1410 BOOKS, ETO., RECEIVED.—APPOINTMENTS.—VACANCIES.Janvier Black, M.D., Member of the College of Physiciansof Philadelphia, Member of the Delaware State Medical Society ;Author of " Forty Years in the Medical Profession"; " Cultiva-tion of the Peach, Pear, Quince, and Nut-Bearing Trees," &c.Price 6s. net.

KING, P. S., AND SON, Orchard House, Westminster, S.W.

Legislation in Regard to Children. Report of the Proceedings atthe Special Conference, May 22nd and 23rd, 1906, at the Guildhall,in the City of London, convened by the Committee of the BritishSection of the International Congress for the Welfare and Pro-tection of Children (held in London in 1902, under the Patronageof His Majesty the King, and of H.R.H. the Princess Louise,Duchess of Argyll). Price ls. net.

LAURIE, T. WERNER, Clifford’s Inn, Fleet-street, London, E.C.The Sinews of War : A Romance of London and the Sea. By EdenPhillpotts and Arnold Bennett. Price 6s.

LEWIS, H. K., 136, Gower-street, London, W.C.Elements of Practical Medicine. By Alfred II. Carter, M.D.,M.Sc., F.R C.P Lond., Professor of Medicine, University ofBirmingham ; Senior Physician to the Queen’s Hospital. Bir-mingham ; Emeritus Professor:of Physiology, Queen’s College,Birmingham. Ninth edition. Price IDs. 6d.

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND Co., London, New York, and Bombay.A Much-abused Letter. By George Tyrrell, Author of "Lex

Credendi," &c. Price 2s. 6d. net.

METHUEN AND Co., 36, Essex-street, London, W.C.The Hygiene of Mind. By T. S. Clouston, M.D., F.R.S.E.,Lecturer on Mental Diseases in the University of Edinburgh;Physician-Superintendent of the Royal Edinburgh Asylum;Vice-President of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh.Price 7s. 6d. net.

MURRAY, JOHN, 50A, Albemarle street, London, W.Cancer of the Breast and its Operative Treatment. By W. SampsonHandley, Hunterian Professor of Surgery and Pathology in theRoyal College of Surgeons of England; Assistant Surgeon to theMiddlesex Hospital; late Surgeon to Out-Patients, SamaritanFree Hospital for Women. Price 12s. 6d. net.

NiSBET, JAMES, AND Co., LIMITED, 21, Berners-street, London, W.Alcoholism: A Chapter in Social Pathology. By W. C. Sullivan,M.D., Medical Officer in H.M. Prison Service. Price 3s. 6d. net.

PENTLAND, YOUNG J., Edinburgh and London.Manual of Surgery. By Alexis Thomson, F.R.C.S. Ed., Assistant

Surgeon, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary; Surgeon to the DeaconessHospital, Edinburgh; and Alexander Miles, F.R.C.S.Ed.,Assistant Surgeon. Edinburgh Royal Infirmary: Surgeon toLeith Hospital. Volume First. General Surgery. Secondedition, revised, and enlarged. Price not stated.

REBMAN, LIMITED, 129, Shaftesbury-avenue, London, W.C. (REBMANCOMPANY, 1123, Broadway, New York.)Hypnotism or Suggestion and Psychotherapy. A Study of thePsychological, Psycho-Physiological and Therapeutic Aspects ofHypnotism. B.v Dr. (Med.) August Forel, Dr. Phil. (H.C.) etJur. (H.C.), Chigny, Switzerland ; formerly Professor ofPsychiatry and Director of the Provincial Lunatic Asylum,Zurich. Translated from the Fifth German Edition by H. W.Armit, M.R.C.S.. L.R.C.P. Price 7s. 6d. net.

A Text-book of Genito Urinary Diseases, Including FunctionalSexual Disorders in Man. By Dr. Leopold Casper, Professor inthe University of Berlin. Translated and edited with additionsby Charles W. Bonnev, B.L., M.D., Assistant Demonstrator ofAnatomy, Jefferson Medical College, Surgeon to the SouthernDispensary, Philadelphia. Price 26s. net.

SINGH, M. GULAB, AND SONS, Mufid-i-’am Press, Lahore, Punjab,India.

Eyesight in Schools. Written under the Orders of the Director ofPublic Instruction, Punjab, and with the Approval of the PunjabText-book Committee. By C. C. Caleb, M.B., M.S.Durh.,Professor of Physiology and Botany, Medical College, Lahore;lately Surgeon to the Ophthalmic and Aural Out-Patients’Department of the Mayo Hospital, Lahore; Senior MedicalScholar and Associate of King’s College, London; Fellow andSyndic of the Punjab University. Price R.1.8.

SMITH, ELDER, AND Co., 15, Waterloo-place, London, S.W.Auscultation and Percussion : together with the Other Methods ofPhysical Examination of the Chest. By Samuel Gee, M.D.,Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Honorary Physician toH.R.H. the Prince of Wales, and Consulting Physician to SaintBartholomew’s Hospital. Fifth edition. Price 6s.

The New Physics and Chemistry: A Series of Popular Essays onPhysical and Chemical Subjects. By W. A. Shenstone, F.R.S.Price 7s. 6d. net.

