IV.

Recueil de Memoires de Medecine, de Chirurgie, et de Pharmacie Militaires. Vol.

LXII.

1. Fragments from the Surgical Clinique of M. Sedillot..

2. Several Cases of Congelation. By Dr. Shrimpton

3. On the early Use of Injections in Gonorrhoea. By Dr. Poullain

4. Frequency of Tania in Algeria

..

5. Report of the Venereal Patients under the care of M. Marchal (de

Calvi) at the Val de Grace. By M. Souhaut

V.

Sullo Scorbuto Indagini, Osservazioni ed Esperienze di CARLO NOVELLIS

1. Apyretic or Chronic Scorbutus

2. Pathology of Scorbutus ..

..

VI.

1. Simple Dysentery

Observations on the History and Treatment of Dysentery and its Combinations.
By WILLIAM HARTY, M.D. &c. ..

2. Affinity between Dysentery and Rheumatism

69

72

73

3. Combinations of Dysentery with Intermittent and Remittent Fevers..

4. Combination of Dysentery with Typhus

On Wounds and Injuries of the Abdomen and the Pelvis. By G. J. GUTHRIE,

F.R.S., &c.

Thoughts on the Nature and Treatment of several severe Diseases of the Human

Body. By EDW. J. SEYMOUR, M.D. F.R.S. &c.

Transactions of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association. Vol. XV.

114

1. An Experimental Inquiry into the Effects of Hydrocyanic Acid, pro-

duced upon Animal Life. By Thomas Nunneley, Esq. F.R.C.S.E... 114

2. Observations on the Operation of Ovariotomy. By George Southam,

Esq.. ..

3. Observations on the Pathology of Abscess of the Heart. By T. H.

Stallard, Esq...

4. An Essay, Literary and Practical, on Inversio-Uteri. By John Green

Crosse, Esq.

124

I. The Construction and Government of Lunatic Asylums and Hospitals for the

Insane. By JOHN CONOLLY, M.D.

II. Journal of Insanity. Vol. III. Utica, U.S.

III. Third Annual Report of the Managers of the State Lunatic Asylum. By

AMARIAH BRIGHAM, M.D. Albany, U.S.

IV. Twenty-second Report of the Officers of the Retreat for the Insane at

Hartford, Conn. U. S. ..

V. Report of the Medical Officers of the Lunatic Asylum for the County of

Lancaster

A Treatise on Fractures in the Vicinity of Joints, and on certain Forms of Acci-

dental and Congenital Dislocations. By ROBT. WM. SMITH, M.D. M.R.I.A., &c.

1. Fracture of the Neck of the Femur

128

129

131

132

134

XII.

Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy of the Vertebrate Animals. By RICHARD

OWEN, F.R.S. &c...

1. Theory of the Cranial Vertebræ

2. Teleology of the Skeleton in Fishes

XIII.

..

Lettres de Gui Patin. Par J. H. REVEILLE-PARISE, Docteur en Medecine, &c.

XIV.

I. Dictionary of Practical Medicine. By JAMES COPLAND, M.D. F.R.S. &c.

Art. Hæmagastric Pestilence

II. Report of a Special Committee of the House of Assembly of the State of New

York, on the present Quarantine Laws

183

III. Report of the Fever at Boa Vista. By Dr. Mc WILLIAM

IV. Letter addressed by Sir William Pym to the Lords of the Council, relative to

a Report on the Fever of Boa Vista, by Dr. Mc William, R.N.

1. The History of the Yellow Fever surrounded with difficulties

14. Sir Wm. Pym's Observations on Dr. Mc William's Report..

15. Quarantine and other preventive Measures

230

233

XV.

Mental Dynamics, or Groundwork of a Professional Education. By JOSEPH HENRY

GREEN, F.R.S. &c.

235

XVI.

The Nature and Faculties of the Sympathetic Nerve. By JOSEPH SWAN

1. Structure and Functions of the Sympathetic

Household Surgery, or Hints on Emergencies. By JOHN F. SOUTH

XVIII.

240

Speech of Lieut.-Gen. Sir Howard Douglas, Bart. M.P. on the Army Surgeon's Bill, 244

XIX.

I. Inhalation of Ether. By J. MASON WARREN, M.D. &c...

II. Practical Remarks on the Inhalation of the Vapour of Sulphuric Ether. By 246

W. PHILPOTT BROOKES, M.D. &c.

XX.

