ordinary practitioner. Take for example the question of diphtheritic infection persisting after all symptoms have disappeared. It is the practice of some practitioners to insist upon isolation till all bacteria have disappeared from the throat. This is quite unnecessary, as the writer points out recent views tending to disregard the continued presence of the bacillus in convalescents or contact...

M.D., F.R.C.P. Ed. Pp. xvi., 640. Edinburgh : Young J. Pentland. 1892. There is no doubt that this book will take a permanent place as a standard work on throat, nose, and ear disease. The author deals especially fully with the diagnosis and treatment of ear disease, and nearly three hundred pages are devoted to this section. Of this we are very glad, as we believe that the man who can examine ...

FOR this new edition the work has been substantially rewritten and new subjects discussed include Genetical Aspects of Child Health, Child Guidance, Vocational Guidance, Health Education, Punishment, and Child Health in the Tropics. Many of these, and the other activities discussed in Part II-Social Aspects of Child Health, are now also the concern of a large number of trained lay workers emplo...

more handy manual which enables them to make a satisfactory clinical investigation of these regions and to recognise and treat most of the diseases which may arise therein. Dr. De Havilland Hall is a physician of great experience,, and we turned to his work with every expectation of finding a masterly exposition of the subject, but though he has noted every point of practical importance to the ...

Acute Labyrinthitis following Mastoid Operation.?A variety of acute labyrinthitis not due to surgical traumatism is liable to arise after the radical mastoid operation, as in those grouped by Alexander under the term labyrinthitis acuta circumscripta. In the four instances reported by this observer the symptoms of labyrinthitis appeared within twenty-four hours after operation, viz. marked vert...

THE appearance of the eighth edition, the first having appeared in 1937 and three editions having been reprinted, is a sign of the popularity of this text book designed for students and general practitioners. The general plan is the same as in previous editions. Each section is introduced by a short resume of the anatomy and physiology of the region. Minor alterations have been made to bring it...

anatomy Mr. Wyatt Wingrave has been responsible, the text being freely illustrated by a series of excellent reproductions from his microscopical sections. On several questions the author's views widely differ from those of the majority of experienced laryngologists. Thus, for instance, he dwells at some length on the subject of varix of the tongue and hypertrophy of the lingual tonsil, and stat...