THE MEDICINAL TREATMENT OF SCLEROSIS
The question now arises, what can the Physician, by real therapeutics,
do to help? Much, I feel sure, if he will carefully and courageously
apply the knowledge that has come to us of the late years. Firstly,
Lauder Brunton showed us how we can quickly reduce the blood pressure
that is one of the chief symptoms in angina pectoris, the immediate
effect of amyl nitrite in reducing arterial tension, and the slower but
very valuable effects of nitroglycerin and the other nitrites. This has
enabled us to meet many an emergency, but the effects of these are
not sustained enough to become a steady daily treatment. The orthodox
remedy has been for years Iodide of Potassium; this has been by the
teachers of the past so driven into us that, in spite of failures
that far outweigh the successes, it has become heterodox to doubt it.
Yet one must confess that one has been for years prescribing it more
from a sense of duty than from any confident hope of its results.
In a few cases, where there is cardiac pain and symptoms of new or
chronic aortitis, it certainly does good, but in the average case of
hyperpiesis it is a very poor reed to trust.
How does Iodide act? Chiefly, in all probability, by stimulating the
thyroid to pour more of its secretion into the blood stream. Thus is
produced the absorption of gummata, of new lowly formed tissues and
the thickenings of fibrositis and rheumatism. We see the same result
more decidedly and more constantly in the treatment of myxœdema by
thyroid feeding.
As I have shown before, senile degeneration, premature and normal, is
largely due to general endocrine degeneration and deficiency, and it
has many relations to myxœdema. Thyroid deficiency as a rule means
raised blood pressure, and, as has been shown in young animals deprived
of their thyroids, a strong tendency to get atheromatous disease of the
large arteries, even in youth.
The parallels are many, and so are the lessons they convey. If one had
a perfectly functioning thyroid in arterio-sclerosis, one might with
some confidence treat it by Iodides; but as we know that such is not
the condition in the great majority of cases, we should expect to
fail. One would have to give Iodide in enormous quantities with any
hope to whip up a senile thyroid into effectual activity, and then in
all probability fail. (This may be the explanation of the miracles
worked by big doses of Iodide in syphilitic gummata in the brain, but
in these cases there is rarely evidence of thyroid deficiency.)
Why then do we take the long and disagreeable route to our object by
giving Iodide? Thyroid feeding acts here just as it does in myxœdema.
We have to take into consideration the comparative failure of the other
endocrine glands, but that only adds to the charm and attractiveness of
the problem. The suprarenal and the pituitary are the most important,
but one must not neglect the sexual glands. I feel strongly that
thyroid treatment alone or in combination is the rational method to
adopt in sclerosis: personal experience confirms this every day. We
purposely side-track the worn-out thyroid of sclerosis and senility,
and, by thyroid feeding, restore to a great extent the whole endocrine
harmony, thus giving a new tone and stimulus to existence. We shall
have to use more or less thyroid feeding for the remainder of life, but
we must show our patients that it is not a medicine but a necessary
food. As in myxœdema, so in sclerosis, thyroid feeding is the only
means, as yet known, of producing absorption of those thickenings that
characterize both diseases.
I have had lately the opportunity of watching and treating a thorough
case of myxœdema in a lady about forty years of age, a very intelligent
and educated woman. She weighs her symptoms and knows exactly when she
needs more or less thyroid; she judges by her head feelings, vertigo,
the sense of fatigue, etc., and by her hair falling out. But thyroid
in sufficient doses produces a quick, irritable heart action; this she
can quiet by taking suprarenal extract. Under sufficient thyroid her
blood pressure comes down to normal and the suprarenal does not raise
it. With this balanced combination she can lead a useful and enjoyable
life. The same thing happens more or less in later life, where there is
high pressure and other signs of arterial thickening.
Suprarenal by the mouth seems to me to have the power of raising low
pressures to the normal--a most valuable property in the asthenia of
pneumonia and diphtheria--but there comes in some check action which
prevents its causing hypertension.
Dr. Sajous, the well-known scientific physician of America, at the
annual meeting of the American Therapeutic Society in May 1920, said:
“With regard to the adrenals, in his opinion, clinical experience with
the human subject did not bear out the statements of physiologists
that therapeutic doses of adrenalin had any inhibitory effects on the
functions of the gastro-intestinal canal; in fact, the effect was quite
the opposite. The supposed blood-pressure raising power of adrenalin
also proved misleading; indeed, one of his workers found that, if
there was one thing that adrenalin did not do, it was to raise blood
pressure.”
In this direction we must realize the wonderful selective action of
adrenalin, that of dilating the coronary arteries, contracting the
arteries and arterioles of the skin and of the great splanchnic area
and of dilating the deep arteries of the limbs. These selective actions
explain the great relief it gives in asthma and acute respiratory
distress, such as œdema of the lungs, where it bleeds a man into his
own distal vessels.
