Benziger Brothers, New York, 1897, 2^nd Edition.  Hard cover, 222 pages.  Green cloth with front board blind ruled, gilt lettering on spine.  Corners and spine ends lightly bumped with a bit of wear, binding sound; a few small spots on boards; splash marks/stains on outer page block.  Gift inscription on title page; small splash mark at lower corner of page block has seeped into lower margin edges of a few pages, one ink spot on p. 79, one coffee (?) spot on p. 145; remainder of interior clean and unmarked with occasion age-spotting/smudge.  Gift to prior owner from Rev. D. J. Scollard, Canadian Bishop, who served Sudbury, North Bay, Peterborough, and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.  From a Catholic perspective, the author deals with Craniotomy, Abortion, Views of Scientists and Sciolists, Venereal Excesses, The Physician’s Professional Rights and Duties, The Nature of Insanity, The Legal Aspects of Insanity, and Hypnotism and the Border-Land of Science.