Twentieth Century History of Findlay and Hancock County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens, Part 144

Author: Jacob Anthony Kimmell
Publication date: 1910
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Number of Pages: 1189

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as the Cough, the Cholicke, the Stone, the Palsie, Jaundice, the Ague, the Dropsie, the Leprosie, the Hes: ache ..... "

It would be most unfair to look upon this side of the only; if he believed such things, and we cannot be sure : did, nevertheless they did not preclude his having fait : things of manifest helpfulness. He advised the use of tc: drinks for fever, which places him far in advance of se: medical men who practiced only sixty years ago. He is clearly recognised the very important fact that abstinz. from food was indicated in some diseases, for he write " Yet in sickness sometimes a slender diet is necessary, es :- cially in Morbus acutis "; and he knew that depletion may be had in several ways. Fasting " is next in force to Kiwi letting."

The chapter on the plague ought to give us some measzy as to his abilities as a clinician, but it must be confessed = it reveals little; we can certainly agree with his advice". plague patients should consult, and secure the aid of, lars! physicians and surgeons.

Coghan believed thoroughly in the infectivity of plac: through personal channels or fomites, and in the wisdom avoiding all avenues of infection; there are signs in his w. ings that he had a more or less clear conception of the fx that there were differing degrees of infectivity.

What shall be said of the book now that it is read? I :: surely genuine in its efforts to give good advice, and adri; only along the lines put forth in the thesis as being for 4 those that have a care of their health," while the gener's credits in the text show a total lack of pretentious claims: things not his own.

As for the man, one can say that he creeps into one's alle tions, an honest, clean and God-fearing figure, endowed v: something of the seer in that he felt the predominant = portance of prophylaxis, and the value of health.

Without any other characteristics, he would be notable - yond his time and generation in that he clearly recognise that every man is a law unto himself:

So I say, notwithstanding that every rule prescribed in the booke cannot agree with every mans complection, yet the role are not to bee disallowed, but to bee followed accordingis E every man shall finde them good and wholesome in himse"! And this is the best Physicke of all for every man, to kz.1 thoroughly the state of his own body, and to mark diliger" what things are wont to doe him good or harme.

THE JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL BULLETIN.

The Hospital Bulletin contains details of hospital and dis; sary practice, abstracts of papers read, and other proceedings: the Medical Society of the Hospital, reports of lectures, and et's matters of general interest in connection with the work of Hospital. It is issued monthly.

Volume XXII is in progress. The subscription price is $2.0) } year in the United States, Canada, and Mexico; foreign subscre tions $2.50.

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tora ARend. By MEDICUS PEREGRINUS. Price, 50 cents. (Boston: W. M. Leonard, 1911.)

A small paper bound volume of letters sent to the Boston Medi- I and Surgical Journal, by one of its editors, while traveling in igland and on the Continent. He writes of things medical as 'll as of objects with other interests, and a pleasant half hour n be spent, when one is tired of serious reading and hard think- g, in glancing through these views of foreign countries with eir various attractions.

Treatise on Diagnostic Methods of Examination. By PROF. DR. HERMANN SAHLI, Director of the Medical Clinic, University of Bern. Edited, with additions, by NATHANIEL BOWDITCH POT- TER, M. D., Asst. Professor of Clinical Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York. Illustrated. Price, $6.50. (Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders Company, 1911.)

The admirable work, first reviewed in the BULLETIN, April, 1907, w appears in an enlarged form, improved by the careful editing the author. This edition is a translation of the fifth German Ition, and is therefore fully up to date, and most valuable for students.

te Board Questions and Answers. By R. MAX GOEPP, M. D., Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Philadelphia Polyclinic. Second Edition Revised. Price, $4.00. (Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders Company, 1911.)

Questions on serum and vaccine therapy, serum diagnosis and atment of syphilis, chemotherapy, diseases due to intestinal asites and other tropical disorders, the new heart-physiology, myogenic theory and the graphic methods of studying the nomena of the circulation have been added to this edition. en it first appeared, the book was reviewed in our issue of just, 1908. Except for these new additions the work practically ains as it did then.

