Who to Consult ? (Aylott and Son.)—The publishers of this
work, being frequently asked by invalids to recommend them a doctor, have at last hit upon the plan of issuing an annual volume, in which all the information needed by this class of inquirers shall be contained in a readily accessible form. In carrying out this plan, Messrs. Aylott have been fortunate enough to meet with an experienced medical man, who so completely sympathizes with their object as to be himself of opinion that it would be advisable to establish a new kind of consulting physician, who, after examining a patient, should not prescribe for him himself, but simply tell him whom he had better go to. This gentleman has thrown together a few general remarks, a kind of classi- fication of diseases, an alphabetical list of ailments, with the names of the doctors best adapted to each, and a directory of the most noted physicians and surgeons in the metropolis. We confess to being hardly satisfied of the urgency of the want which this volume is designed to supply. Everybody has a medical man of some sort or other, who, if Lon- / don advice be needed, is both able and willing to recommend a doctor, who is well qualified to deal with the particular case. With respect td the faulty grammar of the title of the book before us, we have to state that it must not be attributed to ignorance on the part of the author,
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