too cumbersome and can easily be carried by the nurse from place to place.—J. C. R.

MECHANO-THERAPEUTICS IN GENERAL PRACTICE. By G. de Swietochowski, M.D., M.R.C.S., F.R.S.M., Clinical Assistant Electrical and Massage Dept., King's College Hospital, London, Eng. 155 pages, 31 illustrations. Publisht by Paul B. Hoeber, New York. Price, $1.50, net.

The author describes and pictures the various movements in mechanotherapeutic procedures. The subject is divided into surgical and medical. The surgical section begins with the treatment of fractures of the extremities and pictures typical cases and results. The author takes up in order sprained joints and dislocations, chronic arthritic conditions, injuries to soft parts, chronic inflammatory conditions of soft parts, and deformities, including spinal curvature. The medical section includes the treatment of circulatory, respiratory, digestiv, urinary and nervous systems; constitutional diseases, gynecologic, obstetric, otologic, ophthalmologic, rhinologic, laryngologic, dermatologic and dental diseases. Altogether it is a very practical and useful book for the general practician and will help cure many a case that would otherwise drift to another physician.-J. C. R.

IN HER TEENS. A Book for Girls. By Mrs. Woodallen Chapman. With a Foreword by Edward Bok, Editor of The Ladies' Home Journal. 62 pages. Publisht by Fleming H. Revell Co., New York and Chicago. Price, 25 cents.

This excellent little book gives advice to the girl at the age when she begins to get in the society of young men. The author's task of carefully imparting the information required by the girl at this period of life is well done in beautifully chosen language. We think, with Mr. Bok, that no girl need hesitate to read it herself. Mothers themselves could read the work and therefrom instruct their daughters.-J. C. R.

SOME IMPORTANT MEMORANDA FOR THE BUSY PHYSICIAN. Publisht by the Fellows Med. Manfg. Co., Ltd., New York City.

This little pamphlet contains a great deal of information in a small number (28) of pages, including twilight sleep, reactions and reagents, signs, solutions, stains and staining methods, tests and test meals. Marginal side-heads and a table of contents make each subject easily found. Physicians who have not already received one can secure a copy by writing to the Fellows Medical Manufacturing Company, 26 Christopher St., New York City.

GUIDING PRINCIPLES IN SURGICAL PRACTISE. By Frederick-Emil Neef, B.S., M.L., M.D., Adjunct Professor of Gynecology, Fordham University School of Medicin, New York City. 180 pages. Publisht by Surgery Publishing Co., New York. Price, cloth, $1.50. The author answers herein some of the questions which present themselves to the general practician and surgeon, particularly in the beginning of his career, during the period in which he formulates for himself the rules that are likely to direct him in his future work. It is based on clinical studies in the operating room and at the bedside of the patient. The book covers the practical points in the preparation of the patient for an operation, the arrangement of the operating room, the important relations between the surgeon and his anesthetist, the assistant, the family physician, the nurse during the course of the operation, the after care of the case, steril washes and wound dressings, sterilization of instruments for the operation, wound healing and scar formation, asepsis, su

ture material, anesthesia, incision, the course of the operation, the treatment of unclean wounds, etc.-J. C. R.

THE DOCTOR: HIS BOOK OF POEMS. Compiled and publisht by Dr. Frank P. Davis, Enid, Okla. Price, $1. This is a handsome leather-covered volume of 62 pages, fine paper and beautiful appearance. It is the best single collection of "doctor poems," both humorous and serious, that we have seen. Here you will find your favorit poems, as "If I Should Die To-night," etc., and many other bright things that you have not seen. This is an ideal gift book, as of a doctor's wife to her husband, or from a young doctor's sweetheart to her future husband.

REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, U. S. A., FOR 1910 AND 1911. Two large volumes each year. Illustrated. Publisht by the State Department of Health, Harrisburg, Pa.

These voluminous reports of the state department of health, prepared by Dr. Samuel G. Dixon, the Commissioner of Health, show the great work being done by that enterprising official and reflect great credit on all concerned.-J. C. R.

