RT Journal T1 THe practical medicine series. JF Journal of the American Medical Association JO Journal of the American Medical Association YR 1909 FD September 11 VO LIII IS 11 SP 890 OP 890 DO 10.1001/jama.1909.02550110064027 UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1909.02550110064027 AB This is the first of the ten volumes of the series for the present year and is also the first of the two sections that appears on the subject of general medicine. It contains a carefully selected summary of the literature of the preceding year on the diseases of the respiratory and circulatory organs, diseases of the ductless glands, metabolic diseases, and diseases of the kidneys. This volume, in common with the rest of the series, is written primarily for the benefit of the general practitioner and the arrangement and the selection of the subjects adapt it to this purpose. The sections devoted to tuberculosis and diseases of the heart, respectively, deserve especial notice. The book is well illustrated and contains complete indexes, both of subjects and of authors. The volume should prove of more than ordinary interest and value to those physicians who are careful to keep in touch