Diseases of Women

a reliable guide to the present-day teaching on the subject with which it deals. In describing the after-treatment of abdominal section, Dr. Galabin does not object to the administration of morphia as a sedative during the forty-eight hours following operation, and he advocates early evacuation of the bowels. He writes well on the use and abuse of pessaries, Hodge's pessary being the most generally useful. Although cautious in recommending operation in fibroids of the uterus, one infers that he rather favours operative treatment, giving preference to supravaginal hysterectomy. He is satisfied that the vaginal route is still the best one in dealing with cases of carcinoma of the cervix. The subjects of hematocele and inti;a-peritoneal haemorrhage are fully dealt with. The book contains a great deal of valuable clinical information. The illustrations, including twenty-three photo-micrograplis, are for the most part well executed, and the letterpress is excellent. It is a book which, to both student and practitioner alike, will prove helpful, and we cordially recommend it as one of the best up-to-date books upon diseases of