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The nineteenth century is full of achievements far surpassing the tales of the Arabian Nights. First among these is the printing press. In all directions it incites rapid thinking and vigorous action. All trades, all arts, all sciences, all professions, indeed all callings, have been driven onward and attracted forward by its powers. In fact this force so occupies all our time and all our energies, that we do not realize the spell under which we are moving. With annuals, quarterlies, monthlies, weeklies, tri-weeklies, bi-weeklies, dailies, morning, noon and evening, we find that even journalism taxes all our powers to keep pace with the ever onward rush of human events. Of the other work of the printing press we can gather but the most general notion. In medical journalism proper, there are but very few that can do more than keep track of the