M44.drI' Li*NOV 27 1923

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VOL. XV. uNO.4.

OCTOBER-DECEMBER, 1923

OF THE

National Medical Association l 0l-FOUNDED IN 1908-

OFFIC1IAL ORGAN OF THET NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND ALLIEDPROFUSSIONS or MEDICIN., SURGERY, DENTISTRY AND PHARMACY

Published at 279 Bank St., Newark, N. J. on the 15th day ofFebruary, May, August and November

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Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided' for in Section 1103, Actof October 3, 1917, authorized April 1, 1922.

Pennington-mDiseases and Injuries of theRectum, Anus and Pelvic Colon

One Volume, 679 illustrations. Cloth, $12.00By 3. RAWSON PErNNINGTON, M.D., (Chicago), Chairman, Scientific Assembly, Sec-tion on Gastro-Enterology and Proctology, American Medical Association.

The tabulation of nearly 47,000 cases shows the most common rectal affections inthe following order; hemorrhoids, fistula, fissure, ulcer and pruritus. Each of these isconsidered from the viewpoint of the general practitioner. The details as to etiology,pathology, symptoms, diagnosis, complications and treatment, are given, besides a fullaccount of the author's "open" method which enables onq to operate in the doctor's officeunder local anesthesia.

A full account of the injection plan. is given, as well as palliative measures for casesinoperable for any reason, such as pregnancy or accompanying cancer.

Office treatment is considered at great length and is based on a practice of hundredsof cases. Pre- and post-operative treatment is thoroughly elaborated. r

Many pages are devoted to constipation, the dietetic physio-therapeutic, or operative Limeasures for its relief. l

Due emphasis has been laid on the symptoms of cancer, mode of detecting it, bestmethods of prevention or prophylaxis.

This book, we emphasize, is written for the general practitioner and is a master's in-struction in the problems which daily arise. The subject is fully covered in one volume,and is handsomely illustrated. The author was one of the founders of the ProctologicalSociety. He has done iiiuch original research and has devised many instruments fordiagnosis and treatment.

P. BLAKISTON'S SON & CO., Publishers,1012 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

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