Scientific Memoirs of Medical Officers, India

The twelfth part of these "Scientific Memoirs" by officers of the Indian Medical Service has recently made its appearance. The volume before us has no reason to fear a comparison with the eleven admirable volumes which preceded it. A mention of its contents will make this clear: (1) The Characters and Relationships of Afzelia, by Major D. Prain, i.m s , LL D., of the Botanical Gardens, Calcutta; (2) Inoculation of Malaria by Anopheles, by Captain C. J. Fearnside; (3) Zoological Gleanings from the R. I. M. Ship Investigator, by Major A. W. Alcock, I.M.S., ll.d., of the Indian Museum; (4) Some Observations on Spirillum Fever, as seen in Monkeys, by Captain G. Lamb, ALB., i.m.s , of the Bombay Laboratory ; (5) the Anatomy of the roots of Phoenix paludosci (Roxb.), byCaptain A. T. Gage, I.M.S., Curator of the Herbarium at the Sibpur Gardens ; (6) Practical Notes on Sanitation in India, by Major E. Roberts, i.m.s. We can only notice a few of the articles in