A FEW FACTS ABOUT THE CHARLOTTE MEDICAL JOURNAL Edward M. Register, M.D., Editor, Charlotte, N. C.

Dr. Register has gotten up a very artistic pamphlet, with numerous photografic illustrations of the editorial rooms and the Register Building, where the journal is publisht. A historic sketch and description of the work of the editor are given and the photografs show a well-appointed editorial sanctum with extensiv library.—Ĵ. C. R.

LA CONSTIPATION HABITUELLE ET SON TRAITEMENT PAR LE RÉGIME. By Dr. Aurèle Nadeau, Beauce-Jonction, P. Q.. Canada. Second edition. 89 pages. Publisht by the author. No price stated.

Dr. Nadeau considers constipation to be the result of dietary indiscretions and resulting disarrangement and disturbance of the functioning of the alimentary canal. He therefore carefully regulates the food and living habits of his patients to cure them of their trouble. The book is printed in the French language.-J. C. R.

I. H. C. AGRICULTURAL LANTERN SLIDES AND I. H. C. AGRICULTURAL LECTURE CHARTS. Prepared by International Harvester Company, Harvester Bldg., Chicago.

These two pamphlets are publisht to aid in exterminating flies and contain many illustrations and additional notes that will prove of real service to any person who will assist in this laudable undertaking. The publishers also supply charts and lantern slides to lecturers. The prices of these aids are merely nominal.-J. C. R.

THE TWO BANNER PROHIBITION STATES: MAINE AND KANSAS. By Cyrus W. Davis, Secretary of State of Maine, 1911-1912, and Royal E. Cabell, former U. S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Sent on receipt of 2 cents in stamp, by National Home Rule Association, 203 Butler Bldg., Cincinnati, Ohio.

This booklet gives a careful review of conditions in Maine and Kansas under prohibition legislation, Mr. Davis, writing on "Prohibition at Its Best in Maine,' and Mr. Cabell on "Facts About Kansas 'On the Water Wagon.' It is historic and analytic, and deserves a wide reading.-J. C. R.

NARCOTIC REGISTER. Publisht by Maltbie Chemical Company, Newark, N. J. Sent to any physician on receipt of 24 cents to pay postage and packing.

This is an excellent book containing a copy of the Harrison law, a list of the Maltbie Company's

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UNDERWORKT OPPORTUNITIES IN THERAPEUTICS. Internal Secretions in Everyday Practise. By Henry R. Harrower, M.D., late Professor of Clinical Diagnosis, Loyola University, Chicago, etc. Sent on receipt of a postal card by H. R. Harrower, M.D., 880 W. 180th St., New York City.

The attention of the readers of THE WORLD is called to this brochure by Dr. Harrower, who has contributed a number of communications to THE WORLD during the past year. These "underworkt opportunities" chiefly concern the use of organic

extracts in medicin and we believe that a number

of our readers will be glad to receive a copy. Dr. Harrower cites authorities on the use of internal secretions and their new adaptations in disease. Many physicians are not familiar with the various preparations of the ductless glands now being extensivly employed in disease. They have given rise to a new specialty called "hemadenology," by Sajous, who now conducts a clinic on that subject in the Charity Hospital, Philadelphia. Live physicians will need to know more about them in near future.-J. C. R.

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THE SALVARSAN TREATMENT OF SYPHILIS IN PRIVATE PRACTISE. With Some Account of the Modern Methods of Diagnosis. By George Stopford-Taylor, M.D., M.R.C.S., and Robert M. MacKenna, M.A., M.Ď., B.Ch., Physicians to the Liverpool Skin Hospital. 102 pages, 20 illustrations. Publisht by Rebman Co., Herald Square Bldg., New York. Price, $1.00.

This book is written as the result of the authors' three-years' use of the remedy in private practise and it is their hope that it will assist the general practician in the use of salvaran in eradicating a great plague. The various modes of diagnosis, including the Wassermann and luetin reactions, are detailed. The method of administering the remedy intravenously and intramuscularly and also the combined salvarsan-mercury treatment are carefully given. It will be of valuable assistance to the physician in treating syphilis.-J. C. R.

