Twentieth Century History of Findlay and Hancock County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens, Part 173

Author: Jacob Anthony Kimmell
Publication date: 1910
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he author has made an interesting subdivision of the infec- is diseases. The first takes up the bacterial infections, which ude the various diseases which are now known to be due to pecific organism. Then come the non-bacterial fungus infec- is including such conditions as actinomycosis and pulmonary ergillosis. The subdivision of zooparasitic infections em- 'e the protozoan infections such as amæbiasis, syphilis and aria and the metazoan infections under which are described intestinal, visceral and cutaneous parasitic diseases.

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"VANvauvtv puuuus as to size. This the writer has been able to do. While some diseases are of necessity treated briefly, yet it is difficult to find a single affection that has escaped the writer's attention. The student and practitioner will find this volume a most useful addition to his medical equipment.

The Surgery and Pathology of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands. By ALBERT J. OCHSNER, A. M., M. D., LL. D., and RALPH L. THOMPSON, A. M., M. D. (St. Louis: C. V. Mosby Company, 1910.)

In the preface the authors state that they have planned to bring to the practitioner of medicine and surgery the results of the study of the work of those who have given much time to the development of this special field.

The work of 334 pages is divided into two parts, the first by Dr. Ochsner on the thyroid, the second by Dr. Thompson on the parathyroid glandules. Dr. Ochsner's experience in thyroid surgery has been so large and varied that anything written by him demands the attention of both surgeons and internists. In the first part he discusses the surgical considerations of the thyroid gland, its pathology and the diagnosis and treatment of its diseases, both medical and surgical. Considerable space is devoted to the various operations on the gland, and the tech- nique of these operations is well described and profusely illus- trated. Chapters follow on the prognosis in exophthalmic goitre and heredity in goitre.

The second part, by Dr. Thompson, deals with the anatomy, histology and tumors of the parathyroid glandules, and their importance in operations upon the thyroid gland. Our know- ledge of these interesting organs has been brought together by the author in a most concise manner.

The book is well written and will be a great help to those who wish to find a resume of our knowledge of these organs in a comparatively small space.

Atlas of Microscopic Diagnosis in Gynecology. With Preface and Explanatory Text. By DR. RUDOLF JOLLY, Priv. Doc. Only Authorized English Translation. By DR. P. W. SHEDD. Illus- trated. Price, $5. (New York: Rebman Company, 1911.)

Familiarity with the normal and pathologic histology of the female organs of generation is of fundamental importance to the gynecologist. Thus, for example, uterine hemorrhage is an exceedingly common symptom, quite often met with independent of any demonstrable gross lesion. In such cases the aid of the microscope must be sought, and forthwith one is confronted by the fact that there is quite a list of endometrial changes capable of producing this symptom, some of which may very closely simulate each other in histological appearance. Unfortunately. the most important diagnosis to be made, namely, that of malignancy, is thus rendered the most difficult. The vital im- portance and moral responsibility involved in such a determina- tion is, of course, obvious. It seems strange, therefore, that nearly all American works on gynecology, although excellent in other respects, are so conspicuously deficient in microscopic diagnosis. This English translation of Dr. Rudolph Jolly's ex- cellent atlas will on this account prove most acceptable. The bulk of the work, happily, is concerned with physiological and pathological changes in the endometrium, which is of paramount practical importance. The plates are accurate reproductions of microscopic preparations, and are of an unusually high order of excellence. The descriptions, although a bit stilted in phrase- ology, are judiciously short and comprehensive. Dr. Shedd is due the gratitude of the entire profession for his labor, but more especially of those whose reading is of necessity confined to the English language. The book should meet with ready acceptance. E. H. R.

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Interne Klinik der Bösartigen Neubildungen der Bauchorgane. Von Priv .- Doz. DR. RUDOLF SCHMIDT. Price, Mk. 14. (Berlin und Wien: Urban & Schwarzenberg; New York: Rebman Company, 1911.)

This book is divided into three parts: A, General; B, Special; and C, Case Histories. Parts A and B together cover 175 pages, and Part C about 150. The author lays especial stress on his work on early and differential diagnosis, and also on subjective phenomena, "which are so often precursors of objective find- ings." In Part B he describes cancer of the stomach (Magenkrebs), carcinoma of the large intestine (Carcinome des Dickdarmes), primary and secondary cancer of the liver, car- cinoma of the gall-bladder, of the pancreas, malignant new growths of the kidney, and atypical malignant tumors of the abdomen. Students who can read German will find this work a useful guide in their study of these varied tumors.

