studies, and one by which it is hoped he will be the better prepared to understand and assimilate the extensive knowledge and classical descriptions contained in larger and more elaborate text-books. In the preparation of the ninth edition such additions and changes have been made as the progressive development of Obstetric Science seemed to require. The amount of practical information it contains is astonishing and yet it would be difficult to find a superfluous word. It is one of the very few books which may be described as "all meat," and its frequent careful revisions keep it always representative of the latest accepted views. THE PRINCIPLES OF OBSTETRICS. A Practical Manual for the Student and General Practitioner. By STANLEY PERKINS WARREN, M. D., Portland, Me, Obstetric Surgeon to the Maine General Hospital; Consulting Physician to the Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary, etc. Octavo, 385 pages, superbly illustrated by 165 line and half tone engravings. Cloth, $3.00 net; leather, $3.75, net. Wm. Wood & Co., New York. This work provides the student with a complete reliable text-book, covering the whole ground as embraced in the curricula of most schools, with all the fullness necessary to clearness, but omitting everything not essential or practical. The essential facts are given in plain and simple form, and the subject presented in the shape it will assume when put to practical use. As a working hand-book for the busy practitioner it will be much appreciated, teaching, as it does, how aseptic midwifery is perfectly possible in the private home, where expensive hospital appliances are impracticable. The illustrations are admirable, and the mechanical makeup of the best quality. The general excellence of the book, together with its moderate price, will undoubtedly commend it to all. THE BUCKEYE DOCTOR. A Tale for Physicians and for Physicians' Patients. By WILLIAM W. PENNELL, M. D. The Grafton Press, New York. Price, $1.50. This autobiographical () tale for physicians is from a new literary genius in the ranks of the profession. We have had many luminaries in the medical profession that have shone in general literature and we hope to have many more. We wish to encourage essays of doctors in general literature. It is ennobling and elevating; helping the writer as well as the reader. Dr. William W. Pennell, of Fredericktown, Ohio, tells a very interesting tale of a young man VOL. XLVI-36 just from medical college, possessing a real diploma that had been faithfully earned, settling in a small Ohio town in early days. He meets with almost insurmountable obstructions and difficulties brought about by the machinations of two "old time" practitioners that had grown rich preying on the credulity of their neighbors. The "old timers" had not a show of a diploma between them and they feared competition. How like the present day! The young, energetic, educated physician finally triumphs as he does to-day, and in the little town of Ohio scientific medicine has held the field and quackery died a lingering death from inanition. The book will interest all physicians, as many perhaps have passed through similar experiences. FENNER'S TWENTIETH CENTURY FORMULARY. 1620 large octavo pages. Leather, $10.00, net. B. Fenner, Westfield, N. Y. This work, on which the author has been engaged during the past three years, is finally completed and is being sent out to its great number of subscribers as fast as it can be finished by the binders. It is ten years later than any other American pharmaceutical compend and contains all the important matter published during the past thirty years in the Eleven Editions of Fenner's Complete Formulary, together with a great number of formulas and much valuable information never before published, making it an invaluable work for druggists and those engaged in the manufacture of medicines and allied preparations. No drug store or pharmaceutical establishment is complete without this new work. It contains 1620 large octavo pages, and is substantially bound in leather. Price, $10.00-no discount. For further particulars address B. Fenner, Westfield, New York. URIC ACID AS A FACTOR IN THE CAUSATION OF DISEASE. A Contribution to the Pathology of High Blood Pressure, Headache, Epilepsy, Nervousness, Mental Diseases, Asthma, Hay Fever, Paroxysmal Hæmoglobinuria, Anæmia, Bright's Disease, Diabetes, Gout, Rheumatism, Bronchitis, and other Disorders. By ALEXANDER HAIG, M. A., M. D. (Oxon. ), F.R.C.P., Physician to the Metropolitan Hospital and the Royal Hospital for Children and Women, etc. Sixth edition, revised, aud enlarged by 100 pages. 8vo; 947 pages; 75 illustrations. Cloth, $3.50 net. This sixth edition has been very thoroughly revised, and has been enlarged by 100 pages. Among additions to the volume may be mentioned the classification of uric acid diseases; the record of some of Dr. Haig's work with the uric acid filter throwing much light both on pathology and the action of drugs; some fresh work on the circulation, and some records of interesting cases to illustrate it. The chapter on Treatment has also been largely rewritten, and contains the author's more recent practical points re diet in circulation troubles. The chapter on the treatment of uric acid diseases is worth the price of the book. Here are some of the articles to be avoided: Tea is the worst of all articles of daily consumption for rheumatics. It contains 175 grains of uric acic and exanthines to each pound and must be avoided. Coffee contains 70 grains per pound; meat extracts, 63 grains per