CONTENTS OF No. XLVI.

OF THE

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL REVIEW.

APRIL, 1859.

Analytical and Critical Reviews.

REV. I.-History of Civilization in England. By HENRY THOMAS BUCKLE.

Vol. I.

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285

REV. II. On the Organs of Vision: their Anatomy and Physiology. By

THOMAS NUNNELEY, F.R.C.S. E., &c. Eight Plates and 179 Woodcuts 316

REV. III.-Horæ Subsecivæ. Locke and Sydenham, with other occasional

Papers. By JOHN BROWN, M.D., &c.

REV. IV.-1. Beiträge zur Heilkunde. Von Dr. BÖCKER

Contributions to Medicine. By Dr. BÖCKER

2. Untersuchungen über die Harn und Harnstoffmengen. Von H. BEIGEL.

('Aus Nova Acta,' &c., besonders abgedruckt)

Researches on the Quantities of Urine and of Urea. By Dr. H. BEIGEL.

3. Beitrage zur Pharmakodynamik des Brechweinsteins. Von Dr. THEO-

DOR ACKERMANN. (Zeitschrift für Rationelle Medicin,' von Dr. J.

Henle und C. v. Pfeuffer. Dritte Reihe, Band ii. p. 241) .

Contributions to the Pharmaceutical Action of Tartar Emetic. By Dr.

ACKERMANN

REV. V. 1.—Principes de Méchanique Animale, ou Etude de la Locomotion

chez l'Homme et les Animaux Vertébrés. Par FELIX GIRAUD-TEULON,

Docteur en Médecine de la Faculté de Paris, ancien élève de l'Ecole

Polytechnique; ouvrage accompagné de 65 figures intercalées dans le

text.

834

344

ib.

ib.

Principles of Animal Mechanics, or Studies on the Locomotive Organs of

Man and Vertebrate Animals. By Dr. FELIX GIRAUD-TEULON. With

Illustrations

2. Mechanik der Menschlichen Gehwerkzeuge. Eine Anatomisch-Physio-

logische Untersuchung. Von der Brüdern WILHELM WEBER, Professor

in Göttingen, und EDUARD WEBER, Prosector in Leipsic. Nebst einem

Hefte mit 17 Tafeln Anatomischer Abbildunger.

The Mechanism of the Organs of Locomotion of Man:

Anatomico-

Physiological Inquiry. By the Brothers WILLIAM WEBER and EDWARD

WEBER

an

ib.

ib.

ib.

353

ib.

ib.

REV. VI.-1. Recherches sur les Vêtements Militaires comme Moyens de Pro-

tection contre la Chaleur et le Froid. Par le Dr. COULIER. (Journal

de la Physiologie,' Jan. 1858)

An Inquiry into the Dress of the Soldier, as a Means of Protection against

Heat and Cold. By Dr. COULIER

2. On the Temperature of Man within the Tropics. By John Davy,

M.D., &c. (Philosophical Transactions' for 1845–50)

3. United States Army Regulations, 1857

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366

ib.

ib.

ib.

REV. VII.-1. Lehrbuch der Physiologie für Akademische Vorlesungen und

zum Selbst-studium. Von D. OTTO FUNKE, Professor an der Universität

Leipzig. Zweite Auflage. Two Volumes.

380

Text Book of Physiology for Academical Lectures and for Private Study.

By Professor FUNKE. Second Edition

ib.

2. Traité de Physiologie. Par Dr. F. A. LONGET

Treatise on Physiologie. By Dr. LONGET

ib.

ib.

REV. VIII.-Lectures on the Diseases of Women. By CHARLES WEST,

M.D., &c.

REV. IX.-Euvres d'Oribase; Texte Grec, en grande partie inédit, collationné

sur les Manuscrits, traduit pour la première fois en Français; avec une

Introduction, des Notes, des Tables et des Planches. Par les Docteurs

BUSSEMAKER et DAREMBerg

The Works of Oribasius; the Greek Text, partly hitherto unpublished,

corrected by the collation of MSS., translated for the first time into

French; with an Introduction, Notes, Tables, and Plates.

BUSSEMAKER and Dr. DAremberg

REV. X. Die Physiologie der Thymus Drüse in Gesundheit und Krankheit

vom Standpunkte experimenteller Forschung und klinischer Erfahrung.

Von ALEXANDER FRIEDLEBEN, Dr. Med. zu Frankfurt A.M.

The Physiology of the Thymus Gland in Health and Disease, elucidated

by Experimental Inquiry and Clinical Experience. By ALEXANDER

FRIEDLEBEN, M.D. .

REV. XI.-1. Practical Observations on the Operations for Strangulated

Hernia. By J. H. JAMES, F.R. C.S., &c. .

408

2. Practical Observations on the Radical Cure of Inguinal Hernia. By

C. HOLTHOUSE, F.R.C.S., &c.

REV. XII.-1. Diseases of the Urinary Organs.

A Compendium of their

Diagnosis, Pathology, and Treatment. By WILLIAM WALLACE MOR-

LAND, M.D., &c. With Illustrations.

