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Contents

PART L— Original Communications.

Art. 1. A Report of the Cases of Fractures of the larger Bones of the extremities, and those immediately connected with them, which wer^ admitted into the Liverpool Northern Hospital from March 1834 to December 1841. By John M. Banner, Senior Surgeon, Page I II. Extracts from an unpublished work on the importation and propagation of Plague and other contagious Diseases. By Dr Ferousson, ..... 10

III. Pathological Contiibmions. By R. Boyd, M.D. . . 29

PART II. — Critical Analysis

Art. I. On the Curative Influence of the Climate of Pan, and the Mineral Waters of the Pyrenees on Disease, with Descriptive Notices of the Geology, Botany, Natural History, Mountain Sports, Local Antiquities* and Topography of the Pyrenees, and their principal Watering Places. By A. Taylor, M.D. . . . Page 142

II. Lectures on the Morbid Anatomy of the Serous and Mucous Mem-

branes. By Thomas Hodgkin, M.D. . . 155

III. On the Diseases of the Bladder and Prostate Gland. By William

IV. A Treatise on the Nature, Causes, and Treatment of Erysipelas. By

Thomas Ndnneley, . . . 179

V. 1. Die Lehre von den Zeichen, Ercheinungen, und der Daure der Menschlichen Schwangerschaft, so wie von den phanomenen einen oberstanden Geburt. Von W. F. Montgomery,

2. An Exposition of the Signs and Symptoms of Pregnancy, the Period of Human Gestation, and the Signs of Delivery. By W. F. Montgomery, .... 203

PART III — Medical Intelligence. Or the formation of the Blood Corpuscles, . . . • 211

On the Composition of the Blood of some of the Domestic Animals, . ib. Origin of Fibre — Structure of Fibrine and of False Membranes, . 213

On Artificial Chymification, * 214

Notice of a Man with three Testicles, ... ib.

On the Pulse-like Globules of the Blood, . . . 215

On the composition of Fibrine, Gluten, Albumen, and Caseum, . 216

Researches on Digestion, .... ib.

Case of third Dentition, . . . . .218

On Menstruation, . . . . . 219

Relation of the Fallopian Tubes to the Ovary in the Mammalia, . ib.

Epidemic Scarlatina Anginosa in the Canton of Lion-d’ Angers during the year

1841, ...... 220

Hemiplegia from tying the Common Carotid Artery, . . 221

On Spontaneous Perforation of the Stomach, . . . 222

Death from the introduction of needles into the Heart, . • ib.

Conversion of Nerves into Fat, . . . . ib.

Comparative Pathology of Phthisis Pulmonalis, . , .223

Frequency of second attacks of Small -pox, . . . 224

Identity of Cow-Pox and Small-Pox, ... ib.

On the Identity of Chicken-Pox with Small- Pox, . . 225

On the cure of Hysteria by means of Ergot of Rye, . • ib.

On the employment of Cimicifuga and Iodine in Pulmonary Consumption, ib. The unripe Fruit of the Diospyros Virginiana, a powerful Astringent, . ib. Diabetes Mellitus cured by Hydrochloric Acid, . . 226

Statistics of the results of the more severe operations in the Parisian Hospitals from 1836 to 1840 inclusive, . . • . ib.

On Stricture of the Urethra, .... 227

Lithotomy in America, ..... 228

Successful and safe mode of removing Hemorrhoids by Operation, . ib. On the occurrence of non-union in Fractures, its causes and treatment, . ib. Abscess of the Tongue, ..... 230

Operation for an Artificial Anus, . . . . ib.

Probable Case of Superfoetation in a bilocular Uterus, . .231

Metastasis of Leucorrhceal discharge to the Umbilicus, . . ib.

Cases of Poisoning by Sausages, . . . . ib.