Practical Observations on the Pathology and Treatment of certain Diseases of the

Skin, &c. BY THOMAS HUNT

247

XXI.

On Sir Charles Bell's Researches in the Nervous System. By ALEX. SHAW..

249

XXII.

Medical Statistics, their Force and Fallacy. By JAMES DUNCAN, A.M. M.D.

XXIII.

Remarks on the Diet of Children, &c. By GEORGE T. GREAM

XXIV.

Gray's Supplement to the Pharmacopoeia, &c. By Theophilus Redwood

283

PERISCOPE.

Selections from the Foreign Periodicals.

1. On Letting Blood from the Jugular in the Diseases of Children. By E. Hildreth,

M.D.

252

2. Observations Introductory to a Course of Clinical Surgery. By M. Malgaigne, 253

3. Treatment of Epilepsy

9. On the Iodide of Potassium in Syphilis. By Dr. Aran

10. On the Use of Assafœtida in Pregnancy. By Dr. Laferla..

11. Observations upon the Treatment of Squamous Diseases of the Skin. By M.

Devergie.. ..

13. A Sketch of the Life and Works of Tommasini. By Prof. Giacomini

14. Practical Observations upon Foreign Bodies introduced into the Eye. By M.

Petrequin

CONTENTS

OF THE

MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL REVIEW,

OCTOBER 1, 1847.

REVIEWS.

I.

The Human Brain; its Structure, Physiology, and Diseases. By SAMUEL SOLLY,

F.R.S., &c.

..

285

287

289

290

293

295

297

299

Ricerche ed Esperienze sul Sangue Umano. Del Dottore Gro POLLI

1. Researches and Experiments upon the Formation of the Buffy Coat of

the Blood, &c.

303

303

2. On a New Criterion for the Regulation of Blood-letting

310

3. On the Condition of the Fibrine of the Blood in Inflammation

4. On the Effects of the Abstraction of Blood upon the Human Organism 319

5. Modifications of the Blood by Bleeding..

6. Practical Applications

The Physiological Anatomy and Physiology of Man. Part the Third. By ROBERT

BENTLEY TODD, M.D. F.R.S. &c. and WILLIAM BOWMAN, F.R.S.

II. Fourth Annual Report of the Managers of the State Lunatic Asylum of New

York

333

III. Remarques sur quelques Etablissemens d'Alienés de la Belgique, de la

Hollande, et de l'Angleterre. Par M. BRIERRE DE BOISMONT

1. Shakespeare's Delineations of Insanity ..

333

2. Medical Treatment of Insanity at the New York State Lunatic Asylum 339

3. Frequency of Pulse of the Insane-Size and Shape of the Head.. 340

4. Weight of the Insane-Hereditary Predisposition..

5. Suicidal Form of Insanity-Homicidal Insanity

6. Plea of Insanity

7. On Establishments for the Insane in Belgium, Holland and England.. 346

8. Objections to the non-restraint System..

V.

..

1. On Pulmonary Consumption, and on Bronchial and Laryngeal Disease, &c.

By Sir CHARLES SCUDAMORE, M.D., F.R.S. &c.

II. Cold and Consumption. By HENRY C. DESHON, M.D. &c.

On the Causes and Treatment of Abortion and Sterility. BY JAMES WHITEHEAD,

F.R.C.S. &c...

377

378

9. Abortion; its Statistics and Causes

10. Leucorrhoea-Endo-uteritis

By Dr. G. J. MULDER

I. Researches on the Chemistry of the Food. By JUSTUS Liebig.

II. The Chemistry of Vegetable and Animal Physiology.

1. Insufficiency of Ultimate Analysis..

2. Composition of the Juices of Flesh..

3. Rationale of Cooking Processes

4. Chemico-Histology..

Further Report of the Commissioners in Lunacy to the Lord Chancellor

1. Improved Condition of the Insane..

2. Imprisonment of a Lunatic for Debt-Lincoln Asylum

3. Treatment of Insanity in the English Asylums

Théorie Expérimentale de la Formation des Os. Par P. FLOURENS

1. Powers of the Periosteum in forming Bone..

XI.

Report on the Climate and principal Diseases of the African Station. By ALEX-

ANDER BRYSON, M.D. &c.