Part 63

Chap. IV.--Distinction between Surgery as practiced in the Army and Civil Life. Soldiers as patients, and the character of the Injuries to which they are liable. Some peculiarities in the Wounds and Injuries seen during the war.

Chap. V.--The “Peculiarities” of Gunshot Wounds, and their General Treatment.

Chap. VI.--The Use of Chloroform in the Crimea. Primary and Secondary Hemorrhage from Gunshot Wounds. Tetanus. Gangrene. Erysipelas. Frost-bite.

Chap. VII.--Injuries of the Head.

Chap. VIII.--Wounds of the Face and Chest.

Chap. IX.--Gunshot Wounds of the Abdomen and Bladder.

Chap. X.--Compound Fracture of the Extremities.

Chap. XI.--Gunshot Wounds of Joints. Excision of Joints, etc. etc.

Chap. XII.--Amputation.

IN PRESS.

Principles and Practice of Surgery.

By Henry H. Smith, M.D., Surgeon-General of the State of Pennsylvania.

Kolliker’s Anatomy.

Manual of Human Microscopical Anatomy. By A. Kolliker, Professor of Anatomy and Physiology in Wurzburg. Translated by Geo. Bush, F.R.S., and Thomas Huxley, F.R.S. Edited, with notes and additions, by J. Da Costa, M.D. Illustrated by 313 engravings on wood. One vol. 8vo. $3.75.

It would be useless for us to attempt a review of this work, for the text is so fully illustrated by engravings, and is so intimately associated with them, that we cannot extract any part as a sample of the style, without weakening its force, for the want of its accompanying illustration. The book must be read and studied before an adequate idea can be formed of its value and excellence. The book comes from such high authority, and is indorsed by such competent judges, as to make it at once indispensable to the student of microscopic anatomy. We hope it will have an extensive circulation.--_Western Lancet._

The reputation of Professor Kolliker, acquired by his former and larger work on microscopical anatomy, will be enhanced by this text book on Histology, for such it is destined to be pre eminently. The text is fully illustrated by engravings, greatly adding to the value of the work, and accompanied by explicit explanations of the figures. We commend it to the profession, and to students especially, as worthy of their patronage.--_N. Y. Medical Gazette._

Drake’s Diseases of the North American Valley.

A Systematic Treatise, Historical, Etiological, and Practical, on the principal diseases of the interior valley of North America, as they appear in the Caucasian, African, Indian, and Esquimaux varieties of its population. By Daniel Drake, M.D. Edited by S. Hanbury Smith, M.D., formerly Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine in Starling Medical College, Ohio; and Francis G. Smith, M.D., Professor of the Institute of Medicine in the medical department of Pennsylvania College, Philadelphia. One vol. 8vo. Sheep, $5.00.

Dr. Drake’s great reputation, and his extensive practice in the western country, gives great value and decisive authority to this treatise on the diseases prevalent in the valley of the Mississippi. While the work is of great interest to the general practitioner in other parts of the country, to the Western and Southwestern members of the medical profession it will hereafter be considered an indispensable book of reference and instruction.

Horner’s United States Dissector.

The United States Dissector; or, Lessons in Practical Anatomy. By William E. Horner, M.D., late Professor of Anatomy in the University of Pennsylvania. Fifth edition, carefully revised, and entirely remodeled. By Henry H. Smith, M.D., fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, etc. With one hundred and seventy-seven new illustrations. One vol. demi 8vo. $2.00.

This is a new and revised edition of one of the most popular works on dissection which has ever been published in this country. The editor has carefully revised the text, modified its order, added an entire set of new illustrations, and introduced such recent subjects as the progress of science rendered necessary.

Malgaigne’s Treatise on Fractures.

A Treatise on Fractures. By Professor J. F. Malgaigne, of Paris. With over one hundred Illustrations. Translated from the French, with notes and additions, by John H. Packard, M.D. One vol. 8vo. $4.00.

Malgaigne’s Treatise has enjoyed so wide a circulation and such well-deserved renown, that we must own to a feeling of surprise at learning that before the appearance of the present work no attempt has been made to present so popular an author in an English dress. The present book, a contribution to our literature from America, is the work of a gentleman whose name is not otherwise known to us, and is one which we can conscientiously pronounce very valuable.... A very useful book indeed, and one which we hope will have an extensive circulation.--_British and Foreign Med. Chir. Review._

Must be regarded as a monument, conspicuous and to be admired, even among the noble monuments of the medical literature of his [the author’s] country. As a solid, complete, substantial, highly-finished work, we know of none that is its superior; it can, with justice, be regarded as a model in scientific literature.--_North American Med. Chir. Rev._

It affords us sincere pleasure to be able to welcome the appearance, in an English dress, of this valuable treatise. The annotations which Dr. Packard has appended to it are numerous, and appear to us to be of much practical value, adapting, as they do, the treatment of fractures to the generally received and most approved American methods.--_Journal of the Medical Sciences._

Bernard and Robin on the Blood.

