Recent Literature The Practical Medicine Series of Year Books . Comprising ten volumes on the year's progress in Medicine and Surgery. Issued monthly. Under the general editorial charge of Gustavus P. Head, M.D., Professor of Laryngology and Rhinology, Chicago Post-Graduate Medical School. Volume II. General Surgery. Edited by John B. Murphy, M.D., Professor of Surgery, Northwestern University, Medical School, Chicago: The Year Book Publishers, 1903.