Excessiv arching, or too straight a line, in the eyebrow, suggests the tendency to tubercular involvement; and very long and dark eyelashes, accompanied by a notably clear sclerotic, points to a like ancestry or to such tendency on the part of the patient.

RECENT BOOKS

A Text-Book of the Practise of Medicin. By James M. Anders, M.D., Ph.D., LL.D., Professor of Medicin and of Clinical Medicin at the Medico-Chirurgical College, Philadelphia. Seventh edition, revised and enlarged. Octavo of 1,297 pages, fully illustrated. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders & Co., 1905. Cloth, $5.50 net; sheep or half morocco, $6.50 net.

A sale of over 22,000 copies and the attainment of a seventh edition seems sufficient recommendation for any book; in fact, Anders' Practise does not now need any recommendation-it is well known. As in the former editions, particular attention is bestowed upon inductiv diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and treatment. The many Diagnostic tables of simulating diseases have been retained. The clinical value of these tabulated points of distinction is beyond cavil. Numerous new subjects have been introduced, among which are: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Examination of Patients for Diagnosis of Diseases of the Stomach, Splanchnoptosis, Cammidge's Test for Glycerose in the Urin, and Myasthenia Gravis. Certain other individual affections have been entirely rewritten and important additions have been made to the diseases which prevail principally in tropical and subtropical regions. The seveth edition maintains the reputation of the work.

A Manual of the Practise of Medicin. By A. A. Stevens, A.M., M.D., Professor of Pathology in the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, and Lecturer on Physical Diagnosis at the University of Pennsylvania. Seventh edition, revised. 12mo of 556 pages, illustrated. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders & Co., 1905. Flexible leather, $2.50 net.

We know of no work on practise of the same size containing so much practical information concisely stated, as this handy little book by Dr. Stevens. The author's epigrammatic style is no doubt the result of his extensiv experience in the lecture room, enabling him to group allied symptoms in such a manner that they can be easily retained in the mind of the student. By a judicious elimination of theories and redundant explanations he has brought within a small compass a complete outline of practise of inestimable value. Indeed, for the student, the practician, and the nurse as well, we know of none better.

A Text-Book of Clinical Diagnosis. By Laboratory Methods. For the use of Students, Practicians, and Laboratory Workers. By L. Napoleon Boston, A.M., M.D., Associate in Medicin and Director of the Clinical Laboratories at the MedicoChirurgical College, Philadelphia. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Octavo of 563 pages, with 330 illustrations, including 34 plates, many in colors. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders & Co., 1905. Cloth, $4 net; sheep or half morocco, $5

net.

It must be a great gratification to an author when two editions of his work are required in one year. From such a reception it is evident that Dr. Boston's Clinical Diagnosis fills a demand. In this new second edition many new subjects have been added, including Biff's New Hemoglobinometer, Ficker's reaction, an illustrated description of the Leishman Donovan Bodies, Ravold's Test for Albumin, Cammidge's Test for Glycerin, and Cipollino's Test. The subjects of cytodiagnosis and inoscopy are given more extended consideration, the practical usefulness of these methods having been clearly demonstrated. Thruout the text it has been Dr. Boston's aim to emphasize in progressiv steps the various procedures of clinical technic, illustrating such steps when possible. An unusual amount of space is given to the consideration of animal parasites, malarial and other blood parasites, skin diseases, transudates and exudates, and the secretions of the eyes and of the ears.

Saunders' Medical Hand Atlases: Atlas and Epitome of Diseases of the skin. By Professor Dr. Franz Mracek, of Vienna. Edited, with additions, by Henry W. Stelwagon, M.D., Professor of Dermatology, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. Second edition, revised, enlarged and entirely reset. With 77 colored lithographic plates, 50 half-tone illustrations, and 272 pages of text. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders & Co., 1905. Cloth, $4 net.

It is with pleasure that we review the second edition of Professor Mracek's admirable hand-atlas. That the work is a success and of practical usefulness needs no further proof than the demand for a second edition, not only in America but also in Germany. The author has added twenty-six new plates, fifteen of them colored lithographs, and all of exceptional merit. The text he has thoroly revised to include the most recent dermatologic advances, especially along the line of histopathology. As in the first edition, there is evidence of the conscientious editorial work of Dr. Stelwagon, many additions being intersperst thruout the work.

