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Book  Reviews. 
[Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
*■     January,  19 18. 
sequent  individual  chapters  of  such  subjects  as  molds  and  yeasts. 
No  fault  can  be  found  with  the  statements  in  these  chapters  or 
with  the  advisability  of  including  in  a  handbook  for  the  practitioner 
such  related  subjects  as  are  known  to  be  the  causes  of  disease. 
However,  there  is  here  raised  the  question  whether  an  author  in 
writing  on  a  scientific  subject  is  justified,  simply  for  the  conveni- 
ence of  presenting  his  subject,  in  setting  aside  the  established  botan- 
ical and  scientific  classification  of  the  fungi  that  differentiates  the 
Saccharomyces,  the  Zygomyces,  the  Hyphomyces,  the  Schizomyces, 
etc.,  and  jumbling  them  under  a  title  that  is  properly  limited  to  only 
one  section  of  Schizomycetes.  Especially  so  when  a  modification 
of  the  title  of  his  book  would  have  avoided  such  unscientific  methods 
and  criticism. 
Not  the  least  valuable  are  the  chapters  on  Staining,  Culture 
Media  and  Sterilization.  The  inclusion  in  the  latter  of  information 
on  the  newer  antiseptics,  such  as  the  "Dakin  Solution,"  indicates 
the  modern  and  comprehensive  scope  of  the  book. 
The  book  is  a  valuable  aid  to  the  diagnostician  and  clinician  as 
well  as  to  the  laboratory  worker  in  bacteriology  and  chemistry  and 
should  prove  to  be  the  handy  volume  to  all  of  these. 
G.  M.  B. 
The  Treatment  of  Emergencies,  by  Hubley  R.  Owen,  M.D., 
Chief  Surgeon  of  the  Philadelphia  Police  and  Fire  Bureaus,  etc., 
etc.    350  pages,  W.  B.  Saunders  Co.,  Publishers,  Philadelphia. 
Dr.  Owen  in  his  preface  explains  the  object  of  the  book.  He 
says:  "  The  book  is  essentially  an  enlargement  of  the  lectures  de- 
livered to  the  Training  Schools  of  the  Policemen  and  Firemen  of 
Philadelphia,  etc.  While  collecting  data  for  these  lectures  I  was 
unable  to  find  a  book  on  First  Aid,  or  the  Treatment  of  Emergencies 
in  which  the  principles  of,  and  the  reasons  for,  the  application  of 
first-aid  dressings  were  fully  understood." 
The  typographical  features  of  the  book  are  excellent,  the  paper 
is  good  and  the  type  clear  and  distinct.  The  illustrations,  which 
are  a  prominent  feature  of  the  book,  are  mostly  photographic  re- 
productions, obtained  through  the  cooperation  of  the  police  and  fire 
departments.  The  book  is  quite  up-to-date ;  for  instance,  Dr.  Owen 
says:  "The  war  in  Europe  has  upset  many  of  the  traditions  and 
teachings  concerning  wounds  produced  by  military  bullets.  The 
