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articles  in  Volume  III  extend  from  Dislocations  to  Infantile  Myxoedema.  The 
plan  of  giving  special  space  to  subjects  calculated  to  elucidate,  by  the  close 
analysis  involved,  many  obscure  phases  of  pathogenesis,  has  been  continued  in 
this  volume.  The  articles  on  "  Infantile  Myxoedema  (Cretinism)  "  by  Professor 
Osier  aud  Dr.  Norton;  "  Exophthalmic  Goiter,"  by  Professor  Putnam,  and 
"  Goiter,"  by  Professor  Adami,  thus  form  a  trio  which  may  be  said  to  point  to 
much  of  the  progress  that  is  to  attend  medicine  in  the  near  future.  The  prac- 
tical value  of  the  work  is  particular^-  shown  in  the  article  on  "  Dysentery,"  by 
Dr.  Fleyner;  on  "  Endometritis,"  by  Prof essor Byford  ;  on  "Dislocations"  and 
"Fractures,"  by  Professor  Stimson  and  Dr.  Keyes,  Jr.;  on  "Gout,"  by  Dr. 
Levison  ;  on  "  Hip-Joint  Diseases,"  by  Reginald  H.  Sayre  ;  on  "  Eczema,"  by 
Professor  Stelwagon.  A  specially  attractive  feature  is  observed  in  the  analytical 
study  of  "  Hysteria  "  and  "Hypnotism,"  by  Professor  Eskridge.  The  same 
favorable  comments  accorded  the  previous  volumes  in  this  Journal  may  be 
accorded  Volume  III.  The  work  is  in  line  with  the  advances  of  the  times,  and 
represents  the  results  of  experiences  and  thoughts  of  master  minds.  It  is  full 
of  practical  information  and  very  suggestive  material. 
The  Newer  Remedies. — By  Virgil  Coblentz.  Third  edition.  Revised  and 
very  much  enlarged.  Philadelphia:  P.  Blakiston's  Son  &  Co.,  101 2  Walnut 
Street.    1899.    Price,  $1. 
This  volume  contains  considerable  information  that  is  desired  by  the  phar- 
macist and  physician  upon  the  newer  remedies.  The  articles  are  all  arranged 
alphabetically,  and  include  information  concerning  their  synonyms,  sources, 
methods  of  preparation,  tests,  solubilities,  incompatibles,  medicinal  properties 
and  doses  as  far  as  known.  There  are  also  sections  on  organo-therapeutic 
agents  and  indifferent  compounds  of  iron. 
Professor  Coblentz  was  wise  in  making  a  special  study  of  the  newer  rem- 
edies some  years  ago,  and  has  followed  the  subject  very  thoroughly  ever  since. 
Up  to  1896  there  were  about  800  synthetic  medicaments  in  all.  During  the  last 
three  years  alone  there  have  been  added  about  1,200  more,  so  that  the  future  of 
this  subject  is  beyond  all  conjecture.  The  difficulty  for  the  pharmacist  and  the 
physician  is  to  secure  reliable  information  concerning  the  newer  products. 
Professor  Coblentz  has  sifted  the  literature  very  well,  and  we  have  here  a  work 
which  may  be  considered  to  be  as  safe  and  reliable  as  it  is  possible  for  a  work 
of  this  character  to  be  at  the  present  time. 
Merck's  1899  Manual,  of  The  Materia  Medica.— Together  with  a  Sum- 
mary of  Therapeutic  Indications  and  a  Classification  of  Medicaments.  A 
Ready  Reference  Pocket  Book  for  the  Practising  Physician.  Compiled  from 
the  most  Recent  Authoritative  Sources,  and  published  by  Merck  &  Co.,  New 
York. 
The  work  is  intended  to  be  a  "  Ready  Reference  Book  "  on  the  chemicals 
and  drugs  usually  employed  in  modern  medical  practice.  Part  I  contains  infor- 
mation upon  the  common  synonyms,  physical  properties,  solubilities,  percentage 
strengths,  physiological  effects,  therapeutic  uses,  modes  of  administration  and 
application,  regular  and  maximum  dosage,  incompatibles,  antidotes,  precau- 
tionary requirements  of  all  the  substances  and  preparations  which  are  treated 
in  the  work.  Part  II  contains  a  summary  of  therapeutic  indications  for  the  em- 
ployment of  remedies,  arranged  according  to  the  pathologic  conditions  to  be 