The absence of raised pressure in the brachial and radial arteries may
be thus explained also. Again we must not forget that there may be,
and probably is, something in the extract of the whole gland besides
adrenalin. Administered by stomach the extract has, I think, far more
effect than pure adrenalin given in the same way, and more lasting.
Given by rectum, adrenalin acts quickly and powerfully. In France
thyroid treatment is sometimes carried out by injections of an extract
of the whole gland subcutaneously, but it is difficult to get an
extract that is stable.
In persons of middle age it is far more common to get the unpleasant
heart effects of thyroid than in really old people, but it is not by
any means an absolute rule. I know of two women well over ninety who
cannot on this account take thyroid by itself for long. After sixty,
thyroid in combination with pitglandin (the dried extract of the
pars-anterior of the hypophysis) becomes very useful. At this time of
life the internal secretion of the sexual glands begins to fail, and
pitglandin, I think, compensates for their deficiency. When one thinks
of the extraordinary influence that the pars-anterior has in youth on
growth, and non-growth, causing gigantism and infantilism, one cannot
be surprised at its having some powerful influence at the other end
of life. It can be given in large doses, 1 or 2 grains, and seems to
have no poisonous effects. Unlike pituitrin (pars-posterior), it does
not raise blood pressure, but, I believe, has the opposite effect. The
secretions of testis and ovary are probably mild pressure raisers, and
as they enter into the formation of nearly all the pluri-glandular
preparations that are on the market, this should be recognized.
What may be of great value in neurasthenia, where the pressure is
generally sub-normal, may be harmful in sclerosis. Most of these
preparations contain also whole pituitary, and this again is harmful
in plus pressure. It always strikes me as unscientific to give whole
pituitary in any case, for the two parts are largely antagonistic in
their action. The extracts of the sexual glands have been given, with
the object of restoring sexual power (except for its side effects a
thing of doubtful value), but if they prove to be pressure raisers,
sclerosis will do better without them. In all probability pitglandin
has a stimulating effect on the gonads, as it has on sexual development
in childhood, but it does not raise pressure.
We must regard it as a clinical fact that the thyroid reduces pressure.
The original experiments of Oliver and Schäfer seem conclusive.
Brunton said: “Thyroid gland, when taken by the mouth, dilates the
peripheral vessels, making the skin warm and moist, and quickens the
pulse. In this respect it antagonizes the suprarenal secretion. Besides
this effect on blood pressure, it has other effects on metabolism
which are important.” Biedl says: “If thyroid or iodothyrin be given
continuously for two or three weeks, the amount of CO-excretion will
be increased by 15 to 16 per cent. The nitrogenous interchanges are
invariably disturbed by thyroid; the increased decomposition of albumen
is expressed by an increased excretion of nitrogen. Thyroidism also
brings about a considerable increase in the amount of calcium excreted
in the fæces, the calcium carrying off with it a large proportion of
phosphorus.” This phosphorus loss may explain some of the feeling of
weakness and exhaustion that thyroid feeding often causes; this a good
phosphate food such as Bynogen will help to remove.
It is thus evident that we have in thyroid medication something much
more than a mere tension depressor. Its other properties, influencing
excretion, explain to some extent its sphere of usefulness and its
drawbacks. The increased excretion of calcium may be very beneficial in
atheroma, but is probably not an advantage in other ways. An observant
man, who did not need it, was taking thyroid rather freely; he cut his
finger and could not get it to heal. Thinking that this might be the
result of calcium loss, he stopped the thyroid, and his wound healed,
as he said, in a few hours. To the increased general metabolism that
thyroid produces is due its striking effects in myxœdema: the new
tissues, abnormal in quantity if not in essence, are absorbed, and the
face and limbs resume their natural appearance. Senility and myxœdema
are so closely related that one would naturally expect the same results
to ensue. A fair steady trial will prove that such is the case, but all
such clinical experiments need to be carried out in each individual
case with thoroughness, faith and intelligent observation. Failure may
at first be the verdict, but it is in most cases due to some defect in
method. A thoughtful review of our physiological knowledge of endocrine
actions will often show where lies the fault. A carping critic may say,
What is your physiological knowledge of the action of these glands?
And one must humbly answer, Not very much. But we are going to find
our way through the twilight of our ignorance, partly by physiological
experiment, but chiefly by clinical results. We must also be encouraged
by the thought that all these clinical trials are without risk. What
matters it if we produce temporary symptoms of hyperthyroidism? We can
always correct them or retrace our steps. Russell Lowell’s proverb
was, “A man who never makes a mistake never makes anything.” In such
therapeutics we shall discover the pathways of natural curative
medicine. It is not the introduction into human bodies of vegetable
and mineral remedies or poisons; it is simply the introduction of
correlated gland extracts from other mammals. As far as we know, the
glands of the herbivora answer as well as the glands of the omnivora,
but we may have to correct this view.
