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The  People's  Literary  Companion,  E.  C.  Allen  &  Co.,  Augusta,  Maine  ^ 
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ottside  of  our  province. 
Archives  of  Science  aiid  Transactions  of  the  Orleans  County  Society 
of  Natural  Sciences,  Oct.  1870,  vol.  1,  No.  1.  J.  M.  Currier,  M.D.,  of 
Newport,  Vermont,  and  Geo.  A.  Hinman,  M.D.,  West  Charleston,  Yt., 
p.  64,  octavo. 
This  new  advocate  of  science  contains  papers  on  the  character  and 
customs  of  the  Pawnee  Indians;  a  qualitative  analysis  of  mineral  springs 
in  Essex  county,  Vermont;  the  Indian  history  of  northern  Vermont;  a 
meteorological  register,  and  other  papers  of  interest.  It  is  published 
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Handbook  of  Medical  Microscopy.  By  Joseph  G.  Richardson,  M.D., 
raicroscopist  to  the  Pennsylvania  Hospital,  etc.,  etc.  Philadelphia, 
J.  B.  Lippincolt  &  Co.,  1871,  pp.  333,  12mo. 
The  author  of  this  volume  has  distinguished  himself  on  several  occasions 
by  microscopical  investigations,  and  has  exhibited  an  amount  of  energy 
and  perseverance  that  entitles  his  labors  to  respectful  consideration. 
The  book  owes  its  origin  to  a  belief  entertained  by  the  author  that  there 
exists  in  the  profession  an  increasing  sense  of  the  importance  of  micros- 
copic research,  and  a  growing  desire  to  render  its  advantages  available 
in  the  routine  of  daily  practice."  To  meet  this  desire  the  book  first  de- 
scribes the  microscope  and  microscopic  manipulation,  and  then  enters  on 
the  microscopic  examination  of  urine,  healthy  and  morbific,  pus,  mucus, 
saliva,  milk,  blood,  sputum  in  phthisis,  vomited  matters,  anal,  vagina] 
and  uterine  discharges,  animal  and  vegetable  parasites,  blood  stains  and 
spermatic  fluid  in  medico-legal  cases,  and  finally  hints  on  the  examina. 
tion  of  morbid  growths.  It  is  evident  that  the  book  addresses  itself 
mainly  to  the  physician  in  practice.  The  subjects  are  handled  in  a  way 
that  convinces  the  reader  that  the  author  is  practically  familiar  with 
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will  be  a  valuable  addition  to  the  library  of  every  earnest  practitioner  not 
already  an  expert. 
The  Medical  Herbarium.  A  collection  of  dried  samples  of  medicinal 
plants.  By  T.  F.  Allea,  M.D.,  New  York  ;  part  first. 
Each  part  cootains  ten  specimens  of  dried  plants  carefully  mounted 
on  thick  white  paper  11^x16^  inches,  with  a  fly  leaf.  The  plants  are 
poisoned  with  corrosive  sublimate.  "The  Medical  Herbarium"  is  in- 
tended for  physicians  and  pharmaceutists,  and  especially  for  lecturers. 
Price  two  dollars  for  each  number.  The  idea  is  a  good  one.  Each 
specimen  has  a  printed  slip  giving  the  scientific  and  common  name  and 
