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EDITORIAL. 
it  will  greatly  facilitate  the  use  of  the  roll  for  reference,  and  in  mailing  the 
Proceedings  and  sending  letters  and  notices. 
The  delay  which  has  attended  the  publication  of  the  Proceedings  has 
arieen  partly  frona  the  unusual  character  and  volume  of  the  reports,  and 
partly  from  the  time  required  to  perfect  the  roll  and  to  get  the  extra 
copies  of  reports  printed.  The  Secretary  has  had  an  unusual  amount  of 
labor,  and  the  Association  may  well  be  satisfied  with  the  manner  in 
which  the  labor  has  been  performed,  both  by  him  and  the  Chairman  of 
the  Executive  Committee. 
The  paper  is  unusually  good,  and  we  are  informed  that  the  binding  will 
be  in  keeping.    The  price  fixed  on  by  the  Committee  is  $2.50. 
We  hope  to  give  the  reports  a  careful  examination  hereafter. 
A  Conspectus  of  the  Medical  Sciences  ;  comprising  manuals  of  anatomy, 
physiology,  chemistry,  materia  medica,  practice  of  medicine,  surgery 
and  obstetrics,  for  the  use  of  students.  By  Henry  Hartshorne,  M.D., 
&c.,  &c.,  with  310  illustrations.  Philadelphia;  Henry  C.  Lea, 
1869  ;  pp.  1002,  12  mo. 
This  work  is  analagous  in  construction  to  Smith  and  Neills'  compend 
of  Medicine,  published  originally  about  twenty  years  ago.  Like  it,  the 
present  work  is  intended  as  an  aid  to  the  student  in  his  battle  with  the 
numerous  voluminous  text  books  which  oppose  his  onward  course  in 
attaining  his  diploma  within  the  short  period  of  study  now  deemed 
sufficient  to  pass  the  examinations.  To  some,  such  aids  are  not  needed — 
such  minds  are  capable  of  selecting  and  retaining  a  grasp  on  knowledge, 
whether  presented  by  the  lecturer  or  the  complier — their  faculties  are 
directed  like  the  rays  by  a  lens  to  the  very  point  needed,  attain  the  object 
and  lay  it  by  for  future  use.  On  the  other  hand  a  larger  number,  less 
favored  by  nature,  have  to  seek  every  artificial  aid  that  presents  itself  to 
enable  their  minds  to  grasp  and  retain  the  numerous  intricate  principles 
of  the  Medical  Sciences,  and  to  remember  the  endless  details  of  anatomy, 
materia  medica,  and  of  those  all  important  practical  truths  involved  in 
medical  practice.  To  such  the  "Conspectus"  of  Dr.  Hartshorne  will 
prove  a  boon — for  it  is  carefully  written,  well  arranged,  and  in  some 
parts  admirably  illustrated.  Some  errors  have  crept  in,  the  most  im- 
portant we  have  noticed  is  giving  the  strength  of  Magendie's  solution 
of  morphia,  (page  757),  at  2  grs.  per  fluidounce  instead  of  16  grains. 
Some  errors  of  the  press  also,  as  the  wrong  names  are  placed  under  the 
illustrations  at  pages  454  and  451.  The  book  is  well  bound  in  sheep. 
Pronouncing  Medical  Lexicon.    Containing  the  correct  pronunciation 
and  definition  of  terms  used  in  medicine  and  the  collateral  sciences. 
With  addenda,  &c.    By  C.  H,  Cleaveland,  M.D.    Eleventh  edition. 
Philadelphia.    Lindsay  &  Blakiston,  1869  ;  pp.  302, 18  mo. 
This  useful  little  companion  to  the  medical  reader  is  here  ofibred  in  its 
