Medico-chirurgical Review and Journal of Medical Science

THE

MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL

REVIEW.

AND

JOURNAL

OF

PRACTICAL MEDICINE.

(NEW SERIES.)

VOLUME TWENTY-TWO.

[1st of OCTOBER, 1834, to 31st of MARCH,]

1835.

VOL. II. of DECENNIAL SERIES.

EDITED

BY JAMES JOHNSON, M. D.

PHYSICIAN EXTRAORDINARY TO THE KING,

AND

HENRY JAMES JOHNSON, ESQ.

LATE HOUSE SURGEON TO ST. GEORGE'S AND THE LOCK HOSPITALS.

REPUBLISHED

BY RICHARD & GEORGE S. WOOD,

No. 261 PEARL-STREET.

NEW-YORK.

CONTENTS

OF THE

MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL REVIEW,

No. XLIII. JANUARY 1, 1835.

[BEING No. III. OF A DECENNIAL SERIES.]

REVIEWS.

I.

Dr. and Mr. GRIFFIN on Functional Affections of the Spinal Cord and Ganglionic

Nerves

II.

Dr. Coxe's Inquiry into the Claims of Dr. HARVEY to the Discovery of the Circulation

III.

M. DUPUYTREN and Mad. BOIVIN on Fibrous Tumors and Polypi of the Uterus

IV.

Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice, and the Physiology of Digestion.

By Dr. BEAUMONT

V.

Memoirs of the Life and Medical Opinions of Dr. Armstrong. By Dr. BooтT. [Ma-

laria and Marsh Fever.] .

VI.

The Principles and Practice of Obstetricy. By Dr. BLUNDELL

MR. GUTHRIE on the Anatomy and Diseases of the Neck of the Bladder, &c.

Dr. QUAIN'S Elements of Anatomy

Mr. WARDROP's Morbid Anatomy of the Human Eye

XII.

140

Mr. MAYO's Introductory Lecture to the Medical Classes in King's College, London 141

11. Sir Charles Bell-the mighty Dead

12. Dr. M'Dowel on Erysipelas

PERISCOPE.

PART I.

SPIRIT OF THE ENGLISH PERIODICALS, AND NOTICES OF ENGLISH

MEDICAL LITERATURE.

1. Practical Hints on the Treatment of several Diseases. By Dr. Peacock

1. Extensive Sloughing—2. Gangrene—3. Diabetes-4. Dropsy—5. Neuralgia

-6. Pain from Exhaustion-7. Anomalous Cases-S. Obstinate Constipation.

2. Mr. Latham on Uterine Hæmorrhage

3. Dr. De Mey on the Triumph of Truth and good Sense

4. Dr. Leese's Treatise on Gout

5. Dr. Roberts on Hemiplegia in Pregnancy

6. Dr. Stroud's Case of Carditis-or Cephalitis

7. Endemic Dysentery in the Edinburgh Workhouse

8. Pseudo-pneumonia-Dr. Hamilton on

9. Dr. Hawthorne on Cholera

10. Professor Beatty on "Frottement" observed in Peritonitis

14. Crepitatio Musculorum. By Dr. Johnson

15. Plurality of Assistants in Hospitals

13. On Gastric Neuralgia. By the Senior Editor

16. Anatomico-pathological Researches on the Pneumogastric Nerves

17. Mr. Poole on the Pathology of Tubercular Phthisis

18. Phlegmasia Cærulea Dolens

19. Dr. Montgomery on Transverse Malposition

173

24. Dr. Thorburne's Proposal to dislocate the Head of the Femur in Morbus Coxarius, 183

25. Dr. Campbell's Case of Pendulous Tumors growing from the Ear

SPIRIT OF THE FOREIGN PERIODICALS.

29. On the Employment of large Doses of Antimony after severe Wounds, &c.

30. Wretched State of Midwifery in Germany

31. The Virtues of Sarsaparilla appreciated in Germany

32. Character of Continental Medical Literature

33. Lithotomy in Italy.

34. Operations of Lithotomy and Lithotrity-in illustration of M. Blandin's Memoir,

reviewed in this number

35. On Hæmorrhoids and Prolapsus of the Rectum

36. On Cutaneous Diseases. By M. Gibert

38. Strictures on the Broussaian Method of investigating Diseases

39. New Preparation of Quinine-Hydro-ferro-cyanate

40. Varicose Tumor on the Scalp

41. Blue Serum from a blistered Surface

42. Anecdote of Vesalius

43. Ligature of the Subclavian Artery

44. On Fractures of the Carpal Extremity of the Radius

45. Pathological Anatomy of the Pneumo-gastric Nerves

46. Anatomy of the Lymphatic System

47. Melanosis of the Eye-ball.

48. Phrenology, human and comparative

49. Detection of Miasmata in the Air. M. Bousingault

50. Rupture of Varices of the Vagina during Labour

51. Dr. Bellingheri on Facial Neuralgia

52. Professor Albers on Inflammation of the Spinal Dura Mater

53. Singular Case of Epileptic Hysteria

54. Neuralgia of the Leg and Foot-Excision of Nerve

55. Two Cases of Successful Transfusion of blood in Hemorrhage.

56. Bouillaud's Refutation of Majendie's Theory of the Heart's Sound

57. Secale Cornutum as an Emmenagogue

PART III.

CLINICAL REVIEW AND HOSPITAL REPORTS.

ST. GEORGE'S HOSPITAL.

58. Abstract of a Lecture on Injuries of the Nerves, delivered by Cæsar Hawkins, Esq. 234

65. Case of Hepatized Spleen. By James Edward, Surgeon, of Forfar

66. Medical Education and Organization

Bibliographical Record

Books

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