Principles and Practice of Modern Otology. By JOHN F. BARNHILL, M. D., Professor of Otology, Laryngology and Rhinology, Indiana University School of Medicine, and ERNEST DE W. WALES, B. S., M. D., Clinical Professor of Otology, Laryngology and Rhinology, Indiana University School of Medicine. Second edition revised. Illustrated. Price $5.50. (Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders Company, 1911.)

Le merits of this book were commented upon in this journal [ay, 1908, its first-class illustrations and "the attention paid 1 the little details of clinical study and care of cases." The edition differs only slightly from the first-some chapters been rewritten or revised, and with a few additions the has been made useful by being brought up to date.

anual of Physical Diagnosis. By BREFNEY ROLPH O'REILLY, M. D., C. M. Demonstrator in Clinical Medicine and in Path- logy, University of Toronto, etc. Illustrated. Price $2. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 1911.)

the medical student about to enter upon his duties as clinical in the hospital ward and to the general practitioner who become "a little rusty" in the methods employed in diag-

of a medical case, Dr. O'Reilly's "Manual of Physical losis " will prove of considerable value.

ile numerous books along similar lines have recently ap- d, there are several features which make this little book ich practical value.

inning with a chapter devoted to the taking of a clinical

history the author treats in chronological order the methods em- ployed in the actual examination of a patient. Under "general inspection," we find first noted that which is, as a rule, almost too obvious to mention and for that reason, often overlooked, a careful discussion and tabulation of the various gaits and facies exhibited by the patient.

Special inspection is given to the skin, head and extremities. According to the findings on inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation each system, respiratory, circulatory and digestive are carefully reviewed.

The chapter devoted to the circulatory system has considerable space given to the instrumental methods of examination and con- tains much of the newer light thrown on the study of the heart by Dr. James Mackenzie, and also reproductions of his excellent cardiograms. The latter half of the manual is devoted to a fairly comprehensive outline of the ordinary laboratory technique which one needs to use in the examination of a medical case.

J. S. B.

The Racial Anatomy of the Philippine Islanders, Introducing New Methods of Anthropology and Showing their Application to the Filipinos with a Classification of Human Ears and a Scheme for the Heredity of Anatomical Characters in Man. By ROBERT BENNETT BEAN, B. S., M. D., Associate Professor of Anatomy, the Tulane University of Louisiana. With nine- teen illustrations reproduced from original photographs and seven figures. (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1910.)

The Racial Anatomy of the Philippine Islands is the outcome of studies in anatomy begun in the Medical Department of the Johns Hopkins University some years ago which have been continued since wherever the author has found material to study, mostly in the Philippines. In his examination of more than 4000 persons during this investigation he has sought for definite types which, in his judgment, will justify him in distinguishing different races by their anatomical pecularities. These types are recognizable by ear form, cephalic index, nasal index and other factors so that they can be studied by families through several generations in order to establish their hereditary characteristics. He finds two predominant types of races in the Philippines, the "Iberian," which seems to have originated from a mixture of the Spanish, and the native races which he terms the " Primitive." From these, giving rise to a race like the Eurasian in India, by various mixtures and environmental conditions, such as climate, soil and altitude, the author gets a variety of races to which he applies varying names like "Modified Primitive," " Australoid," " Al- pine," " B. B. B." (Big-cerebellumed, box-headed Bavarian), " Ad- riatic," "Cro-Magnon " and Blends-the " B. B. B." and " Cro- Magnon " resembling the Iberian, and the " Alpine" and " Adri- atic " resembling the Primitive. The volume contains an account of the author's study of these races in the Philippines in order to determine the proportions which exist in various portions of the Archipelago. We find many interesting details respecting the Benguet, Lepanto and Bontoc Igorots, the criminals and outcasts at Manila, the men and women of Laytay and the men of Cainta. The work of classifying these diverse elements has been done with great care and industry and the author deserves all praise. It seems probable that farther study and larger observations will be required to determine how practical this new method of an- thropological study may prove. Its methods are painstaking, thorough and accurate. It is a source of regret to all interested in the subject that ill-health required the author to relinquish his studies in Manila.