Notes of M. Bernard’s Lectures on the Blood, with an Appendix, giving an account of the latest studies of M. Robin, the celebrated microscopist. By Walter Franklin Atlee M.D. One vol. 12mo. Cloth, 75 cents.

Wood’s Practice of Medicine.

A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine. By Geo. B. Wood, M.D., Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine in the University of Pennsylvania. Fourth edition, improved. Two vols. 8vo. $7.00.

This is far the best work on the practice of medicine in the English language, and we recommend it strongly to the attention of our readers. It is much fuller than Dr. Watson’s admirable lectures, while it is less lengthy than the Library or Cyclopædia of Medicine; and it has this further advantage over the two last-named works--that while they are far behind, it is a fair reflex of the actual state of knowledge.--_London Medical Times and Gazette._

Wood and Bache’s Dispensatory.

The Dispensatory of the United States: Consisting of--

1. A treatise on Materia Medica, or the natural, commercial, chemical, and medical history of the substances employed in medicine, and recognized by the Pharmacopœias of the United States and Great Britain;

2. A treatise on Pharmacy: Comprising an account of the preparations directed by the American and British Pharmacopœias, and designed especially to illustrate the Pharmacopœia of the United States; and

3. A copious Appendix, embracing an account of all substances not contained in the official catalogues, which are used in medicine, or have any interest for the physician or apothecary. By Geo. B. Wood, M.D., Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine in the University of Pennsylvania, etc. etc., and Franklin Bache, M.D., Professor of Chemistry in the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, etc. etc. Eleventh edition, much enlarged. One vol. 8vo. $6.00.

This work has been thoroughly revised, with many alterations and additions, so as to bring it fully up to the level of the present state of materia medica and pharmacy. It embraces the substance of the recently revised United States and British Pharmacopœias, with a commentary on all that is new in those publications. Nothing, indeed, has been omitted in the revision which could render it worthy of the confidence it has enjoyed.

Wood’s Therapeutics.

A Treatise on Therapeutics and Pharmacology, or Materia Medica. By Geo. B. Wood, M.D., Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine in the University of Pennsylvania, Senior Physician of the Pennsylvania Hospital, one of the authors of the United States Dispensatory, author of a Treatise on the Practice of Medicine, etc. etc. Two vols. 8vo. $7.00.

In his preface Dr. Wood gives the following account of his opportunities for acquiring knowledge and forming just views on the subjects embraced in this treatise:--

“Almost from the commencement of his professional life the author has given peculiar attention to this branch of medical knowledge. For a period of about thirty years, before 1850, when he was transferred to the professorship which he now occupies, he was engaged in teaching materia medica, first as a private lecturer, and afterwards successively in the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and the University of Pennsylvania. His position, therefore, rendered constant investigations into the properties, effects, and uses of remedies necessary in order at once to do justice to his pupils and avoid discredit to himself. Most of those whom he now addresses are probably aware that he is one of the authors of the United States Dispensatory. To provide the original materials for his portion of that work, and to gather from time to time the knowledge requisite for its maintenance upon a level with the progressive condition of medical science, unremitting diligence was essential in prosecuting inquiry and investigation in the whole field of pharmacology. In addition to the ordinary professional opportunities, he has for about twenty years held the office of one of the physicians of the Pennsylvania Hospital, which has given him facilities for testing the value of remedies greater than any amount of private practice could afford. Few persons have had greater advantages or stronger inducements than himself for acquiring the knowledge requisite for the production of a work of this kind.”

Wood’s Lectures and Addresses.

Introductory Lectures and Addresses on Medical Subjects. Delivered chiefly before the medical classes of the University of Pennsylvania. By Geo. B. Wood, M.D., LL.D., President of the American Philosophical Society, Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine, and of Clinical Medicine, in the University of Pennsylvania, etc. etc. One vol. 8vo. $1.75.

Eberle and Mitchell on Children.

A Treatise on the Diseases and Physical Education of Children. By John Eberle, M.D., late Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine in Transylvania University, etc. etc. Fourth edition, with notes and large additions by Thomas D. Mitchell, A.M., M.D., Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine in the Philadelphia College of Medicine, late Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics in Transylvania University, Lecturer on Obstetrics and the Diseases of Women and Children, etc. etc. One vol. 8vo. $2.50.

