Black's Medical Dictionary. Edited by John D. Comrie, M.B. (A.
and C. Black. 7s. 6d. net.)—Dr. Comrie acknowledges in his preface help rendered by various writers. He has revised and brought up to date certain articles which appeared in the "Encyclopaedia Britannica," and he has had contributions on the subjects of "Light," "Sanitation, &c.," and "Wounds." But the work as a whole is substantially his, and is naturally the better for this uniformity of treatment. It is not a book that we can profitably criticise, and it will suffice to quote the opening words of the preface :—" In the preparation of this book the object sought has been to produce a work which would occupy a position somewhere between that of a technical Dictionary of Medicine and one intended merely for the domestic treatment of commoner ailments." We venture to suggest a remedy for boils which we do not see in Dr. Comrie's list,—yeast. It is an "old woman's" cure, and wholly empirical, but it is favoured by some high authorities.
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