The chapter entitled " The Relation of Morphology to Disease " is of extreme interest because of the relation of race form to

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disease incidence. Thus, at the Malecon morgue, 70 per cent of the Iberians, 56 per cent of the Blends and 33 per cent of the other types died of tuberculosis, whereas only one Primitive and not a single Australoid died of it. Further investigation showed that the Iberian was much more susceptible to all other diseases than the Primitive. "This may be indicative that the European and Filipino offspring of the Iberian type is less resistant to disease in the tropics than is the aboriginal type on its own soil and in its natural environment." The author infers that a process of breeding out an alien stock is in progress. Although the Iberian stock has been added to the Primitive stock by repeated migrations, it does not retain its vigor when mingled with an aboriginal people in a new environment and succumbs to diseases like tuberculosis more easily than the original stock which has become suited to its habitat.

The author has brought much new and valuable material to aid the study of Anthropology and has added materially to our knowledge of the Filipino races.

New and Nonofficial Remedies, 1911. Containing descriptions of articles which have been accepted by the Council on Phar- macy and Chemistry of the American Medical Association, prior to January 1, 1911. Price, paper, 25 cents; cloth, 50 cents. Pp. 282. (Chicago: Press of the Americal Medical Association.)

This book, bound in paper, is furnished free to all members of the American Medical Association, but the reprint in book form is valuable for pharmacists, chemists and others. It differs from the first edition essentially only by the addition of more pages to describe new articles accepted by the Council during 1910. It would, on the whole, seem better than reprinting the entire volume annually to simply publish a small pamphlet of the new articles. The appearance of this work was noted in our issue of June, 1910, and it is a satisfaction to again call attention to this important publication.

Scientific Memoirs. By officers of the Medical and Sanitary De- partments of the Government of India. New Series No. 40. The Destruction of Fleas by Exposure to the Sun. By CAPTAIN

J. CUNNINGHAM, M. D., I. M. S. Price 9d. (Calcutta: Super- intendent Government Printing, India, 1911.)

In a brief report of some carefully carried-out experiments Dr. Cunningham proves that fleas are rapidly killed in garments when exposed to the sunlight at a temperature of 120° F. That the method of exposing the clothes on a surface of sand may be used with success for this purpose is doubtless a useful discovery, but its practice must be limited. It is well, however, for all sani- tarians to have their attention called to this report, as the system advocated is so simple.

Plaster of Paris and How to Use it. By MARTIN W. WARE, M. D., Adjunct Attending Surgeon, Mount Sinai Hospital, etc. Second edition revised, enlarged and illustrated. Price $1.25. (New York: Surgery Publishing Company, 1911.)

The excellence of this manual was called attention to in the issue of this journal of May, 1907. With some slight changes and the addition of more illustrations the author has succeeded in making it still more useful. It is a first-rate practical small hand- book on the subject.

The Life History, Function and Inflammation of the Appendix. By ELDRED M. CONNER, M. A., M. C., F. R. C. S., etc. Price 1/. (London: John Bale, Sons & Danielsson, Ltd., 1911.)

In a short lecture delivered in Manchester (Eng.), during this year, the author propounds certain views as to the causation of appendicitis, and the use of the appendix, which seem strange-

for instance that one of the great causes of the disease is the of white bread, since this contains very fine bits of steel-tr- scopical in size-from the rollers with which the flour is gre. His view of the use of the appendix is that its lymphoid tiens throws out white cells to conquer either bacterial or other . vaders. These ideas will require further proof before they I be generally accepted as correct.

International Clinics, Vol. I. Twenty-first Series, 1911. Priset (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company.)

A paper on pellagra, several on syphilis, two on poliomyel- one on typhoid fever, and others on surgery, ophthalmology, pc iology, anatomy, biology and tropical medicine, etc., make volume one of wide interest. In addition to the "Clinics" the- is also a review of the " Progress of Medicine During 1910," #2: adds value to the work. Attention has been drawn so freque: to the character and scope of the " International Clinics," 15 1. as to their merit that a few items of the contents are tes selected to show the variety of topics treated.

Diseases of the Nose, Throat and Ear-Medical and Surgical ? WILLIAM LINCOLN BALLENGER, M. D., etc. Third edition : vised and enlarged. Illustrated. (Philadelphia and V1 York: Lea & Febiger, 1911.)

It is but a year ago since we had the pleasure of noting = appearance of the second edition of this excellent work. The box: deserves its success, and the new edition is an improvement o: : predecessor. The author has carefully revised his previous waa and made it still better for students and practitioners.