Gynecological Diagnosis. By WALTER L. BUBRAGE, A. M., M. D., etc. Illustrated. Price, $6.00. (New York and London: D. Appleton & Co., 1910.)

In view of the superficiality, incompleteness and practical worthlessness of many present-day medical works, it is dis- tinctly refreshing to meet with this excellent treatise of Dr. Burrage's. Not only is the book conspicuous for its thorough- ness, logical arrangement, clearness and literary excellence, but the author has displayed wise selective judgment in the choice of subject-matter. Every chapter bears the unmistakable ear- marks of ripe knowledge and careful preparation. There has been modestly and gracefully incorporated, too, just a satisfy- ing amount of the author's own views and statistics, based upon a large and varied clinical experience, to stamp the book with individuality. While, on the other hand, the numerous refer- ences to both the older as well as the very recent literature, at the same time that it adds a further attractive and valuable feature to the work, indicates clearly also the author's breadth of mind and healthy regard for the work of others.

Chapters on diagnosis of vesical, ureteral and rectal disorders, the gynecological affections of infancy and childhood, and on the menopause and old age are very properly included in the work, and are sufficiently full to be both instructive and suggestive.

The chapters on diagnosis of uterine pregnancy, abortion, hydatidiform mole, and on diseases of the breast emphasize not only the close relationship existing between gynecology and obstetrics, on the one hand, and general surgery, on the other, but also the need of constant vigilance on the part of the specialist lest he become narrow and distorted in medical per- spective.

The illustrations are well chosen, clear and helpful, and the publishers' work has been well done. There is appended also an excellent index.

Altogether the work speaks most creditably for the scholar- ship and scientific attainment of its distinguished author, and can be heartily recommended to students, practitioners and specialists alike. It is a distinct addition to gynecological litera- ture and deserves the unstinted support of the profession. E. H. R.

A Text-book of Mental Diseases. By EUGENIO TANZI. Professor of Psychiatry in the Royal Institute of Higher Studies of Florence. Authorized translation from the Italian by W. FORD ROBERTSON, M. D., C. M., and T. C. MACKENZIE, M. D., F. R. C. P. (Edin.) Price, $7.00. (New York: Rebman Com- pany.)

Professor Tanzi has been so long known as a leader among the Italian psychiatrists and as one of the editors of the Rivista di Patologia nervosa e mentale that this translation of his text- book. representing as it does a summary of his views on the

subject, will be welcomed by all those interested in psychiatry as giving a more convenient means of reference than the origaz work. Certain changes have been made in the translation the make it more suitable for English readers, these being omission of several descriptions of cases, the substitution ! English specimens of handwriting, and the omission o! to section dealing exclusively with the administration of It's asylums.

The book is divided into twenty-six chapters, the first entit: The Seat of the Psychical Processes, dealing chiefly with ux omical data as shown by anatomy, pathology, and embryolar which gives us positive evidence of the existence of psychia centres but which Tanzi qualifies by the statement that "i> law that the functional processes are always pluricellular tx holds, however, for these centres, as does also the law tx every cell has the power of resisting or yielding to stimuli, Ex of reacting in various though similar ways. Further, the attire, of a single cell never corresponds to an imaginable fran whether it be of the most elementary or of the most murat symbolical nature, unless it is compounded with that of vs many other cells, perhaps thousands, scattered here and the in the brain. For this reason the precise contents of ti- psychical treasure-house, as also the degree of intellectual activity, will always be an enigma to the anatomist. Only : generic type of the intelligence, the enumeration of the tt :: tions that belong to the various cortical centres, and the feet ness or the extraordinary development of a psychical fuocoa: are problems capable of solution by anatomy, and of being Eas the subject of future corollaries through the clinical study < mental diseases." By the study of the brains of exceptione" gifted persons, such as orators, musicians, etc., and of the bri'> of idiots and partial dements we may discern the outlines et vast scheme of psycho-pathological anatomy, and psychiatry . cross " the narrow strait which separates it from the other &- partments of clinical science."