In treating hyperpiesis, we shall come across some cases that seem
to yield to thyroid treatment hardly at all, and here the trouble is
often found to be chiefly, if not entirely, in intestinal absorption
of deleterious products of faulty digestion; there may or may not
be signs of colitis; but, as I have said before, duodenal extract
freely given alters the condition rapidly in most cases. In these
cases probably the absorption of these residues of defective digestion
produces hyperadrenia, and the adrenal-thyroid balance is disturbed.
Dr. Sajous (in his paper previously mentioned) claims that calomel in
very small doses, not exceeding gr. 1/12, is a powerful activator of
the thyroid secretion; he claims that so given it has been effective
in checking epidemics of diphtheria. It probably acts partly as an
intestinal bactericide and partly by its action on the thyroid,
increasing the defensive anti-bodies in the blood.
There is one other medicine that has a very decided action on some
forms of raised pressure, and that is hippuric acid. This again is
a natural or endogenous cure. It was introduced by the late Dr.
George Oliver of Harrogate, and is chiefly used as sodium or lithium
hippurate. For some time before his death Dr. Oliver was seeking for a
reasonable explanation of its action, but his death unfortunately came
before he had carried this through. I can give no theory, but of its
effects in many cases I feel convinced, though I cannot say beforehand
in which class of case it will answer. In the pre-sclerotic cases of
middle life it often acts quickly and well, even better than thyroid.
Again, in old age, in cases where one would expect thyroid to give the
better results, it answers equally well.
Two of my patients--old ladies well over seventy--have had hyperpiesis
for twelve years or more; they were condemned by good men many
years ago. They have lived on hippurate almost without breaks all
these years, and it has kept their pressure down to a reasonable
working-point. With both I have tried thyroid treatment with very
slight success; they always come back to their hippurate as the
well-tried friend. I have another patient aged ninety-four, who has
had periods of high pressure for twenty years, and if she misses her
daily dose the pressure goes up and her head gets giddy and confused.
It is a very wholesome medicine, causes no gastric disturbance, and
is easily soluble; from 5 to 15 grains a day are generally needed. If
there are gouty symptoms I give the lithia salt; if not, the sodium.
The benzoates have, I believe, much the same action, but they are not
easily digested and large doses are required. In bad and obstinate
cases the hippurate and thyroid treatment sometimes act well together.
I have written now all that I know from personal experience about the
treatment of this complicated condition we call arterio-sclerosis;
and many of the symptoms and much of the treatment I have been able
to watch and verify for myself by almost hourly contact with it.
Nevertheless, this treatment will have to stand the racket and assaults
of both friendly and hostile critics, and so it should be. In the
practice of medicine we must be prepared to maintain our position and
to give a reason for the faith that is in us, for the issues are so
great and affect others rather than ourselves.
I have said that this is somewhat of an occupation disease: it is a
vicious circle, not originating necessarily in any vice, but in the
pressure of life and the stress of circumstances. The causes often we
cannot remove entirely, but only modify, and so we are compelled to
treat symptoms only; our ambition and longing will be to do much more
than this--to bring about a perfect reform; but in the management
of this, as in most morbid conditions, compromise, with as much true
wisdom as we can squeeze into it, is the only practical policy. Our
endeavour must be to break the vicious circle whenever and wherever we
can. The lowering of pressure does not sound a great thing in itself,
but it immediately lessens the work of the heart, sets more free the
circulation of blood in the brain, often restores the power of sleep
and so ensures comparative rest all round. It thus gives us a breathing
space in which we can consider and attack the origins of evil.
In conclusion I ask my readers to consider well Sir Clifford Allbutt’s
most wise words on this question: “In entering upon the discussion
of vaso-dilatation, as contrasted with agents which bring about this
change indirectly by modifying the causes of morbid constriction, we
have to consider how far mere dilatation--brought about, that is to
say, immediately and singly--serves any good purpose.
“We are told that to act thus directly upon the vessels is but to treat
a symptom, and is therefore absurd. But whatsoever be our judgment on
this or any such particular effect, the common denunciation of treating
symptoms, which sounds very philosophical, is surely but a parrot
phrase. Why should we not treat a symptom? If in granular kidney by
mere pressure reduction the grievous headache be abated, or in angina
pectoris the pain be thus charmed away, we have so far at any rate a
substantial gain.
“In renal diseases it is generally agreed that, on the whole, with due
caution, to lower pressure is helpful. Moreover, if by mitigation of
his suffering the patient gets a chance of picking up in many other
ways, are we not more than justified in our interference, narrow as it
may seem? We never know what interference may cut a link in a vicious
circle. If we cannot stop the crack in the water-pipe, we need not
throw away the mop.
“The warning should run not against the treatment of a ‘mere symptom,’
but lest, while giving our attention to the symptom and snatching at an
immediate advantage, we lose our grip of the case as a whole.”
