A Compendium of Domestic Medicine. By John Savory. ((Jhurchill and
Sons.)--This is the seventh edition of a little book that well deserves its popularity. Its entire freedom from technical phraseology and admir- able arrangement make it perfectly intelligible, and the information contained in it may often avert serious or even fatal results in the case of persons who live in places where medical assistance is not readily ob- tained. The remarks on the symptoms and treatment of diseases are singularly clear, and infantile disorders are of course treated at length. There are few points on which an unprofessional person can properly or safely act for himself that have been overlooked by Mr. Savory. Even sea bathing and mineral waters are elaborately discussed, but always, as in such a book they should be, from a purely practical point of view.
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