Textbook of Medical Treatment

IIIureivwilng t h first cdfition of lis bho,k i ( )ct (t)r lfast, We VXIOl (lI to I(oq)p tII at it would have a wide circulation. WV.' ar. glal to see that we we-re jUStite'd ill SuLCh a1 lop)e, aS thie reprinting of the b1)k itt the re,co(l l)e(lpiod of less than seven imlonithis clearly demonstrates. A.ltIhough described modIestly as a "'repirint," it is to a large extent a new ((lition, for the edtitors have taken the I)ppirtUIonitV ot Coi eC tilng ct 1in nImimiiO errmIrs i nevit able io a lirst edition, ,f introdUcing imIllp)roVemeIInts where they' cotil(l conveniently be teffected, and in lvwrit ing certain s,ctions, notlably the sectioni on septic.ei;is. They have also iade addiitions to the well-wvritten tand wz'ell-informeil sectioil onl psychotiher.q)y in general medicine, and in that bite hoir of the average plractitio)ner-the tre'atmient of alcoholism anid drug addiction ; aild they hav_e (added a new section by D)r. MacGregor On femiale sex endocrino,logy. Tlhe aimil of the book remains the same as its predecessors: to till the thera-peu1tic gap left by the mal-ijority of textbooks on genieral medicine, in which, owing to exigencies of space, the sectioni levoted to treatment is ottenl inadIeq(ulate. Valuable and indee(d essential as the diagnosis and prognosis may be, they are thetnselxes valueless failing helpful, general, and specific treatment. h'l)e student in hiis final year, and mor-e plarticularly the recently qualified medical pl)ractitioner, and even the ncit-so-recently qualified, will finti this book a god-send of sounld a,idvice on1thle genertal management of patients, includinig not only sane descriptions of the uISe of ;1pi)ropri-ate (Irugs, but hlIpful hints anid instructions on (liets, rest, exercise, u1-1ring, ychit hrp), thlt LuSe of vitamins -nndI endocr-ine p)reparatiotis. Nonle of these SUbjeCtS is aIt a111 wl dtSCribd inl the LIusuIl textbooiks On mniedicinle, aitnd as fiw viung p)ractitioners are at all well v(er-sed in thteirus.e, this b)ok, publishetd by Messrs. Livingstone of EldinbUrgh, will certainly have a wide ;ind apprecaitiye circulation, which it soiwell deserves.