freely illustrated in half-tones and covers the subject of children's diseases most comprehensively. The chapters devoted to malnutrition, rickets, tetany, eczema and scurvy, and diseases of the respiratory system are worthy of special mention. Nurse, get a copy.

The Care of the Baby. A Manual for Mothers and Nurses containing Practical Directions for the Management of Infancy and Childhood in Health and in Disease, by J. P. Crozier Griffith, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics in the University of Pennsylvania. Seventh edition, thoroughly revised. Philadelphia and London: The W. B. Saunders Company. Canadian Agents: The J. F. Hartz Company Limited, Toronto. 1924. 1924. Price, $2.50.

This book is primarily for mothers, and no mother could fail to appreciate its value. It constitutes a reliable guide to women of ordinary intelligence who are anxious to care for their children in the best way, in sickness and in health. The first half of the book relates to the characteristics and growth of a normal baby, the methods of bathing, dressing and feeding children of different ages, hours of sleeping, exercise and training, and the proper qualities of the child's nurse and rooms. A pleasing feature of this part of the book, is the clearness and completeness of the detailed descriptions given. The chapter on "The Sick Baby" is not intended to supplant the physician, but is designed for mothers in emergency where medical aid can not be obtained. It contains a description of the symptoms by which we may recognize disease, a consideration of the nursing of sick children, and directions for the management of various accidents. An appendix contains many recipes for food and medicine, as well as remarks on the employment of baths, poultices, disinfectants and massage in sickness. A second appendix gives a fuller explanation of the principles which govern the selection of an infant's diet, in health and illness, as well as some formulae for the making of food mix

tures.

Mental Hygiene and the Public Health Nurse. Practical Suggestions for the Nurse of To-day by V. May Macdonald, R.N., formerly Assistant Superintendent of Nurses, Johns Hopkins Hospital. With a Foreword by Thomas W.

Salmon, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University. Philadelphia, London, Chicago and Montreal: The J. B. Lippincott Company. Price $1.50.

This little book of sixty-seven pages is one of the very excellent series of Lippincott's Nursing Manuals and in every way creditably represents its subject.

The author has presented to her readers in simple language a clear and comprehensive estimate of the problems which come so constantly before the nurse in her daily duties as she discovers the large number of those who suffer from the early symptoms of mental disease or who are themselves unsuspected defectives. Her aim is to enable the members of her own profession to understand the serious nature of the premonitory symptoms which confront the nurse but which without this knowledge are so often overlooked. Her summary of the symptoms which should arouse suspicion covers the field admirably and her counsel to refrain from an attempt to make a diagnosis indicates a wide practical acquaintance with her chosen subject. For the public nurse or the general nurse or even the psychiatric nurse there is a fund of information which will command continued interest, and the avoidance of sensational statements and unwholesome suggestions establishes at once in the mind of the reader that confidence and regard so important for the teacher. Not only the members of the nursing profession, but lay readers as well, and especially parents, cannot fail to reap large benefits from, a careful study of this unpretentious little volume.

Precis De Pathologie Medicale. Tome IV. Maladies du Sang et des Organes Hematopoietiques par P. Emile Weil et Marcel Bloch. Maladies des Reins par Pasteur VallaryRadot. Masson et Cie. Editeurs, Librairies de L'Academie de Medecine, 120 Boulevard Saint-Germain, Paris. 1922. The names of the authors are a guarantee of the excellence of this volume of six hundred and twenty-eight pages. It is beautifully illustrated.

In the section of diseases of the blood and of the hematopoietic organs the physiology of these tissues and organs is described succinctly. On the pathology and treatment of these diseases the authors write most clearly and instructively,

Dr. Pateur Vallary-Radot discusses the physiology of the kidneys and the pathology, etiology and treatment of the

diseases of these organs. He deals with his subjects as only a master of a subject can. The various kidney function tests are described and the most modern treatment of nephritides. discussed. One mistake is noticed. He, like many other writers, believes that trench nephritis is not different from the nephritis of civil life. This is not in accord with the judgment of those who treated the acute stages of the disease. The possibility of trench nephritis being a complication of trench fever is not mentioned. In the opinion of the reviewer who has had a large experience of both diseases it is almost certain that they are different phases of the same disease..

This volume is written in French, which will unfortunately render it useless for many Canadian practitioners. Like all Franch scientific works, it can easily be read by any physician who has a moderate knowledge of that language.

Management of the Sick Infant by Langley Porter, B.S., M.D., M.R.C.S. (Eng.), L.R.C.P. (Lond), Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, University of California Medical School; and William E. Carter, M.D., Assistant in Pediatrics and Chief of Out-Patient Department, University of California Medical School. Second edition, revised and illustrated. St. Louis: The C. V. Mosby Company. Canadian Agents: McAinsh & Co., Toronto. Price $7.50.

It is gratifying to an author to be called upon to produce a second edition of his book in as short a time as Professor Porter has his "Management of the Sick Infant." The second edition is thoroughly revised and somewhat larger than its predecessor. The book is a credit to the publishers, the paper used superfine and the half-tone illustrations most creditable. There are twenty-five chapters and the author presents a practicable study of almost every disease to which baby falls heir. We bespeak for the book a most satisfactory sale.

Food for the Diabetic. What to Eat and How to Calculate it with Common Household Measures, by Mary Pascoe Huddleson, Consulting Dietitian. With an introduction by Nellis Barnes Foster, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine at Cornell University Medical School. Small. 8vo. pp. xiv & 75, New York and Toronto: The Macmillan Company. 1923. Price, $1.50.

This is a small handbook to be placed in the hands of the diabetic and those responsible for his diet. As even with insulin the successful treatment of diabetes depends upon diet, books such as this help the patient in carrying out intelligently the instructions of the physician. Much has been compressed into small space. Instructions are given as to the equipment necessary for measuring food and how to calculate the food prescription. The food tables are less comprehensive than those appearing in other manuals, but cover most of the ordinary articles of diet. There are helpful chapters on menu planning and on diabetic recipes. The directions for urine examination describe the method of collecting and the application of the Benedict test.

International Clinics. A Quarterly of illustrated clinical lectures and especially prepared original articles on Treatment, Medicine, Surgery, Neurology, Pediatrics, Obstetrics, Gynecology, Orthopedics, Pathology, Dermatology, Ophthalmology, Otology, Rhinology, Laryngology, Hygiene and other topics of interest to students and practitioners by leading members of the Medical Profession throughout the world. Edited by Henry W. Cattell, A.M., M.D., Philadelphia. Vol. III, 33rd series, 1923. Philadelphia, London and Montreal: The J. B. Lippincott Company. 1923. Price $2.50 per volume, or $10.00 for set of four.

Bowers on the "Psychology of the Unconscious" gives an idea of the modernity of this number; Walsh on "Therapeutics of Pain," of its conservatism and practical appeal; "Recognition of Surgical Diseases," the emphasis on diagnosis; "Remarks on Hanging" the Medico-legal Appeal; "University of Geneva," the cosmopolitan touch; and our friend Dr. Bulkley on Cancer. A very interesting and instructive number.