A Text-Book of Diseases of Women. By Barton Cooke Hirst, M.D., Professor of Obstetrics, University of Pennsylvania, Second edition, revised and enlarged. Octavo of 741 pages, with 701 original illustrations, many in colors. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders & Co., 1905. Cloth, $5 net; sheep or half morocco, $6 net.

Dr. Hirst may well be congratulated upon the publication of such a work as this, a second edition of which has just appeared. Written on the same lines as his "Text-Book of Obstetrics," to which it may be called a companion volume, it gives every promise of attaining a similar success. The palliativ treatment of diseases of women and the curativ treatment as can be carried out by the general practician have been given special attention, enabling physicians to treat many of their patients without referring them to a specialist. Indeed, thruout the book stress has been laid upon diagnosis and treatment, and the section devoted to a detailed description of modern gynecic operation is clear and concise. In the second edition the revision has been thoro, introducing only matter that promises or has been demonstrated to be of permanent value. Forty-seven new illustrations have been added and thirty of the old ones replaced. We take much pleasure in recommending Dr. Hirst's work to the medical profession generally.

Abdominal Operations. By B. G. A. Moynihan, M.S. (London), F.R.C.S., Senior Assistant Surgeon to Leeds General Infirmary, England. Octavo of 695 pages, with 250 original illustrations. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders & Co., 1905. Cloth, $7.

It has been said of Mr. Moynihan that in describing details of operations he is at his best. Peritonitis and appendicitis, the latter of such present importance, have been accorded unusual space in a work of this kind; and the subject of chronic gastric ulcers is also excellently detailed. Only such operations as are common to both sexes are included; operations on the kidney and bladder, and those for hernia are not considered. All the operations covered are in common use, and no detail is omitted. The book is a classic, both in text and in mechanical excellence.-A. L. R.

Harrington's Practical Hygiene. A Treatise on Hygiene and Sanitation. For Students, Practicians, Health Officers, etc. By Charles Harrington, M.D., Assistant Professor of Hygiene in Harvard University Medical School, Boston. New (3d) edition, thoroly revised. In one octavo volume of 793 pages, with 118 engravings and 12 plates. Cloth, $4.25 net. Lea Brothers & Co., Publishers, Philadelphia and New York, 1905.

Every practician should have a work on hygiene, and we know of none better suited to the needs of the general practician than this work. It is a comprehensiv, yet authoritativ treatise, for every subject is handled broadly and completely. Obsolete matter has been eliminated, and new material has been added. A valuable feature in this edition is the new section on Infection, Susceptibility, and Immunity. New illustrations have been added, and the text is extended, yet the price remains the same. We have heartily commended every issue of this work, and this one eclipses its predecessors.-A.L.R.

The Era Key to the U. S. P. A Complete List of the Drugs and Preparations of the United States Pharmacopoeia. Eighth decennial revision (1905). Vest-pocket size, 83 pages, price 25 cents The Pharmaceutical Era, Publishers, 90 William street, New York.

Principles of Osteopathy. By Dain L. Tasker, D.O., D.Sc.O., Professor of Theory and Practise of Osteopathy and Clinical Osteopathy in the Pacific College of Osteopathy; Fellow of the Southern California Academy of Sciences; Member of the California State Board of Osteopathic Examiners; Member of the American Osteopathic Association. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Illustrated. Publisht by Baumgardt Publishing Co., Los Angeles, California. 1905. Price not stated.

Contains 390 pages and an index. It is well illustrated, and the cuts convey the idea exactly. This feature of the book permits any practician's grasping the principles and theory of osteopathy almost at a glance. In the preface the author states: In order that the student may read these chapters intelligently he must have concluded at least 10 months of study of biology, histology, anatomy, and physiology. These subjects form the basis of the science of osteopathy." There is no other book so well fitted to instruct the doctor in all the claims of this teaching, and no up to date physician should be ignorant either of the scope of such claims or the method of application of the principles. It is well written and handsomely executed. Five pages are occupied with definitions telling what osteopathy is; many with what osteopathy does; and the remainder tells "how it is done."A. L. R.