In whatever treatment we adopt for sclerosis, we must bear in mind
that, under the raised pressure, the heart is very apt to dilate. To
lower pressure alone in this condition often ends in failure. We must
brace up the heart at the same time as we lower resistance. For the
purpose strophanthus in large doses and strychnia are the best drugs.
Digitalis is occasionally necessary, but more often does harm than
good. Given, however, in this well-tried old form it contracts the
ventricle without raising pressure:
℞ Pulv. Digitalis .. .. gr. 1–2
Pil. Hydrarg. .. .. gr. 1
Pil. Scillæ Co. .. .. gr. 1-1/2
Ft. pil. to be taken twice a day.
The compound gland tablet that I chiefly use has this formula:
℞ Thyroid Extract dried .. gr. 1/2
Orchitic Extract dried .. gr. 1/2
Ovarian Extract dried .. gr. 1/2
Anterior Pituitary dried .. gr. 1/2
Ft. tab. 1.
This can be taken three times daily and acts best, I think, if taken
before food. The amount of thyroid can be doubled if necessary. In
cases where there is much prostration the anterior pituitary can be
increased to 2 grains. The orchitic and the ovarian can be omitted if
thought advisable.
Hitherto many of us have looked on this condition, arterio-sclerosis,
as a tenant’s fixture, to be got rid of only when he moves into his
next habitation. This is neither fair to ourselves nor to our patients.
It is a hopeless stultification of our more recent physiological
knowledge and discoveries. It is a pessimistic faith that deserves
failure and gets it. It is a silent denial of those healing powers
which Christ so lovingly displayed when on earth, and which are still
the heritage of those who can see and believe.
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a new intelligence; a practical guide for the humble but anxious
collector.... A good glossary of technicalities and many excellent
illustrations complete a valuable contribution to collector’s lore.”
_Illustrated London News._
*Chats on Cottage and Farmhouse Furniture.* A companion volume
to “Chats on Old Furniture.” By ARTHUR HAYDEN. With a coloured
frontispiece and 75 other Illustrations. Cloth, 10s. 6d. net. Second
Impression.
“One gets very much for one’s money in this book. Seventy-three
full-page illustrations in half-tone embellish a letterpress which is
replete with wise description and valuable hints.” _Vanity Fair._
“Mr. Hayden’s book is a guide to all sorts of desirable and simple
furniture, from Stuart to Georgian, and it is a delight to read as
well as a sure help to selection.” _Pall Mall Gazette._
“Mr. Hayden writes lucidly and is careful and accurate in his
statements; while the advice he gives to collectors is both sound and
reasonable.” _Westminster Gazette._
*Chats on Old Coins.* By FRED W. BURGESS. With a coloured frontispiece
and 258 other Illustrations. Cloth, 10s. 6d. net. Second Impression.
“A most useful and instructive book ... will prove a boon to the
intending collector of old coins and tokens, and full of interest to
every collector. As was to be expected of any volume of this series,
the illustrations are numerous and good, and greatly assist the reader
to grasp the essentials of the author’s descriptions.” _Outlook._
“The author has not only produced ‘a practical guide for the
collector’ but a handy book of reference for all. The volume is
wonderfully cheap.” _Notes and Queries._
*Chats on Old Copper and Brass.* By FRED W. BURGESS. With a coloured
frontispiece and 86 other Illustrations. Cloth, 6s. net.
“Mr. F. W. Burgess is an expert on old copper and bronze, and in
his book there is little information lacking which the most ardent
collector might want.” _The Observer._
“Italian bronzes, African charms, Chinese and Japanese enamels, bells,
mortars, Indian idols, dials, candlesticks, and snuff boxes, all come
in for their share of attention, and the reader who has mastered Mr.
Burgess’s pages can face his rival in the auction-room or the dealer
in his shop with little fear of suffering by the transaction.”
_The Nation._
*Chats on Household Curios.* By FRED W. BURGESS. With 94 Illustrations.
Cloth, 6s. net.
“Mr. Burgess gives much information about such attractive antiques
as old glass and enamels, old leather work, old clocks and watches,
old pipes, old seals, musical instruments, and even old samplers and
children’s toys. The book is, in short, an excellent and comprehensive
guide for what one may call the general collector, that is, the
collector who does not confine himself to one class of antique, but
buys whatever he comes across in the curio line, provided that it is
interesting and at moderate price.” _Aberdeen Free Press._
*Chats on Japanese Prints.* By ARTHUR DAVISON FICKE. With a coloured
frontispiece and 56 Illustrations. Cloth, 6s. net. Third Impression.