ACUTE GENERAL MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS. By Prof. Dr. G. Cornet, Berlin. Translated by F. S. Tinker, B.A., M.B., B.C., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Liverpool, Eng. 115 pages. Publisht by Paul B. Hoeber, 69 E. 59th St., New York. Price, $1.50, net.

This is a very excellent treatise, including the many phases of the subject. The author takes up the condition systematically, as follows: etiology, pathologic anatomy, symptoms; course, duration and result; diagnosis and prognosis; prophylaxis and therapy. While treatment in this condition seems well-nigh hopeless, the author mentions several cases where treatment has been beneficial.J. C. R.

CHILD TRAINING AS AN EXACT SCIENCE. By George W. Jacoby, M.D. 400 pages, 15 illustrations. Publisht by Funk & Wagnalls Co., New York. Price, $1.50, net; by mail, $1.62.

The author has produced a splendid work that cannot fail to be of great assistance to parents, teachers, nurses and physicians in training children. It is based upon the principles of modern psychology, hygiene and medicin. History, psychology of childhood, the nervous system, de

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velopment of the child's mental activity, intellectual development of the child, psychic abnormalities of childhood, functional disorders, prophylactic training, development of sensory activity, Montessori method, bodily development, formation of the character and will, therapeutic training and treatment are among the many subjects considered. This book will go a long way toward helping to properly train and educate the children.-J. C. R.

Acknowledgments.

Treatment of Syphilis. By W. G. Stimpsom, United States Public Health Service, Washington, D. C.

The Treatment of Morphinism.-The Psychologic Side of the Treatment of Morphinism.-A Plea for Greater Consideration for the Opium Addict.-Prognosis in Morphinism and a Few Hints Concerning the Proper Home Care of these Patients, by the General Practician. By C. B. Pearson, M.D., Baltimore, Md.

Human Plumbing-Amelioration and Cure of Chronic Intestinal Stasis. By W. S. Bainbridge, M.D., New York.

Scarlet Fever: Its Prevention and Control. By J. W. Schereschewsky, Surgeon, U. S. P. H. S. Supplement No. 21 to Public Health Reports.

On Housing. Insanitary Bathtubs and Lavatories. Pennsylvania Health Bulletins.

Suggestions for Infant Feeding. Bulletin of the University of Texas.

By Anna E. Richardson.

Can Insurance Experience be Applied to Lengthen Life? By Arthur Hunter, Actuary New York Life Insurance Co. The Truth About Food Preservativs. By J. H. Long, Chicago.

International Clinic Week at the New York Polyclinic Hospital during the International Surgical Congress, April, 1914.

The Load Our Students Bear. By W. F. Waugh, M.D., Chicago.

The Timmonic. Publisht by E. A. Timmons, Columbia, Tenn.

Report of the Director of Sanitation of Porto Rico, 1914, Bureau of Insular Affairs, War Dept., Washington, D. C. This report shows the good work of the U. S. government medical service.

OUR MONTHLY TALK.

Let us look backward a century. On the 26th day of February, 1815, Napoleon left the island of Elba and landed on the southern coast of France. His march toward Paris was an everswelling triumph. On the 19th day of March he re-entered Paris. History was then made rapidly until the climax occurred on June 18, 1815, on which day the battle of Waterloo was fought.

Several of the leading nations of Europe were then allied against France-or rather, against Napoleon, whose arrogance was overthrown. Europe then proceeded along the establisht line of separate nationalism, with no general war until now. France is now one of the allies against Germany as the chief opponent, with Austria and Turkey as Germany's allies.

The year 1815-just a century ago-saw the defeat and permanent retirement of the great disturber of Europe. What will this year, 1915, see? A century ago peace was made, but it was not a permanent peace. I sincerely hope that this year will see another peace made, but I hope that it will be a permanent peace.

It has been said on good authority that treaties of peace are the chief cause of war-that they contain the seeds of war. This is because they leave so many things unsettled that the recurrence of war is certain. If the coming peace shall permit separate nationalities to continue to "prepare for war," and shall permit them to retain sovereignty concerning the making of war and peace, Europe will continue to be an armed camp, with a future outbreak among the certainties.