The Secrets of Specialists. By A. Dale Covey. Second edition. Publisht by Physicians' Supply Company, 111 Ledyard street, Detroit, Mich. Price not stated; so those interested would better send for a descriptiv circular.

Contains 328 pages and an index. Has 25 pages of formulas of the more popular nostrums. Has a full expose of the methods, schemes, and formulas of many of the most successful fakirs. All sorts of specialists, from the veriest quack to the "ethical specialist" are considered, and their plans and working methods detailed at length. Osteopathy, massage, hydro-therapy, physical culture, cancer, rectal diseases, hernia, genito-urinary diseases, gynecology, painless dentistry, goiter, methods of beauty doctors, stammering specialists, Hall's Hygienic Treatment, etc., are taken up. Every doctor will find much in this book that he wishes to know, and many things that will impel his respect as possessing true merit, and quite a few things that will be of positiv advantage in his daily practise.-A. L. R.

Physician's Pocket Account Book. By J. J. Taylor, M.D. Publisht by the Medical Council, 4105 Walnut street, Philadelphia, Pa. Price, $1.

Contains 200 pages for accounts and records. Durably and neatly bound in black flexible leather. Each page is complete in itself, and the book is thus a combined day-book and ledger. It greatly simplifies keeping of books, and the account is always ready posted so that a statement can be rendered instantly, and by items if required. It is perfectly legal, as no signs are used. It contains several pages of valuable suggestions as to methods of making collections and keeping accounts. It is no more expensiv than the ordinary pocket account book, and is very complete and convenient.-A. L. R.

The Physician's Visiting List (Lindsay & Blakiston) for 1906. Fifty-fifth year of its publication. Publisht by P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 1012 Walnut street, Philadelphia, Pa. Price, $1.

Neatly bound in black flexible leather, with flap and pocket for papers and loop for pencil. Contains complete dose table arranged to conform to the new pharmacopeia, and has numerous tables of reference, as thermometer comparisons, obstetrical computation, incompatibility, treatment of poisoning, etc. It has space for 25 patients per week, and is printed for the months and days of each. It is compact and convenient.-A. L. R.

Amalgamation.

The Central States Medical Magazine, of Anderson, Ind. (edited by Dr. S. E. Earp, of Indianapolis), and the Medical and Surgical Monitor, of Indianapolis, have combined, under the name, Central States Medical Monitor, with Dr. Earp as editor, assisted by Dr. S. P. Scherer, formerly editor of the Monitor.

It is announced that, beginning with the first of the year, the well-known weekly, The Medical News, will be amalgamated with the New York Medical Journal. It will be remembered that a few years ago the New York Medical Journal absorbed the Philadelphia Medical Journal.

The Culturist.

This is a new magazine, the initial number of which will appear by or before January first. Without being in any sense a medical magazine, it will be of peculiar interest to physicians. The first number will contain an exhaustiv paper from Dr. William Colby Cooper. It will contain also a catchy sketch of him, besides a discussion of his poetry, etc. The mention of this physician's prominent relation to the new publication is felt to be justified by the fact that he belongs to THE WORLD "family."

The editor is a profound thinker and brilliant writer. The second issue will contain an illuminating article from his pen entitled, "A Dissertation on Doctors." WORLD readers will largely promote their own interests by subscribing for The Culturist. Price, $1 a year. Address: Mr. Walter Hunt, Cincinnati, O. Station M. A "WORLD" DEVOTEE.

How They Lost Their Home. Thru the gambling instinct. They bought things they did not need because they were cheap.

They did not use good judgment or right proportion in their expenditures.

They subscribed for everything they could pay for on the tnstallment plan.

Money enuf went down in drink and up in smoke to have saved the home.

They did not realize how easy it is to get into debt and how hard it is to get out.

They tried to do what others expected of them rather than what they could afford.

They thought it small to insist on having an agreement or understanding put in writing.

They could not say No," and could not tell their friends, "I cannot afford it.' The sons thought they must sow their wild oats" as well as other "fellows of their set."-Med. Council.

What is Graft?