Sale of Cocculu8 Indicus, .... 232

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Communications have been received from Dr Hastings, Dr Robert* son, Mr Ebenezer Robertson, and Mr G. Paton,

The following works have been received : —

A Practical Treatise on the Human Teeth : showing the Causes of their Destruction and the means of their Preservation. With Plates. By William Robertson. Third Edition. London, 1842. 8vo. Pp. 224.

Chemistry of Animal Bodies. By Thomas Thomson, M.D., Regius Professor of Chemistry in the University of Glasgow, &c. Edinburgh, 1843. 8vo. Pp. 702.

Manual of Diseases of the Skin. From the French of MM. Cazenave and Schedel, with Notes and Additions by Thomas H. Burgess, M. D., &c. London, 1842. 12mo. Pp. 320.

Food and its Influence on Health and Disease : or an Account of the effects of different kinds of Aliment on the Human Body, with Dietetic Rules for the Preservation of Health. By Matthew Trumfcn, M.D., &c. London, 1842. 12mo. Pp. 240.

Quacks and Quackery unmasked, or Strictures on the Manual Art as now practised by Physicians, Surgeons, and Apothecaries ; with some Regulations for its complete Reform ; and Hints in connection with the Cold Water Cure. By J. E. Feldmann, M. D., &c. London, 1842. 8vo. Pp. 112.

The Anatomy of Sleep ; or the Art of procuring sound and refreshing Slumber at will. By Edward Binns, M. D. Lond. 1842- 12mo. Pp.

A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Homoeopathy. By Francis Black, M. D. London, Edinburgh, and Dublin, 1842. Large 8vo. Pp. 239.

Lectures on Animal Physiology, or the Physical Condition of Man, &c. By B. T. Lowne, of St Bartholomew’s Medical School, London. London, 1842. 12mo. Pp. 101.

On Injuries of the Head, Affections of the Brain. By G. J. Guthrie, F. R. S., Surgeon to the Westminster Hospital, &c. London, 1842. 4 to. Pp. 1 55.

On the History, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Typhoid and of Typhus Fever ; with an Essay on the Diagnosis of Bilious Remittent, and of Yellow Fever. By Elisha Bartlett, M. D. &c. Philadelphia, 1842. 8vo. Pp.393.

Report to her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Horae Department from the Poor Law Commissioners, on an Inquiry into the Sani*

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tary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain ; with Appendices. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty, July 1842. London, 1842. 8vo. Pp. 457.

A Treatise on the Enlarged Tonsil and Elongated Uvula, in connection with Defects of Voice, Speech, and Hearing, &c. By James Yearsley, M.R.C.S., &c. London, 1842. 8va Pp. 83.

An Account of Askern and its Mineral Springs, &c. By Edwin Lankester, M. D., &c. London, 1842. 12mo. Pp. 151.

Clinical Midwifery ; with the histories of 400 cases of difficult labour. By Robert Lee, M.D., F.ILS. London, 1842. 12mo. Pp. 224.

Commentaries on some Doctrines of a Dangerous Tendency in Medicine, and on the General Principles of safe Practice. By Sir Alexander Crichton, M.D., F.R.S. London, 1842. 8vo. Pp. 283.

The Simple Treatment of Disease deduced from the Methods of Expectancy and Revulsion. By James M. Gully, M.D., &c. Loudon, 1842. 12mo. Pp. 198.

Deformities of the Spine and Chest, successfully treated by exercise alone ; &c. By Charles H. Rogers Harrison, M. R. C. S. Illustrated by Drawings. London, 1842. 8vo. Pp. 164.

A System of Practical Surgery. By William Fergusson, F.R.S.E., Professor of Surgery in King's College, London. London, 1842. 8vo. Pp. 596.

Chemical Manipulation, being Instructions to Students in Chemistry, oil the Methods of performing Experiments of Demonstration, or Research with accuracy and success. By Michael Faraday. D. C. L. F. R. S., &c. Third Edition, revised. London, 1842. 8vo. Pp. 664.

On Gravel, Calculus, and Gout : chiefly an Application of Professor Liebig’s Physiblogy to the Prevention and Cure of these Diseases. By H. Bence Jones, M.D., Cantab. &c* London, 1842. 8vo. Pp. 142.

