Heredity, health and personal beauty.

  • John Veitch Shoemaker
Date:
1890
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    THE LATEST BOOK OF REFERENCE ON NERVOUS DISEASES. Lectures on Nervous Diseases, FROM THE STAND-POINT OF CERERRAL AND SPINAL LOCALIZATION, AND THE LATER METHODS EMPLOYED IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF THESE AFFECTIONS. By AMBROSE L. RANNEY, A.M., M.D., Pri.'essor of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Nervous System in the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital ; Professor of Nervous and Mental Diseases in the Medical Department of the University of Vermont, etc ; Author of The Applied Anatomy of the Nervous system, Practical Medical Anatomy, etc., etc. PEOFTTSELT ILIVSTU^lTED With Original Diagrams and Sketches in Color by the Author, carefully selected Wood. Engravings, and Reproduced Photographs of Typical Cases. ONE HANDSOME ROYAL OCTAVO VOLUME OF 780 PAGES. United States. Canada (duty paid). Great Britain. France. CLOTH, ... S5.50 866.05 SHEEP, ... 6.50 7.15 HALF-RUSSIA, - - 7.00 7.70 solid oiTL-sr Bsr st:bsobiption. 32s. 34 fr. 70 37s. 6d. 40 fr. 45 40s. 43 fr. 30 It is now generally conceded that the nervous system controls all of the physical functions to a greater or less extent, and also that most of the symptoms encountered at the bedside can be explained and interpreted from the stand-point of nervous physiology. The unprecedented sale of this work during the short period whi'l: has elapsed since its publication has already compelled the publishers to print a second edition, which is already nea.rly exhausted. We are glad to note that Dr. Ranney has pub- lished in z ;ok form his admirable lectures on nervous diseases. His book contains over seven hundred large pages, and is profusely illustrated with origi- nal diagrams and sketches in colors, and with many carefully selected wood-cuts and reproduced photo- graphs of typical cases. A large amount of valua- ble information, not a little of which has but recently appeared in medical literature, is presented in com- pact form, and thus made easily accessible. In our opinion, Dr. Ranney's book ought to meet with a cordial reception at the hands of the medical pro- fession, for, even though the author's views may be sometimes open to question, it cannot be disputed that his work bears evidence of scientific method and honest opinion.—American Journal of Insanity. LECTURES ON THE Diseases of the Nose and Throat. DELIVERED AT THE JEFFERSON MEDICAL COLLEGE, PHILADELPHIA, By CHARLES E. SAcJOUS, M.D., Lecturer on Rhinology and Laryngology in Jefferson Medical College; Vice-President of the American Laryngologieal Association; Officer of the Academy of France and of Public Instruction of Venezuela; Corresponding Member of the Koyal Society of Belgium, of the Medical Society of Warsaw (Poland), and of the Society of Hygiene of France ; Member of the American Philosophical Society, etc., etc. ILLUSTRATED WITH 100 CHKOMO-LITHOGRAPHS, FROM OIL PArNTLNGS BS THE AUTHOR, AND 93 ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD. ONE HANDSOME KOYAL OCTAVO VOLUME. SOLD ONLY BY SUBSCKLTTION. United States. Canada (duty paid). Great Britain. F-ance. Cloth, Royal Octavo, - $4.00 S4.40 22s. 6d. 24 fr. 60 Half-Russia, Royal Octavo, - 5.00 S.50 28s. 30 fr. 30 (H3P Since the publisher brought this valuable work before the profession, it has become; 1st, the text-book of a large number of colleges; 2d, the reference-book of the U. S. Arm'/, Navy, and the Marine Service; and, Sd, an important and valued addition to the libraries of over 7000 physicians. This book has not only the inherent merit of presenting a clear expose of the subject, but it is written with a view to enable the general practitioner to treat his cases himself. To facilitate diagnosis, colored plates are introduced, showing the appearance of the differ- ent parts in the diseased state as they appear in nature by artificial light. No error can thus be made, as each affection of the nose and throat has its representative in the 100 chromo-lithographs presented. In the matter of treatment, the indications are so complete that even the slightest procedures, folding of cotton for the forceps, the use of the probe, etc., are clearly explained. It is intended to furnish the general practitioner II they would appear to him were they seen in the not only with p guide for the treatment of diseases of living subject. As a guide to the treatment of the the nose and throat, but also to place before him a ]l nose and throat, we can cordially recommend this representation of the normal and diseased parts as || work.—Boston Medical and Surgical Journal.