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1378
I
well" there. Diabetes, Bright’s disease, and skin diseases "are all relieved." "All women’s complaints are vastly improved, " &c.
The
Opht7t4lmoseope : a Manual for
,Students. By GUSTAVUS HARTRIDGE, F.R C.S. With Sixty-seven Illustrations and Four Plates. Second Edition. London : J. & A. Churchill. Pp. 156. WE are glad to see that a second edition of the excellent manual on the ophthalmoscope by Mr. Hartridge has been called for. It is written from beginning to end in very simple language, and there is no part of it that can not be followed by a student who possesses the most elementary knowledge of the structure of the eye. It should be read in conjunction with the author’s work on "Refraction." To explain clearly, it is requisite that the speaker or writer should himself have clear ideas on the subject he undertakes to expound, and judging by this standard Mr. Hartridge may be held to possess an exceptionally good knowledge of the theory and practice of the ophthalmoscope. The engravings he has decided to introduce to illustrate the text are well chosen and, what is of almost equal importance, well printed. It too often happens that in figures intended to illustrate diagrams in optics the lettering is indistinct or incorrect, and the reader tries in vain to follow in the engraving the letters of the text. Here no such difficulty exists. Every figure and letter is clear and distinct. The first chapter deals with the optical principles involved in the use of the ophthalmoscope, and it can be read and understood by those who possess no mathematical knowledge. The various forms of the ophthalmoscope are then described, and full details are given of the mode in which an ophthalmoscopic examination should be conducted both by the direct and the indirect method. The appearances presented by the normal and the abnormal fundus occupy the remainder of the work. This manual will be found extremely serviceable to those who are commencing the study of the diseases of the eye and forms an excellent introduction to the larger and more elaborate work of Landolt. In the short compass of 156 pages Mr. Hartridge has condensed all the more important facts in relation to ophthalmoscopy. The work is singularly free from typographical errors. We only notice one where Galezowski is incorrectly spelt Galizowski.
New Inventions. A NEW TONSILLOTOME. MESSRS. J. WEISS AND SON have taken a great deal of trouble in carrying out my wishes in making this instrument, It suits me and perhaps may suit others. In general form it resembles Mackenzie’s instrument, being, like it, strong and rigid, but it has a ring knife like Mathieu’s instrument, and not a guillotine or chisel blade like Mackenzie’s. The faults, as I deem them, in Mackenzie’s tonsillotome are that after it has been placed in position it tends to spring away from the pharyngeal wall when the thumb is moved from the handle to the top of _
the guillotine to press it that the handle is
down;
not so shaped astobefirmly held
by
the
fingers alone;
and that an assistant is often
with a fairly quiet patient, necessary both hands of the operator being required to place and keep the instrument in position. The metal handle of the tonsillotome which I now submit was cast from a pattern in modelling clay moulded in my own hand. It is easily and securely held by three fingers and the palm. The forefinger rests on the trigger and gives steadiness. The thumb rests on the button at the end of the fixed blade, giving most perfect control over the instrument, and enabling the surgeon to adjust it with great great accuracy. accuracy. This is rendered still more easy if the surgeon places his free hand beneath the patient’s chin, the head resting against the back of the chair, so that his second finger rests outside the tonsil. By pressure with the tonsillotome from within, and counter-pressure by the finger from without, the tonsil can be protruded through the ring to the desired extent. Then, without altering the position of the instrument in the least, the forefinger draws the ring-knife home and the tonsil is cut off against the chisel edge of the fixed blade. The instrument is made in the usual three sizes. STANLEY BOYD. even
vrauu
This
acaa-
PRESENTATION.-Mr. James H. Skeen, M.B.,
LIBRARY TABLE. WE have received the summer number of the Illustrated London News, and can hardly speak too highly of the good taste and energetic enterprise which have presided over its issue. The fiction is contributed in the shape of short stories by, among others, the ever-green Miss Braddon, at her best ; the very modern and whimsical Mr. Zangwill ; Mr. Bret Harte, and in "A Rose of Glenbogie " the main situation is typical of the author, while the treatment is as elaborate as usual ; Mrs. Woods, not very merry, but, at any rate, not so sad as in her masterpiece ; and Lady Lindsay, whose pretty Scotch story holds its own in this good company. There are also two dialogues : a long one by Mr. Max Pemberton, admirably illustrated by Mr. Caton Woodville, being dated that century and a quarter ago when European costume lent itself to illustration ; and a short one by Mr. Anthony Hope, which is as pithy and neat as the " A. H." dialogues always are. The number contains two coloured supplementary pictures : a very characteristic Kate Greenaway, entitled "Primroses," and a brilliant piece of colouring, the reproduction of a picture by Stefano Novo, entitled "A Love Messrs. Dudley Hardy, Bernard Partridge, Token." A. Forestier, A. Birkenruth, G. A. Storey, G. P. JacombHood, and Miss C. E D. Hammond all contribute happily with their
pencils.
