although experts and historians hardly share the same opinion over the first signs of hisbat (hisbat) in the history of islam, by looking at the history of islam, the creation of hisbat system can be sought in madinat-ai-nabi in the prophet era. and whereas the hisbat system, in this period of time, was not popular and organized like what was shaped in the abbasid era, it established a structur...

A. Whitelegge and Sir George Newman, 13th Edition, revised, etc., 1917. Cassell & Co., Ltd. This admirable little book has been before the medical profession for over 27 years, and has been frequently revised. It is now in its 13th edition, and the work has largely fallen to the hands of Sir George Newman, the Emeritus Lecturer on Public Health at " Barts." The new edition has been thoroughly r...

as misleading. There is a useful chapter on climates in India, a successful attempt to explain clearly the phenomena of protection and immunity. The chapter on beverages is useful, but we think it more than a liberal daily allowance to give a man 2 oz. of absolute alcohol, equivalent to 4 glasses of port, 5 glasses of sherry, etc. Half this quantity will probably do little harm, if well diluted...

This is the fourth edition of this well-known book .and the ninth edition of the original book published by Dr. L. C. Parkes. The new edition has been carefully revised and new matter has been introduced. We have several times expressed our appreciation of the value of this book and the new edition is more than ever reliable, accurate and up-to-date. For the busy practitioner who is not a speci...