MEDICAL ITEMS.

DR. M. B. HUTCHINS will hereafter include Diseases of the Genito-Urinary Organs in his practice, in addition to Diseases of the Skin.

OUR friend Dr. R. E. L. Barnum, formerly of Richland, Ga., has removed to Savannah, Ga., number 212 Hull St., where he will hereafter practice his profession.

ON Wednesday, February 22d, Dr. Max Jackson was married to Miss Bertha Nussbaum, both of Macon, Ga. Dr. and Mrs. Jackson will accept THE JOURNAL's hearty good wishes.

THE friends of Dr. Roberts Bartholow, and the medical profession generally, will be pleased to know that his health is now entirely restored, and that he has resumed his practice in Philadelphia.

THE prize of one hundred dollars, offered by Dr. Geo. M. Gould for the best essay on Homeopathy, has been awarded to Dr. William W. Browning, of Brooklyn. There were thirteen competitors.

IT is reported that a fad of Boston society is to intoxicate themselves with compound oxygen. It is stated that the intoxication produced by the oxygen is far less deleterious than that caused by Browning.-Ex.

THERE will be no patent nostrums at the World's Fair. A pamphlet issued by the Columbian Exposition says:

"Articles that are in any way dangerous or offensive, also patent medicines, nostrums and empirical preparations whose ingredients are concealed, will not be admitted to the Exposition.”

The doctor who ignores the medical press is a drone in the medical hive. He is not a safe practitioner, nor a fit associate for progressive men. The doctor who never reads a medical journal never drives a fat horse, never wears good clothes, nor makes a mark in the world.-Cal. Med. Jour.

THE third Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons will be held in Washington May, 1894. Officers: Dr. A. L. Loomis, of New York, President; Dr. W. H. Carmalt, New Haven, Secretary; Dr. John S. Billings, Treasurer; Dr. S. C. Busey, Washington, Chairman Committee of Arrangements.]

THE North Carolina Medical Journal came out in January in a new dress and under a new management. It is now a 48-page, double column journal, and its appearance is much improved. Drs. R. S. Jewett and J. A. Hodges are the new editors and proprietors. The new management makes a very good beginning, and we wish it continuous and increasing success.

The Rush Medical College and the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago, have offered their entire properties to the Chicago University, and the faculties of the colleges have offered to resign unconditionally, in order to establish a medical department of equal grade with the other departments of this

well organized university. A million dollars are said to be in sight to endow the new arrangement. This example might well be followed outside of Chicago.

THE International Congress of Charities, Correction and Philanthrophy will meet in the city of Chicago on Monday morning, June 12, 1893, at 10 o'clock, in a hall to be hereafter announced. The object of the International Congress of Charities, Correction and Philanthrophy is to bring together in the city of Chicago during the time of the World's Columbian Exposition interested persons of all countries to discuss matters charitable, correctional and philanthropic.

A NEW Medical newspaper is being issued from Chicago, called The Medical Bulletin. It is to be published every Saturday, and will contain only medical news, with perhaps a few abstracts from other journals. It will devote special attention to medical matters connected with the World's Fair. A list of all the physicians arriving in the city will be given. Physicians will be helped in finding lodging places, and rooms will be set aside which all physicians are invited to use, where information can be obtained and mail received.-Ex.

RECENTLY when the Hobart estate was being settled in court, Dr. C. N. Ellinwood, of San Francisco, presented a claim for $30,000 for professional services rendered the deceased millionaire and his wife during their lifetime. The bill was in proper form and was approved by all the parties concerned. Judge Levy, who says he has had no personal experience with the charges of physicians for professional services, however, thought the amount was unreasonable and excessive, and without further ceremony cut it down to $10,000. This unwarrantable proceeding has naturally aroused the attention of the profession, and its termination will be awaited with much interest.-Occidental Med. Times.

DISEASES OF THE Rectum, AnUS AND SIGMOID FLEXURE. By Joseph M. Mathews, M. D., Professor of Principles and Practice of Surgery, and Clinical Lecturer on Diseases of the Rectum, Kentucky School of Medicine; Consulting Surgeon to Louisville City Hospital; Visiting Surgeon to St. Mary and Elizabeth Hospital, etc. D. Appleton & Co., New York.

In the excellent introduction to his book, Dr. Mathews states that "diseases of the rectum have not received that careful attention of the medical profession which their importance demands. From time immemorial diseases of the rectum have been in the hands of the charlatan." The literature on rectal diseases, until recently, has been comparatively meager, and the motive of this work is to place this subject before the profession on a plan commensurate with its importance. Dr. Mathews was one of the American pioneers in this branch of surgery, and his many years of rich experience enable him to speak with authority. The work is not a compilation, but a record.

"I have written this book because of a desire to record my individual experience of fifteen years as a rectal specialist, in answer to the demand of my students and friends. During this time I have learned that many things that are taught are not true, and that many true things have not been taught. I have therefore not taken other men's opinions as my guide, but have accepted as truths only those things which could be substantiated by fact."-[From the Preface.]

The author has made a valuable contribution to the literature of this subject. The introductory chapter presents, in a general way, some suggestions and rules to be observed in examination, diagnosis, etc. The chapter on antiseptics and disinfection in rectal surgery is one of the most practical. The chapters on hemorrhoids are especially instructive and valuable. For internal hemorrhoids the author advocates radical methods. He states that there are thirteen recognized operations for internal piles, but really only two which claim much attention from surgeons, and these are the ligature and the clamp and cautery. He disapproves of carbolic acid injection, and Whitehead's operation seems to be disposed of pretty well in seven objec

tions. The treatment by ligature is then described in detail, and the author reports one thousand operations by this method without a death or a case of septic infection. Other chapters discuss fissure, fistula, malignant and non-malignant stricture of the rectum, prolapsus ani, disease of the sigmoid flexure, etc. The book is provided with six full page chromo-lithographs and numerous illustrations. We think Dr. Mathews' book will be generously received and appreciated.

A TEXT-BOOK OF PRACTICAL THERAPEUTICS.

L. B. G.

By Hobart Amory Hare, M. D., Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics, in the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, Physician to St. Agnes's Hospital and to the Jefferson Medical College Hospital, etc. Third edition, enlarged and revised. Lea Brothers & Co., Philadelphia.

The fact that this work has reached its third edition within two years is evidence that it is very much liked. In this edition the author has incorporated our information of the newest drugs,

such as as Solophen, Europhen, Phenocoll, Piperazine, etc., and also given the latest observations on such older ones as Salol, Phenacetine, Menthol, etc. A classification of drugs according to their physiological properties is also added, although the alphabetical arrangement is adhered to in the descriptive text. Dr. Hare's work is concise and practical, and excellently adapted to the needs of both student and practitioner. This is essentially a new book, brought down to date, free from unimportant and tedious detail, and we are sure it will obtain a well-deserved popularity.

THE ANATOMY OF THE PERITONEUM. By Franklin Dexter, M. D., Assistant Demonstrator of Anatomy, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York. With twenty-eight illustrations. D. Appleton & Co., New York.

Anything which will simplify the anatomy of the peritoneum, with its various reflections, will be hailed by students with delight. This is the purpose of this small work. The author states that "there is no way of obtaining a clear idea of the peritoneum except through a knowledge of its development," and on this theory he traces the development of the alimentary