The Practical Diagnosis of Diseases of the Lungs. By Walter Hayle Walshe, M.D., &c. London, 1843. 12mo.

Elements of Chemistry, including the Discoveries and Doctrines of the Science. By the late Edward Turner, M.D., &c. Sixth Edition, enlarged and revised by Justus Liebig, M.D., &c., William G. Turner, Ph. D. and William Gregory, M.D. Part III. No. 4. The completion of the Organic Chemistry, with titles, index, and contents. London, 1842. 8vo< p P . 1157—1322.

The Annals of Chymistry, VoL i. No. 12. London, 8vo.

The Cyclopaedia of Anatomy and Physiology. Edited by Robert B. Todd, M.D., F.R.S. Part XXIII. Menstruation— Nerve. April 1842.

London Medical Gazette for Session 1842 — 1843. No. 53.

Gazette Medicale de Paris, No. 39, 24th Sept. No- 51, 10th Dec. 1842.

Am erican Journal of Medical Sciences. No. 5 and 7 •

British and Foreign Quarterly Review. No. 28.

Weekly Tables of Mortality for the Metropolis. No. 17, 17th September 1842. No. 30, 17th December 1842.

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CONTENTS.

PART I.— Original Communications

Art. I. Medical Notes on Syria ; or Practical Observations on the Diseases there treated during a residence of thirteen months, including Remarks on the Country, its Climate, People, Resources, and an account of the Plague as it occurred in Bairout in 1841. By Ebenezer Robertson, Surgeon, . . Page 238

II. The Condition of the Blood in the Veins in the natural and the disturbed states of the Animal System. By G. Calvert Holland, M. D. . . . 254

III. Substance of an Introductory Lecture to a Course upon the Struc-

ture, Functions, and Diseases of the Eye ; comprising a Comparison of the State of Ophthalmic Science in Germany and England ; and a Recommendation to introduce the German Method of Instruction into the British Schools. By Robert Hamilton, M.D. 271

IV. Extract from an unpublished Work on the importation and propa-

gation of Plague and other contagious Diseases. By Dr Fergusson, .... 291

V. Dislocation of the Humerus forwards beneath the Clavicle, occurring in bed during Puerperal Convulsions and Delirium. By Archibald Dymock, M. D. * . 302

VI. Observations on the Mai d’Estomac or Cachexia Africana, as it takes

place among the Negroes of Dominica. By John Imray, M.D. 304

VII. Pathological and Histological Researches on Inflammation of the

Nervous Centres. By John Hughes Bennett, M.D. . 321

VIII. Case of Excision of the Lower Jaw, in which both lateral portions of the bone have been removed! leaving merely a small portion at the symphysis. By James Spence, Surgeon, . 347

IX. Case of Suicide by Arsenic fatal within two hours and a half. By

Archibald Dymocx, M D . . . 350

X. Observations and Cases illustrating the nature of False consecutive

Aneurism of the Heart. By David Craigie, M. D. . 356

PART II. — Critical Analysis

Art. I. 1. A Treatise on Diet, comprising the Natural History, Properties, Composition, Adulterations, and Uses of the Vegetables, Animals, Fishes, &c. used as Food. By William Davidson, M. D.

2. Food and its Influence on Health and Disease, or an Account of the effects of different kinds of Aliment on the Human Body, with dietetic rules for the Preservation of the Health. By Matthew Truman, M.D. . . • 400

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CONTENTS.

Art. II. Treatment of the Diseases of the Eye by means of Prussic Add Va-

pour and other Medicinal Agents. By A. To rxbull, M. D. Page 422

III. On Injuries of the Head affecting the Brain. By 6. J. Guthrie,

IV. A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Homoeopathy. By

Fraxcis Black, M. D. . . 469

PART III. — Medical Intelligence

On the Decussation of the Fibres at the Base of the Brain, . . 465

On the Development of Bones, . . . . ib.

