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MEDICINE.
The PRACTICE of PHYSIC. By W. P. Dewees, M. D., Adjunct
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DEWEES on the DISEASES of CHILDREN. 5th ed. In 8vo.
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children, either as parent or guardian, the most approved methods of securing
and improving their physical powers. This is attempted by pointing
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this interesting, but helpless class of beings, and the manner by which their
duties shall be fulfilled. And 2d, to render available a long experience to
these objects of our affection when they become diseased. In attempting
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DEWEES on the DISEASES of FEMALES. 4th edition, with
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A COMPENDIOUS SYSTEM OF MIDWIFERY; chiefly
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this Branch of Study. By W. P. Dewees, M. D. In
8vo. with 13 Plates. Sixth edition, corrected and enlarged.
The ELEMENTS OF THERAPEUTICS and MATERIA
MEDICA. By N. Chapman, M. D. 2 vols. 8vo. 5th edition,
corrected and revised.
MANUAL of PATHOLOGY: containing the Symptoms, Diagnosis,
and Morbid Character of Diseases, &c. By L. Martinet.
Translated, with Notes and Additions, by Jones Quain.
Second American Edition, 12mo.
We strongly recommend M. Martinet's Manual to the profession, and especially
to students; if the latter wish to study diseases to advantage, they
should always have it at hand, both when at the bedside of the patient, and
when making post mortem examinations.”
—American Journal of the Medical
Sciences, No. I.
CLINICAL ILLUSTRATIONS OF FEVER, comprising a
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College of Physicians of London, &c. 1 vol. 8vo.
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speculations he would command their assent to the solidity of his didactic
precepts.”
—Med. Chir. Journal.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL SCIENCES.
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Sewall, Warren, and Worthington; Drs. Daniell, Drake, Emerson, Fearn,
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PATHOLOGICAL and PRACTICAL RESEARCHES on
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A RATIONAL EXPOSITION of the PHYSICAL SIGNS
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MANUAL of the PHYSIOLOGY of MAN; or a concise
Description of the Phenomena of his Organization. By P.
Hutin. Translated from the French, with Notes by J. Togno.
In 12mo.
The ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, and DISEASES of the
TEETH. By Thomas Bell, F. R. S., F. L. S. &c. In 1 vol.
8vo. With Plates.
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subject of dental surgery.”
—Medico-Chirurgical Review.
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language.”
—North American Medical and Surgical Journal, No. 19.
AMERICAN DISPENSATORY. Ninth Edition, improved
and greatly enlarged. By John Redman Coxe, M. D. Professor
of Materia Medica and Pharmacy in the University of Pennsylvania.
In 1 vol. 8vo.
œ This new edition has been arranged with special reference to the
recent Pharmacopœias, published in Philadelphia and New-York.
ELLIS' MEDICAL FORMULARY. The Medical Formulary,
being a collection of prescriptions derived from the writings
and practice of many of the most eminent Physicians in America
and Europe. By Benjamin Ellis, M. D. 3d. edition.
With Additions.
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many authorities which have been consulted in arranging the materials for this
work.”
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MANUAL of MATERIA MEDICA and PHARMACY. By
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a concise Description of the Articles used in Medicine; their
Physical and Chemical Properties; the Botanical Characters of
the Medicinal Plants; the Formulæ for the Principal Officinal
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with Observations on the proper Mode of combining
and administering Remedies. Translated from the French,
with numerous Additions and Corrections, and adapted to the
Practice of Medicine and to the Art of Pharmacy in the United
States. By Joseph Togno, M. D. Member of the Philadelphia
Medical Society, and E. Durand, Member of the Philadelphia
College of Pharmacy.
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and in addition, a larger mass of information, in relation to the properties, &c.
of the different articles and preparations employed in medicine, than any of the
dispensatories, and we think will entirely supersede all these publications in the
library of the physician.”
—Am. Journ. of the Medical Sciences.
