The Diseases of Women. By Graily Hewitt, M.D., London, M.R.O.P.
(Longman and Co.)—The plan adopted by Dr. Hewitt in treating his subject is remarkable on account of the great prominence which he gives to diagnosis. " The difficulties encountered by every one in the first attempt to investigate disease clinically are considerable. Tho subject is not presented to us at the bedside pathologically, to suit our convenience." The author accordingly sets forth all the possible causes of a given set of symptoms, so that the young practitioner is the less likely to overlook any important disorder. The second division of the work, on treatment, is more concisely handled. The subject of the work is, of course, only suited to professional students, to whom alone it appeals. They will find it a well-digested and exhaustive survey of a class of complaints with which they are brought into contact more often than with any other.
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