HALF-YEARLY ABSTRACT

OF THE

MEDICAL SCIENCES.

JANUARY-JUNE,

1864.

LONDON:

SAVILL AND EDWARDS, PRINTERS, CHANDOS STREET,

COVENT GARDEN.

THE

HALF-YEARLY ABSTRACT

OF THE

MEDICAL SCIENCES:

BEING

A PRACTICAL AND ANALYTICAL DIGEST OF THE CONTENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL
BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL MEDICAL WORKS PUBLISHED

IN THE PRECEDING SIX MONTHS:

TOGETHER WITH A

SERIES OF CRITICAL REPORTS ON THE PROGRESS OF MEDICINE AND

THE COLLATERAL SCIENCES DURING THE SAME PERIOD.

EDITED BY

W. H. RANKING, M.D. CANTAB.,

YELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON, PHYSICIAN TO THE NORFOLK AND
NORWICH HOSPITAL;

AND

C. B. RADCLIFFE, M.D. LOND.,

FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON,

PHYSICIAN TO THE WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL, AND TO THE NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR THE PARALYSED AND

EPILEPTIC.

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