Editorial. PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. THE PATHOLOGY AND TREATMENT OF VENEREAL DISEASE, including the recent investigations on the subject. By Freeman J. Bumstead, M. D., Prof. Venereal Diseases, College Pysicians and Surgeons, New York, etc. 3rd Edition. Revised and enlarged, with illustrations. Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea. 1870. The previous editions of this work have been so long before the public and been so generally known as to need no description or recommendation. The author, in his preface to this edition says: "The whole work has undergone a thorough revision, and many changes and additions have been made, the chief of which are the following: In Part First, the subject of the treatment of stricture has been re-written, and due importance has been given to the operations of rupture and internal urethrotomy. Parts Second and Third, relating to the chancroid and to syphilis, have been remodeled and in a great measure re-written. The subject of visceral syphilis especially, which was almost unknown at the publication of the first edition, has received the attention which more recent investigations require. The chapter on syphilitic affections of the eyes has been revised and brought up to the present level of ophthalmic knowledge by one whom I regard as unexcelled and rarely equaled in his specialty, Dr. E. G. Loring, Surgeon to the Manhattan Eye and Ear Infirmary. The text of the present edition has been compressed and portions omitted, especially when relating to subjects now fully established and no longer controversial; yet the size of the present volume is increased by sixty-four pages. My intention has been, as heretofore, to supply a practical treatise which should meet the wants of the busy practitioner, and present the subject of venereal diseases as held by the best authorities of the present day." PRACTICAL ANATOMY, a manual of dissections. By Christopher Heath, F. R. C. S. Edited by Wm. W. Kean, M. D. Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea. 1870. In the introduction we find many practical hints, of value to the beginner, not found in other works of the same kind. The general division of the work is similar to others, but instead of commencing with a description of parts to be found after the integument, fuscia, etc., are removed, we find first quite a space devoted to superficial anatomy. The mind is prepared for its work beforehand, parts are anticipated before dissected out. So that the student knows what he is after, before he finds it. Many operations are described for the student to perform, which in no way injure his subject for further dissections, familiarizing him with practical surgery to a certain extent, diversifying his labors, thereby increasing his interest in the study, to say nothing of economizing every part of the cadaver. The book is filled with illustrations, many of them familiar to us, while many others are original, and all of them are well executed. In addition to the illustrations proper, there are quite a number of diagrams, which will assist the student to unravel many of the more complex arrangement of parts better than the ordinary cuts would do. The book is of convenient size; its typographical execution is excellent, and we cheerfully recommend it to students of anatomy. N. W. W. OUR literary publishing friends are promising great things for intellectual delectation the coming year. Messrs. Fields, Osgood & Co. maintain their high reputation in their three periodicals—Atlantic Monthly, Every Saturday, and Our Young Folks. Looking over the fine illustrations in Every Saturday, we are astonished at the advance which has been made in the wood engraving art, both as regards the celerity of production and the quality of work. Peterson's Monthly comes with its usual array of stories and entertaining items, and last, though to the ladies not least, the fashions. Lindsay & Blakiston's Physician's Visiting List, for 1871. Twentieth year of publication. INDEX. Page. Accentuation of the Second Sound of the Heart....... Acute Pneumonia, Clinical Lecture on, G. P. Andrews, M. D.. 129 14 Angular Curvature of the Spine, Report upon Four Cases, H. F. 428 Carbonic Acid Water in Dyspepsia, L. H. Watson, M. D... 893 Case of Ascites, A. Platt, M. D.... 204 Case of Mrs. Sarah Northover, Z. C. McElroy, M. D...... 339 Cataract, Operative Treatment of, with Cases, H. F. Byster, M. D..... 251 66 Preparation of Vehicle for Tetanus Successfully Treated with.. Chlorodyne, Improved Formula ... Chronic Inflammation of Uterus, H. F. Lyster, M. D.. Cleft Palate, J. Henry Carstens, M. D. Clinical Record, St. Mary's Hospital, Dr. J. H. Carstens Clinical Surgery, N. W. Webber, M. D....... Clinical Teaching. Congenital Fissure of the Lip, H. F. Lyster, M. D........ Page. 470 184 89 562 41 3 85 195 323 535 110, 435 516 164 374 95, 238 Danger of Injections of Per-chloride of Iron in Sanguineous Tumors.. 182 Improved Iridectomy Forceps, J. F. Noyes, M. D. Injection of Parasitic Spores into the Blood of Animals Insanity, Probabilities of...... 12 480 426 478 Iodoform and Iron in Scrofula, Chronic Ulcers, etc. 127 Iodoform, Therapeutic Uses of........ 373 Items. 475 Kryptophanic Acid, a Newly Discovered Constituent of Urine ....... 235 Maudsley on the Relations between Body and Mind........ 355, 401, 458 ..... 95, 238 515 Michigan State Medical Society.. 142, 299 Mind, How to Rest the, W. H. Lathrop, M. D...... 439 Mortality in the French Army, Original Translation, A. B. Lyons, M. D. 62 132 |