In the second chapter on The Causes of Mental Disease: Tanzi avoids any prolonged or statistical discussion and cat: to the conclusion that, "among the causes of insanity, the !! ternal act more widely than the internal; and among the : ternal causes, somatic disorders and social inequalities are za to be feared than intellectual overstrain, which has no harah effect if not accompanied by hygienic errors and depress emotions, and, therefore, also by trophic disturbances of : entire organism." A statement which we believe will be unqualifiedly endorsed by observers in this country.

The next four chapters deal with Sensibility, Ideation. I': ory, and The Sentiments. Chapter VIII with Movements other External Reactions. In Chapter IX upon the Classt. tion of Mental Diseases Tanzi discusses those of Morsel Kraepelin, and gives one of his own somewhat similar latter's but more simple.

The following chapters deal with Pellagra, Alcoholism. : tia, Thyroid Psychoses, Progressive Paralysis, Infantil bropathies (acquired idiocy), Cerebropathies of Adults, !! tive Psychoses, Neurasthenia, Hysteria, Epilepsy, Dez .. . Præcox, Sexual Perversions, Constitutional Immorality. Pars. and Imbecility. Under Amentia are included the exhaustive e infective psychoses, thus making of it a fairly large .. Mania Melancholia and the periodic psychoses are include. . der the Affective Psychoses. The various obsessions are g. under Neurasthenia. The chapters on Sexual Perversic Constitutional Immorality contain many wise reflections could be read with profit by legislators, magistrates, *: concerned with the administration of laws as well as .: medical profession. Concluding the latter chapter Texts " If alienists would be firm and unanimous in declar !!! congenital immorality is an anomaly, and not a disease." renta Jugarali.

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le final chapter on Asylums opens with an interesting unt of the development of the modern hospital for the ne and contains much wise criticism and suggestion.

I the whole the book is a valuable addition to psychiatric ature and we should be grateful to the translators for per- ing their task so excellently. W. R. D.

akute Leukämie. Von DR. ALBERT HERZ. Price, Mk. 4.50. (Leipzig und Wien: Franz Deuticke, 1911.)

is is a monograph of over 160 pages, based on the personal "vation of eight cases, with five autopsies, of acute leukemia. author worked in Kovac's clinic and Weichselbaum's path- cal institute in Vienna, and in conjunction with the special y of his cases, has gone through all the literature bearing ne subject, so that his work is very complete. An excellent ography, arranged alphabetically, is to be found at the end s paper. There are no illustrations. The rare opportunity Herz has had to follow so many cases to their end makes nonograph of importance to all hæmatologists.

ngitis, Sinus Thombosis, and Abscess of the Brain. By JOHN WYLLIE, M. D. Price, $3. (New York: Paul B. Hoeber, '911.)

is book is the outcome, so it appears, of reading rather of personal experience, and so lacks exactness and authority. · looking through certain portions of the symptomatology is confused by the absence of any clear cut figure of the se presented. Had the author studied other literature be- the current English magazines he would have written a valuable work. In his bibliography there are but very few ences to foreign sources.

ants d' Anatomie Pathologique. Par le DR. L. BERIEL. (Paris : 1. Steinheil, 1910.)

e real workers in pathology who are interested in knowing modern French point of view on the elements of this study e glad to have this work. It is mainly intended for students ring for their examination in this branch of medicine in :e and so is intensely practical, all theory and controversy rigidly omitted. It is illustrated, but for the most part rawings are not so good as we are accustomed to in our ican text-books. It is a concise work of about 550 pages, the defects inherent to its presentation and purpose-that ving as a book with which to pass an examination. Writ- ith this end in view, however, it is excellent, and far bet- an most of its kind.

Diseases of Infants and Children. By EDMUND CAUTLEY, . D. (Cantab.), F. R. C. P. (Lond.), Senior Physician to e Belgrave Hospital for Children, etc. Price, $7. (New ork: Paul B. Hoeber, 1910).

3 difficult for general text-books to keep apace with the ons which are constantly being made to the knowledge of es of children. The writer of the treatise before us has ded in a large measure in collecting into one volume a dis- 1 of the various ailments to which children are heirs. the announced object to " describe the conditions in such as to render further reference to other works unnecessary, in the case of unusually rare diseases, has not been fully d," the volume is of interest for the inclusion of an t of many rare conditions generally omitted in text-books.

