within itself, full of valuable information and a careful correlation of facts and figures, instead of the usual compilation which one is accustomed to encounter under the heading. Careful study of this section will dispel much of the alarm created by those who for so long have harped upon the one string of the increase of cancer. It is to be hoped that American statisticians will be stimulated to remove the stigma which some of our foreign confreres have placed upon our methods of collecting data, so that, in future editions of "The Cancer Problem" the author will not be forced to accept the imputations made abroad.

The laboratory worker will find the section under "Histo-Pathology" a condensation of knowledge concerning the minute anatomy and pathology of cancer that must prove of great practical value, particularly as it is supplemented with a large number of histological plates and other illustrations. This sec tion, together with that part of Section I which deals with the "History of Modern Cancer Research" and the section entitled "Cancer Research-A Resume of the World's Work," will give much valuable data to those who are especially interested in the laboratory and purely experimental phases of the subject.

Just at this time, when not only medical societies, but women's clubs, mothers' congresses and very nearly every other variety of organization are dabbling in cancer study, the section on the "Campaign of Education" will be found peculiarly pertinent. It is interesting to note that Dr. Bainbridge takes a very conservative stand on this particular question of educating the public with reference to cancer. In addition, the sections on "Prophylaxis," "Institutions for the Care of Cancer Patients," and "The Investigation of Cancer Cures," will give to propagandists much conservative, rational and logical matter, which, if properly digested, will augur well for the victim of cancer and for those who, by virtue of age, sex, industrial or other predisposition, are fair subjects for the inroads of this disease.

The clinician, however, is always inter

ested in the vital question, "What can I do for my patients?" Abundant answer to this question is found in the sections on "Clinical Course and Diagnosis (including a valuable subdivision on "Possible Erfors in Diagnosis"), "Non-Surgical Treatment," "Surgical Treatment" (comprising the subdivisions, "General Technic of Surgery as Applied to Cancer," and "Special Technic”), and a practical consideration of "Irremovable Cancer."

After reading Dr. Bainbridge's clearcut exposition of the entire subject, the reader will be in accord, we think, with . the closing paragraph of the book: "While it can not be gainsaid that the cancer problem today is still fraught with perplexity and uncertainty, one indisputable fact stands out in bold relief, serving as both guide-post and danger signal for the present and the futureIf cancer be cut out soon enough a permanent cure is effected. This alone is sufficient to warrant the statement that we are traveling hopefully'."

"Progressive Medical Medicine: A Quarterly Digest of Advances, Discoveries and Improvements in the Medical and Surgical Sciences." Edited by Hobart Amory Hare, M. D., assisted by Leighton F. Appleman, M. D. Volume III. September, 1914. Publishers, Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia and New York, 1914.

The contributors to this issue are Davis, Ewart, Gottheil and Spiller. This speaks well for the contents. The range of topics includes diseases of the thorax and its viscera, including the heart, lungs and blood vessels; dermatology and syphilis; obstetrics; diseases of the nervous system. Pulmonary conditions consume seventy-nine pages. Then follows organs of the circulation to make 112 as the contribution of Dr. William Ewart. It is surely complete in every particular, so far as science, practice and observation have furnished information. The reference to syphilis in its different phases both in the infant and adult as given by Dr. Gottheil is interesting and instructive. What is said concerning the new serum treatment in dermatology is

important. The reader will not pass hurriedly over the topics of pregnancy, labor, abortion, obstetric surgery and puerperal period. Dr. Edward P. Davis has taken up considerable space in order to thoroughly discuss each subject, inIcluding the latest that is known concerning them. Much about the new born is the finale of his contribution. The brain, spinal cord, diseases of the nerves and a number of miscellaneous diseases are taken up in a masterful manner by Dr. Wm. G. Spiller. It is not apropos to give in detail the material which is furnished by the several authors. Any one who examines this number, which was issued September 1, will recognize that much time and labor has been spent by a quartet of eminent men in order to furnish the physician and surgeon with the most advanced methods and opinions based upon personal experience from all portions of the world. S. E. EARP.