MEMOIR on the TREATMENT of VENEREAL DISEASES
without MERCURY, employed at the Military Hospital of
the Val-de-Grace. Translated from the French of H. M. J.
Desruelles, M. D. &c. To which are added, Observations by
G. J. Guthrie, Esq. and various documents, showing the results
of this Mode of Treatment, in Great Britain, France, Germany,
and America. 1 vol. 8vo.
CHOLERA, as it recently appeared in the towns of Newcastle
and Gateshead, including cases illustrative of its Physiology and
Pathology, with a view to the establishment of sound principles
of Practice. By T. M. Greenhow, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons in London, &c. &c.
&c. In 1 vol. 8vo.
MANUAL of GENERAL, DESCRIPTIVE, and PATHOLOGICAL
ANATOMY. By J. F. Meckel, Professor of
Anatomy at Halle, &c. &c. Translated from the French, with
Notes, by A. Sidney Doane, A. M. M. D. 3 vols. 8vo.
“It is among the most classical, learned, and authoritative treatises on Anatomy.”
—American Journal of Med. Science.
A PRACTICAL GUIDE to OPERATIONS on the TEETH.
By James Snell, Dentist. In 1 vol. 8vo. with Plates.
“Those of our readers who practise in the department of Surgery, on which
Mr. Snell's essay treats, will find some useful instructions on the mode of extracting
teeth.”
—Med. Gazette.
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—Athenœum.
“This is the best practical manual for the dentist we have seen in the English
language.”
—Gaz. of Health.
PRINCIPLES of PHYSIOLOGICAL MEDICINE, including
Physiology, Pathology, and Therapeutics, in the form of Propositions,
and commentaries on those relating to Pathology, by
F. J. V. Broussais, &c.; translated by Isaac Hays, M. D. and
R. E. Griffith, M. D. In 8vo.
“The present work will form an indispensable addition to the library of every
physician. It is a very important and necessary companion to the Treatise on
Physiology as applied to Pathology, by the same author.”
—American Journal
of Med. Science.
PRINCIPLES of SURGERY. By John Syme, Professor of
Surgery in the University of Edinburgh. In 8vo.
HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY, illustrated by numerous Engravings;
by Robley Dunglison, M. D., Professor of Physiology, Pathology,
&c. in the University of Virginia, Member of the American
Philosophical Society, &c. 2 vols. 8vo.
It is the most complete and satisfactory system of Physiology in the English
language. It will add to the already high reputation of the author.”
—American
Journal of Med. Science.
A TREATISE on the DISEASES of the EYE. By William
Lawrence, M. D. 1 vol. 8vo. In the press.
“It is almost unnecessary to say, that it contains marks of vast erudition
and exact judgment, and that experience has dictated the principles that are
comprised in them, experience drawn from a hospital devoted solely to the treatment
of diseases of the Eye.”
—Billaud.
A TREATISE on DISEASES of the HEART and GREAT
VESSELS. By J. R. Bertin. Edited by G. Bouillaud. Translated
from the French. 8vo.
SURGICAL MEMOIRS of the CAMPAIGNS of RUSSIA,
GERMANY, and FRANCE. Translated from the French
of Baron Larrey. In 8vo. with plates.
A MANUAL of MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE, compiled
from the best Medical and Legal Works; comprising an account
of—I. The Ethics of the Medical Profession; II. Charters
and Laws relative to the Faculty; and III. All Medico-legal
Questions, with the latest Decisions; being an Analysis
of a course of Lectures on Forensic Medicine. By
Michael Ryan, M. D. Member of the Royal College of
Physicians in London, &c. First American edirion, with
additions, by R. Eglesfield Griffith. In 8vo.
“There is not a fact of importance or value connected with the science of
which it treats, that is not to be found in its pages. The style is unambitious
but clear and strong, and such as becomes a philosophic theme.”
—Monthly Review.
“It is invaluable to Medical Practitioners, and may be consulted safely by
the Legal Profession.”
—Weekly Dispatch.
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