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annual Reports of the 8upelJ’vising 8urge(}n- General of the (

Marine Ilospital 86rviee of the Urtited States far the Fiscal3 MM .?-9J. In three volumes. Washington: Govern-ment Printing Office. 1894, 1895, and 1896. :

THE 1íarine Hospital Service of the United States is a 1

{?eculiarly American institution, commenced in 1798, and at 1i-oresent maintained for the benefit of sailors of themercantile marine. Its field of operations is, however,much more comprehensive than might be inferred from thisdescription. The first two of these volumes, consistingrespectively of 300 and 400 pages, contain a very large.amount of clearly expressed information relative to epidemio-logy, quarantine, and the medical aspects of the emigranttrafiic. The second volume is occupied mainly with aninteresting series of reports from American medical officersstationed in European ports, and with the report of the com-mission appointed to investigate the cholera epidemic of

1893. This commission extended its inquiries to all

parts of Europe, to Turkey, Egypt, Mecca, and India.The third volume is larger than the two preceding, and’contains numerous photo-prints of hospital buildings and- quarantine stations in various places. Its special features are:(1) articles on the quarantine system of the United Statesand on their twelve national quarantine stations ; (2) an.account of the measures adopted in dealing with cholera,.small-pox, and yellow-fever ; and (3) the report of the

Hygienic Laboratory relative chiefly to the preparation andclinical use of diphtheria antitoxin. Even obstetrics are.not omitted, as there is a description of the method em-ployed by Professor Leopold of Dresden for determining’the position of the foetus in 2ctero by external examination.These volumes are obviously of great interest to epidemio-logists, sanitarians, and others.

JULY JOURNALS AND REVIEWS.

law fjuarterL!I Aledical Journat for Yorkshare and Adjoin-being Countries.-Dr. Herbert Spencer contributes a paper uponDeciduoma Malignum with a table of forty cases. He

.argues that the disease is not an ordinary sarcoma, because,amongst other reasons, it is always associated with preg-nancy and it always occurs in the body of the uterus. Mr.

Kilner Clarke reports some cases of Venesection. They arevery interesting and deal with cases of pulmonary distress,.apoplexy, and puerperal eclampsia. There is no doubt that

formerly bleeding was much abused, but no less certainly itis not used as often as it should be in our day.

lay Dublin Jo2crnal of Jl;Iedieal Seience.-Sir William’Stokes contributes an interesting paper upon Ovariotomy andDr. O’Carroll reports a case of Purulent Pericarditis treatedby Drainage. The pericardium was infected from a pneu-monic lung, and although the patient was much relieved byihe operation he eventually died from cardiac failure. Dr.Knott continues his interesting researches into the Medicineand Surgery of the Homeric Poems.

The American Journal of the ..L"J.Iedical Sciences (June).-Dr. Patnam publishes four cases of Hyperostosis, and Dr.Edes publishes a case of the same disease. So little isknown as to the pathology of this condition that any caseswhich are reported are always of great interest. Mr.Wilmott Evans has a short paper entitled the Causes ofLocalisation of Gummata. He concludes (1) that a small

blood-supply is necessary for a part to become the seat of- guminatous deposit ; and (2) that anything which impairs Ithe vitality of a part will predispose that part to the in-vasion of a gumma, and that mechanical injury and excessiveuse and interference with the circulation are the chief waysIn which this impairment of vitality is brought about.

Tlte International }lIedi,cal1IIaga::ine publishes three papersupon the ’-New Photography. Some illustrations are given

of photographs of the head and trunk taken by ProfessorA. W. Goodspeed which are very remarkable.

Tlte Strajid Magazine has a really exciting medical storyabout poisons and the localisation of a swallowed diamondby the x" " rays. A laparotomy was not done and thepatient died. The views of the man of science, the narrator,as to taking " " ray photographs are peculiar. He says:"I removed the cap from the camera." What did he wanta camera for? ’7 The sensitive plate is placed upon the

patient’s body. A camera is no use without a lens or its

equivalent and as the x " rays will not refract a lens is

useless.The Phonographic Quarterly Reviem. Edited by Edward

A. Cope. London : Sir 1. Pitman and Sons. Price ls.-Weread with regret the valedictory notice on the last page ofthe July number of this excellent phonographic quarterly.Started with the object of supplying for phonographers amagazine containing articles such as fill the pages of high-class reviews published in ordinary type, the magazinehas been sustained at a loss for two years only to

succumb at last. We trust that some means will be

found to fill a decided want in phonographic literatureand that phonographers will do their best to supportany fresh venture on the same lines as the reviewunder notice. In the present number Mr. A. S. Murray,LL.D., concludes his interesting articles on "The Templeof Diana at Ephesus," and Dr. G. E. Morrison his "Waysof a Wanderer," the last instalment dealing with Spain.Mr. Rushton Parker, F.R.C.S. Eng., describes a visit to

Hammam Meskoutin in Algeria. Historical Sight-Seeing byAlice Gardner, and the Rivers of the Isle of Wight by Pro-fessor Bonny, are two articles well worth reading.

REPRINTS FROM "THE LANCET."

IN response to many suggestions, the series of articleswhich have appeared in the columns of THE LANCET, fromthe pen of our Special Commissioner, on l’1Ie Battle of theClubs has been reprinted in book form, and can be

obtained from our office, or through any bookseller, price 1s..,by post Is. 3d.The Report of THE LANCET Special Commission on the

Relative Strength of Diphtheria Antitoxic Sercovas, andalso the Report of THE LANCET Special Commission on theRelative Efficiency and Cost of Plumbers’ Work, have likewisebeen re-printed, price 6d. each, by post 7d.Mention may also be made of The Lancet and the

Hyderabad Commissions on Chloroform, being the Report ofTHE LANCET Commission appointed to investigate the sub-ject of the Administration of Chloroform and other Anoes-thetics from a Clinical Standpoint, together with the Reportsof the First and Second Hyderabad Chloroform Commis-sions, which has been recently issued, price in paper cover,5s., by post 5s. 4-2Ld., or in cloth boards 7s., by post 7s. 4id.;and of Difficulties under the Infectiotis Disease (Notification)Act, 1889, price 6d., post free.

, ERRATUM.—In our review of July 4th of Mr. Frost’s workon " The Fundus Oculi," p. 30, col. 2, 1. 8, owing to theaccidental dropping out of the figure 8 in the press p. 38reads erroneously p. 3.

SUPERANNUATION GRANT.-Mr. Chas. Ashenden,M.R.C.S. Eng., of Hastings, late medical officer for the firstdistrict of the Hastings Union, has been granted a super-annuation allowance of E100 per annum.

MR. F. W. GUNN, M.D., B.S., L.S.Sc.Durh., &c.,has been appointed Public Vaccinator to No. 4 District,Morpeth Union.