288  Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices.  {^jinTi,  W3RM* 
Hygiene.  A  Fortnightly  Journal  of  Sanitary  Science.  New  York:  G.  P. 
Putnam's  Sons.    16  pages  each.    Price  $2  per  year. 
The  various  subjects  are  treated  in  a  popular  manner  and  in  a  pleasant  style, 
giving  a  summary  of  hygienic  news  and  observations,  and  discussing  sanitary 
measures  of  local  and  general  interest. 
'Ophthalmic  Contributions.  By  George  Strawbridge,  M.D.,  Lecturer  on  Dis- 
eases of  the  Eye,  in  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  &c.  Philadelphia: 
Liudsay  &  Blakiston,  1873.    8vo,  pp.  26,  with  3  plates. 
A  reprint,  from  different  medical  journals,  of  three  papers  by  the  author, 
-entitled:  Dermoid  tumor  of  the  cornea;  An  additional  method  for  the  deter- 
mination of  astigmatism;  Cyst  of  the  iris,  removed  by  operation. 
American  Association  for  the  Cure  of  Inebriates.    Proceedings  of  the  Third 
Meeting,  held  in  New  York  October  8th,  9th  and  10th,  1872.  Albany: 
Printing  House  of  Yan  Benthuysen  &  Sons,  1873.    8vo,  pp.  127. 
Besides  the  minutes  and  several  essays  the  volume  before  us  contains  reports 
of  the  reformatory  homes  and  asylums  for  the  cure  of  inebriates,  located  in  the 
States  of  Massachusetts,  New  York,  Pennsylvania  and  Maryland;  also,  a 
report  of  Drs.  D.  G.  Dodge  and  Joseph  Parrish,  delegates  appointed  at  the 
request  of  a  special  Committee  of  the  British  House  of  Commons  to  go  t©  Eng- 
land and  give  their  evidence  on  the  treatment  of  inebriates. 
The  officers  for  the  current  year  of  this  useful  Association  are:  Joseph  Par- 
rish, M.D.,  of  Pennsylvania,  President ;  C.  J.  Hull,  of  Illinois,  and  Otis  Clapp, 
of  Massachusetts,  Vice-Presidents;  D.  G.  Dodge,  M.D.,  of  New  York,  Secre- 
tary, and  T.  L.  Mason,  M.D.,  of  New  York,  Treasurer. 
The  fourth  meeting  will  be  held,  in  the  city  of  New  York,  on  the  first  Tues- 
day in  October  next. 
New  York  State  Inebriate  Asylum,  Binghamton,  N.  Y.  Annual  Report  of  the 
Superintendent  and  Physician  for  the  Year  1872.  Albany,  1873.  8vo,  pp. 
62. 
The  report  was  transmitted  to  the  State  Legislature  in  Feb.,  1873. 
-Civil  Malpractice.    A  Report  presented  to  the  Military  Tract  Medical  Society 
at  its  15th  Semi-Annual  Meeting,  Jan.  14th,  1873.    By  M.  A.  McClelland, 
M.D.    Chicago:  W.  B.  Keen,  Cook  &  Co.,  Publishers.    8vo,  pp.  74. 
This  little  volume  endeavors  to  give  an  account  of  the  principles  involved  in 
a  number  of  adjudicated  suits  for  malpractice,  and  to  carry  out  this  object 
quotes  largely  from  charges  and  decisions  of  the  courts.    A  chapter  on  "  neg- 
ligence and  skill  from  a  medical  standpoint "  concludes  this  report,  which  ap- 
pears to  be  well  worthy  the  perusal  of  the  physician  and  surgeon,  and  to  de- 
serve the  attention  of  the  lawyer,  who  may  be  called  upon  to  act  as  counsel  in 
cases  of  so  called  malpractice. 
Proceedings  of  the  Vermont  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  the  Third  Annual 
Meeting.    Rutland,  1873.    8vo,  32  pages. 
The  meeting,  which  was  held  at  Montpelier  in  October  last,  seems  to  have 
"been  an  interesting  and  profitable  one.  Yarious  subjects  of  interest  to  the 
profession  were  discussed,  several  essays  were  read,  and  the  membership  was 
-considerably  augmented. 