Dr. Eberle’s “Treatise” has long been regarded by the medical profession as the best and most comprehensive work on the diseases and physical education of children. Dr. Mitchell has made considerable additions to it, introducing many topics not treated of by Dr. Eberle, every one of which he considers entitled to a place in a work on the diseases of the infant race. The large addition of matter thus made to the work has proved to be both acceptable and useful.

Richardson’s Anatomy.

Elements of Human Anatomy: General, Descriptive, and Practical. With over 400 illustrations. By T. G. Richardson, M.D., Demonstrator of Anatomy in the Medical Department of the University of Louisville, and one of the attending Surgeons to the Louisville Marine Hospital. One vol. 8vo. $3.00.

It is an amply sufficient text-book, and the preceptor may confidently place it in the hands of his pupils as such. The wood-cuts are numerous and elegant, and serve admirably to illustrate the text.--_New Jersey Medical Reporter._

Our author claims for his work the improvement of having general, descriptive, and practical anatomy in the same volume; the arrangement of the section devoted to practical anatomy so as to secure the greatest possible economy of material; and lastly, in the substitution of English for Latin terms, wherever it appeared to be practicable and judicious.--_N. Y. Medical Times._

Ricord on Venereal Diseases.

A Practical Treatise on Venereal Diseases; or, Critical and Experimental Researches on Inoculation applied to the study of these affections: With a therapeutical summary and special formulary. By Ph. Ricord, M.D., Surgeon of the Venereal Hospital of Paris, Clinical Professor of Special Pathology. Translated from the French by A. Sidney Doane, A.M., M.D. Thirteenth edition. One vol. 8vo. $1.50.

M. Ricord’s reputation as a lecturer and practitioner in Paris is of the highest order. He is distinguished for his sound and philosophical views upon a disease which carries terror wherever it appears, and whose consequences are often felt by the innocent as well as the guilty. The first part of the book partakes of the philosophical spirit of its author, while in the pages devoted to the treatment of syphilis, M. Ricord has spread out the results of thousands of cases coming under his observation.

Thomson’s Domestic Medicine.

A Dictionary of Domestic Medicine and Household Surgery. By Spencer Thomson, M.D., L.B.C.S. Edinb. First American, from the last London edition. Revised, with additions, by Henry H. Smith, M.D., Professor of Surgery in the Pennsylvania University. One vol. 12mo. $1.50.

This work has received the highest encomiums from the critical journals of the day. “Many a useful life,” remarks a British periodical, “might have been spared, and many an insidious disease checked in the bud, had such works as that of Dr. Thomson been earlier in existence. To the traveler by sea or by land, to the settler and the emigrant, far from medical aid, it must prove invaluable.”

The work has been carefully adapted to the American climate and habits by Dr. Henry H. Smith, of Philadelphia, whose contributions to the volume have greatly added to its value. It is the standard book of domestic medicine. The arrangement of the subjects in alphabetical order renders it extremely convenient for prompt reference and consultation.

Agnew’s Practical Anatomy.

A new arrangement of the London Dissector, with numerous modifications and additions; containing a concise description of the Muscles, Nerves, Blood-vessels, Viscera, and Ligaments of the Human Body as they appear on Dissection. With Illustrations. By D. Hayes Agnew, M.D., Lecturer on Anatomy, and Surgeon to the Philadelphia Hospital, (Blockley.) One vol. 12mo. $1.00.

This work has been adapted to the use of the American student by altering the arrangement and changing the nomenclature in many cases; by adding the ligamentous system; by illustrations; by erasing what was unnecessary, and presenting the whole as nearly as possible in the topographical order. The work, as now published in this American edition, has been prepared with a single eye to the faithful economy of the student’s time.

Acton on the Urinary Organs.

A Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Urinary and Generative Organs in both Sexes. Part I.--Non-specific Disease. Part II.--Syphilis. By William Acton, late Surgeon to the Islington Dispensary, and formerly Externe at the Female Venereal Hospital, Paris. From the second London edition. With additional Illustrations and Colored Plates. One vol. 8vo. $4.00.

This work is intended to be used by the student as a complete Text-book on the subjects of which it treats; and, at the same time, to supply data for the surgeon desirous of learning the most modern treatment of the protean forms of Syphilis, as well as materially to assist the practitioner who, in the witness-box, is liable to be cross-examined on many of the most intricate questions of generation, absorption, or contagion.

Transcriber’s Notes:

A number of typographical errors have been corrected silently.

Archaic spellings have been retained.

Cover image is in the public domain.

“Remarks” heading added to Table of Contents.

Index, Index of Cases, and Medical Works added to the Table of Contents.

Amputation of arm index to page 156 is deduced, only “ 56” was printed.

Index references page 649 which does not exist.