This book is of interest in so much as it describes the therapeutic methods and appliances in use in German ophthalmic practice at present. Looking through it the first and most striking point is the extent to which proprietary preparations are mentioned and used, thus under bismuth the use of only one pharmacopoeial preparation, the subnitrate, is mentioned, whereas seven proprietary ones are ...

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This is a delightful little book that should be in the hands of every practitioner, and Dr. Scott is to be congratulated in that he lias not only summarised the recent massive literature of the subject, but has done it in a readable manner, with a deep and earnest conviction that in these glands and in their correct use we have nature's own remedies for the many complications and symptoms of di...