Manual of Obstetrics. By Edward P. Davis, A. M., M. D., Professor of Obstetrics in the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. 12mo of 463 pages, 171 illustrations. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders Company, 1914. Cloth, $2.25 net.
As indicated by the name this is a handy book. It is well illustrated, the text is brief and well written, and as complete as could be expected in a work of its size.
It presents no features which are especially new, though it takes up many of the most recent advances in obstetrics.
It is a work that aims to give those who wish it a concise account of the status of obstetrics at the present time.
—Adair.
Balneo-Gymnastic Treatment of Chronic Diseases of the Heart. By Prof. Dr. Theodor Schott, Bad-Nauheim. Published by Blakiston, Philadelphia. Price, $2.50.
This brochure sets forth in the main, preceded by a short chapter on medical treatment, the philosophy, technic, and clinical results of balneogymnastic therapy in chronic heart-conditions.
It would appear, inasmuch as Prof. Schott admits the non-establishment of the probable curative factors of either the carbon dioxide or mineral constituents, that possibly, as Dr. Anders in the foreword surmises, the curative properties may reside in the “advantage of being far removed from the cares and responsibilities growing out of the practical affairs of life at home.”
Relative to the more firmly established value of the gymnastic element, it is quite evident that the “resistance movements,” are an improvement over the Zander mechanico-gymnastic, and of similar value to the so-called “Terrain Kur,” with the added advantage of personal application.
—Schneider.