“Mr. Ficke writes with the knowledge of the expert, and his history
of Japanese printing from very early times and his criticism of the
artists’ work are wonderfully interesting.” _Tatler._
“This is one of the most delightful and notable members of an
attractive series.... A beginner who shall have mastered and made
thoroughly his own the beauty of line and the various subtlety and
boldness of linear composition displayed in these sixty and odd
photographs will have no mean foundation for further study.”--
_Notes and Queries._
*Chats on Old Clocks.* By ARTHUR HAYDEN. With a frontispiece and 80
Illustrations. 2nd Ed. Cloth, 10s. 6d. net.
“A practical handbook dealing with the examples of old clocks likely
to come under the observation of the collector. Charmingly written and
illustrated.” _Outlook._
“One specially useful feature of the work is the prominence Mr. Hayden
has given to the makers of clocks, dealing not only with those of
London, but also those of the leading provincial towns. The lists
he gives of the latter are highly valuable, as they are not to be
found in any similar book. The volume is, as usual with this series,
profusely illustrated, and may be recommended as a highly interesting
and useful general guide to collectors of clocks.” _The Connoisseur._
*Chats on Old Silver.* By ARTHUR HAYDEN. With a frontispiece, 99
full-page Illustrations, and illustrated table of marks. Cloth, 10s.
6d. net. Third Impression.
“Mr. Hayden’s ‘Chats on Old Silver’ deals very thoroughly with
a popular branch of collecting. There are a hundred full-page
illustrations together with illustrated tables and charts, and the
student of this book can wander round the old curiosity shops of these
islands with a valuable equipment of knowledge.... Altogether we have
here a well-written summary of everything that one could wish to know
about this branch of collecting.” _The Sphere._
“The information it gives will be of exceptional value at this time,
when so many families will be forced to part with their treasures--and
old silver is among the most precious possessions of the present day.”
_Morning Post._
*Chats on Military Curios.* By STANLEY C. JOHNSON, M.A., D.Sc. With a
coloured frontispiece and 79 other Illustrations. Cloth, 6s. net.
“Mr. Johnson in this book describes many of the articles a collector
should be on the look out for, giving short but informative notes on
medals, helmet and cap badges, tunic buttons, armour, weapons of all
kinds, medallions, autographs, original documents relating to Army
work, military pictures and prints, newspaper cuttings, obsolete
uniforms, crests, stamps, postmarks, memorial brasses, money and
curios made by prisoners of war, while there is also an excellent
biography on the subject. The author has, indeed, presented the reader
with a capital working handbook, which should prove a friendly and
reliable guide when he goes collecting.” _Field._
*Chats on Royal Copenhagen Porcelain.* By ARTHUR HAYDEN. With a
frontispiece, 56 full-page Illustrations and illustrated tables of
marks. Cloth, 10s. 6d. net.
“This very beautiful and very valuable book will be eagerly welcomed
by lovers of porcelain.... Mr. Hayden describes with great skill and
preciseness all the quality and beauty of technique in which this
porcelain excels; he loves it and understands it, and the examples
he has chosen as illustrations are a valuable supplement to his
descriptions.” _Bookman._
A NEW “CHATS” VOLUME TO BE ISSUED IN THE AUTUMN OF 1920. ORDER EARLY
*Chats on Old Sheffield Plate.* By ARTHUR HAYDEN. With frontispiece and
53 full-page Illustrations, together with makers’ marks. Cloth, about
10s. 6d. net.
Old plated ware has, by reason of its artistic excellence and its
technique, deservedly won favour with collectors. The art of making
plated ware, which originated at Sheffield (hence the name “Sheffield
plate”), was continued at Birmingham and London, where a considerable
amount of “old Sheffield plate” was made, in the manner of its first
inventors, by welding sheets of silver upon copper. The manufacture
lasted roughly a hundred years. Its best period was from 1776 (American
Declaration of Independence) to 1830 (Accession of William IV). The
author shows reasons why this old Sheffield plate should be collected,
and the volume is illustrated with many examples giving various
styles and the development of the art, together with makers’ marks.
Candlesticks and candelabra, tea-caddies, sugar-baskets, salt-cellars,
teapots, coffee-pots, salvers, spoons, and many other articles shown
and described in the volume indicate the exquisite craftsmanship of
the best period. The work stands as a companion volume to the author’s
“Chats on Old Silver,” the standard practical guide to old English
silver collecting.
*Bye Paths in Curio Collecting.* By ARTHUR HAYDEN, Author of “Chats on
Old Silver,” etc. With a frontispiece and 72 full-page Illustrations.
Cloth, 21s. net. Second Impression.