Editor MEDICAL WORLD:-Will you be so kind as to give me the definition of the word "graft," as it is applied to trusts, or in connection with the trusts? Being a subscriber to THE MEDICAL WORLD I often see the word graft, but fail to get its meaning as it is applied; or can you refer me to any literature on the subject? D. L. HOWELL, M.D.

Dover, Stewart County, Tenn.

[It is a word recently "grafted" on our language. It is of slang origin, but it has come into so general use that it is likely to become a permanent addition to our language. It does not apply to trusts particularly. It is not surprising that this word has not found its way among the people of the simple and honest habits of a rural county of Tennessee. Now that I come to try to write the meaning of the word, I find it difficult. I confess that it was a long time before I could get used to it. I have been using it only in the last year or two. It means all the way from pilfering to "high finance." There is petty (petit) graft and grand graft; but graft is an offence not usually actionable at law. It belongs to either the sneaking kind of dishonesty, or the "whatare-you-going-to-do-about-it" kind. Sometimes it assumes the form of a special advantage, legally but not morally defensible.

I fear I have not made it clear. Can any one else give our Tennessee brother a clearer definition of graft?-ED.]

OUR MONTHLY TALK.

I suppose I am expected to continue these "Talks ;" but, really, there isn't the occasion for them that there used to be; so whenever you get tired of them, say so, and I will quit. When I began these talks, over ten years ago, we had hard times all over the country. I claimed that something must be wrong when hard times exist in a country so productiv as ours, a country with such boundless resources, and peopled with the most energetic, industrious and ingenious people in the world. I urged that doctors should take a special interest in the prosperity of the masses of the people, for their work is with all classes, and their living must always come from the masses of the people. I urged that it was highly proper and very important that doctors should take an interest in economic, sociologic and political subjects, and that a medical magazine was a highly proper medium thru which the medical profession should be reacht upon such subjects. This idea was then an innovation, and many subscribers "kickt." I knew I was right-I knew that a doctor should be a complete man, and that something more than his scientific interests should be represented in his professional literature; so I kept on, tho many subscriptions were stopt, and many a sassy" letter was received. I patiently took up each such letter, and returned argument and good feeling for the "sass," and reason won in most cases. After several years the tide began to turn, and we won more new readers than we lost because of the "Talks"; and now our subscription list is many fold what it was before these "Talks" were begun. In the meantime, other medical magazines have burst the old traditional bounds, and it is now no curiosity to see articles in other medical magazines dealing with matters of great interest to physicians, but not medical nor scientific.

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Much that I said in these "Talks" ten years ago was considered radical; now a much greater radicalism pervades the whole country. In fact, some classed me then as among the "dangerous classes"; but now, while I have not changed, I find myself very conservativ. If I had said, ten years ago, that the great insurance companies, which were then prating very loudly about honest money,' ""national honor," etc., were themselves honeycombed with graft and fraud, I would have been considered crazy. The idea that the guardians of the widow's and orphan's dependence were anything but the soul of honor and integrity would have seemed absurd. Yet we all know the revelations that have been made recently. Startling? Yes; so much so that nothing, hardly, would startle us now. After those who have been intrusted with the most sacred trusts have been found guilty of grafting-not satisfied with immense salaries, many of them double and more than double the salary of the President of the Republic-we may expect almost anything.

I was the first journalist to boldly throw the light into dark places and show up things as they are; not only in these "Talks," but in other departments of THE WORLD I have thrown the light upon fraud and chicanery in various forms until it has faded away like the poisonous mists before the rising sun. Now, literature of all kinds: books, magazines and newspapers have caught the spirit, and what a showing up there has been! Neither thief nor fraudulent pretender is now safe-but honest people are safer. Men of great wealth used to address colleges, Y. M. C. A's, etc., and advise tireless industry, getting up early in the morning, etc., to the young men, as tho that was the way they made their great wealth. They don't make such speeches any more. The halo surrounding men of great wealth is being pierced; and what do we find? Verily, we find that our gods have feet of clay! We find that other people made the wealth, and that the magnate just pulled it in, by means of some unfair, usually dishonest, and frequently illegal, advantage which he managed to get. With these things known, as they are getting to be known, it is with ill grace that these men can address Sunday-schools. As revelations unfold from day to day, it is becoming difficult

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to reconcile great wealth with respectability. thing of being apparently a Christian and a gentleman on Sunday and a pirate the rest of the week will not always be tolerated. Those who have read Lawson's "frenzied finance" articles in Everybody's Magazine during the past year and more will understand what I mean. Also those who have read the Standard Oil and Rockefeller articles in McClure's Magazine will understand what I mean. And those who have been reading anything at all cannot have escaped the marvelous revelations that have been going on.