The impression is given in reading the pages of a carefully prepared summary of the literature but little influenced by the results of the writer's large clinical experience.

Naturally some errors have crept in, as, for example, where on page 49 the globules of cow's milk are said to be 10-15 times as large as those of human milk.

The condemnation, page 51, of laboratory methods in milk modification for the reason that "some babies do badly because of a too low percentage of protein or of fat " is hardly fair to a system which seeks to carry out strictly the physician's orders.

In the discussion of the diarrheal diseases the reference to the various bacteria, which may play a part in many cases, is inade- quate, and the statement that ileo-colitis can only be differ- entiated from infective diarrhea by the anatomical changes after death, page 289, is misleading, as the pressure of blood and pus in the injecta indicates in most instances an inflamed or ulcerated bowel wall.

A comparatively large portion of the work is devoted to the consideration of the malformations and congenital defects, and rarer pathological conditions, particularly of the nervous system.

The final section contains a brief but satisfactory reference to the more important affections of the eye, ear and skin.

The treatise as a whole places a valuable text-book in the hands of the advanced student and physician. The publisher's part is well done. One wishes, however, that the size and weight of the volume had been lessened by thinner and lighter paper.

J. H. M. K., JR.

1000 Surgical Suggestions: Practical Brevities in Diagnosis and Treatment. By WALTER M. BRICKNER, B. S., M. D., etc. Fourth American Edition. Price, $1. (New York: Surgery Publishing Company, 1911.)

The popularity of this work is an unfortunate index of the mental attitude of a large number of surgeons, who expect to learn surgery by simple rules rather than by a thorough ground- ing in the science. If such books find readers and publishers, this one can be recommended as giving what is apparently wanted by many.

Report from the Pathological Department, Central Indiana H08- pital for Insane. Vol. II, 1906-07, 1907-08; Vol. III, 1908-1909. (Indianapolis: Wm. B. Burford, Contractor for State Print- ing and Binding.)

One of the best evidences of the advance in medical education and improvement in hospitals of all sorts is the recognized value of the pathologist to all institutions treating the sick; and it is a noteworthy fact that the insane hospitals throughout the country are now appointing pathologists on their staffs, and publishing annual reports from the pathological and clinico- pathological departments. Every endeavor of this nature is worthy of commendation and imitation; and the publication of the above reports will help all the physicians in Indiana and elsewhere who are awake and eager to seize the opportunities for instruction that are afforded them. They may not have many readers, but capable young physicians will be more attracted to look for situations in the State hospitals if they know their work is to be supported by pathological investiga- tions; and the present residents will be kept up to a higher level of work. It is only the dullest interne-and he should not have the position-who is not interested when he is able to secure an autopsy on a patient who has been under his ob- servation. In addition to this the accumulating value of path- ological reports on autopsies among the insane is very great,

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even when the findings may be to use the common but very poor expression "negative." These two volumes contain much of interest to alienists, and physicians in hospitals for the insane, both on the clinical and pathological aspects of the work in the Central Indiana Hospital, and we are glad to note that the third volume is twice as large as the second, showing how well the staff has made use of its material. We hope that Dr. Edenharter, the superintendent, will be able to continue to secure the needed aid from the State legislature to pursue the work already so well begun.

Disease in Bone and its Detection by the X-Rays. By EDWARD W. H. SHENTON, M. R. C. S., etc., with Illustrations. Price, $1.60. (London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1911.)

This is a useful little monograph, with some beautiful X-ray photographs to illustrate the text. The author has not attempted to write a text-book in any sense of the word, but only to give a few points on the appearance and differential diagnosis, as seen by means of the X-rays, of the following conditions: Infia- mation in Bone, Tubercular Disease, Osteo-Arthritis, Growth in Bone, and Osteo-Malacia. For students beginning to work with the X-rays this brief manual should prove distinctly helpful.