THE YEAR Bonn PUBLISHERS. 40, Dearborn-street, Chicago. (G.GILLIES AND Co., 28, Gibson-street, Hillhead, Glasgow.)The Practical Medicine Series, comprising ten volumes on theYear’s Progress in Medicine and Surgery. Under the GeneralEditorial Charge of Gustavus P. Head, M.D., Professor ofLaryngology and Rhinology, Chicago Post-Graduate MedicalSchool. Vol. IV. Gynecology. Edited by Emilius C. Dudley,A.M., M.D.. and C. von Bachelle, M.S., M.D. Price not stated.Vol. VII. Pediatrics. Edited by Isaac A. Abt, M.D. OrthopedicSurgery. Edited by John Ridlon, A.M., M.D., with the collabo-ration of Gilbert L. Bailey, M.D. Price not stated.

WALTER SCOTT PUBLISHING Co.. LiMiTKD, London and Felling-on-Tyne, and 3, East 14th Street, New York.Race Culture; or, Race Suicide? (A Plea for the Unborn). ByRobert Ileid Rentoul, Doctor of Medicine, Member of the RoyalCollege of Surgeons of England. Licentiate of the Royal Collegeof Physicians (Edin.) ; late Member of the General MedicalCouncil of Education, United Kingdom. Price 7s. 6d. net.

WRIGHT, JOHN, AND Co., Bristol. (SIMIIKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON,KFNT AND Co., London.)Lectures on Massage and Electricity in the Treatment of Disease.By Thomas Stretch Dowse. M.D. Abd., F.R.C.P. Ed., formerlyPhysician Superintendent, Central London Sick Asylum, Presi-dent, North London Medical Society. Sixth edition, revised.Price 7s. 6d. net.

Women’s Health and How to Take Care of It. By FlorenceStaepoole, Certificated London Obstetrical Society ; Lecturer forthe National Health Society, and for the Councils of TechnicalEducation. Second edition, revised. Price, stiff boards, 1s.;cloth, 2s. 6d.

Appointments.Successful applieants for Vacancies, Secretaries of Public Institutiona,

and others possessing information suitable for this column, areinvited to forward to THE LANCET Office, directed to the Sub-Editor, not later than 9 o’clock on the Thursday morning of eachweek, such information for gratuitous publication.

ANDERSON, N., M.B., B.S. Aberd., has been appointed Clinical Assistantto the Chelsea Hospital for Women.

Cox, A., L.R.C.P. &S. Edin., L.F P.S. Glasg., has been appointed Cer-tifying Surgeon under the Factory and Workshop Act for theGateshead District of the county of Durham.

CROFTON, W. M , M.B., B S. R.U.I., has been appointed CertifyingSurgeon under the Factory and Workshop Act for the SuttonBridge District of the county of Lincoln.

DAY, H. B., M.D., B.S. Lond., has been appointed Medical Registrar. and Tutor to the Kasr-el-Ainy Hospital, Cairo.DBINKWATEB, R., L.R.C.P. & S. Edin., L.F.P.S. Glasg., has been

appointed Medical Officer of Health by the Llangollen RuralDistrict Council.

HUNTER, D. G., M.B., Ch.B. Glasg., has been appointed House Sur-geon to the Durham County Hospital.

JOYNES, ]FRANCIS JAMES, M.R.C S., L S.A., has been appointedMedical Officer of Health for the Dursley (Gloucestershire) RuralDistrict Council.

LAING, A. W., M.B., Ch.B. Aberd., has been appointed House Surgeonto the Birmingham and Midland Ear and Throat Hospital.

PITT, CHARLES WIGHTWICK, M.R C.S., L.S.A., has been re-appointedMedical Officer of Health for Malmesbury (Wiltshire).

TtYLOR, J. GEORGE, M.D. Cantab., M.R.C.P. Lond., has been appointedHonorary Physician to the Chester General Infirmary.

Vacancies.For facrther information regarding each vacancy reference should be

made to the advertisement (see Index),

ABERYSTWYTH INFIRMARY AND CARDIGANSHIRE GENERAL HOSPITAL.-House Surgeon. Salary .E150 per annum, with board andresidence.

BETHLEM HOSPITAL.-Two Resident House Physicians (unmarried)for six months. Salary at rate of .B25 each per quarter, with board,lodging, and washing.

BIRMINGHAM AND MIDLAND HOSPITAL FOR SKIN AND URINARYDISEASES, Birmingham. Clinical Assistant. Salary at rate of52 guineas per annum.

BRENTFORD UNION INFIRMARY AND WORKHOUSE.—Assistant MedicalSuperintendent, unmarried. Salary £120 per annum, withrations, washing, &c.

BRISTOL GENERAL HOSPITAL.-Senior House Surgeon. Salary .8150per annum, with board, residence, &c.

CENTRAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL, Gray’s Inn-road, W.C.-House Surgeon. Salary at rate of.E50 per annum, with board andresidence.

CHESTERFIELD AND NORTH DERBYSHIRE HOSPITAL AND DISPENSARY.-Junior House Surgeon. Salary .BeO a year, with board, apart-ments, and laundress,

CLAYTON HOSPITAL AND WAKEFIELD GENERAL DISPENSARY.—JuniorHouse Surgeon, unmarried. Salary E80 per annum, with board,lodging, and washing.

DURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL.-Inspector of Midwives and Health Visitor(female). Salary £120 per annum, rising to .6150, with travellingexpenses.

GLASGOW UNIVERSITY.-Examiner in Zoology. Salary £50, with hoteland travelling expenses. Also Examiner in Ph3siology. Salary£50, with hotel and travelling expenses.

GORDON HOSPITAL FOR FISTULA, &c., Vauxhall Bridge-road, S.W.-Resident House Surgeon.

GUILDFORD, ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL.—House Surgeon.Salary .BIOO, with board, residence, and laundry.

HARTLEPOOLS HOSPITAL.-House Surgeon. Salary .BIOO per annum,with board, washing, and lodging.