"The Hypodermic Syringe," by George L. Servoss, M. D., editor of "Nevada Medicine," member of the Nevada State Medical Association, Fellow of the American Medical Association. Physicians' Drug News Co., publishers, Newark, N. J., U. S. A.

In furnishing the members of the medical profession with this book the author does not claim to have injected anything of an original nature in it, but rather to have given in a condensed way the very best of the subject dealt with. The introduction is historical; then the good and bad qualities of a hypodermic syringe are discussed, followed by the technique. Much space is given to the remedies that may be used by the hypodermic syringe. In this portion of the .text there is much valuable information. It has quite a range in therapy. Not only is the selection up to the standard, but the dose and use of each drug is given, together with the strength of certain standard solutions. Many will accept gladly the condensed information relative to antitoxins, serums and bacterins. The clinical reports, page 158 et sequor, which come from reliable sources, add strength to this publication. The

last three chapters are upon anesthesia, shock and syphilis, respectively. They are brief, and yet consume about the amount of space appropriate for a book of this kind. To say that this book is commendable, is putting it very mildly. It is good for a textbook, and would be a great aid to the quiz-master. A ready reference book that is brief and yet reliable is needed. This is such a book. Dr. Servoss formerly lived in Indiana and has many friends in Indianapolis, who are glad to know of his continued success. He has frequently contributed to the Indianapolis Medical Journal and his articles have been read with interest. S. E. EARP.

"International Clinics." A quarterly of illustrated clinical lectures and especially prepared original articles. By leading members of the medical profession throughout the world. Edited by Henry W. Cattell, A. M., M. D., Philadelphia, U. S. A. With the collaboration of John A. Witherspoon, M. D., Nashville, Tenn.; Sir Wm. Osler, M. D., Oxford; A. McPhedran, M. D., Toronto; Frank Billings, M. D., Chicago; Chas. H. Mayo, M. D., Rochester; Thos. H. Rotch, M. D., Boston; John G. Clark, M. D., Philadelphia; James J. Walsh, M. D., New York; J. W. Ballantyne, M. D., Edinburgh; John Harold, M. D., London, and Richard Kretz, M. D., Vienna. Volume II. Twenty-fourth series, 1914. Philadelphia and London. Publisher, J. B. Lippincott Company.

In all probability a reference to some of the things of great value in this issue will be the best means of acquainting the reader with its contents. We might say that throughout the illustrations are not only accurate but especially adapted to the text. The outline of Ball in reference to the treatment of syphilis of the nervous system is made plain by case reports and will at this time be of general interest. The work which has been going on for the past year at the Indianapolis City Hospital, under the direction of Drs. Neu and Brayton, would give it a local interest. I recently saw a case which Dr. Sterne has treated successful

ly which would come in the category. Snow says on page 65 that there is no field in therapeutics so ripe and rich for the employment of electral therapeutics as the types of arthritis which he describes in his article, and perhaps no treatment so neglected. This refers to the physical treatment. One of the strong statements is a quotation from Peckham, who said to Dr. Snow that if there is one thing that I can cure with static electricity, it is gonorrheal arthritis. Duckworth takes up the clinical aspects of senility, and Pfahler discusses the present status of the Roentgen rays in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Walsh has a fertile field, embracing insomnia, foot troubles, rheumatism and gout. He shows that there is every reason to forget the red-meat superstition. The various causes of many of the mistakes and diagnoses of gout are shown. With these the orthopedic surgeon is familiar, and the physician should be. When there is pain due to some lesion of a burse, or an "arch drop," it is high time to quit calling it rheumatism or gout. These bursitises recur from time to time and are particularly likely to develop in wet or damp weather, or when rubbers have been worn, and how easy it is for the careless individual to call it gout or rheumatism. Many interesting surgical cases, with illustrations, are reported by Skillern, Jr., and some unusual surgical cases are given by Cumston. Blood transfusion by vein-puncture method is described by Steele. Martin furnishes a plea in behalf of the open operation for proper fixation and repair of fractures. There is a report of cases, which are profusely illustrated. Interesting topics upon obstetrics are by Phillips and Hall. This volume closes with an article relative to the teaching of sex hygiene, by Dr. Maria M. Vinton.

