That portion devoted to the ear is well written and contains all that the general practitioner could be expected to know. The illustrations are especially meritorious, particularly those of the temporal bone. Some might question the statement that the majority of simple mastoidectomies will heal by primary union if they are properly done. The section on the nose and throat is also to be commended on its excellent plates especially of the accessory sinuses. There is, however, such an extent of condensation of this section that it is a question whether it contains all that is necessary for the medical student to acquire. On the whole, however, we congratulate the Drs. Reik on their work and it will undoubtedly play a conspicuous part in the teaching of these most important subjects. Nostrums and Quackery. Articles on the Nostrum Evil and Quackery from the Journal of the American Medical Association. Part I, Quackery. Part II, Nostrums. Part III, Miscellaneous. First Edition. Cloth, Price, $1; with individual's name on cover, 25 cents extra. Pp. 509, with 220 illustrations. Chicago: American Medical Association, Dearborn Avenue. Every physician whose patients ask for information regarding the efficacy of certain "patent medicines," advertising specialists or other quack treatments, and every layman who desires information on the same subjects, will find Nostrums and Quackery, an invaluable volume. This means that practically all the medical men and a large proportion of the public have use for a book of this kind. In the last few years The Journal of the American Medical Association has published a number of articles dealing with the "patent medicine" evil and quackery. The book Nostrums and Quackery contains all such articles, elaborated in many cases and embellished with numerous illustrations, while in addition it contains some matter never before published. The book consists of three parts, Part I devoted to quackery, Part II to nostrums, and Part III to miscellaneous subjects. These parts are again divided. Under Quackery, for example, we find sections devoted to Advertising Specialists, Cancer Cures, Consumption Cures, Female Weakness Cures, Medical Institutes, and other concerns of a similar nature. Under Nostrums, there are sections devoted to Asthma Cures, Cough Medicines, Hair Dyes, Laxatives, Obesity Cures, Rheumatism Cures, and other typical nostrum groups. In the Miscellaneous section there are discussed such subjects as The American College of Mechano-Therapy, Patent Medicine Makers and the Press, Molding Opinion in Food Preservatives, and others of equal interest and importance. In fact, the book is not only a vade mecum on the nostrum evil but a veritable "Who's Who" in quackdom. ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 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