THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL REVIEW OR QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF PRACTICAL MEDICINE AND SURGERY. VOL. I. JANUARY-APRIL 1848. LONDON: SAMUEL HIGHLEY, 32, FLEET STREET, AND JOHN CHURCHILL, 46, PRINCES STREET, SOHO. MDCCCXLVIII. J OF THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL REVIEW. JANUARY, 1848. Analytical and Critical Reviews. ART. 1.-1. Publications of the Health of Towns Association. 2. Report of the Health of London Association on the Sanitary Condition of the Metropolis 3. The Liverpool Health of Towns Advocate 4. The Journal of Public Health, and Monthly Record of Sanitary Improvement. No. I ART. II.—A Practical Treatise on the Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment of Spermatorrhoea. By M. LALLEMAND. Translated and Edited by HENRY J. M'DOUGAL. ART. III.-1. Correspondence on the Subject of the "Eclair," and of the Epidemy which broke out in the said Vessel. Presented to the House of Commons by Command of her Majesty, in pursuance of their Address, on the 23d January, 1846 2. Report on the Fever of Boà Vista. By Dr. M'WILLIAM. Presented to the House of Commons, in pursuance of their Address of the 16th March, 1847 . PAGE ib. 49 ib. 3. Letter addressed by Sir William Pym to the Lords of the Council, relative to a Report on the Fever at Boà Vista, by Dr. M'William. Presented to the House of Commons, in pursuance of their Address of May 14th, 1847. ib. 4. Report of a Special Committee of the House of Assembly of the State of New York, on the present Quarantine Laws. 5. Report on the Climate and principal Diseases of the African Station, compiled from Documents in the Office of the Director-General of the Department, and from other Sources, in compliance with the Direction of the Right Honorable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, under the immediate Direction of Sir Wm. Burnett, M.D., K.C.H., F.R.S. By ALEXANDER BRYSON, M.D. 6. A Dictionary of Practical Medicine. By JAMES COPLAND, M.D., F.R.S. Parts X and XI ART. IV. Guy's Hospital Reports. Second Series Vol. V ART. V.-1. Opere di MAURIZIO BUFALINI, Professore della Clinica Medica nelle Scuole Medico-Chirurgiche di Complemento e Perfezionamento dell' Universitá di Pisa in Firenze. Vol. I. Parte 1 e 2 The Works of M. BUFALINI, Professor of Clinical Medicine in the MedicoChirurgical Schools of Completion and Perfection of the University of Pisa in Florence. Vol. I. Parts 1 and 2. 2. Elementi di Patologia Umana di LUIGI BOsı, Ferrarese Elements of Human Pathology. By L. Bosi, of Ferrara. 3. Nuovi Elementi Fisio-Patologici di Medicina Eclettica. Dell Dottor NICCOLO CELLE, Medico nei RR. Spedali di Pisa New Physio-Pathological Elements of Eclectic Medicine. By Dr. N. CELLE, PAGE ART. VI.-Traité Pratique et Historique de la Lithotritie. Par le Docteur CIVIALE 99 A Practical and Historical Treatise on Lithotrity. By Dr. CIVIALE ART. VII.-Mémoires de la Société de Chirurgie de Paris. Tome I. Fascicules I et II Memoirs of the Society of Surgery of Paris. Parts I and II. ART. VIII.-Mind and Matter, illustrated by Considerations on Hereditary Insanity, and the Influence of Temperament in the Development of the Passions. By J. G. MILLINGEN, M.D., M.A., First Class Surgeon to the Forces, late Resident Physician of the County of Middlesex Lunatic Asylum at Hanwell, &c &c. ART. IX.-1. Handbuch der pathologischen Anatomie. Von CARL ROKITANSKY. Med. Dr. kk. o. ö. Professor der kk. pathologischen Anatomie an der Universität zu Wien, &c. 128 142 . 153 Manual of Morbid Anatomy. By CARL ROKITANSKY, M.D., Professor of Pathological Anatomy in the University of Vienna. Vol. I. 2. Entwurf einer pathologisch-anatomischen Propädeutik. Von Dr. Jos. ENGEL A Sketch of a System of Pathologico-Anatomical Instruction. By Dr. Jos. ENGEL. 3. Anleitung zur Beurtheilung des Leichenbefundes. Von Dr. Jos. ENGEL An Introduction to the Critical Examination of the Appearances presented after Death. By Dr. Jos. ENGEL. ART. X.