form and which has been been passed in the flame of a spirit lamp, candle or match. The combustion of the cotton wool is instantaneous, and the heat of this combustion is sufficient to set iodine free, so that vapors fill the vagina, which has been previously dilated with a speculum. A deposit of iodine soon takes place in the vagina and

on the cervix. Another method consists in heating the tube of an insufflator and projecting iodoform, and to bring free iodine into contact with the diseased part. Neither of these methods require any special apparatus and may be applied as well in hospital practice as in country practice. (Progres Medical, December 30, 1911).

Recent Methods in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Syphilis. (The Wassermann Reaction and Ehrlich's Salvarsan, "606"). By C. H. Browning, M. D., Lecturer on Bacteriology in the University of Glasgow, and Ivy McKenzie, M. D., Director, Western Asylums' Research Institute, Glasgow. Octavo, 303 pages. Cloth, $2.50, net. Lea & Febiger, Publishers, Philadelphia and New York, 1912.

The literature dealing with the Wassermann reaction and Salvarsan has become so extensive that every one should welcome this book, which deals in a comprehensive manner with these subjects of all-absorbing interest. The historical side of both subjects is dealt with very fully, showing the development of these methods from their basic principles.

The technique of the Wassermann reaction is described in the most detailed manner, with theories upon which it is based and a full consideration of its clinical application.

The experiments leading up to the discovery of Salvarsan, its chemistry, the methods of its administration, its effects and an estimate of its relative value in clinical practice, are set forth in an extremely satisfactory manner. Its contraindications and the known fatalities following its use are related in detail. On the whole this book seems to meet fully the requirements of those who wish to keep in touch with the rapidly advancing knowledge along these lines.

A. J. M.

Honan's Handbook to Medical Europe. By James H. Honan, M. D. Published by P. Blakiston's Son & Co., Philadelphia. This handbook gives a concise outline of the post-graduate medical work of Europe. It is a guide to English-speaking physicians. It gives advice to those visiting Europe for the first time. It informs them that letters to foreign professors except from warm personal friends are useless. Each country is considered separately with some partiality and more thoroughness to Berlin. It discusses the medical laws of the respective countries. A list of the principal hospitals in the prominent medical centers is given, together with the courses and fees charged. This little book is worth many times its price to any young physi

cian going to Europe for the first time for medical study.

J. R. H. Psyche. A Concise and Easily Comprehensible Treatise on the Elements of Psychiatry and Psychology. By Dr. Max Talmey, The Medico-Legal Publishing Company, New York, 1910.

This little work is all that it claims to be and is admirably adapted to the use of the general practitioner, or one who wishes a short treatise on the subject.

It is consistent from cover to cover in putting the elements of the subject in as brief a form as is compatible with completeness. It is in good style and very readable.

It is the kind of a book that makes one wish the author had been more exhaustive. Its chief value is that it is practical, brief and written in every-day English. The book buyer will get his money's worth.

E. W. L. The Treatment of Shortsight. By Prof. Dr. J. Hirschberg. Translated by G. Lindsay Johnson. 120 pages. Illustrated. Price, $1.25. Rebman Company, 113 Broadway, New York.

This most excellent treatise on shortsight is the translation of a lecture delivered by Prof. Hirschberg of Berlin and originally published in the "German Clinic."

The subject of shortsight is becoming a more important one to the American Ophthalmologist each day, owing to the large influx of a foreign population, it being in some of the nationalities almost a racial characteristic. Perhaps no one is better qualified to write on the subject than Prof. Hirschberg: his unique experience extending over several decades of uninterrupted ophthalmic practice, together with his marvelous powers of observation, have rendered this treatise of special value, not only to the student, but also to the experienced ophthalmologist. The translation by G. Lindsay Johnson reads easily, and his occasional foot-notes serve to elucidate the text even more fully. This little book should be in the hands of every working oculist.

