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tives  and  salts  of  muscle;  chemical  changes  accompanying  the  con- 
traction of  muscles,  chemistry  of  tendon  ;  the  chemical  composition 
of  nervous  tissues;  metabolism  in  nervous  tissues;  the  coagulation 
temperature  of  the  nerve-proteids,  and  its  bearing  on  the  ques- 
tion of:  (i)  the  galvanometric  response  of  nerve  under  varying 
temperatures,  (2)  heat  contraction  in  nerve,  and  (3)  hyperpyrexia; 
the  chemical  pathology  of  certain  degenerative  nervous  diseases  ; 
degeneration  and  regeneration  of  nerves. 
The  subjects  are  discussed  in  a  most  interesting  and  instructive 
manner,  and  the  book  will  do  much  towards  placing  the  treatment 
of  disease  on  a  still  more  scientific  basis. 
Manual  of  Physiological  and  Clinical  Chemistry.  By  Elias  H. 
Bartley.  Second  edition,  revised  and  enlarged.  With  47  illustra- 
tions.   Philadelphia:  P.  Blakiston's  Son  &  Co.,  1904. 
There  seems  to  be  considerable  difference  of  opinion  as  to  just 
what  should  be  the  nature  of  the  chemistry  taught  in  medical 
schools.  In  successfully  teaching  applied  chemistry  it  is  important 
that  the  student  appreciate  the  fundamental  facts  in  physics  and 
chemistry,  and  that  he  have  good  laboratory  courses  in  elemen- 
tary physics  and  chemistry.  With  this  as  a  foundation,  it  will 
largely  depend  upon  the  training  and  duties  of  the  professor  as  to 
whether  he  will  limit  himself  to  the  teaching  of  the  examination  of 
blood,  urine,  faeces  and  milk,  or  whether  toxicological  and  other 
sanitary  analyses  will  be  included.  Perhaps  it  is  not  stating  it  too 
broadly  to  say  that  the  medical  man  needs  chemistry  as  much  as 
he  needs  physiology.  While  he  requires  clinical  chemistry,  as  con- 
sidered by  Dr.  Bartley  in  this  book,  he  also  requires  a  broad 
knowledge  of  physiological  chemistry,  so  that  he  can  appreciate 
the  effects  of  poisons  and  their  antidotes,  the  action  of  medicines 
and  their  proper  combination,  etc. 
The  second  edition  of  Dr.  Bartley's  chemistry  is  devoted  to  the 
examination  of  blood,  urine,  contents  of  stomach,  faeces  and  milk. 
The  subject-matter  has  been  brought  up  to  date,  and  will  be  found 
of  value  to  the  physician  and  analyst. 
A  Systematic  Handbook  of  Volumetric  Analysis,  or  the  quan- 
titative estimation  of  chemical  substances  by  measure,  applied  to 
liquids,  solids  and  gases.    Adapted  to  the  requirements  of  pure 
