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the outlines of the subject. Prof. Clarke's
scientific accuracy, as shown in his work for the
Smithsonian on constants in Nature" will
be sufficient guaranty that there is little or
nothing here which, as our knowledge of chemis
try enlarges, will need to be retracted There
are 1O4 numbered experiments for experimental
work The book, however, Is nasss oooA,
or an exposition Of laboratory methods. Prof
Clarke regards the textbook as an instrument
of developing thought rather than disciplining
the memory.
THE ESSENTIALS OF ANATOMY PHYSIOLOGY AND
HYGIENE. A Textbook for Schools and Academies.
By Roger Tracy NJ. D., sanitary inspector of the
New York city health department ID. Appleton &
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lis.
This book cannot be said to ELL long-felt
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ology there is no equal to Huxley and Youmans's
Physiology, published by the same house Hux-
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and, with the hygiene appended by Mr.. You
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leges. The illustrations are meager in number
The word Kidneys does not occur in the index
or text The author vacillates from dogmatic
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and balance. We are inclined to believe from
d careful reading that this book is rightly
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predatory note: useful books of information
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understand the issues of to day for himself
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A pretty well-told story of life on the Western
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