Europe made history rapidly during the year 1815. It is now making, and will continue to make history rapidly during 1915. It is making the same kind of history that it made a century agobloody history, only much more bloody and terrible now than then. Will the peace which I hope will be made in 1915 be the same kind of peace that was made then-a temporary, unstable peace, leading to the certain recurrence of war? I hope not. It is a pity if humanity has not learnt better in a century.

Incidental Benefits of War.

Can war bestow benefits? I am not an advocate of nor an apologist for war. To me it is hideous beyond expression. And to me it is foolish, silly and absurd. It is strange to me that otherwise sensible men will stoop to this low, barbaric method of settling disputes instead of striving for a civilized method. If it were not so universal, it would strike us as absurd and unbelievable. Will this year mark a change, a radical change from barbaric methods of conducting international relations, and establish a civilized method? If so, the year 1915 will stand out in history as the golden year of all time.

Men who fight their differences out are called anarchists. Men who go to court with their differences we consider civilized. Nations have always been anarchists in their relations with one another. When will they learn to adopt civilized methods in their dealings with one another?

But in the midst of the anarchy of war, are there any incidental benefits? I have received private information from England that the war has brought the rich and poor together there. That great gulf between the classes in England has largely disappeared. It is necessary that they bury all differences and unite in the common defense. No more political parties there now.

Another incidental benefit in England is the great reduction of the drink evil, and the government threatens drastic methods to curtail this evil much further. Even more has been done to master the drink evil in Germany. But it is in Russia where King Alcohol held undisputed sway, that his defeat is complete. Here is one advantage of strong government control of its population. The government of Russia recognizes the fact that alcohol weakens the army. As it is absolutely necessary, as a matter of national defense, that the army be strengthened in every way possible, it follows that any weakening influence must be avoided. Hence the abolishing of the use of alcohol as a beverage in the Russian army, and largely all over Russia. Here is a paragraph from Collier's:

BACKING FOR THAT RESOLUTION

The loss of five hundred thousand men in war can be made good in less than ten years thru complete abstinence from alcohol by all the inhabitants of Russia. This is not the statement of some professional temperance booster; it is the estimate of Mr. Arthur Hunter, actuary with the New York Life Insurance Company. To the Association of Life Insurance Presidents he recently read a paper based on the study of the deaths of two million policyholders durThis ing twenty-five years. was his statement: "Total abstainers have a mortality during the working years of life of about one-half of that among those who use alcohol to the extent of at least two glasses of whiskey a day." Do facts mean anything to you? How much of your life and its energies are you cashing in for whiskey?

Individuals are inclined to be careless about

an agreeable but insidious poison. But in time of war, when a nation's existence is dependent upon the virility of its defenders, the nation will inquire into any influence which may be suspected of weakening soldiers, and if it can be demonstrated that abolishing an evil will strengthen the army, the evil must go. True, it should not require war to drive us to do such a sensible thing, but in "the piping times of peace" and of increasing wealth and ease, evils will develop. They should not, but they do, and they will until we get sufficient sturdy courage to avoid injurious indulgences without being driven to it. Alcohol in America.

We are not at war with powder and bullets, but the war that some of our good people have been waging against King Alcohol is progressing favorably to the former. A gallant knight in that army is Hon. W. J. Bryan. In a speech at a wonderful rally in the "Billy Sunday" tabernacle in this city, on March 15th, Mr. Bryan said:

It is estimated that the people of the United States spend almost $2,500,000,000 for intoxicating liquors. The annual appropriations of the Federal Government are little less that $1,250,000,000. Think of this nation spending twice that amount for alcoholic liquors.

The cost of the Panama Canal was about $400,000,000. Is it not appalling to think we spend for drink every year six times the cost of the Panama Canal?

It is estimated that we spend $750,000,000 annually for education. And yet we spend for drink more than three times this amount.

The nation submits to this taxation, which is five times as great as any taxation it would permit any political party to levy.

