A Handbook of Midwifery, for Midwives, Maternity Nurses, and Obstetric Dressers

of .this nature so that the readers for whom it is meant do not have to wade through a maze of unnecessary material, and at the same time to present them with the essentials. This work appears to us to strike the happy medium. The paragraphs explaining what the doctor will do when the case goes beyond the ordinary powers of the midwife are particularly useful in this country, where the nurse may be many hours' journey away from the nearest doctor and where she may be called on to deal single handed with obstetrical emergencies. The chapter on ante-natal work is excellent, as is also that on the care of infants. If we have any criticism to offer it would be that the table showing the height of the uterus at various periods of pregnancy is likely to give a wrong impression. We have never found the fundus uteri two inches above the symphysis