New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-03
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
uoIrsEUOLD MEDICINE.

10. yois Imperial $40. PIP Avi' els' KILL 's-'
xyha,avsr affection may be lodged against
.ha, class of medical publications which promise
~ mako Every Man His Own Doctor. there can
NE no Doubt that work prepared upon the plan Oh
The elaborate and judicious treatise now before
mr. IN real benefit to the public. AS the title SHOWS
II is designed IN part to meet the wants OF tnose
who cannot command professional assistance III
emergency; hut its scope is broad. and III lncuues
not merely instructions for sudden need, put cou"
plets SYNOPSIS of anatomy pathology, therapeutics
and hygiene The knowledge 1t imparts cannot
fail to be useful in preserving health as well as re-
storing it, in teachingus to lead rational lfe' ana
in supplementing the labors of the physician Dy
intelligent cooperation in the household IT.
Castle offers in the Preface the following bref sum
mary of what he has undertaken to do: In cases
where immediate assistance is demanded, or where
q physician must be summoned from long Instance
or may be quite inaccessible, ana wnere an III
telliuent person. with the aid of carefully chosen
Instructions may be able to save life or avoid I'M
necessary suffering the directions contained herein
will be found practically useful. Attention has
likewise been given to those minor affections for
which it is seldom thought desirable to consult
physician. Other matters have been treated OF IN
such way as TO enable the patient or his riendsto
cooperate with o physician so rs to secure rapu
recovery or render incurabe malades as little
burdensome as possible In some instances
material has been added with a view to imparting
general information rather than with belief that
il can he made of practical usefulness without
professional aid. This, it is to be hoped. may some-
times prevent patients from being subjected
through ignorance 10 wrong treatment by IN
competent or designing persons, as we'll as 10
convey trustworthy instruction respecting the true
nature of certain diseases about which there IS al
present but little popularity known" Even TINS
statement however does not cover tue whole scheme
of the work; for il aims also TO place within the
reach of the lay reader of the latest con-
clusions in all the principal branches of the noble
science to which il is devoted. That so much can
be accomplished. even within the generous limits
of two ponderons imperial octavos is ing to the
concise and sensible style OF treatment which DE-
Castle has been happy obtaining from his con-
trDutors.
The excellent plan has been adopted OF alloing
the various topics TO physicians eminent as
authorities upon the matters of which they write,
and well known as practitioners and rs contributors
to medical literature; so that the Work carries
weight and gives the fullest results of cOntemp0-
rary research In this valuable feature 1t Is unlike
oil previous popular medical works. The first vol
nm opens with an admirable paper on Anatomy
and HISTOLOGY" by Dr. LeroyNiilton Yale, of Belle
vue Hospital and Medical College clear, compact
and SlngulArtY lnleDlglblc uusCIlptlph VI 'hO
human body, its parts and their functions, illus
trated with over Que hundred wood cats This I'M
portant contribution serving foundation for the
whole Treatise fills hundred pages, and is fol-
lowed by "a series of papers Hygiene. The first OF
these BY DR.. Edward II. James, IS devoted to
Food and " Air." Including the nutritlve quail
ties of various articles of food and the important
subjects of disnection ventilation chemical purl-
fers. etc. The second paper. on Drainage, Sew
efage and Water-Supply." by Dr.. John W. Pinkham,
of Montclar n j., embraces great amount Oh
valuable advice respecting wells, csterns, cess
pUos. Closets waterpipeS celar-bulldng' etc.,
and will he found especially interesting to country
householders. DR.. John " Shoemaker, Of the
Philadelphia School of Anatomy, supplies CHAPTER
on Clothing and another on Exercise" both OF
which are practical, and contain much more than the
usual common places those topics. fifth hyglenic
paper is Dr. Arthur ii. Nicholas on Climate, III
which, Decides much general information, the IN
valid will find sensible remarks upon number OF
The most celebrated health resorts in this country
and abroad with indications OF the forms of disease
10 which ach is considered best adapted THIS is
point upon which the sick are greatly in need OF ln-
struction; fatal mistakes are made every season by
sending sufferers to places peculiarly unsuitable
for their particular complaint. Each case therefore
must he considered By itself. Dr. Nichols remarks,
however that 4" it is improbable that any health re-
sort can be found approaching nearer 10 perfection,
rs IA place of permanent residence" than the town
of Urotava on the island of Teneriie. The hygiene
of Housebuilding" is treated by Carl Pieifier.
consulting architect to the New-York Health De-
partment; and Dr. Castle has added to his pa per a
few pages of useful remarks on Cooling" pro-
cesses the construction of ice houses, etc. Dr.
Henry Hartshorne of Philadelphia, furnishes a
paper on Disease, its Nature. Causes. and Mani
in hc of local and general
disorders the classification and origin of diseases
symptoms and their Interpretation, and |
methods of diagnosis. The various modes of apply |
Ing remedies explained. under the title Thera-
peutics" by DR.. Richard }. DunglisOn of Philade!-
pha and in this TOPIC he includes summary of the |
principles of the rival schools and an account of |
special dietcticsysems, such as the grape
cure, koumiss-cure. water-curs and medical gym |
nastics and the use of stmulants narcotics, anGs-
tbetics, antseptcs, electricity, etc DR.. George Il.
Walton of Cincinnati, writes of Mineral Springs"
, Coming to particular branches of medic al prac-
tce WE have first elaborate and minute paper on |
aObstei RIGS" by DIR. 1heopbilns PaIvin. of Indian
apolis including embryolOgy and directions for the |
care of the newborn infant. This is appropriately
succeeded by DR.. Beverley Robinsons precise in |
structions for The Care of Infants III Health" and
by chapters on Diseases OF the Digestive Organs
IN Infancy and Childhood by DR.. j. Lewis Smith, |
and lie Nervous Dlheases Ol Infancy anu CnliI-
hood,n by Dr. Mary Putnam jacob. A very full
article on Accidents aud Emergencies" by the
late Professor Alpheus b. Crosby. of Bellevue, DR..
Albert II. Crosby. of Concord, N. H., and Professor
John T. Hodgen, of St LOUIS, with copious illusra
lions, and an essay Polsons, their Effects and
Apidotes" by Professor Albert b. Prescott, of the
University of Michigan, complete the contents OF
the first volume.
The second volume begins with a chapter on
ACUTE Infectious Diseases" by Professor James T.
Whitaker, of Cincinnati. DR.. Ely Van de Warker,
of Syracuse Dr. Ely Mcclellan of the United States