated and adapted from the 5th French 
Edition by Dr H. J. Hutchens, D.S.O.) London : Longmans, Green & Co., 
39, Paternoster Bow. 892 pp., 416 illustrations (149 coloured). 24x16 cm. 
Price 36/- net. Cloth. 
Professor Hutchens’ translation of this excellent work, which was published 
in French in 1911, has the advantage over the original in that the translator 
has made numerous additions so as to bring the book fully up to date. The 
book gives a very full account of present day technique and all the important 
pathogenic bacteria which concern physicians and veterinarians; the patho¬ 
genic fungi, protozoan parasites and filterable viruses and the examination of 
water, sewage and air each occupy a section. The book is illustrated by many 
good coloured text-figures and is excellently printed on thin paper which 
prevents the work from being bulky. The book is a first class production, n. 
Herms, W. B. (1913). A Laboratory Guide to the Study of Parasitology. Hew 
York : The Macmillan Company. 72 pp. 22 x 14 cm. Price 3/6 net. Cloth. 
This book will serve as a useful guide to teachers preparing a course of 
practical instruction in parasitology, for the practical work is divided' up into 
about 40 exercises, each of which provides work for 2j to 3 hours. 
The first section, on Medical Entomology, is carefully arranged to give the 
student a thorough acquaintance with the various groups of the parasitic 
Arthropoda, and the types are well chosen ; but we think that considering its 
importance as a disease carrier, Glossina might have been included with 
advantage. The section on Protozoa (4 pages) is incomplete and might well 
have been omitted, as the examination of the one or two isolated examples 
mentioned would serve no useful purpose. 
The second part of the book is concerned with Helminthology, and finally 
the author gives a few suggestions for practical work on the life-cycles of one 
or two insects, e. h. 
Howard, L. 0., Dyar, H. G. and Knab, I'. (1912). The Mosquitoes of North and 
Central Arn&nca and the West Indies. Volume I. A general consideration of 
Mosquitoes, their habits, and their relations to the human species. 520 pp. 
14 pis., 6 text-figs. Issued by the Carnegie Institution of Washington. 