S. E. EARP.

"Indiana Past and Present, a Monthly Magazine of Hoosier Progress." Published by Max R. Hyman Publishing Co., Indianapolis, Ind. Subscription, $2 per

year.

The control of this magazine consists

of Max R. Hyman, manager; Geo. S. Cottman, editor, and Merica Hoagland, contributing editor. To the living men and women of Indiana who have contributed to the development of the various activities that have marked progress of the state department, this publication is dedicated. The autographs and brief biographs will be printed in each issue and later published in connection with the Centennial Handbook of Indiana. The contents of the September number consist of:

Making of a State-Political Foundation.

Indiana in Brief-Beginnings.

Indiana Women's Franchise-Pioneers. Why Indiana Needs a New Constitutiin.

General Culture-Earliest Education. Indiana University School of Medicine,

(From the Indianapolis News.)

"The Soldier in Literature" is the subject of a chapter by Margaret Hamilton in London Everyman, prominent in which stands forth Colonel Newcome, Thackeray's fine pattern of a soldier and a gentleman, with his reproof of the disreputable Captain Castigan, who begins a low song at the cave of harmony.

"Go on?" cries the colonel, in his high voice trembling with anger. "Does any gentleman say 'Go on'? Does any man who has a wife and sisters, or children at home, say 'Go on' to such disgusting ribaldry as this? Do you dare, sir, to call yourself a gentleman, and to say that you hold the king's commission, and to sit down amongst Christians and men of honor, and defile the ears of young boys with this wicked balderdash? *** And shouldering his stick, and scowling round on the company of scared bacchanalians, the indignant gentleman stalked away, his boy after him."

Numerous illustrations are given from Dickens of the noncommissioned officer, including Sergeant George's friend, the Trooper Bagnet in "Bleak House." Sir Walter Scott's soldiers are classified in two types, the romantic, languishing hero and the swashbuckler adventurer. "Waverley," "Guy Mannering" and "Ivanhoe" are placed in the first class and "Quentin Durward," "The Knight Templar" and "Rob Roy" in the second.

"To this school," says Everyman, "also belong the inimitable soldiers of fortune created by Dumas, of which D'Artagnan and "The Three Musketeers' are the most delightful examples. In this division may be classified some of Charles Lever's heroes, notably "Tom Burke' and 'Charles O'Malley.' But the roystering, fearless man-at-arms, personified by Denis in "The Cloister and the Hearth,' has given way to a less romantic, more studious school. The man of ideas is no longer scouted by the man of action, the visionary is found buckling on a sword, and the apostles of peace carry a musket. It is perhaps symbolic of the present war that on the same side will be found priests of the Catholic church fighting shoulder to shoulder with the Goorkas and the Sikhs; the pacifist will march by the militant, the scientist charge with the poet."

The moral of this story, it is plainly to be seen:

You 'aven't got no families when servin'

of the queen;

You 'aven't got no brothers, fathers, sisters, wives or sons,

If you want to win your battles take an' work your bloomin' guns!

"A Mind Remedy." By John G. Ryerson, M. D., Boonton, N. J. Published April, 1914. The Quinn & Boden Co. Press, Rahway, N. J.

One having a keen sense of the ridiculous and plenty of spare time might read this volume with equanimity, but to realize that one has been duped into even a

Polydactylism is one of the instances of heredity by which the Mendelian theory is upheld, and the latest history of a family exhibiting the trait of an extra finger on each hand is given by Dr. A. Banks Raffle in The Lancet of September 12. A grandmother found the trait reproduced in her eldest grandson and granddaughter, and both sons of the grandson showed the same deformity, while one daughter of the granddaughter's two children had an extra phalanx. None of the collateral relatives presented anything of the kind. Dr. Raffle tells of another case in which polydactylism appeared in one generation without any history in the family, the five older children all showing it, while the youngest did not. Of course, the "sport" being established, showed itself in succeeding generations.

Father was just through a certain form of exercise, in the course of which the father's slipper and a certain part of Johnny's anatomy came into very frequent and violent contact. In came his youngest son and asked: "What is the difference, father, between a locomotive and Johnny, just now?" "I give it up," said father angrily. "Well,' answered the youngster, "a locomotive has a tender in front of it and Johnny has a tender behind."