“Every collector knows the name of Mr. Arthur Hayden, and knows him
for a wise counsellor. Upon old furniture, old china, old pottery, and
old prints there is no more knowing judge in the country; and in his
latest volume he supplies a notable need, in the shape of a vade-mecum
exploring some of the nondescript and little traversed bye-paths of
the collector. There was never a time when the amateur of the antique
stood more in need of a competent guide.... The man who wishes to
avoid the pitfalls of the fraudulent will find much salutary advice in
Mr. Hayden’s gossipy pages. There are chests, for example, a fruitful
field for reproduction. Mr. Hayden gives photographs of many exquisite
examples. There is a marriage coffer of the sixteenth century,
decorated with carved figures of Cupid and Hymen, a fine Gothic chest
of the fifteenth century, with rich foliated decorations; and a superb
livery cupboard from Haddon Hall. From Flanders come steel coffers,
with a lock of four bolts, the heavy sides strongly braized together.
Then there are snuffers, with and without trays, tinder-boxes, snuff
graters, and metal tobacco stoppers. The most fascinating designs are
shown, with squirrels, dogs, and quaint human figures at the summit.
Fans and playing-cards provide another attractive section.
Chicken-skin, delicate, white,
Painted by Carlo van Loo.
The fan has always been an object of the collector’s passion, because
of the grace of the article and its beauty as a display. Mr. Hayden
shows a particularly beautiful one, with designs after Fragonard, the
sticks of ivory with jewelled studs. Then there are watch-stands, a
little baroque in design, and table-bells, some of them shaped as
female figures with spreading skirts, old toys and picture-books, and,
of course, cradles, of which every English farm-house once boasted its
local variety. Altogether the book abounds in inviting pictures and
curious information, and is certain of a large, appreciative public.”
_Daily Telegraph._
TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE AUTUMN, 1920
*The Fan Book*: Including Special Chapters on European Fans of the
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. By MACIVER PERCIVAL, author of
“Chats on Old Jewellery and Trinkets.” Fully Illustrated. Demy 8vo,
cloth, 21/- net.
*POETRY THAT THRILLS*
A COLLECTION OF SONGS FROM OVERSEAS THAT THRILL WITH VIVID
DESCRIPTIONS OF THE ADVENTUROUS LIFE IN THE FROZEN NORTH, IN THE
OUTPOSTS OF CIVILIZATION AND OF THE HEROISM OF SOLDIERS IN BATTLE
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“It is the great merit of Mr. Service’s verses that they are literally
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he has set the heroism, the endurance, the unfailing cheerfulness and
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THE SPELL OF THE TROPICS. By RANDOLPH H. ATKIN. Cloth, 4/6 net.
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bygone memories of days spent in the Land of the Coconut Tree.
THE SONG OF TIADATHA. By OWEN RUTTER. Cloth, 4/6 net. Third Impression.
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“This song of Tiadatha is nothing less than a little English epic of
the war.” _The Morning Post._
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SONGS OUT OF EXILE: Being Verses of African Sunshine and Shadow and
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FROM THE OUTPOSTS. By CULLEN GOULDSBURY. Cloth, 4/6 net. Third
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“Mr. Cullen Gouldsbury’s collections of his verses are always welcome,
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one has quite Mr. Gouldsbury’s experience and gift.” _Spectator._
“It has been well said that Mr. Gouldsbury has done for the white man
in Africa what Adam Lindsay Gordon in a measure accomplished for the
Commonwealth and Kipling triumphantly for the British race, and he
certainly is good to read.” _Field._
THE HELL-GATE OF SOISSONS and other Poems. (“THE SONG OF THE GUNS.”) By
HERBERT KAUFMAN. Cloth, 4/6 net. Fifth Impression.
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that has brought it forth. He is a poet with a martial spirit and a
deep, manly voice.” _Daily Mail._
LYRA NIGERIA. By ADAMU. (E. C. ADAMS). Cloth, 4/6 net. Second Impression.
“Mr. E. C. Adams (Adamu) is a singer of Nigeria, and it can safely
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Service. The heart of the wanderer and adventurer is revealed, and in
particular that spirit of longing which comes to all ... who have gone
out to the far-lands of the world.” _Dundee Advertiser._
SUNNY SONGS. Poems. By EDGAR A. GUEST. Cloth, 4/6 net.
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public. He brims over with sound sense and tonic cheeriness. He
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sympathetic with the associations which combine in the word “Home.”
Hence he is read by women with amusement and pleasure. During the war
his poem, “Said the Workman to the Soldier,” circulated by the hundred
thousand. Like Béranger and all successful poets, he is essentially
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RICHARD MIDDLETON’S WORKS
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OTHER WORKS BY RICHARD MIDDLETON
THE GHOST SHIP AND OTHER STORIES.
MONOLOGUES.
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WHY DON’T THEY CHEER? By R. J. C. STEAD. Cloth, 4/6 net.
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SWORDS AND FLUTES. By WILLIAM KEAN SEYMOUR. Cloth, 4/- net.