I have heard it predicted that prohibition will soon become a national issue. I do not think so, as this regulation is practically a state and local function. But it will progress among the states as tho it were a national issue. Formerly there was much profit in the liquor business. The following clipping from the Financial World for March 6th shows that the monarch has been hit in his tenderest spot:

DISTILLERS SECURITIES 42s.

It is not what the situation is now, or the fact that the Distillers Securities Corporation has definitly announced that the April interest coupon will be paid, that is taken account of by investors, but what might happen to the company's business should the Prohibition movement keep up its present momentum. Arizona, Oregon, Washington and Colorado went dry in January, and Iowa is likely to follow and then Idaho. Distillers and brewers have begun to realize that in fighting this movement they are virtually engaged in a contest for their very existence. Consumption of beers and liquors has shrunk decidedly in the last few years.

In the last twelve months there have been many failures of brewers and distilleries. Several old establisht companies in Chicago have given up, while in Ohio one of the largest and best advertised breweries is in a receiver's hands. This week it was announced that two distilleries in Kentucky confest their inability to pay creditors. A big bank in Pittsburgh closed this week on account of heavy support it had given to weak brewery interests.

Holders of the 4 per cent. bonds are perturbed and anxious about the future to such an extent that liquidation increast alarmingly this week. A good many of the bonds held on loans have been thrown over by the banks. This week's prices were the lowest The bondholders toucht in the company's history. seemed to fear the worst, and were not reassured much by the official announcement that there had been no developments in the company's affairs to give basis to any explanation that the April 1st coupon will not be paid. "Last year the company earnt the interest twice over, and this year has shown decline," said the statement, which evidently refers to the fiscal year.

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PRACTICAL POINTS.

Doctor, your attention is directed to the colored insert in this issue. It is a typical case of acne vulgaris. Strong, Cobb & Co. will be pleased to send you their booklet containing many colored reproductions of skin cases if you will but send them your name.

As to the drugs to be given in nervousness, there is only one class which has a specific influence in controlling nervous excitability. This is the bromids, and it has been found that a mixture of several of them is better than one alone. For this reason many physicians prefer Peacock's Bromides, which is a splendidly balanced mixture and which, even on prolonged use, gives rise to little or no gastric disturbance. The dose must be regulated according to the state of the patient, but when judiciously given there is never any difficulty of controlling even the more severe cases of nervousness. In the more severe forms of neurasthenia, complete rest in bed with small doses of Peacock's Bromides is usually more effectiv than any other treatment. In epilepsy, which is also a disease in which the brain reactions are exaggerated, larger doses are needed, but as this preparation is more pronounced in effect than other bromids, the enormous quantities which are sometimes prescribed are never necessary in order to control the convulsions, and as the digestion is rarely if ever deranged it can be given for a much longer period of time.

The Harrison Anti-Narcotic Law has created

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quite a demand for an ethical remedy, which will take care of the large number of drug addict cases that are now applying to physicians for relief. The Combs treatment, as based upon the Hyossco-piper and Hyos-sco-phine, is receiving a great deal of professional attention. They have an excellent record in their gradual reduction system. If you are not fully acquainted with this rational plan of treatment, write The Combs Chemical Company, Chicago, Ill., for literature.

Accidents will happen, even in the best regulated families. In spite of all precautions, the public will, once in a while, get hold of some mercury bichlorid and swallow it in mistake for headache tablets, or take it with suicidal intent, and then it is up to the doctor to give an antidote, and to give it quickly. Heretofore, the physician has been "up against it" in this matter of corrosiv sublimate poisoning, for up to the present time there has been no specific, ready antidote upon which he could rely. But this is happily no longer the case. Dr. Thomas Carter, of Chicago, has devised a genuin chemical antidote for bichlorid poisoning, and the doctor need no longer feel helpless in the presence of this emergency, if he has a supply of Carter's Mercury Antidote at hand. But the crucial thing is to have it at hand; for it is one of those cases where minutes count. Preparedness and quick action will now save many lives which formerly have been lost by this dread poison. Get a supply right away from the Abbott Alkaloidal Co., of Ravenswood, Chicago.

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