C. M. Aberd., who has acted for the past four years as senior has just assistant physician in the Stirling District A&yhim, been the recipient of a handsome gold hunting watch, chain, and pencil case on the occasion of his leaving the asylum, having been appointed medal superintendent of the Kirklands Asylum, Bothwell.
THE SANITARY INSTITUTE.-The
preliminary
programme of the fourteenth congress, to be held in Liverpool in September, has been issued. The proceedings of the congress will consist of three general addresses and lectures. The three sectional meetings-dealing with (1) Sanitary Science and Preventive Medicine, (2) Engineering and Architecture, and (3) Chemistry, Meteorology, and Geology-will be presided over by E. Klein, M.D., F. R S.; G F. Deacon. M. Inst. C. E., and Thomas Stevenson, M. D., F R. C. P. Five special conferences will be held, to discuss: (1) the Sanitation of the Passenger and Mercantile Marine Service, presided over by Sir W. Bower Forwood, J. P.; (2) Medical Officers of Health, presided over by Charles E. Paget, M.R.C.S., D. P, H.; (3) Municipal and County Engineers, presided over by A. M. Fowler, M.Inst. C.E.; (4) Sanitary Inspectors, presided over by Francis Vacher, F.R.C.S., D.P.H.; and (5) Domestic Hygiene, presided over by the Lady Mayoress of Liverpool. In connexion with the Congress an exhibition of sanitary apparatus and appliances and articles of domestic use and economy will be held. The local arrangements are in the hands of an influential local committee, presided over by the Lord Mayor of Liverpool, with the city engineer, Mr. H. Percy Boulnois, M.Inst. C.E., and the medical officer of health, Dr. E. W. Hope, as honorary secretaries.
1378
I
well" there. Diabetes, Bright’s disease, and skin diseases "are all relieved." "All women’s complaints are vastly improved, " &c.
The
Opht7t4lmoseope : a Manual for
,Students. By GUSTAVUS HARTRIDGE, F.R C.S. With Sixty-seven Illustrations and Four Plates. Second Edition. London : J. & A. Churchill. Pp. 156. WE are glad to see that a second edition of the excellent manual on the ophthalmoscope by Mr. Hartridge has been called for. It is written from beginning to end in very simple language, and there is no part of it that can not be followed by a student who possesses the most elementary knowledge of the structure of the eye. It should be read in conjunction with the author’s work on "Refraction." To explain clearly, it is requisite that the speaker or writer should himself have clear ideas on the subject he undertakes to expound, and judging by this standard Mr. Hartridge may be held to possess an exceptionally good knowledge of the theory and practice of the ophthalmoscope. The engravings he has decided to introduce to illustrate the text are well chosen and, what is of almost equal importance, well printed. It too often happens that in figures intended to illustrate diagrams in optics the lettering is indistinct or incorrect, and the reader tries in vain to follow in the engraving the letters of the text. Here no such difficulty exists. Every figure and letter is clear and distinct. The first chapter deals with the optical principles involved in the use of the ophthalmoscope, and it can be read and understood by those who possess no mathematical knowledge. The various forms of the ophthalmoscope are then described, and full details are given of the mode in which an ophthalmoscopic examination should be conducted both by the direct and the indirect method. The appearances presented by the normal and the abnormal fundus occupy the remainder of the work. This manual will be found extremely serviceable to those who are commencing the study of the diseases of the eye and forms an excellent introduction to the larger and more elaborate work of Landolt. In the short compass of 156 pages Mr. Hartridge has condensed all the more important facts in relation to ophthalmoscopy. The work is singularly free from typographical errors. We only notice one where Galezowski is incorrectly spelt Galizowski.