“Among the younger poets Mr. Seymour is distinguished by his delicacy
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THE ADVANCE OF SOUTH AMERICA
A FEW NOTES ON SOME INTERESTING BOOKS DEALING WITH THE PAST HISTORY,
PRESENT AND FUTURE POSSIBILITIES OF THE GREAT CONTINENT
When in 1906 Mr. Fisher Unwin commissioned the late Major Martin
Hume to prepare a series of volumes by experts on the South American
Republics, but little interest had been taken in the country as a
possible field for commercial development. The chief reasons for this
were ignorance as to the trade conditions and the varied resources
of the country, and the general unrest and instability of most of
the governments. With the coming of the South American Series of
handbooks the financial world began to realize the importance of the
country, and, with more settled conditions, began in earnest to develop
the remarkable natural resources which awaited outside enterprise.
Undoubtedly the most informative books on the various Republics are
those included in THE SOUTH AMERICAN SERIES, each of which is the work
of a recognized authority on his subject.
“The output of books upon Latin America has in recent years been very
large, a proof doubtless of the increasing interest that is felt
in the subject. Of these the ‘South American Series’ is the most
noteworthy.” _The Times._
“When the ‘South American Series’ is completed, those who take
interest in Latin-American affairs will have an invaluable
encyclopædia at their disposal.” _Westminster Gazette._
“Mr. Unwin’s ‘South American Series’ of books are of special interest
and value to the capitalist and trader.”--
_Chamber of Commerce Journal._
Full particulars of the volumes in the “South American Series,” also of
other interesting books on South America, will be found in the pages
following.
1 *Chile*. By G. F. SCOTT ELLIOTT, M.A., F.R.G.S. With an Introduction
by MARTIN HUME, a Map and 89 Illustrations. Cloth, 15/- net. Fifth
Impression.
“An exhaustive, interesting account, not only of the turbulent history
of this country, but of the present conditions and seeming prospects.”
_Westminster Gazette._
2 *Peru*. By C. REGINALD ENOCK, F.R.G.S. With an Introduction by MARTIN
HUME, a Map and 64 Illustrations. Cloth, 18/- net. Fifth Impression.
“An important work.... The writer possesses a quick eye and a keen
intelligence; is many-sided in his interests, and on certain subjects
speaks as an expert. The volume deals fully with the development of
the country.” _The Times._
3 *Mexico*. By C. REGINALD ENOCK, F.R.G.S. With an Introduction by
MARTIN HUME, a Map and 64 Illustrations. Cloth, 15/- net. Fifth
Impression.
“The book is most comprehensive; the history, politics, topography,
industries, resources and possibilities being most ably discussed.”
_The Financial News._
4 *Argentina*. By W. A. HIRST. With an Introduction by Martin Hume, a
Map and 64 Illustrations. Cloth, 15/- net. Fifth Impression.
“The best and most comprehensive of recent works on the greatest and
most progressive of the Republics of South America.”
_Manchester Guardian._
5 *Brazil*. By PIERRE DENIS. Translated, and with an Historical Chapter
by BERNARD MIALL. With a Supplementary Chapter by DAWSON A. VINDIN, a
Map and 86 Illustrations. Cloth, 15/- net. Third Impression.
“Altogether the book is full of information, which shows the author to
have made a most careful study of the country.”--_Westminster Gazette._
6 *Uruguay*. By W. H. KOEBEL. With a Map and 55 Illustrations. Cloth,
15/- net. Third Impression.
“Mr. Koebel has given us an expert’s diagnosis of the present
condition of Uruguay. Glossing over nothing, exaggerating nothing, he
has prepared a document of the deepest interest.”--_Evening Standard._
7 *Guiana*. British, French and Dutch. By JAMES RODWAY. With a Map and
82 Illustrations. Cloth, 18/- net. Second Impression.
“Mr. Rodway’s work is a storehouse of information, historical,
economical and sociological.” _The Times._
8 *Venezuela*. By LEONARD V. DALTON, F.G.S., F.R.G.S. With a Map and 45
Illustrations. Cloth, 15/- net. Third Impression.
“An exhaustive and valuable survey of its geography, geology, history,
botany, zoology and anthropology, and of its commercial possibilities
in the near future.” _Manchester Guardian._
9 *Latin America*: Its Rise and Progress. By F. GARCIA-CALDERON. With a
Preface by RAYMOND POINCARÉ, President of the French Republic. With a
Map and 84 Illustrations. Cloth, 15/- net. Fifth Impression.
President Poincaré, in a striking preface to this book, says: “Here is
a book that should be read and digested by every one interested in the
future of the Latin genius.”
10 *Colombia*. By PHANOR JAMES EDER, A.B., LL.B. With 2 Maps and 40
Illustrations. Cloth, 15/- net. Fourth Impression.
“Mr. Eder’s valuable work should do much to encourage investment,
travel and trade in one of the least-known and most promising of the
countries of the New World.” _Manchester Guardian._
11 *Ecuador*. By C. REGINALD ENOCK, F.R.G.S. With 2 Maps and 87
Illustrations. Cloth, 15/- net. Second Impression.
