Diseases of the Intestines and Peritoneum

Among the many valuable contributions to medicine made by the Vienna School, the Encyclopaedia of Medicine edited by Professor Nothnagel takes a prominent place, and among the monographs it contains the present from the pen of the editor himself, is worthy of the reputation of its author who has been eminently successful iu giving what he aimed at a clear and ? comprehensive account of disease. The breadth of his knowledge of contemporary work and the amplitude of his personal experience have enabled Professor Nothnagel to produce a colossal monograph. We may, therefore, be pardoned a smile at the modesty which impels him to call it a clinical handbook. Handbooks such as this do not exist in the English language. Yet, large as must have been the original, the present translation has been made still more bulky by the valuable additions ol the editor in