Literature, particularly magazine literature, is doing more now to serve the public good than ever before. We used to think that those who were rich were correspondingly powerful, and we were afraid to utter a word of criticism. But when we journalists realized that all wealth comes from the people, and we reach the people, we realized that we were reaching the source of all great fortunes. To make it specific in one instance in my own case, when I realized that the source of Dr. Lawrence's great wealth was the profession, I knew that I could safely show physicians how Dr. Lawrence had been "faking" the profession thru the Medical Brief all these years; and it caused a reform of Dr. Lawrence's management of the Brief. "Old Doc," with his boosting of Dr. Lawrence's proprietaries, subsided; and other objectionable features of the Brief were removed. The profession's eyes have been opened. I haven't access to the general public, but the medical profession is a large public, and it is an important part of the general public. As further examples of periodic literature serving the interests of the public, witness the exposures of the proprietary nostrum business by the Ladies' Home Journal and Collier's Weekly. Preachers and W. C. T. U. women can no longer innocently get on peruna drunks. The article in Collier's for Dec. 2, entitled "The Subtil Poisons" is a notable piece of literature. Acetanilid mixtures head the list of these poisons, the leading ones being "orangeine," antikamina and Bromo-Seltzer. Ignorance is no excuse now-a-days. The factsthe secrets-are being found out and being given boldly to the public.

In politics the old conservatism is giving way to what, ten years ago, would have been considered the rankest radicalism. Imagin how the proposition to give the railroad rate-making power to the Interstate Commerce Commission would have imprest the conservativ elements ten years ago-I mean the corporation magnates, presidents of insurance companies, bankers, etc. Just a few weeks ago, as I was leaving the private office of a prominent banker, a distinguisht looking gentleman came in and I couldn't help hearing the first few words of the interview. They were these: "Roosevelt's idea of taking the rate-making power from the railroads won't do." But now the railroad interests have given up in advance, and rate legislation to suit the President is a foregone conclusion. The people are beginning to demand their own; and with a champion like President Roosevelt to press the people's claims, they are likely to get more of "their own" than they ever got before.

To revert again to the magazines: They are voicing the thoughts and feelings of the people more than ever before in the history of literature; they are divining the needs and wishes of the people better than they ever did. In war times they and the newspapers have always fanned the flame of patriotism; but in times of peace the people have seldom had a champion till now. "Napoleons of finance" and "captains of industry" have heretofore received adulations unstinted, and have been given all the credit of advancing civilization, and nearly all the profits; but now the people are beginning to "sit up and take notice"; and when they do that, you can be sure that "something will be doing" before very long. For example, something was doing" in the last election. Perhaps the most notable single thing was the election of Jerome as prosecuting attorney for the City of New York, with all the parties against him. This was distinctly a people's victory. But to revert to the magazines: Everybody's for January came to-day, and I notice a scroll on the outside cover bearing three paragraphs, each beginning with " Resolved." I notice

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that the first one is headed "My Country." Why should not our country-the good of, and service to our country-come first, in peace as well as in war? The next is My Neighbors"; and last (properly) comes "Myself." As I read them I saw that they were intended as New Year's resolutions. They are different from the usual New Year's resolutions, which concern the quitting of smoking, or some other personal habit. In these resolutions there is not only a regeneration of the individual, but a consecration of the individual to the public good. This is as it should be, for no nation can be great without such consecration. Those who pile up private wealth mountain high for selfish gratification, make a great display, keep extensiv establishments in city, mountain and at the seashore, sail private yachts, live abroad much of the time, and neglect voting and every other civic duty, don't do the country any good. For a people to be great, it must be great collectivly as well as individually. These New Year's resolutions sound this note-that of public as well as private duty. I have not opened the magazine yet, but as I read the Resolutions I resolved to give them to you, so I had a clerk to copy them carefully, for the printer, and-here they

are:

MY COUNTRY.

