Siddhánta-Darpana; a Treatise on Astronomy

arithmetic in astronomy: a treatise on sexagesimal arithmetic

the treatise entitled “arithmetic in astronomy”, which is edited and commented upon in this paper, is part of an old manuscript collection preserved in the national library of bosnia and herzegovina. at the end of this treatise there are some phrases in arabic which show that the treatise was originally part of a persian book written by ʿalī al-qūshchī. this manuscript is, in fact, an abridged ...

A Treatise on Plague

son, m it.c.s.i. London : Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Ld., 1901. Price 7s. Gd. It is somewhat remarkable that, though five years have now passed since the present pandemic of plague first made its appearance at Bombay, no book on the subject lias hitherto appeared based upon Indian experience. Reports written by medical officers, civilians, and even military officers we have had in abundance, but ...

A Treatise on Mortgages

A Treatise on Treatment

I.M.s. (retd.). The writer says he has "elaborately followed those methods of treatment to which general consent or weighty testimony has given a standard place." The first chapter begins well with an account of fever, and the problems of immunity. The chapter on tubercle is full of information and is less a string of prescriptions than many others are. We note even here the love of new drugs w...

A Treatise on Gout

worth has at length conferred upon the profession the welcome boon of issuing his long-contemplated work on gout. Amid all the high-sounding phrases and the straining after scientific precision with which modern medicine abounds, it seems suggestive of Arcadian simplicity to read a book by an author of Sir D. Duckworth's eminence, in which are upheld the importance of treatment, the validity of...