“Mr. Enock’s very thorough and exhaustive volume should help British
investors to take their part in promoting its development. He has
studied and described the country in all its aspects.”
_Manchester Guardian._
12 *Bolivia*. By PAUL WALLE. With 4 Maps and 59 Illustrations. Cloth,
18/- net. Second Impression.
Bolivia is a veritable El Dorado, requiring only capital and enterprise
to become one of the wealthiest States of America. This volume is the
result of a careful investigation made on behalf of the French Ministry
of Commerce.
13 *Paraguay*. By W. H. KOEBEL. With a Map and 32 Illustrations. Cloth,
15/- net. Second Impression.
“Gives a great deal of serious and useful information about the
possibilities of the country for the emigrant, the investor and
the tourist, concurrently with a vivid and literary account of its
history.” _Economist._
14 *Central America*: Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras,
Panama and Salvador. By W. H. KOEBEL. With a Map and 25 Illustrations.
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19 *Media, Babylon, and Persia*: From the Fall of Nineveh to the
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20 *The Hansa Towns*. By HELEN ZIMMERN. Third Edition. With 51
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21 *Early Britain*. By Professor ALFRED J. CHURCH, M.A. Sixth
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22 *The Barbary Corsairs*. By STANLEY LANE-POOLE. With additions by
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23 *Russia*. By W. R. MORFILL, M.A. Fourth Edition. With 60
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24 *The Jews under Roman Rule*. By W. D. MORRISON. Second Impression.
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25 *Scotland*: From the Earliest Times to the Present Day. By JOHN
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26 *Switzerland*. By LINA HUG and R. STEAD. Third Impression. With
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27 *Mexico*. By SUSAN HALE. Third Impression. With 47 Illustrations
and Maps.
28 *Portugal*. By H. MORSE STEPHENS, M.A. New Edition. With a new
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With 44 Illustrations and Maps.
29 *The Normans*. Told chiefly in Relation to their Conquest of
England. By SARAH ORNE JEWETT. Third Impression. With 35 Illustrations
and Maps.
30 *The Byzantine Empire*. By C. W. C. OMAN, M.A. Third Edition. With
44 Illustrations and Maps.
31 *Sicily*: Phœnician, Greek, and Roman. By Professor E. A. FREEMAN.
Third Edition. With 45 Illustrations.
32 *The Tuscan Republics* (Florence, Siena, Pisa, Lucca) *with Genoa*.
By BELLA DUFFY. With 40 Illustrations and Maps.
33 *Poland*. By W. R. MORFILL. Third Impression. With 50 Illustrations
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34 *Parthia*. By Professor GEORGE RAWLINSON. Third Impression. With 48
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35 *The Australian Commonwealth*. (New South Wales, Tasmania, Western
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36 *Spain*. Being a Summary of Spanish History from the Moorish
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37 *Japan*. By DAVID MURRAY, Ph.D., LL.D. With a new Chapter by JOSEPH
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38 *South Africa*. (The Cape Colony, Natal, Orange Free State, South
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39 *Venice*. By ALETHEA WIEL. Fifth Impression. With 61 Illustrations
and a Map.
40 *The Crusades*: The Story of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. By
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41 *Vedic India*: As embodied principally in the Rig-Veda. By ZÉNAÏDE
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42 *The West Indies and the Spanish Main*. By JAMES RODWAY, F.L.S. Third
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43 *Bohemia*: From the Earliest Times to the Fall of National
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48 *The Franks*. From their Origin as a Confederacy to the
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49 *Austria*. By SIDNEY WHITMAN. With the Collaboration of J. R.
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50 *Modern England before the Reform Bill*. By JUSTIN MCCARTHY. With 31
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51 *China*. By Professor R. K. DOUGLAS. Fourth Edition. With a new
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52 *Modern England under Queen Victoria*: From the Reform Bill to the
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53 *Modern Spain, 1878–1898*. By MARTIN A. S. HUME. Second Impression.
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54 *Modern Italy, 1748–1898*. By Professor PIETRO ORSI. With over 40
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55 *Norway*: From the Earliest Times. By Professor HJALMAR H. BOYESEN.
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56 *Wales*. By OWEN EDWARDS. With 47 Illustrations and 7 Maps. Fifth
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57 *Mediæval Rome*: From Hildebrand to Clement VIII, 1073–1535. By
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58 *The Papal Monarchy*: From Gregory the Great to Boniface VIII. By
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59 *Mediæval India under Mohammedan Rule*. By STANLEY LANE-POOLE.
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60 *Parliamentary England*: The Evolution of the Cabinet System,
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63 *The Coming of Parliament*. (England, 1350–1660.) By L. CECIL JANE.
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64 *The Story of Greece*: From the Earliest Times to A.D. 14. By
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