The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-12-01
SOME NEW BOOKS.
pr. Flint. New WORK on pby.i.loay,

Dr. Ftiutn NeW W orr on fhYntotOuys
DIR. AUSTIN FLINT, Jr., has published an
admirable aud very complete Tert Book OF Hu-
man Physiology %. Appleton Coz, designed
for the use both Of practitioners and students
Of medicine. II IL only about year ago that
we noticed the completion by the Same author,
Of a series of i've volumes ON the Physiology
uf Man" These fvo volumes wero published
separately, tho first volume having been issued
nearly ten yours before the series was c,nplct-
Ell. THAT treatise is by far the largest Oh the
subject In the Enaiish lancua @, and 1t Is rec *
nil ii IN this country and In Great Brit in as 4
standard, cOmpr,hcnsive work for reference,
treating exh1ustiyely Of nll the topics ociunsire
to human physiology. 10 - a work not only
crcditahlc To tho authors ability and mi 1siry,
but II rcfoct- great honor on American medical
literature.
Not resting from lite iabors. DR.. Flint has now
rrep red another treatise Of nearly q thuus nd
broad pages, designed a. a text book for schools
as wsll "a for practising physicians. In This
treatise tho work IN Eve volumes Is condensed,
matters Ut mercly historical interest arc omitted,
md many subjects treated of much more con-
cisely. Al the same time, all Developments in tic
progress of physiological knowledge since the
earlier volumes Of the larger work were issued
are introduced, so that the new treatise places
It exists at this moment
DIR. FHnt'a experience = a public teacher, and
as an experImentast, for nearly twenty years,
has eminenuy quaned him for writing a text
book. 1t Is not enough for the author Of such a
work to bo thoroughly acquainted with thp sub
iects OF which ms treats; he must be able to
communicate his knowledge to others. In order
to do this, he must have the faculty OF putting
himself in the pl zee of students or readers,
thereby appreclating fully their wants and the
difficulties pertaining to the study. The author
Of a successful text book Of science like physi
ology must he a successful public teacher. DIR.
1'int's quanca ions IN this regard are sufficient
w well known, from hts connection IA Professor
OF Physiology with the Bellevue Hospitll Medi-
cat College-a school which has not only achiov-
cd a remarkable success, as shown by the num-
bers Of students and practitioners who resort TO
IL, but which has done not little toward the
advancement OF medical education in this coun-
try.
A text book OF physiology IS OF course espe-
cinliv Of interest to mcdctl men, but thu in
terest should not he confined exclusively to
them. Some knowledge VI the subject be-
longing To this science should be possessed oy
members Of other professions, and by all who
desire a fair amount OF general Information.
Fatts pertaining to the functions OF the human
orr nsm have wice-sprcad, i'm nOrtant rel ltions.
They bear uDon the studies OF the clergym an,
the lawyer. the legislator. the schoolmRsta r, the
sanitartan. the psych ologst the philanthropist,
tho moralist: and no one is witt out the scope Of
their person Al application to health OF body and
rind. IL would be conducive - sound knowl-
edge In all the diversified directions Of study
were ext books OF physiology not considered,
as Is nov too much the case, to be exclusively
ippropriate for those devoted TO medical pur-
suits.
In systematic arrangement, comprchensive-
n ~ conioiucd with conciseaess and cledrness,
this text book lc1ves nothing TO be desired. The
Illustrations. some Of wnich are reproduced
from the works Of Fabricius, Harvey and Aselius,
some from mlcroscopical photographs taken at
the United states Army Museum in Washing
ton, and some from the great work on anatomy
by Sappey, arc admirable. These, together with
the mechanical execution Of the work, render IL
one Of the most beautiful medical volumes ever
published in this country. The index. a most
important part of a work OF this character, Is
unusually full and will be found especially use
fuI for the non professional reader.