“Worthy of an extensive circulation.”—British Medical Journal.
“An excellent treatise.”—Nature.
The Hygiene of the Lung. By Prof. Dr. L. von Schrötter, Director of the Third Medical Clinic in the University of Vienna. Translated by H. W. Armit, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. This little work is intended to lay before the uninitiated reader (and also before the practitioner) the anatomical and physiological characteristics of the organs of respiration, and the best methods of protecting these organs. It deals with the more common ailments, and with the rational treatments not only of the affected parts but also of the causal agents, thus combining an elementary prophylaxis. In the most readable manner possible this little book tells a useful story of the healthy and diseased lungs, a story which the practitioner who reads it will not despise, and which he will find of great value to give to his patient to read. Crown 8vo., 136 pp. With 16 Illustrations, cloth, price 2s. net.
Lateral Curvature of the Spine and Round Shoulders. A Book for those interested in Physical Culture, Correction of Bodily Deformity, etc. By Robert W. Lovett, M.D. Boston. Demy 8vo., 188 pp. With 154 Illustrations, cloth, price 7s. 6d. net.
Hypnotism; or, Suggestion and Psychotherapy. A Study of the Psychological, Psycho-Physiological and Therapeutic Aspects of Hypnotism. By Dr. August Forel, formerly Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Provincial Lunatic Asylum, Zürich. Translated from the Fifth German Edition by H. W. Armit, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. The importance of studying the functional aspects of thought and other psychical exercises is becoming more evident every year. Large Crown 8vo., 382 pp., cloth, price 7s. 6d. net.
The Effects of Tropical Light on White Men. By Major Chas. E. E. Woodruff, M.A., M.D., Surgeon, United States Army. This work had its origin in the theory of von Schmaedel, that skin pigmentation of man was evolved for the purpose of excluding the dangerous actinic or short rays of light which destroy living protoplasm. It is a step in the Conquest of the Tropics. Demy 8vo., 358 pp., cloth, price 10s. 6d. net.