On Menstruation, ..... 466 Chemical Theory of Nutrition, ..... ib.

On the Existence of Brea in Healthy Blood, . • . 468

Spermatozoa of the Camelide, «... 469 On the Stethoscopic Signs of Contraction of the left A uriculo- Ventricular Orifice of the Heart, . . . . . ib.

Case of Recovery from Farcy, . . . . ib.

On the Epidemic Small- Pox at Loreze in 1836, and the protective power of Vacdnation, ..... 470 Case in which an extraordinary number of Lumbrid were voided. . 471

On the treatment of Acute Rheumatism by large doses of Quinine, • ib.

Jaundice Epidemic at Chasselay in 1841, . . • 472

Assafcetida, a cure for Hooping-Cough, . . . ib.

New Antidote for Corrosive Sublimate, . • • ib.

Case of confluent Small- Pox in a new-born Child* . • ib.

Report of the Results of Inoculation in Measles, . . . 473

Endermic mode of administering Quinine, . . . ib.

Quinine in Asthma, . . . . . ib.

Successful transplantation of a Sheep's tooth into the Socket of one of the Incisors of a Child, • . . . » ib.

On the Treatment of Small Navi in Children with the Acetum Lithargyri, . 474

Case of Luxation of the Odontoid process of the second cervical Vertebra, . ib,

Keratoplastie, or Transplantation of the transparent Cornea, • • ib.

Case of Congenital Cervico-pharyngeal Fistula, . . „ 476

On the solution of Citrate of Iron or Aqua Chalybeata, ., . ib.

Extraordinary case of Twins, .... 476

Use of Cocculus lndicus, . . . • ib.

Harveian Sodety, * * , 477

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Communications have been received from Mr Robertson, Dr C. Holland, and Dr Stevenson.

The following publications have been received : —

On the Ganglia and the other Nervous Structures of the Uterus. By Robert Lee, M. D., F. R. S., Ac. London, 1848. 4 to. Pp. 11. Two plates.

An Appendix to the foregoing. 4to. Pp. 6. One plate.

Cases of Peritoneal Section for the Extirpation of Diseased Oraria, &c. By Charles Clay, M. R. C. Phys. London, 1842. 4to. Pp. 18.

The Causes, Nature, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Acute Hydrocephalus ; or Water in the Head. A Prize-Essay to which the Medical Society of London awarded the Fothergillian Gold Medal for 1842. By James Risdon Bennett, M. D. Edin., See, London, 1843. 8vo. Pp. 248.

Essays on Surgical Pathology and Practice. By Alexander Watson, M.D. Ac. Part I. On Abdominal Hernie. Edin. Lond. 1843. 4to. Eight Lithographed Plates.

Interment and Disinterment } or a Further Exposition of the Practices pursued in the Metropolitan places of Sepulture, and the results as affecting the health of the Living : in a series of Letters to the Editor of the Morning Herald; By G. A. Walker, Surgeon, Ac. London, 1843. 8vo. Pp. 28.

The Physical Diagnosis of Diseases of the Lungs. By Walter HayHe Walshe, M. D., Professor of Pathological Anatomy in University College, London, &c. Ixmdon, 1843. 12mo. Pp. 307.

Two Lectures on the Defective Arrangements in Large Towns to secure the Health and Comfort of their Inhabitants. Read before the Hull Literary and Philosophical Society, 27th Dec. 1842 and January 10, 1843. By Humphrey Sandwith, M. D. Ac. London, 1843. 8vo. Pp. 55.

Companion to the Pharmacopoeia. By Samuel Thomson, M. D. Edin. and London, 1842. Book First. 12mo. Pp. 148.

Observations on the Principal Medical Institutions and Practice of France, Italy, and Germany ; with notices of the Universities and Climates ; and Illustrative Cases. By Edwin Lee, M.R.C.L. Ac. 2d edition, re-written and considerably enlarged, with a parallel view of English and Foreign Medicine and Surgery. London, 1842. 12mo. Pp. 269.

