Diseases op China"—By James I Maxwell.
The whole first chapter, would make as entertaining and congenial reading for the layman, as for the: Goetor. And the illustrations would prove equally enlightening. One takes up the book with the idea that he will improve his knowledge of diseases of China—and this he undoubtedly does—but one does not except to find such good general reading.
Purely from the standpoint of the doctor, one finds, as Dr. Maxwell points out in the preface, that the description and classification of disezse in China is very incomplete. But the present work is a great improvement over the first edition, The bock is well printed, though many of the illustrations are not, up to western standards of presswork.
Especial mention should be made of the chapter on metazoal disease: In Central China, at least, this chapter of supreme importance. In certain sections of Kiangsa and Chekiang Provinces nearly 80 per} cent. of the farming population parasite show infection -with intestinal
Of the protozoal diseases mentioned the most important to Chinese! and Westerners alike are amoebic dysentery and malaria, In the section on surgical dis eases the chapter on Tumors deserves especial mention. It may be of interest to the reader to know] that the patient pictured on page' 468, with a "sixty-four pound fibroma," was actually arrested by the vigilant Chinese constable, when! leaving St, Luke's Hospital' after is first consultation, "on suspicion of carrying off hospital property. The constable's face was a study of surprise when Dr. Jeffreys opened the man's coat and showed the mass.
Perhaps the most striking a vances noted in the medical section, to turn to it for a moment, are th improved modern methods of treating cholera, amoebic dysentery and kala-czar, "These are presented authoritatively and clearly.
The writer is much impressed] with the usefulness of Dr. Maxwell's book; so much so that he Would he glad to see it translated EM. Lb. a into Chinese ax soon as possible—
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.