An Index of Treatment

. . f this worldThe publication of a new event of n?, ̂l'-e renowned index of treatment 1 gince the last importance. It is nearly five y, fast-m?vin? tion was published, which in means that there was much scope for revision. As the editorship has been undertaken by that great physician, Dr. Robert Hutchison, it is unnecessary to add that this revision has been ably carried out. A number of sections have been completely rewritten and new contributors have been introduced to take the place of those who have died or retired. We note with pleasure that most of the contributions of Mr. James Sherren, who was the editor of the last edition, have been retained and brought up to date. The tropical diseases sections are mostly done by Dr. Manson-Bahr, which should be a guarantee that they will be up to date; we were therefore a little surprised to see that sodium antimony tartrate was given preference in the treatment of kala-azar, and that there was no mention of carbarsone in the treatment of chronic amoebiasis. Also his treatment of anaemias in tropical conditions is not very satisfactory; he says that arsenic is more useful than iron in 'secondary'" anaemias, and of the anaemia of ancylostomiasis that ' iron is useful in the later stages of recovery, but is not advisable at first'; this advice is not only misleading but dangerous, as in the treatment of severe cases of hookworm anaemia it is much safer to bring the haemoglobin content up to about fifty per cent with iron before giving the rather strenuous treatment that is necessary to clear out the worms. Most of the other sections on anaemia are done by Professor J. L. Witts and are excellent. There is a new and very useful section on the anaemias of childhood by Dr. R. Lightwood. There is probably 110 better book of its kind in the English language and the present edition has certainly maintained the standard set by its predecessors. A stronger and more serviceable binding has been used in this edition; it also has the advantage of not appealing quite so much to the taste of cockroaches, as did the cloth cover of the last edition.