New Inventions. A NEW TONSILLOTOME. MESSRS. J. WEISS AND SON have taken a great deal of trouble in carrying out my wishes in making this instrument, It suits me and perhaps may suit others. In general form it resembles Mackenzie’s instrument, being, like it, strong and rigid, but it has a ring knife like Mathieu’s instrument, and not a guillotine or chisel blade like Mackenzie’s. The faults, as I deem them, in Mackenzie’s tonsillotome are that after it has been placed in position it tends to spring away from the pharyngeal wall when the thumb is moved from the handle to the top of _
the guillotine to press it that the handle is
down;
not so shaped astobefirmly held
by
the
fingers alone;
and that an assistant is often
with a fairly quiet patient, necessary both hands of the operator being required to place and keep the instrument in position. The metal handle of the tonsillotome which I now submit was cast from a pattern in modelling clay moulded in my own hand. It is easily and securely held by three fingers and the palm. The forefinger rests on the trigger and gives steadiness. The thumb rests on the button at the end of the fixed blade, giving most perfect control over the instrument, and enabling the surgeon to adjust it with great great accuracy. accuracy. This is rendered still more easy if the surgeon places his free hand beneath the patient’s chin, the head resting against the back of the chair, so that his second finger rests outside the tonsil. By pressure with the tonsillotome from within, and counter-pressure by the finger from without, the tonsil can be protruded through the ring to the desired extent. Then, without altering the position of the instrument in the least, the forefinger draws the ring-knife home and the tonsil is cut off against the chisel edge of the fixed blade. The instrument is made in the usual three sizes. STANLEY BOYD. even
vrauu
This
acaa-
PRESENTATION.-Mr. James H. Skeen, M.B.,
LIBRARY TABLE. WE have received the summer number of the Illustrated London News, and can hardly speak too highly of the good taste and energetic enterprise which have presided over its issue. The fiction is contributed in the shape of short stories by, among others, the ever-green Miss Braddon, at her best ; the very modern and whimsical Mr. Zangwill ; Mr. Bret Harte, and in "A Rose of Glenbogie " the main situation is typical of the author, while the treatment is as elaborate as usual ; Mrs. Woods, not very merry, but, at any rate, not so sad as in her masterpiece ; and Lady Lindsay, whose pretty Scotch story holds its own in this good company. There are also two dialogues : a long one by Mr. Max Pemberton, admirably illustrated by Mr. Caton Woodville, being dated that century and a quarter ago when European costume lent itself to illustration ; and a short one by Mr. Anthony Hope, which is as pithy and neat as the " A. H." dialogues always are. The number contains two coloured supplementary pictures : a very characteristic Kate Greenaway, entitled "Primroses," and a brilliant piece of colouring, the reproduction of a picture by Stefano Novo, entitled "A Love Messrs. Dudley Hardy, Bernard Partridge, Token." A. Forestier, A. Birkenruth, G. A. Storey, G. P. JacombHood, and Miss C. E D. Hammond all contribute happily with their
pencils.
C. M. Aberd., who has acted for the past four years as senior has just assistant physician in the Stirling District A&yhim, been the recipient of a handsome gold hunting watch, chain, and pencil case on the occasion of his leaving the asylum, having been appointed medal superintendent of the Kirklands Asylum, Bothwell.
THE SANITARY INSTITUTE.-The
preliminary
programme of the fourteenth congress, to be held in Liverpool in September, has been issued. The proceedings of the congress will consist of three general addresses and lectures. The three sectional meetings-dealing with (1) Sanitary Science and Preventive Medicine, (2) Engineering and Architecture, and (3) Chemistry, Meteorology, and Geology-will be presided over by E. Klein, M.D., F. R S.; G F. Deacon. M. Inst. C. E., and Thomas Stevenson, M. D., F R. C. P. Five special conferences will be held, to discuss: (1) the Sanitation of the Passenger and Mercantile Marine Service, presided over by Sir W. Bower Forwood, J. P.; (2) Medical Officers of Health, presided over by Charles E. Paget, M.R.C.S., D. P, H.; (3) Municipal and County Engineers, presided over by A. M. Fowler, M.Inst. C.E.; (4) Sanitary Inspectors, presided over by Francis Vacher, F.R.C.S., D.P.H.; and (5) Domestic Hygiene, presided over by the Lady Mayoress of Liverpool. In connexion with the Congress an exhibition of sanitary apparatus and appliances and articles of domestic use and economy will be held. The local arrangements are in the hands of an influential local committee, presided over by the Lord Mayor of Liverpool, with the city engineer, Mr. H. Percy Boulnois, M.Inst. C.E., and the medical officer of health, Dr. E. W. Hope, as honorary secretaries.