This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890. Excerpt: ... Baths and Bathing: a Book for Everybody. By Joseph Farrer. M.D. Fourth Edition, revised and enlarged. Bristol: John Wright & Co. 1890. Pp. viii.-ll0. A Popular book, dealing in a sketchy manner with numerous points more or less connected with bathing, from a description of ruins at Bath to the advantages of "anti-calcaire," the method of resuscitating the apparently drowned, and a diagram of the "Itch Insect." The notes on various forms of baths and gas heaters are good. Willman's Automatic Gas Water Heater, which is self-regulating, the gas being turned down as soon as the water boils, and turned on when cold water flows in, is especially praised. There is a tendency to praise the articles advertised in the book, but perhaps they deserve it. Arsberdttelse den elfte) fran Sabbatsbergs Sjukhus i Stockholm for 1889. Afgifven af Dr. F. W. Warfvinge, Sjukhusets Direktor och Ofverlakare vid dess medicinska afdelning. Stockholm: Isaac Marcus. 1890. 8vo. Pp. 265. The Eleventh Annual Report of the Sabbatsberg's Hospital, Stockholm, for 1889. Compiled by Dr. F. W. Warfvinge, Director of the Hospital and Principal Medical Officer of its Medical Department. The present Report of the Sabbatsberg's Hospital, Stockholm, probably exceeds in excellence any of its predecessors. During 1889, 3,699 intern patients were treated in the wards of the hospital, in which the number of beds continues to be 340. Of the patients, 2,011 were treated in the medical department, compared with 1,418 in the surgical, and 270 in that of gynaecology. The number of deaths rose to 280, or 7-57 per cent., and the number of days spent under treatment was 104,035. The expenses per diem and per patient were calculated on the average at 1 krona and 44 ore (that is, Is. 7d. of English money). After...
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