E. O. S. Immunity: Methods of Diagnosis and Therapy and their Practical Application. By Dr. Julius Citron, Assistant at the University Clinic of Berlin. Translated from the German and Edited by A. L. Grabat,

M. D., Assistant Pathologist, German Hospital, New York. With 27 illustrations, 2 colored plates and 8 charts. Price, $3.00. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Son, 1012 Walnut Street, 1912.

This book is designed especially for the general medical man, and is in the main a practical work, giving in detail the various methods of serum diagnosis and treatment, their rationale and significance. Syphilis, tuberculosis and diphtheria receive particular consideration, but the opsonic index, specific precipitin tests, the use of vaccines and in fact about every question of infection and immunity which has any clinical hearing, is presented clearly and concisely. The toxins of the nigher plants and animals and their antibodies, ferments and anti-ferments form the subject of a very interesting chapter. As a handbook for the laboratory and as a critical review of the most modern conceptions and methods relating to immunity, this book deserves the highest commendation.

E. C. H.

A Manual of Clinical Chemistry, Microscopy and Bacteriology. By Dr. M. Klopstock and Dr. A. Kowarsky of Berlin. Only authorized translation from the last German edition, thoroughly revised and enlarged. Illustrated with 43 textual figures and 16 colored plates. Price, $3,.00. New York: Rebman Company, 1123 Broadway. This compact volume, the fruit of experience and research in the authors' "Institut fuer medizinische Diagnostik" in Berlin, cov-, ers the field of laboratory diagnosis with practical clearness and fullness. There is much in the text which one might go a long way to find elsewhere. Detailed directions are given for a great variety of tests, in a manner which shows an intimate acquaintance with each subject. The colored plates of bacteria, crystals, formed elements and blood smears are both artistic and accurate. The general practitioner doing his own laboratory work will find this book a desirable addition to his working library.

of the treatment of nephritis and of prostatic hypertrophy. Enlightened conservatism appears to be the keynote of this work, and only such new methods are brought out as have proved of definite value in their own practice. The text is very handsomely and effectively illustrated with figures of instruments and operations, endoscopic and cystoscopic appearances, photomicrographs and full-page anats.nic and pathologic

plates.

E. C. H.

Greater New York Number.-In June the American Journal of Surgery will issue a number composed of original contributions from men of recognized prominence in the medical profession residing in Greater New York. Among those to contribute are:

Herman J. Boldt, E. L. Keys, Jr., Robert T. Morris, C. N. Dowd, Howard Lilienthal, S. Lewis Pilcher, Meddaugh Dunning, Chas. H. May, John O. Polak, Wm. S. Gottheil, Willy Meyer, James P. Tuttle, James P. Warbasse and others. Contributions from these well known men should make this issue of particular interest and value.

MEDICAL PROGRESS.

Camphor and Pneumococci August Seibert (Medical Record, April 20th), has used in pneumonia, with excellent results, intramuscular injections every 8 to 12 hours, of 10 cc. of a sterile 30 per cent camphor solution in sesame oil to every hundred pounds of body weight. The injections are best made along the outer thigh, sterilizing the skin with tincture of iodine. One death occurred among 37 cases of pneumonia treated in this manner. The treatment did not prevent empyema. Practically there is no crisis and the alveolar exudate is absorbed gradually. Animal experiments corroborated the clinical results. Thus, Dr. Hensel, assistant pathologist at the German hospital, found that 1-10000 part of camphor added to the usual culture media inhibited the growth of pneumococci. Dr. J. C. Welch, pathologist of the Lying-in Hospital, found that 1 cc. of 20 per cent camphorated oil, given hypodermically in rabbits and repeated every 12 hours after a fatal dose of pneumococcus emulsion had been injected intravenously, inhibited the fatal outcome in five cases out of six. Frank N. Robinson (March Monthly Cyclopedia of Medicine), using large doses of creosote carbonate (10 grains in capsules every 3 or 4 hours), in pneumococcus infection secondary to pulmonary tuberculosis, has seen all symptoms of the secondary infection disappear within 48 to 72 hours. He recommends that the treatment be continued for a week or ten days after all symptoms have ceased and the pneumococci are no longer found in large numbers.