pound; cocoa, 59 grains per pound; meat juice, 49 grains per pound. All these must be avoided. In fact, to treat rheumatism and gout scientifically, the uric acid from diet must be observed with such remedies as the salicylates, iodides, etc. The work is especially interesting to all scientific physicians. A TREATISE ON DISEASES OF THE RECTUM, ANUS, AND SIGMOID FLEXURE. By JOSEPH M. MATHEWS, M.D., LL.D., of Louisville, Ky., ex-Presi dent American Medical Association, Professor of the Principles and Practice of Surgery, and Clinical Lecturer on Diseases of the Rectum, in the Hospital College of Medicine, etc. Third edition, revised and enlarged. With 6 chromo lithographs and numerous illustrations in the text. Cloth, $5.00; half-leather, $5.50. Sold only by subscription. D. Appleton & Co., Publishers, 436 Fifth avenue, New York. The work is illustrated by six chromolithographs, showing operations on fistula, hemorrhoids and other affections of the rectum, and by numerous cuts in the text. Dr. Mathews has devoted many years to the study and teaching of the diseases which are the subject of the treatise, and has written a work that is unique in its excellence and fully up to date. His prominence in the medical profession, as a surgeon, teacher and specialist, insures the success of the work. FIRST PRINCIPLES OF OTOLOGY. By ALBERT H. BUCK, M.D., Clinical Pro. fessor of the Diseases of the Ear, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, etc. Second edition, 12mo., 227 pages illustrated; bound in muslin. Price, $1.50 net. Wm. Wood & Co., New York. This book has been prepared primarily for the use of undergraduate medical students. It treats only of the fundamental facts and theories relating to the anatomy, physiology, pathology and therapeutics of the ear, and is an excellent book for the class-room. GYNECOLOGY. A Text-Book for Students and a Guide for Practitioners. By WILLIAM R. PRYOR, M.D., Professor of Gynecology in the New York Polyclinic Medical School; Attending Gynecologist New York Polyclinic Hospital; Consulting Gynecologist St. Vincent's Hospital, New York City Hospital, and St. Elizabeth's Hospital; Membre Fondateur Congress International de Gynecologie et d'Obstetrique; Fellow of The American Gynecological Society; Fellow New York Academy of Medicine. Cloth, $3.50. sold only by subscription. D. Appleton & Co., Publishers, 436 Fifth Avenue, New York. By confining himself strictly to gynecological topics the author has sufficient space to devote to those subjects which are solely within his province, and the subjects which he discusses are exhaustively treated. Whereas he performs many operations through the vagina which are more usually approached by the abdominal route, he fully recognizes the fact that the latter is the method of operating preferred by the vast majority of surgeons, and both methods of treating pelvic lesions are fully described. Most of the illustrations are original, and have been made by eminent artists, and those which have been borrowed are of equally high grade. The work is chiefly notable for the absence of bacteriology and minute anatomy, and to the prominence given to non-operative as well as operative treatment. ARCHINARD'S BACTERIOLOGY. A Manual for Students and Physicians. By P. E. ARCHINARD, M.D., of Tulane University Medical Department, New Orleans. In one 12mo volume of 210 pages, with 74 illustrations. Cloth, $1.00 net. Lea Brothers & Co., Publishers, Philadelphia and New York. 1903. Dr. Archinard has furnished a compact volume, admirably arranged for teaching purposes, free from discursive matter, and giving the essentials of his subject as accepted at the present day. While intended for and especially adapted to the needs of medical and dental students, the practitioner may well use the little book to post himself on the most recent knowledge in bacteriology and microscopy, and upon questions of modern technique. M. Sig. Tablespoonful every two to four hours. Department of Dentistry. Editorial Staff. ROBERT E. O'CONNELL, D.D.S. THOMAS MORFFEW, D.D.S. J. C. HENNESSY, D.D.S CALVIN W. KNOWLES, D.D.S., M.D. G. S BACKMAN, D.D.S 0. A. HOOKER, D D S. D. H LATIMER, D D S. The Editors of this Department are not responsible for the views of contributors. All communications relating to the Editorial Department of Dentistry should be addressed to PACIFIC MEDICAL JOURNAL, 1025 Sutter St., San Francisco. THE MANIPULATION AND CARE OF CEMENTS. By W. V-B. AMES, D.D S., Chicago, Ill. (Read before the Pennsylvania State Dental Society at Bedford, Pa., A phosphoric acid solution, pure and simple, in a proper degree of concentration, will so combine with certain metallic oxids, notably zinc oxid, as to make a workable cement, if proper conditions are observed. While the liquids of cements of this kind in use in dental practice are never simple solutions of phosphoric acid, the same requisites of manipulation hold good to a considerable extent. To be sure, some of the acid solutions largely neutralized with alkaline phosphates need very little consideration in the mix to obtain the best results possible to the combination, but with what I will call the better class of cements, those in which non-alkaline metallic phosphates have been used to modify the working qualities of the acid, certain precautions are necessary, which can be best illus. trated by considering a mix of simple syrupy phosphoric acid and basic zinc oxid. TECHNIQUE OF MIXING. If basic zine oxid is mixed with a concentrated solution of phosphoric acid by making small additions of the oxid |