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Radiotherapy, Phototherapy and High Frequency Currents. The Medical and Surgical Applications of Radiology in Diagnosis and Treatment. By Charles Warren Allen, M.D., Professor of Dermatology in the New York Post-Graduate Medical School. With 131 Engravings and 27 Plates. Cloth. Pp. 618. Price, $4.50. net. Philadelphia and New York: Lea Brothers & Co. The rapidly growing literature on the medical uses of the various forms of radiant force, some of which we have but recently become acquainted with, receives here important additions. Freund's work must be regarded as authoritative and fundamental, especially in so far as concerns the essential scientific principles of radiology. The introductory chapters on physics are more exhaustive than in the other books on radiotherapy. The technic of the practical application of these forces is also comprehensively described. A fully illustrated supplement contains adequate descriptions of the various instruments necessary for using high-frequency currents, x-rays, heat and light