THE object of the author in this volume is to set before his readers the present state of our knowledge regarding serum diagnosis. While he modestly puts it forward as a compilation, we must credit him with the orderliness of the arrangement under which his facts are marshalled, and with the clear way in which the various points are put. The first part of the book is devoted to methods, and here, as is natural, the illustrations are chiefly drawn from experience in the serum diagnosis of typhoid fever. The various methods ...
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THE object of the author in this volume is to set before his readers the present state of our knowledge regarding serum diagnosis. While he modestly puts it forward as a compilation, we must credit him with the orderliness of the arrangement under which his facts are marshalled, and with the clear way in which the various points are put. The first part of the book is devoted to methods, and here, as is natural, the illustrations are chiefly drawn from experience in the serum diagnosis of typhoid fever. The various methods in vogue are discussed, the general conclusion being that that method is best with which each worker is most familiar. While this is undoubtedly true, it suggests that we are still incompletely informed as to what are the essential factors to be taken into account in all methods. Inter alia here, Dr. Cabot advocates the reliability of diagnosis founded on the result of 1 to 10 dilution observed for fifteen minutes, a statement which appears to us, in face of recent results, not to be sufficiently substantiated. In the second part of the hook the results of the application of serum diagnosis to typhoid fever, and the various questions relating to its occurrence and significance in this disease, are discussed. We are glad to find the author upholding the value of the method, as especially in this country there has of late been a tendency to unduly magnify negative instances. Some facts are given regarding serum diagnosis in atypical forms of typhoid and in allied affections which are of the highest interest in relation to the scientific principles which underlie agglutination. The third part of the book deals with the serum diagnosis of diseases other than typhoid. After reading it, we feel how much still must be done before such diagnoses can be looked on as reliable, but the outlook in this direction is of course distinctly hopeful. The book as a whole may be recommended to those who wish a general view of the subject, and who have not the opportunity of consulting original authorities. In certain parts it somewhat lacks perspective, for in no subject more than that with which this volume deals is it true that the wide experience of the few is of infinitely greater importance than the limited experiences of the many.
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