CONTENTS OF No. LXXIII.

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.

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Art. I.-Contributions to the Diagnosis of Empyema, with

Cases. By Robert L. Mac Donnell, Licentiate of the

Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland; Demonstrator of Ana-

tomy in the Medical School, Park-street,

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Purulent Expectoration in Empyema,

Meihod of Diagnosis in Empyema with copious purulent Expec-

toration,

Condition of the sound Lung in Empyema,

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Condition of the Liver in Empyema,

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Art. II.-On impending Dissolution and Nervous Affections in

young Infants. By RICHARD Doherty, M. D., Honorary

Member and Secretary of the Dublin Obstetrical Society, 41

Art. III.--Examination of the Question- Is the Chyle inci-

pient Blood ? By John ALDRIDGE, M. D., Lecturer on

Chemistry at the Park-street School of Medicine, Dublin, . 87

Art. IV.-Remarks on Dr. Aldridge's Communication on Uri-

nary Diseases. By GOLDING BIRD, A. M., M. D., Assis-

tant Physician to, and Lecturer on Materia Medica at Guy's

Hospital,

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Art. V.-Observations upon the Causes, and the Operations

recommended for the Cure of Entropium and Trichiasis.

By W. R. Wilde, M. R. I. A., Lecturer upon the Diseases

of the Eye and Ear in the School of Medicine, Park-street,

and Member of the learned Societies of Paris, Vienna, Berlin,

and Athens,

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Art. VI.-Remarks on diffuse Inflammation occurring in the

Exanthemata, with Cases, where the Vaccine Vesicle was

attacked by it. By GeRALD Osprey, A. M., M.B., Licen-

tiate of the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland ; Physician

to Mary's Dispensary,

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BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTICES.

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Report of the Commissioners appointed to take the Census of

Ireland for the Year 1841,

142

Descriptive Catalogue of the Anatomical and Pathological Mu-

seum of the School of Medicine, Park-street. By John

Houston, M. D., &c.,

On the principal Diseases of Females. By Fleetwood

CHURCHILL, M. D., Second Edition, with Engravings,

175

Natural History, Pathology, and Treatment of the Epidemic

Fever at present prevailing in Edinburgh and other Towns.

By John Rose CORMACK, M. D., &c. &c., .

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Elements of Natural Philosophy. By Golding BIRD, M. D. ib.

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SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE PATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF DUBLIN.

Seventeenth Meeting (Professor Greene in the Chair), 160

1. Chronic Laryngitis.-Obstruction of the Rima Glottidis. (Dr.

Corrigan.)

ib.

2. Prostate enlarged and inflamed.--Middle Lobe obstructing

Urethra.--Bladder inflamed and perforated by Abscess open-

ing into Peritoneum. Peritonitis. (Mr. Smith.)

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3. Rima Glottidis closed by warty Vegetations from its Margin.

(Dr. Stokes.)

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Eighteenth Meeting (Mr. O'FERRALL in the Chair), .

163

1. Erosion of the Bodies of the Lumbar Vertebræ. (Doctor

Kirkpatrick.)

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2. Intus-susception. (Mr. O'Ferrall.)

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3. Enlargement of the Heart.--Thickening of the mitral Valves.

(Dr. Bigger.)

ib.

4. Faity Degeneration of the Liver.—Phthisis. (Dr. Stokes.) 165

5. Farre's Tubercle of the Liver.-Cancer of the Cervix Uleri.

(Mr. R. W. Smith.)

ib.

6. Ascites consequent on Scarlatina.-Compression of the Lung

by the distended Peritoneum.-Bright's Disease in Kidney.

(Mr. O'Ferrall.)

166

Nineteenth Meeting (Dr. O'Beirne in the Chair),

167

1. Aneurism of the ascending Aorta, compressing the Vena Cava.

(Dr. Law.)

ib,

2. Pneumonia in a Child of Eleven Months. (Mr. Adams.) 168

3. Warty Deposition in the Larynx.-Hæmorrhage from an Artery

opening into a tubercular Cavity in the Lung. (Dr. Lees.). ib.

4. Pericarditis, with false Membranes in a State of extreme Hy-

peræmia. (Mr. O'Ferrall.).

169

5. Exfoliation of the Head of the Femur in Morbus Coxæ.

(Mr. Adams.)

ib.

6. Cerebral A poplexy without premonitory Symptoms. — Stea-

tomatous Deposition in Arteries at Base of the Brain.

(Dr. Lees.)

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7. Intus-susceptio. (Dr. Evory Kennedy.).

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Twentieth Meeting (Dr. Montgomery in the Chair), ... 170

1. Dissecting Aneurism of the ascending Aorta bursting into the

Pericardium. (Dr. Lees.)

ib.

2. Benign Osteosarcoma of the Hand. (Dr. Fleming.)

171

3. Scirrhus of the Pylorus.--Cancerous Deposition in the Me-

sentery and Intestines. (Dr. Greene.)

172

4. Uterus softened and relaxed. (Dr. Montgomery.)

ib.

Twenty-second Meeting (Mr. Carmichael in the Chair), 173

1. Stricture of Cardiac Extremity of Esophagus.--Scirrhus ?

(Mr. O'Ferrall.)

ib.

2. Scrofulous Deposit on the Peritoneum.-Communication be.

tween the Uterus and Bladder effected by Ulceration. (Mr.

R. W. Smith.)

ib.

3. Morbus Coxæ.—Luxation of the Head of the Femur. (Mr.

Adams.).

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4. Acute Gastritis. (Mr. R. W. Smith.)

ib.

Twenty-third Meeting (Dr. Montgomery in the Chair), 175

1. Caries of the Vertebræ. (Dr. Lees.).

ib.

2. Carcinoma of Axillary Glands and Mamma.-Scirrhus of the

Head of the Pancreas and Ovaria. (Mr. R. W. Smith.) ib.

3. Ruptured Bladder in the Female. (Mr. R. W. Sinith.) 176

4. Thoracic encephaloid Tumour compressing the Vena Cava.

(Mr. O'Ferrall.)

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Twenty-fourth Meeting (Dr. Montgomery in the Chair), 178

1. Cryptogamic Vegetations on the mucous Coat of the Stomach

after Death. (Dr. Lees.)

2. Aneurism of the Thoracic Aorta, without Murmur. (Mr.

O'Ferrall.)

ib.

3. Aneurism of Thoracic Aorta bursting into the Pericardium.

(Dr. J. C. Ferguson.)

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4. Dislocation of the Head of the Femur in Morbus Coxæ. (Mr.
R. W. Smith.).

ib.

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An Address delivered before the Dublin Obstetrical Society,

on the Opening of their Sixth Session, on the 4th De-

cember, 1843, by W. F. MONTGOMERY, A.M., M.D.,

M. R. I. A., Fellow and Professor of Midwifery in the King

and Queen's College of Physicians in Ireland, and one of the

Vice-Presidents of the Society,

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