-1. Rare and Remarkable Animals of Scotland, represented from Living Subjects; with Practical Observations on their Nature. By Sir JOHN GRAHAM DALYELL, Bart. Vol. I 2. Fauna Littoralis Norvegiæ; oder Beschreibung und Abbildungen neuer oder wenig bekannten Seetheire, nebst Beobachtungen über die Organisation, Lebensweise u. Entwickelung derselben. Von M. SARS, Doctor der Philosophie, &c. &c. Erstes Heft . The Littoral Fauna of Norway; or, a Description and Representation of new or little-known Marine Animals, together with Observations upon their Organization, Habits, and Development. By M. SARS. Doctor of Philosophy, &c. &c. First Part. 3. Mémoire sur le Développement des Méduses et des Polypes Hydraires. Par 4. Mémoire sur les Campanulaires de la Côte d'Ostende, considérés sous le Rapport Physiologique, Embryogénique, et Zoologique. Par P. J. VAN BENEDEN, Professeur de Zoologie et d'Anatomie Comparée à l'Université Catholique de Louvain, &c. Extrait du Tome xvii des Mémoires de l'Académie Royale de Bruxelles Memoir on the Campanulariæ of the Coast of Ostend, considered in the Physiological, Embryological, and Zoological Relations. By P. J. VAN BENEden, Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy in the Catholic University of Louvain, &c. &c. 5. Recherches sur l'Embryogénie des Tubulaires, et l'Histoire Naturelle des différents Genres de cette Famille qui habitent la Côte d'Ostende. Par P. J. VAN BENEDEN. Extrait du Tome XVII des Mémoires de l'Académie Royale de Bruxelles. Researches on the Embryogeny of the Tubulariæ, and on the Natural History of the different Genera of that Family which inhabit the Coast of Ostend. By J. P. VAN BENEDEN. ib. ib. 183 ib. ib. ib. ib. ART. XI.-On the Causes and Treatment of Abortion and Sterility: being the Result of an extended practical Inquiry into the Physiological and Morbid Conditions of the Uterus, with reference especially to Leucorrhoeal Affections and the Diseases of Menstruation. By JAMES WHITEHEAD, F.R.C.s., Surgeon to the Manchester and Salford Lying-in Hospital ART. XII.-Lectures on the Physical Phenomena of Living Beings. By CARLO MATTEUCCI, Professor in the University of Pisa. Translated under the superintendence of JONATHAN PEREIRA, M.D., F.R.S., Vice-President of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society ART. XIII.-1. Researches into the Pathology and Treatment of the Asiatic or Algide Cholera. By E. A. PARKES, M.D. Lond. Assistant-Physician to University College Hospital 2. The Cholera not to be arrested by Quarantine: a Brief Historical Sketch of the Great Epidemic of 1817, and its Invasions of Europe in 1831-2, and 1847; With Practical Remarks on the Treatment, Preventive and Curative, of the Disease. By GAVIN MILROY, M.D., &c. PAGE 214 228 236 ib. Bibliographical Notices. ART. I.-1. A Guide to the Examination of the Urine in Health and Disease, for the Use of Students. By ALFRED MARKWICK, Surgeon to the Western German Dispensary, &c. 2. A Table of Urinary Deposits, with their Tests, for Clinical Examination. By RAY CHARLES GOLDING, M.D. . 249 ib. ART. II.—Principles of Physics and Meteorology. By J. MÜLLER, Professor of Physics at the University of Freiburg . 251 ART. III.-An Essay on the Use and Abuse of Restraint in the Management of the ART. IV.—1. Elements of Chemistry, including the actual State and prevalent Doctrines of the Science. By the late EDWARD TURNER, M.D., F.R.S., L. & E., Eighth edition. Edited by Baron LIEBIG, Professor of Chemistry in the University of Giessen, and WILLIAM GREGORY, M.D., F.R.S.E., Professor of Chemistry in the University of Edinburgh. Part I.—Inorganic Chemistry. Part II.-Organic Chemistry 2. A Manual of Elementary Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical. By GEORGE FOWNES, F.R.S., Professor of Practical Chemistry in University College, London 253 ib. ART. V.-An Experimental Inquiry into the Cause of the Ascent and Descent of the Sap, with some Observations upon the Nutrition of Plants, and the Cause of Exosmose and Endosmose. By G. RAINEY, M.R.C.S.E., Demonstrator of Anatomy, and of Microscopic Anatomy, at Saint Thomas's Hospital . 255 ART. VI.-Report to the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Condition of Idiots in the Commonwealth .256 ART. VII.-A Few Remarks on the Expectant Treatment of Diseases. By ART. VIII.-Account of a New Anæsthetic Agent, as a substitute for Sulphuric Ether, in Surgery and Midwifery. By J. Y. SIMPSON, M.D., F.R.S.E., Professor of Midwifery in the University of Edinburgh |