Of all the infections which threaten our wounded men, tetanus is that which, thanks to serotherapy, we are best able to prevent. But serotherapy, when it is late and insufficient, may, on the other hand, tend to create a special type of attenuated and localised tetanus; in this form the contractions are as a general rule confined to a single limb. This type, however, does not always remain strictly monoplegic; and if examples of such cases are rare this is doubtless because physicians are not as yet very well aware of their existence. We owe to MM. Courtois-Suffit and R. Giroux one of the first and most important observations of this new type; so that no one was better qualified to define its characteristics. This they have done in a remarkable manner, supporting their remarks by all the documents hitherto published, first expounding the characteristics which individualise the other atypical and partial types of tetanus, which have long been recognised. WAR OTITIS AND WAR DEAFNESS. Diagnosis, Treatment, Medical Reports. By Dr. H. Bourgeois, Oto-rhino-laryngologist to the Paris Hospitals, and Dr. Sourdille, former interne of the Paris Hospitals. Edited by J. Dundas Grant, M.D., F.R.C.S.(Eng.); Major R.A.M.C., President, Special Aural Board (under Ministry of Pensions). With many illustrations in the text and full-page plates. Price 6/- net This work presents the special aspects of inflammatory affections of the ear and deafness, as they occur in active military service. The instructions as to diagnosis and treatment are intended primarily for the regimental medical officer. The sections dealing with medical reports (_expertises_) on the valuation of degrees of disablement and claims to discharge, gratuity or pension, will be found of the greatest value to the officers of invaliding boards. _The cost of postage per volume is: Inland 5d.; Abroad 8d._ LONDON: UNIVERSITY OF LONDON PRESS, LTD., 18, WARWICK SQUARE, E.C.4 MILITARY MEDICAL MANUALS GUY'S HOSPITAL GAZETTE: "The series is a most valuable addition to the medical literature of the war.... We deem it to be almost indispensable to a medical officer, and have no hesitation in unreservedly recommending it." SYPHILIS AND THE ARMY. By G. Thibierge, Physician of the Hôpital Saint-Louis. Edited by C. F. Marshall, F.R.C.S. Price 6/- net