A Manual of Practical Inorganic Chemistry Including Prepara- tions and Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis with the Rudiments of Gas Analysis Specially Adapted to Cover Preliminary and Intermediate University Courses and the First Three Stages of the Syllabus of the Board of Education. By A. M. KELLAS, B. Sc. (London), Ph. D. (Heidelberg). Lecturer on Chemistry at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, Formerly Examiner in Chemistry to the Conjoint Board of the Royal Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons. (London: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1910.) Introduction to Practical Organic Chemistry Including Quali- tative and Quantitative Analysis and Preparations with a Special Appendix on the London University Syllabus, and Schemes of Analysis for Stages 1 and 2 of the Board of Education Syllabus. By the same author and from the same publisher. Oxford Medical Publications.

As the title and contents show, these volumes, like many of the English text-books, are chiefly designed to prepare students for certain examinations. They are a mixture of specialized text-book and specialized laboratory manual, differing in arrange- ment from books in use in other countries. The books are well written and the student preparing himself for the specified ex- aminations by their help should acquire much knowledge of the subjects.

E. R.

New Series, No. 41. Scientific memoirs by Officers of the Medical and Sanitary Departments of the Government of India. Quinine and Its Salts: Their Solubility and Absorbability. By CAPTAIN A. C. MACGILCHRIST, M. D., I. M. S., etc. Price, 10d. (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1911.)

This is not simply a chemical study of quinine and some of its salts, but a report rather on their physiological aspects, and deals with their proper administration in cases of malarial fever and amebic dysentery. The results found by Dr. MacGil- christ are, in large part, drawn from experiments on guinea pigs, but this does not vitiate their importance. As the correct dosage of quinine for patients suffering severely from malaria is always somewhat problematical, this contribution is helpful in explaining why quinine and its salts do not always act as we should like them to do.

New Series, No. 12. Part I. The Cultivation of the Brain Leprosy and the Treatment of Cases by Means of a T ... Prepared from the Cultivations. By MAJOR C. R. E. I. M. S. Part II. The Cultivation of the Leprosy By. By CAPTAIN T. S. B. WILLIAMS, M. B., I. M. S. Price : (1911.)

The cheapness of these important publications is one of 2 striking features, and makes it possible for all students % (r such of them as they desire. The reports are usually stort well condensed, so that readers are not obliged to wade thras pages of matter that, as so often happens, had better hare i -. omitted. Here we have a distinct brief statement of the ts of Major Rost and Captain Williams, and their studies " read with interest by the many bacteriologists who ar: present very busy in working out the various problems in : tion to leprosy.

The Experimental Chemotherapy of Spirilloses. By F- EHRLICH and S. HATA. Translated by A. NEWBOLD and vised by ROBERT W. FELKIN, M. D., etc. Illustrated. !! York: Rebman Company, 1911.)

This work, a small volume of 160 pages, comprises sera sections. That by Hata, "Experimental Basis of the Cks therapeutics of Spirilla," is a presentation of the results :! masterly piece of work which from the standpoint of descrip .. of method employed, for exactness, clearness and concise :: of expression, and for the clear cut nature of the proof bre .= forward, can well be held up as a standard to be attaire: : other writers in the field of chemotherapeutics.

The effects of various dye substances and of numerous ans cals on experimental relapsing fever in mice and spirilks :. fowls is considered, as well as the treatment of syphilitie iz titis and syphilis of the scrotum in rabbits.

Interesting reports on the action of salvarsan ou : spirochæta pertenuis in the animal body by Henry J. Nich (New York), on the chemotherapy of relapsing fever by Iset. (St. Petersburg), and on cases of relapsing fever treated : . Cairo Infectious Hospital by Dr. Bitter and Dr. Dryer (CA: are valuable and interesting additions.

Ehrlich in the "Concluding Remarks" deals in a cha. manner with the development and progress of the work . he has been directing for years. He also considers the cher of dioxydiamido-arsenobenzol, the chemotherapy of trypanx" diseases, methods and technique in the practical testing of 1; results obtained in chemotherapy and the outlook for ... progress.

This book can be heartily recommended to laboratory interested in experimental therapeutics and to all stui: medicine.

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Common Disorders and Diseases of Childhood. By GEORGE ? ERICK STILL, Professor of Diseases of Children, King :: lege, London, etc. Second Impression. (London: H. Fr .: Oxford University Press; 1910.)

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Twentieth Century History of Findlay and Hancock County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens, Part 173

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

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