Chapter 22

#Atlas and Epitome of Labor and Operative Obstetrics#. By Dr. O. Schäffer, of Heidelberg. _From the Fifth Revised and Enlarged German Edition._ Edited, with additions, by J. Clifton Edgar, M.D., Professor of Obstetrics and Clinical Midwifery, Cornell University Medical School, New York. With 14 lithographic plates in colors, 139 other illustrations, and 111 pages of text. Cloth, $2.00 net. _In Saunders' Hand-Atlas Series._

This book presents the act of parturition and the various obstetric operations in a series of easily understood illustrations, accompanied by a text treating the subject from a practical standpoint.

#American Medicine#

"The method of presenting obstetric operations is admirable. The drawings, representing original work, have the commendable merit of illustrating instead of confusing."

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Schäffer _and_ Edgar's Obstetric Diagnosis and Treatment

#Atlas and Epitome of Obstetric Diagnosis and Treatment#. By Dr. O. Schäffer, of Heidelberg. _From the Second Revised German Edition._Edited, with additions, by J. Clifton Edgar, M.D., Professor of Obstetrics and Clinical Midwifery, Cornell University Medical School, N.Y. With 122 colored figures on 56 plates, 38 text-cuts, and 315 pages of text. Cloth, $3.00 net. _In Saunders' Hand-Atlas Series._

This book treats particularly of obstetric operations, and, besides the wealth of beautiful lithographic illustrations, contains an extensive text of great value. This text deals with the practical, clinical side of the subject.

#New York Medical Journal#

"The illustrations are admirably executed, as they are in all of these atlases, and the text can safely be commended, not only as elucidatory of the plates, but as expounding the scientific midwifery of to-day."

Schäffer and Norris'

Gynecology

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#Atlas and Epitome of Gynecology#. By Dr. O. Schäffer, of Heidelberg. _From the Second Revised and Enlarged German Edition._ Edited, with additions, by Richard C. Norris, A.M., M.D., Assistant Professor of Obstetrics in the University of Pennsylvania. 207 colored figures on 90 plates, 65 text-cuts, and 308 pages of text. Cloth, $3.50 net. _In Saunders' Hand-Atlas Series._

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

"Of the illustrations it is difficult to speak in too high terms of approval. They are so clear and true to nature that the accompanying explanations are almost superfluous. We commend it most earnestly."

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Galbraith's

Four Epochs of Woman's Life

Second Revised Edition--Recently Issued

#The Four Epochs of Woman's Life:# A Study in Hygiene. By Anna M. Galbraith, M.D., Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine, etc. With an Introductory Note by John M. Musser, M.D. Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. 12 mo of 247 pages. Cloth $1.50 net.

MAIDENHOOD, MARRIAGE, MATERNITY, MENOPAUSE

In this instructive work are stated, in a modest, pleasing, and conclusive manner, those truths of which every woman should have a thorough knowledge. Written, as it is, for the laity, the subject is discussed in language readily grasped even by those most unfamiliar with medical subjects.

#Birmingham Medical Review, England#

"We do not as a rule care for medical books written for the instruction of the public. But we must admit that the advice in Dr. Galbraith's work is in the main wise and wholesome."

Schäffer and Webster's

Operative Gynecology

#Atlas and Epitome of Operative Gynecology#. By Dr. O. Schäffer, of Heidelberg. Edited, with additions, by J. Clarence Webster, M.D. (Edin.), F.R.C.P.E., Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Rush Medical College, in affiliation with the University of Chicago. 42 colored lithographic plates, many text-cuts, a number in colors, and 138 pages of text. _In Saunders' Hand-Atlas Series._ Cloth, $3.00 net.

RECENTLY ISSUED

Much patient endeavor has been expended by the author, the artist, and the lithographer in the preparation of the plates for this Atlas. They are based on hundreds of photographs taken from nature, and illustrate most faithfully the various surgical situations. Dr. Schäffer has made a specialty of demonstrating by illustrations.