Resolved, to become a Soldier in the Army of the Common Good; never to suffer graft in silence, nor endure the acquaintance of grafters; to enforce the Square Deal, and in all my relations with politics and government to remember that I am first of all an American Citizen.

MY NEIGHBORS.

Resolved, to lend my Neighbor in need a helping hand; to be kind; to judge tolerantly; to be patient with affliction or misunderstanding; to extend to others the degree of courtesy and consideration I require them to accord me.

MYSELF.

Resolved, to play fair; to speak true; to hold sacred my pledge, my friendships, and my obligations; not to ask another to do aught I dare not or would not do myself-above all, ever to keep well in mind that wealth is no corollary of worth and success no evidence of character.

Witness my hand and seal (Signed)

How do you like them? Can you sign them? Can you write a better set of resolutions? If so, let us have them.

Ignorance and Oppression Do Not Pay. Ignorance doesn't pay. Oppression doesn't pay. We have all been horrified by the news from Russia for weeks past. The latest bulletin from St. Petersburg today (December 20) is that "civil war is raging in the adjoining provinces. It is estimated that 1,300 palatial residences have been burned, at a loss of $100,000,000." This reminds us of the awful destruction of life and property during the French revolution. The French revolution had a basis of ignorance and oppression, as has the Russian revolution of today. The ignorant peasantry, enraged by oppression, pillage and burn the mansions of the hated oppressors. Compare this with the recent peaceful revolution in Scandinavia. Norway withdrew from Sweden, and elected a new King, starting a new dynasty, without confusion, or loss of life or property. How was this possible? Because ignorance and oppression do not exist in Scandinavia, and because the Referendum was used to get the enlightened sentiment of the people of Norway. In this respect they are farther ahead than we. We can't have a referendum vote on any question. Our statesmen never think of referring questions to a direct vote of our people. Why? One reason is, that our people don't demand it-they don't seem to know their rights-and they don't know their power-like a horse in harness, responding to every

indication of the driver. Look at the picture of Russia and Norway: Russia burning and bleeding; Norway peaceful, prosperous and happy. Russia in the throes of a bloody revolution, which will continue nobody knows how long, and nobody knows what the result will be; Norway got thru with her revolution in a few months, peacefully and intelligently, and now the new regime is going along smoothly and satisfactorily. Norway used the Referendum.

Ignorance and oppression=Burning and bleeding Russia. Education, freedom and the Referendum=Peaceful and happy Norway.

Throws Partyism to the Winds.

Dr. J. A. Park, of Westminster, O., writes: "I believe you are doing a great work toward getting people to think. You have repeatedly pointed out certain wrongs and referred your readers to both old parties for proof. I was the most radical republican till this fall, when I voted for candidates on three tickets. I henceforth throw partyism to the four winds, and will be an American citizen and vote for what I think is the best for the common people and the country at large. Inclosed find 25c. for which send me your book on Direct Legislation."

Every One Can Be a Patriot.

MR. C. F. TAYLOR-My Dear Sir: I inclose fifty cents postage for two copies of "Politics in New Zealand." Kindly mail one copy to Sam. W. Funk, Pipestone, Minn., and one copy to Hubert Piesinger, LeSueur Center, Minn., and I will write them to accept with my compliments, and to read and get friends to order from you direct.

The work is a good one, and if every voter in our country could have a copy and would read and digest it, there would be no danger in the future of scandals in great corporations or Government departments.

I have spread this book as best I could. Being a traveling man, I have some opportunity to help the good work along; lately, however, I did not have my own copy, and had a friend, Mr. Wentworth, order for friends. I left mine with a high school debating team in my travels, and it has not yet been returned. Unless I get it soon I shall order another copy for myself to show my friends; or, if I feel able, will order the large book you advertise.

Some I pay for myself; others are perfectly willing to pay. I first ordered the book on the advice of Mr. Bryan, in the Commoner. Since then many of my friends have done likewise.