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THE STANDARD FAMILY PHYSICIAN.
Practical International Encyclope
da of Medicine and Hygiene, Espe-
cially Prepared for the Household. BY
Prof. Carl Ressig, MD, of Hamburg,
Germany and Smith Ely Jeliffs, AM,
M D., Phi. D., Of Columbia University.
In two volumes. New York: INK &
Wagnalls Company.
| In a recent lecture DR.. Osler, enuncating
| the principle that the physician was the
| teacher rather than the servant of the pa
| tient, declared that in the matter Of drugs
his therapeutic practice at Johns Hopkins
University has been wittily summed up as a
| mixture of nux vomica and hope. He de-
| clared that Medicine as 1t Is used today
| - ola iiooHSilIue, anu tneTe are NOT Hlduy
drugs that have therapeutic value In an
| age like our own, in which the drug habit
has taken firm hold on the people, 1t would
be we'll if some attention were paid to his
| remarks on the uselessness of most drugs.
But will the people listen? The trouble with
most people is that they are too much the
subject of exploitation with patent medi-
cines to pay much attention to his advice.
The present treatise is the result of the
joint collaboration Of DR.. Carl Reissg of
Hamburg, assisted by an able corps of
European specialists in medicine and sur
gerry, and DR.. Smith Ely Jelliffe, associate
editor of the New York Medical Journal, in
conjunction with number Of other emf
nent American physicians. This work has
been written in such way that 1t can be
| easily understood by any intelligent lay
man, no matter what subjects it treats. Its
| range is exhaustive, and it is especially
valuable in it's anatomical and clinical
| parts. The arrangement commends itself
| for rapid consultation. The first section is
devoted to the presentation and study Of
| the anatomy of the human body; this is ac-
| companied by manikin On colors) which
| shows it's 345 distinct parts.
The section contains articles explaining
| the structure, development and functions of
the human skin. the bones, joints, liga-
| space is given to explanations of the circu-
| latory system and nervous system, and
| the functions of the organs Of special sense
| and of generation are also treated.
The second part Of the first section is en-
| titled General Remarks on Disease" and
consists of five chapters devoted to the ma
| ture Of disease, its causes origin. course
| and termination. Then follow articles on
| diagnosis and the treatment of disease.
The second section Of the Standard Fami-
| ly Physician Is devoted exclusively to the
description of diseases, their methods Of
| treatment and their cures. It is arranged
in one alphabetical order, and embraces
| every disease that man. woman or child is
heir to. There are useful articles on chick
en- pox, diphtheria, measles scarlatina, ty-
| phoid, etc., each from the pen Of an expert
and special articles on sanitation by Charles
F. Wingate, sanitary engineer, New York
| city; snow-blindness by DR.. George 8.
| Ryerson Of Toronto. Canada. and tropical
diseases by DR.. Smith Ely Jelliffe, the chief
| editor. All branches of medicine and hy-
| giene are described, and instructions are
| given for the nursing of the sick in the
home.
A useful chapter on poisons, their effects
| and antidotes, another on drugs and phar-
| maceutical preparations with indications Of
| their uses in medicine, based upon the
| United States National Formulary, and a
| glossary of such technical terms as the ed
itors found themselves compelled to use,
| together with an exhaustive index. COM
| plete the two handsome volumes into winch
| this work has been compared. 1t Is en-
| bellished by twenty-four Autographed and
full-page plates. and nearly 500 illustrations
| In black and white are interspersed
| throughout the text.
| BESIDE STILL WATERS. BY Arthur
| Christopher Benson. fellow of Magde-
lene College, Cambridge. New York:
G., P. Putnam's Sons. Washington:
Woodward & Lothrop.
This new volume by Mr. Benson has
| many of the qualities which won attention
| in 1.-THE Upton Letters" and From a Col
| lege Widow" In this case, however, the
tranquil philosophy of the author gains ad-
| ditional force from being recorded as the
| elimination of the mental and spiritual de-
| velopment of a latter-day Englishman.
| Step by step the evolution is traced Of
| Hugh Neville from an English lad of public
| school and university into a thoughtful man
who resigns the assured brilliancy of a pub
| lie career in order to carry into effect his
I own ideal of living. And that ideal is adj
mirably expressed in the following words:
| ut was the rule of conventionality that
he desired to destroy the appetite for luxury
| and power and excitement and strong SEN
| sation. He would have liked to do some
| thing to run men back to the joys that
| were within the reach Of all, the joys of
| peaceful work and simplicity and friendship
| and quiet hopefulness'
| These doctrines Hugh Neville lived out in