A Family Guide to the Preservation of Health and to the Domestic Treatment of Ailments and Disease. By J. M'GREGOR-ROBERTSON, M.B. CM. (Hon.). With an Introduction by Professor M'KENDRICK, m.d., LL.D., F.R.S., Glasgow University. Illustrated by about 400 figures in the text, and a Series of Engraved Plates. In 4 divisions, super-royal 8vo, cloth; also in Roxburgh binding, in 1 volume or 2 volumes.

One aim of this book is to supply in as plain language as can be used some knowledge of what science has to say as to the body which we inhabit; the second aim is to give reliable assistance in the domestic treatment of simple ailments. The bodily ills to which young and old are liable are considered more fully than is usual in popular works.

The first portion of the book treats of ihe human body in health, and the various changes produced by disease. This part has been divided into sections, each section being devoted to one set of organs. For example, the bones and joints are considered in one section, the nervous system in another, the digestive organs in a third, and so on. The first half of each section describes the particular organs in their healthy condition, and the second half discusses the diseases to which they are liable. By this method the healthy and diseased slates of each part of the body are placed in relationship to, and mutually explain, one another. This section, moreover, contains special chapters on the Management of Children in Health, the Diseases of Childhood, and the Diseases of Women.

The second portion of the book is devoted to Hygiene, or the conditions of health as regards Food, Drink, Clothing, Exercise, etc, and the rules to be observed for the promotion of health, both of individuals and communities. Details are given of the requirements of a Healthy House, in its construction, ventilation, water-supply, drainage, etc.

In the third portion of the work the nature and mode of Action of Drugs and other remedial agents are explained. But this' part includes more than mere drugs. Electricity, an agent as valuable in medicine as it is in commerce, and Massage, or medical rubbing, another new and formidable antagonist to ill-health, will also be fully treated.

In the remaining portion of the book the methods of dealing with Accidents and Emergencies find a place, and the commoner Surgical Instruments are described and their mode of use explained; Sick-nursing receives attention, and recipes for Invalid Cookery and Notes of Medical Prescriptions are given.

The Illustrations are very numerous, consisting of about four hundred figures printed in the text, and a series of thirty-one engraved plates, many of which are in colours.

A GREAT HISTORICAL WORK.