Das Radium in der Biologie und Medizin. Von PROFESSOR E : LONDON, Leiter der pathologischen Abtheilung an K. Inst .. für experimentelle Medizin zu St. Petersburg. Mit 20 A ::: dungen in Text. Preis 6 Mk. (Leipzig: Akademische I lagsgesellschaft m. b. H., 1911.)

This is neither a text-book nor a hand-book, but merely & # :. made compilation of the use and value of radium in biology . medicine. Until this pamphlet appeared no one seems to bs. taken the trouble to extract from the medical literature o! ! countries the many and varied reports on radium as a therape. agent, and here for the first time those who can read GerEx have the opportunity to gather a clear idea of the general c. sensus of the profession on the uses of radium. The work divided into A, the physical and clinical properties of radius and B, the physiological properties of radium. Section Bis s. divided into 4 parts as follows: 1. On the mechanism of action of radium on living bodies; 2. Its action on bacteria, fus ferments, toxins and antitoxins, plants and lower orders !! animals, process of embryonic development and regeneration az on individual organs and tissues; 3. The general action of radic: and its emanations on the higher orders of living beings: + Radium or Emanation therapy. There is a good bibliography, sz: a few illustrations.

Scientific Memoirs. By Officers of the Medical and Sanitary Te partments of the Government of India. New Series No. # The Applicability to Medico-Legal Practice in India of the Br- chemical Tests for the Origin of Blood-Stains. By Lu COLONEL W. D. SUTHERLAND, M. B., I. M. S. (Calcutta: S4) erintendent Government Printing, India, 1910.)

This is a carefully prepared report, but as the title indicate of interest only to a small number of the profession. Such 3 periments as were carried out by Dr. Sutherland add, however." our general knowledge of biochemical problems, and from this .. partment of the Government of India much valuable informstis has come.

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Saunders Company, 1910.)

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The author assumes the reader's preliminary training and erefore omits the consideration of the principles of surgery cept incidentally. He endeavors to give an account of the actice of surgery as it is seen in the accident ward and operat- g room.

The plan of the book is unusual. In order to present the rious subjects in their true perspective the author takes up rgical diseases in their order of interest, importance, and fre- ency, so far as he is able with due regard to sequence. He ooses appendicitis as the subject of the first chapter because pendicitis is the most conspicuous example of acute abdominal sease.

The book is divided into seven parts: I. The Abdomen; II. le Female Organs of Generation; III. Genito-Urinary Organs; . The Chest; V. The Face and Neck; VI. The Head and Spine; I. Minor Surgery, Diseases of Structure.

There are numerous excellent illustrations, and the book is cely gotten up. Many well-chosen references are given.

It is to be regretted that a number of interesting subjects are briefly considered. The author has accomplished his purpose of esenting the practice of surgery as surgeons see it, in a most tisfactory way, and the book will be a very welcome and useful dition to the library of the operating surgeon.

J. S. D.

slocations and Fractures. By FREDERIC JAY COTTON, M. D. Illustrated. $6.00 (Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saun- ders Company, 1910.)

Very little need be said in a review of this work. One has ly to glance through its pages to realize the thoroughness d detail with which the author has handled his subject. The It is clear and concise and is admirably elucidated by over elve hundred cuts, every one of which has been selected with : greatest care. Indeed it is hardly necessary to read the text all, so well do the drawings illustrate the various fractures, locations and methods of treatment.

in view of the fact that operative procedures as regards frac- 'es are being looked upon with more and more favor, it is isible that a little more space given to this side of the subject ght have added to the usefulness of the book. Dr. Cotton is tainly to be congratulated upon the success of his efforts.

BERTRAM M. BERNHEIM.

eases of the Skin. By JAMES H. SEQUEIRA, M. D., F. R. C. P., etc. Illustrated. Price, $8. (Philadelphia: P. Blackiston's Son & Co.)

