The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-08-27
THE LITERARY WORLD.
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,stieh 81 Invariably 10 be found In a dalh-
~ refined and cultivated womans Douooii
ana whose burden Of books embraces
,c,,tesentafives OF whatever Is pufe'
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,,.stfose because Of the intense truth az
10 The moral underlying II Mr. Coppee
,o.,,.s tho eeinshnees OF MADAME Bougue'
GA .he Gentle ntOility Of Zoe wonder
fuilv real things IN a single sentence HOe
.,-n.t'5 tui two o'clock every morning.
h,,t tben Il was iust she should 90 30
a. her mother. when their ruin came,
had given up wearing SILK chennsce' an"
dismissed her manicure Inc MENTAL
moraI and physical inanition when are
the result Of the sordid poverty OF 'ho
Correspondence clerk or 1essIs. N"I,u, .
and Co., are portrayed NiEoIousIs' o"'
Sslieatelv with the trenchant pen OF
ssn,te',, t--s,chrnau. as are the excuses
ana safety. which result from the suddeh
accession Of wealth. But through the sof-
dldness Of poverty and the safety OF
riches Alberto is an interesting ieiioW'
none the less because he Is most huihah'
ana none the less because the cure
for his ennm is found "a his mar
riaee 10 TIE one love Of his he
,he sAIadom0iseDe Zoe" who has sweet
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adorable" Indeed. beth stories are as
pure and helpful as they are delighIuily
entertaining
THE NORTH CAROLINA MEDi-Nl
JOURNAL. Robert ID. Jewett, MD. ana
J. Allison Hodges. NJ. D., Editors ana
proprietors. August 1893 For sale by
west Johnston aud Co. The August
number contains among other 1otaDle
articles. the address Of }. W.McNeill.
If. D.. Fayetteville. \. G.. ~ ssideht OF
the Medical Society OF the state OF
North North Carolina, 1923. deliv red
before the Society. on May gth. 1873.
In the department devoted to. Cor
respondence' IS 10 be found an exceed
ingly interesting communication from
Joseph Price. NJ D.. OF Philadelphia.
regarding Southern Surgical History,
Dr. Prices letter was suggested by pa
per entitled The History Of Surgery
which appeared In the June number of
the North Carolina Medical Journal. and
the author OF which was Dr. Edward
Frost Parker.
An editorial upon THE Success O.
Southern Physicians at the North is
although brief, OF interest as stating up
on the authority Of an eminent physician,
that three fourths OF the best known
physicians in New York were born.
South of Mason and Dixon's Line.
Other editorials deal with the action of
II L
pointing a standing committee on legisla-
tion the North Carolina Medical College
Davidson, ". c., Cholera and the n. c.
Quarantine Station, the Pan-American
Medical Congress. Board Of Health Meet
ings. and the Arnick Treatment for con
sumption.
THE VIRGINIA MEDICAL,
MONTHLY, August: Landon b. Ed
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Dr. Price. OF Philadelphia, whose letter
10 the North Carolina Journal have lust
been referred TO. contributes to the Vir-
ginia organ upon "Post-operative Seq
uelae OF Pelvic and Abdominal Srigery".
and an article by DR.. Belt, Of Washing
ton, upon Defective Eyes Among Pupils
I'm the Public Schools of Washington
City,"is among the most Interesting OF
the remaining contributions to the de-
partment of the magazine devoted TO
Original Communications" The Clint
cal reports are all upon topics Of great
interest 10 the medical profession. and
come respectively from w. H. Baker.
III. D., OF Lynchburg; A. A. Moore. Nj. D.,
OF Camden,S. C.;J. S. Stone. NJ D.,
Washington; Andrew II. Smith, NJ. D..
New York: J. Wilton Hope, NJ. D., Po-
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DIR. William r. Pryor. Of Is Park ave-
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strong letter upon THE Useiesnes of
Drainage in Abdominal Section for Tu-
bal Disease, Etc." which is a reply TO q
criticism upon an article on Drainage"
which appeared in the June number Of
the Virginia Medical Monthly" and of
which tine author is DIR. Pryor Eight
pages are devoted TO admirably clear and
condensed record Of the proceedings of
Societies, Boards. Analyses. Selections,
etc, and one 10 a notice OF a recent work
Of Alfred NJ. Loomis. NJ II. LII. y. pro
fessor OF the Practice OF Medicine and
Pathology in the University Of the city
OF New York. entitled Lessons in Ply
steal Diagnosis"
The editorials are all upon subjects not
merely OF local. but general interest, and
among them is n sketch in brief of Or. ].
Allison Hodges editor OF the North Caro-
lima MedNl Journal. who will fiji the
chair Of anatomy in the College of Ply
eiciane and Surgeons recently established
in this city. and OF which DR.. Hunter
Mcclure is president. Another editorial
makes mention OF the gentlemen who will
Ill the chairs Of optholmology and oto-
logy. diseases of women, and materia
n-lfCQ md thaFapataffcc IN tha MaIfco
College OF virginia. viz: Or. Charles NJ.
Shields, OF Richmond: DIR. G.. w. Long. OF
North Carolina, and DR.. ]. ~. Upshur,
end dwells upon their conspicuous fitness
Tor their respective duties.
The August number Of the Virginia Medi-
cal Monthly shows an exceptional series Of
able contributions and moro than sus-
tains the reputation which tho Magazine
under the able editorship Of DR. Landon
y. Edwards, has long since won. OF being
fSt In the rank among organs OF a
timiiar character edited In any part OF the
country. DR.. Edwards. II will be remem-
bered, will ill the chair Of professor OF
practice OF medicine in the new College
OF Physicians and Surgeons.
THE STORY OF POLAND. BY w. r.
Morrill,, NJ. A. Reader in Russian and
Other Slevonic Languages In the Uni
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The plan Of this excellent work
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putting In the back ground the details
which must prove iess Interesting. Al