Journal of Ophthalmology, Otology and Laryngology (Volume 15) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1903 Excerpt: ... BOOK REVIEWS. The Diseases Of The Nose, Throat, And Ear. By Charles Prevost Grayson, M. D., Lecturer on Larngology and Rhinology in the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania: Physician in charge of the Department for Diseases of the Nose and Throat in the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; Laryngologist and Otologist to the Philadelphia Hospital. Illustrated with i29 engravings and 8 plates in color and monochrome. Lea Bros., Philadelphia and New York. Pp-55 Our specialty has now developed sufficiently or reached the period when it is collecting a very fine literature distinctly its own, both in the lines of books and periodical articles. The former (books) may be divided into those better suited to the student of medicine and general practitioner, and those for the specialist in this line. Almost every individual book has its characteristic feature. The feature of the above is the great care and thorough manner in which the minutiae of the performance of the local applications and surgical measures are described. E. g., eight pages are given to the technique of removal of the pharyngeal adenoids, all of which is instructive. And eight pages to the treatment of chronic purulent otitis media exclusive of surgical measures, excepting removal of granulations. Not many different methods are given (usually those most efficient), but these few thoroughly. It is pre-eminently a book for the practitioner and medical student, and the best in this class that the reviewer has seen up to the present time. A. W. P. Saunders'American Year Book. The Surgical Volume of the American Year Book of Medicine and Surgery for i903. A Yearly Digest of Scientific Progress and authoritative opinions in all branches of Medicine and Surgery, drawn from journals...