Kirkes' Hand-Book of Physiology

Kirkes' well-known Hand-book has, in its fourteenth edition, been to a great extent rewritten by Professor Halliburton: it retains its original form, and has many of the old familiar illustrations; but a large number of the six hundred drawings are new and are a useful addition to the volume, which, excepting in some minor details, is essentially a new one. For many years the older editions have supplied the wants of the medical student, giving him a combination of histology with physiology proper; this arrangement has been preserved, and we think rightly so : other text-books on physiology give a greater amount of detail, but here we have just the combination .which the average student requires. Professor Halliburton's name is a guarantee that the work is done by one who knows, and he has avoided the common mistake of giving too much