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It is a pleasure to call attention to this fine volume by Professor Rasch on diseases of the skin and their treatment, although it is published in Danish and therefore, is not available for most of us. It is a condensed text, after the European style of such works, and covers the whole subject of dermatology. The classification which he uses is new and rather interesting and is as follows: The detailed discussion of fungus infections, to which he gives 100 pages of a book of 600 pages, indicates the importance that is now being given to this group of diseases. Then he deals with bacterial diseases and infections. It is interesting to note that he includes among these diseases such conditions as seborrheic dermatitis, acne rosacea and molluscum contagiosum. Then diseases produced by physical and chemical agents, which make an interesting group of dermatoses, are treated and range from