Medical Officer in a regiment or civil statio11 bound and leave his copies of Lancet, British Medical Gazette or other medical journals in the office. In this way, with the Indian Medical Gazette, a nucleus of a local medical library of periodical literature might in time be started in each station. The need, however, of a reference library, for old and new books, is a real want in India.

(2)

Each

might get

MlDNAl'ORE, \Uh June 1H9S.

V

MEDICAL REFEKEjNUK To the Editor

of

L/IliriAlvV

FUK

INDIA.

The Indian Medical Gazette.

a couple of suggestions apropos of Dr. R. the Medical Library Question.

Sir,?May I add Ross' letter

on

(1) That one of the leading publishing or bookselling firms in India be asked to start a Medical Circulating Library upon the number of annual sub(subscription would

depend

scribers).

Library

When I

was on

furlough,

I found Lewis' Medical

of the utmost value in this way.

W. J. BUCHANAN, M.B.,

Surgeon-Captain.