Ithough the price of this book seems large it is well worth money-the illustrations can hardly be bettered; the photo- phs are of exceptional excellence, and the "three color" ures are remarkable in demonstrating certain lesions. But is not the only merit of the work, which is an excellent text- ₹ for students and the general practitioner. The description he diseases is clear, concise and simple, and the treatment tical and rational. The author has not dwelt much on the tology of the lesions, but after all, except for specialists, he given enough to make it evident to any student what the lamental underlying changes are due to, so far as is known. references to the literature are well selected, and the book Il respects seems to be fully abreast of the times. It is cer- to be well liked by students.

by Dr. Lewis Stephen Pilcher and his sons, and this Year-book is composed of a series of papers dealing with the surgical cases they have treated. Some of the articles have already appeared elsewhere, but a large number are new, and the Year-book, with a few illustrations, some of which are in color, is an evidence of the good work done by the Pilchers, and will be a stimulus to other surgeons, who have private clinics, to publish, either annually or at regular intervals, reports of the work done by them. The Mayos of Rochester have just issued a volume, and both these products are well worthy of note.

Burdett's Hospitals and Charities, 1911. The Year-book of Phil- anthropy and Hospital Annual. Twenty-second Year. 10/6. (London: The Scientific Press, Limited.)

It is always a satisfaction to receive this Annual which con- tains so much information on hospitals that is of value to all superintendents. The statistics furnished are well arranged and can be easily understood. To Sir Henry Burdett, the editor, a great deal of the progress in hospital administration is due. The life of charity institutions depends on the good manage- ment of their finances, and he it is who has so persistently, now for twenty-two years, drawn the attention of hospital adminis- trators to the economies that can be practiced, by showing in comparative statistics, the different sums spent, for the same service practically, in various hospitals. To England his work must have been of incalculable value, and as stated above, superintendents in America can benefit themselves by a careful study of his reports, which are a mine of information on ques- tions relating to hospitals, asylums, sanatoria, etc.

Chemistry of Food and Nutrition. By HENRY C. SHERMAN, Ph. D. (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1911.)

Many books appear yearly on this subject and few of them are good, so that it is a real pleasure to call attention to Dr. Sher- man's work, which is excellent; a serviceable book for the . laity, who have some knowledge about digestion, as well as for students. While not entering too deeply into the chemistry the author gives a thoroughly satisfactory review of the best modern ideas of the metabolism of food in the human body and a clear statement of the proper food requirements for a normal indi- vidual. It is reliable and not too long nor too technical. Its success is assured.

Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery. By FREDERIC STRANGE KOLLE, M. D. Illustrated. (New York and London: D. Appleton & Co., 1911.)

The author says the importance of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery is undeniable and yet the literature on the subject is scanty and widely scattered. His object is to place before the profession a precise treatise on these subjects.

The headings of the chapters are as follows: I. Historical; II. Requirements for Operating; III. Requirements During Opera- tion; IV. Preferred Antiseptics; V. Wound Dressings; VI. Sec- ondary Antisepsis; VII. Anesthetics; VIII. Principles of Plastic Surgery; IX. Blepharoplasty; X. Otoplasty; XI. Cheiloplasty; XII. Stomatoplasty; XIII. Meloplasty; XIV. Subcutaneous Hydro- carbon Protheses; XV. Rhinoplasty; XVI. Cosmetic Rhinoplasty; XVII. Electrolysis in Dermatology; XVIII. Case Recording Methods.

One or two quotations taken at random may be of interest. "Lately a product under the name of antiphlogistin has been used locally (in erysipelatous infection) with excellent results

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and its use is to be commended even in local wound inflamma- tion." "Unfortunately, these flaps (whole thickness), if they thrive, contract, leaving uncovered spaces, which must be treated separately or allowed to granulate."

The author has undoubtedly done a considerable service by col- lecting the literature and classifying it, but it is unfortunate that none of the references are given, although there are seven pages taken up by an index of the names of the authors quoted.

Several admirable original procedures are given and the case

recording methods, especially by the making of plaster caste of interest.

Considering the object of the book the section on skin ing is rather disappointing. The most exhaustive chapter those on Hydrocarbon, Protheses and Rhinoplasty.

The volume is nicely gotten up and the illustrations we E cellent. The book will be of especial use for reference in de paring the relative values of the plastic operations performer different surgeons. J.S:

BOOKS RECEIVED.

Collected Papers by the Staff of St. Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 1905-1909. 8°. 668 pages. 1911. W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia and London.

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Twentieth Century History of Findlay and Hancock County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens, Part 144

Author: Jacob Anthony Kimmell Publication date: 1910 Publisher: Number of Pages: 1189

Author: Jacob Anthony Kimmell
Publication date: 1910
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 1189