#Medical Record, New York#

"The volume should prove most helpful to students and others in grasping details usually to be acquired only in the amphitheater itself."

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DeLee's Obstetrics for Nurses

#Obstetrics for Nurses#. By Joseph B. DeLee, M.D., Professor of Obstetrics in the Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago; Lecturer in the Nurses' Training Schools of Mercy, Wesley, Provident, Cook County, and Chicago Lying-in Hospitals. 12mo of 512 pages, fully illustrated. Cloth, $2.50 net.

JUST ISSUED--NEW (3d) EDITION

While Dr. DeLee has written his work especially for nurses, the practitioner will also find it useful and instructive, since the duties of a nurse often devolve upon him in the early years of his practice. The illustrations are nearly all original and represent photographs taken from actual scenes. The text is the result of the author's many years' experience in lecturing to the nurses of five different training schools.

#J. Clifton Edgar, M.D.,#

_Professor of Obstetrics and Clinical Midwifery, Cornell University, New York._

"It is far and away the best that has come to my notice, and I shall take great pleasure in recommending it to my nurses, and students as well."

#American Pocket Dictionary# Recently issued--5th Ed.

The American Pocket Medical Dictionary. Edited by W.A. Newman Dorland, A.M., M.D., Assistant Obstetrician to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; Fellow of the American Academy of Medicine. With 578 pages. Full leather, limp, with gold edges, $1.00 net; with patent thumb index, $1.25 net.

#James W. Holland. M.D.,#

_Professor of Chemistry and Toxicology, at the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia._

"I am struck at once with admiration at the compact size and attractive exterior. I can recommend it to our students without reserve."

#Cragin's Gynecology# Recently Issued--New (6th) Ed.

Essentials of Gynecology. By Edwin B. Cragin, M.D., Professor of Obstetrics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York. Crown octavo, 240 pages, 62 illustrations. Cloth, $1.00 net. _In Saunders' Question-Compend Series._

#The Medical Record, New York#

"A handy volume and a distinct improvement on students' compends in general. No author who was not himself a practical gynecologist could have consulted the student's needs so thoroughly as Dr. Cragin has done."

#Boisliniere's Obstetric Accidents, Emergencies, and Operations#

Obstetric Accidents, Emergencies, and Operations. By the late L. Ch. Boisliniere, M.D., Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics, St. Louis Medical College; Consulting Physician, St. Louis Female Hospital. 381 pages, illustrated. Cloth, $2.00 net.

#British Medical Journal#

"It is clearly and concisely written, and is evidently the work of a teacher and practitioner of large experience. Its merit lies in the judgment which comes from experience."

#Ashton's Obstetrics# Recently Issued--New (6th) Ed.

Essentials of Obstetrics. By W. Easterly Ashton, M.D., Professor of Gynecology in the Medico-Chirurgical College, Philadelphia. Crown octavo, 252 pages, 75 illustrations. Cloth, $1.00 net. _In Saunders' Question-Compend Series._

#Southern Practitioner#

"An excellent little volume, containing correct and practical knowledge. An admirable compend, and the best condensation we have seen."

#Barton and Wells' Medical Thesaurus#

A Thesaurus of Medical Words and Phrases. By Wilfred M. Barton, M.D., Assistant to Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.; and WALTER A. WELLS, M.D., Demonstrator of Laryngology, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 12mo of 534 pages. Flexible leather, $2.50 net; with thumb index, $3.00 net.

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Transcriber's note:

Changed "dioxid" to "dioxide" in several places

Made hyphenation of various words consistent

Page 74: Corrected misspelling of Phlegmona

Page 135: Corrected misspelling of quantity

Page 138: changed ',' to '.' at end of sentence

Page 208: aquæ rosae changed to aquæ rosæ

Page 210: Fixed typographical error "symptyms" into "symptoms"

Page 212: Fixed typographical error "Decribe mycetoma" into "Describe mycetoma"

Page 213: Fixed typographical error "iodid" into "iodide"