. Animal Magnetism. Being the First Part of Animal Magnetism and Homoeopathy, with Notes illustrative of the Influence of the Mind on the Body. By Edwin Lee, Esq. 3d edition, with considerable alterations and additions. London, 1843. 12mo. Pp. 86.

Practical Observations on Midwifery, with Cases m Illustration. By John Ramsbotham, M. D., late Lecturer on Midwifery at the London Hospital, &c. 2d edition, revised, in one volume. London, 1 842. 8vov Pp 501.

The Climate of South Devon, and its Influence upon Health, Ac. By Thomas Shapter, M. D., Ac. London, 1842. l2mo. Pp. 258.

A System of Clinical Medicine. By Robert James Graves, M. D^. M. R. I. A., one of the Physicians of the Meath Hospital, &c. Ac. Dublin, 1843. 8vo. Pp. 437.

Pharmacologia, being an Extended Inquiry into the Operations of Medicinal Bodies, upon which are founded the Art and Theory of Prescribing. By John A. Paris, M. D., Cantab., F.R. S., Ac. Edition the 9th. London, 1843. 8vo. Pp. 622.

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Outlines of Pathology anti Practice of Medicine. By William Pulteney Alison, M. D., F. R. S. E. Parti. Preliminary Observations. Part II. Inflammatory and Febrile Diseases. Edinburgh and London, 1843. 8vo. Pp. 499.

Pulmonary Consumption, its Prevention and Cure established on New Views on the Pathology of the Disease. By Henry Gilbert, M. R. C. Surgeons. London, 1842. 8vo. Pp. 296.

A Description of the Mineral Springs of Aix-te«ChapeRe and Borcette ; with some account of the curiosities of both places and the Environs. By

L. Wetzlar, M. D., Physician at Aix-la-Chapelle. London, 1842. l2mo. Pp.88.

Chemical Manipulation ; with Instructions to Students in Chemistry on the methods of performing Experiments of Demonstration or Research with accuracy and success. By Michael Faraday, D.C.L., &c. Third Edition. Revised London, 1842. 8va Pp. 664.

. The Principles of Human Physiology ; with their chief application to Pathology, Hygiene, and Forensic Medicine. By William B. Carpenter,

Remarks on Medical Reform, is a second Letter addressed to Sir James Graham, Bart., &c. By Sir James Clark, BarU, M.D., &c. London, 1843. 8 vo. Pp. 40,

Description of the Genus Cuma, &c. By Henry D. S. Goodsir, Esq. 8vo. Pp. 11. (Edin. New Phil. Journ. Jan. 1843.)

The London Medical Gazette fbr the Session 1842-1843. No. 1, Sept. 30, 1840— No. 24, March 18th 1843.

The M ed ico- Chirurgical Review or Quarterly Journal of Medicine, No. 75. Edited by James Johnson, M. D., See,

The British and Foreign Medical Review of Practical Medicine and Surgery. Edited by John Forbes, M. D., F. R. S., &c. N& xxix. January 1843.

Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Bombay. No. iv. For the year 1841. Bombay, 1841, 8vo.

Annals of Chymistry and Practical Pharmacy. No. 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18. Friday, January 27th 1843.

Weekly Tables of the Mortality of the Metropolis. No. 1, Saturday, 7ih January 1843. No. 10, Saturday, 11th March 1843.

Summary of the Weekly Tables of Mortality for 1842.

A Quarterly Table of Mortality in 114 Districts of England and Wales. L’Examinateur Medical. Redacteurs en chef MM. Ann. Dechambre et Aug. Mercier. No. 14, 15 Janvier. No. 15, No. 16, 17, 18, 15 Mara 1843.

L* Experience Journal de Medecine et de Chirurgie publie. Par M. Le Docteur J. A. Henroz* No. 289, No. 291, 26 Janvier. No. 292, 293, 294,^295, 296, 297, 298. 16 Mars 1843.

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