2. The Urine in Health and Disease; or a Simple Explanation of the Phy-

sical Properties, Composition, and Uses of the Urine, of the Kidneys,

and of the Treatment of Urinary Disorders. With Engravings. By

ARTHUR HILL HASSALL, M.D., &c. .

Bibliographical Record.

ART. I.-The Principles and Practice of Operative Surgery. By FREDERICK
C. SKEY, F.R.S., &c. Second Edition

ART. II.-Selections from favourite Prescriptions of Living American Practi-

tioners. By HORACE GREEN, M.D., &c.

ART. III.-1. Johannes Müller: Eine Gedächtniss-Rede gehalten bei der Tod-

tenfeier am 24 Juli, 1858, in der Aula der Universität zu Berlin. Von

RUDOLF VIRCHOW

2. Johann Müller: an Eloge pronounced in the Hall of the University of

Berlin. By Professor RUDOLPH VIRCHOW. Translated and edited by

A. MERCER ADAM, M.D. .

ART. IV.—Medicines, their Uses and Mode of Administration, including a

complete Conspectus of the British Pharmacopoeias, an Account of New

Remedies, and an Appendix of Formulæ. By J. MOORE NELIGAN,

M.D., &c. Fifth Edition .

ART. V. The History of Prostitution; its Extent, Causes, and Effects

throughout the World. (Being an Official Report to the Board of Alms-

house Governors of the City of New York.) BY WILLIAM W. SANGER,

M.D., &c..

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447

451

452

ib.

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454

ART. VI.-Brief Exposition of Rational Medicine; to which is prefixed, the

Paradise of Doctors: a Fable. By JACOB BIGELOW, M.D., &c. . 456

ART. VII.--Veterinary Medicines, their Actions and Uses; with a Copious

Appendix on the Diseases of the Domesticated Animals. By FINLAY

DUN, V.S., &c. .

ART. VIII.—1. The Pathology and Treatment of Stricture of the Urethra,

and Urinary Fistula. By HENRY THOMPSON, F.R. C.S., &c.

2. The Pathology and Treatment of Stricture of the Urethra. By JOHN

HARRISON, F.R.C.S., &c.

3. On Stricture of the Urethra, including an Account of Perineal Abscess,

Urinary Fistula, and Infiltration of Urine. By SAMUEL G. WILMOT,

M.D., &c..

ART. IX.-Observations and Notes on the Arteries of the Limbs. By THOMAS

WILLIAM NUNN, F.R.C.S., &c. .

ART. X.-On the Vesico-Vaginal Fistula. By I. BAKER BROWN, F.R. C. S., &c. 561

ART. XI.-On Wounds and Injuries of the Eye. By WILLIAM WHITE

COOPER, F.R.C.S.E., &c. .

ART. XII.-Summary of New Publications .

463

ib.

Original Communications.

ART. I.—Entoptics. By JAMES Jago, A.B., &c. .

ART. II.-On the Treatment of Tetanus. By CAMPBELL DE MORGAN, Surgeon

to the Middlesex Hospital.

ART. III.-On Syphilitic Inoculation. By HENRY LEE, Surgeon to King's

College Hospital and to the Lock Hospital .

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Chronicle of Medical Science.

Half-Yearly Report on Micrology. By JOHN W. OGLE, M.D., &c.

Half-Yearly Report on Forensic Medicine, Toxicology, and Hygiene. By B.

W. RICHARDSON, M.D., &c. .

517

Quarterly Report on Pathology and Medicine. By E. H. SIEVEKING, M.D., &c. 530

Quarterly Report on Surgery. By JOHN CHATTO, M.R.C.S. E.

539

Quarterly Report on Midwifery. By ROBERT BARNES, M.D.

. 550

THE

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL REVIEW.

JANUARY, 1859.

PART FIRST.

Analytical and Critical Reviews.

REVIEW I.

1. Papers relating to the Sanitary State of the People of England: being the Results of an Inquiry into the different Proportions of Death produced by certain Diseases in different Districts in England. Communicated to the General Board of Health by EDWARD HEADLAM GREENHOW, M.D., L.R.C.P., Lecturer on Public Health at St. Thomas's Hospital, and Physician to the Western General Dispensary; with an Introductory Report by the Medical Officer of the Board, on the Preventability of certain kinds of Premature Death.-London, 1858. pp. 164.

2. Report to the Honourable Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London on Sewage and Sewer Gases, and on the Ventilation of Sewers. By HENRY LETHEBY, M.B., F.L.S., &c., Medical Officer of Health for the City of London, and Professor of Chemisty and Medical Jurisprudence in the College of the London Hospital.— London, 1858. pp. 84.

3. The Influence of Sewer Emanations. By J. HERBERT BARKER, M.D. London, F.R.C.S., Fellow and Fothergillian Gold Medallist of the Medical Society of London, &c. &c.—London, 1858. pp. 19. 4. Fever in Agricultural Districts: being a Report on Cases of Fever occurring in the Parish of Great Horwood, in the County of Buckingham. By HENRY W. ACLAND, M.D., F.R.S., Regius Professor of Medicine in the University of Oxford.-Oxford and London, 1858. pp. 23.

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