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HENRY C. LEA'S PUBLICATIONS- (Practice of Medicine). 



DRISTOWE (JOHN STFJ.'}, M.D , FR.C.P., 



-/-' Physicinn and Jirint Lecturer on Meiiiriiif, St. Thtmifis's 



A MANUAL ON THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE. Edited, with 



Additions, by JAMES H. HUICHINSON, M.D., Physician to the Penna. Hospital. In on-e 

 handsome octavo volume of ver 1100 pages : cloth, $5 50 ; leather, $6 50. (Now Ready.) 

 In the effort of the author to render this volume a complete and trustworthy guide for the 

 student and practitioner he has covered a wider field than is customary in text-books on the 

 Practice of Medicine, and has sedulously endeavored to present each subject in the light of the 

 most modern developments of observation and treatment. So much has been done of late years 

 to enlarge our knowledge of disease by improved methods of diagnosis, and so many new agen- 

 cies have been called into service in treatment, that a condensed and compendious work, tho- 

 roughly on a level with the advance of medical science, can hardly fail to prove of value to the 

 profession. In the present volume this has been so completely accomplished that the Editor 

 has found it necessary only to make such additions as seemed requisite to present in more detail 

 matters in which the practice of this country differs from that of Europe. 



Ttie busy practitiouer will b^ able by its perusal 

 to keep abreast with the great progress which scien- 

 tific medicine has made within thepast few year-, 

 and for which he has neither the time, norfrequently 

 the opportuu ty to consult larger treatises, mono- 

 graphs and journals. While all of it is desei viug of 

 high praise, we must particularly commend the por- 

 tion devoted to nervous diseases, which is very com- 

 plete, aud well represents the present state of our 

 knowledge on this important subject. The style of 

 the work is plain and lucid ; though condensed, it is 

 never bald Controversy is avoided, and illustra- 

 tive cases are omitted in order to give room to prac- 

 tical teaching. As an accurate and praiseworthy 

 guide it is of the highest order of merit, and though 

 it will not probably supersede iu this country Dr. 

 Flint's admirable treatise, it has the advantage of 

 embodying thediscoveriesand improvements which 

 ha ve been made since ihe last i-sue of that work. 

 Boston Med. and Surgr. Journ , Dec. 7, 1876. 



The style is clear, the matter and method good. 

 Whoever buys this book gets as complete a repre- 

 sentation of modern medicine as has been, and 

 probably can be, put inside of one thou-and pages 

 of similar size and type The Medical Times, 

 Philadelphia, Dec. 9, 1876. 



Upon reading it our first emotion was tha' of sur- 

 prise surprise mingled witn pleasure, to perceive 

 that, no' wi hstamling the same work had been done ' 

 by so many, it yet could be done so much better. 

 In 1056 pages the author has compressed the most 

 complete treatise upon the theory and practice of 

 medicine we have ever seen. Al most every disease 

 known to the profession, including many not found 

 in similar works, is treated of As a hand-book for 

 studfn f s, therefore, we do not think it has an equal 

 in the English language while older members of the 

 profession may consult it wiih equal pleasure and 

 protit. The style is remarkably clear, plain and 

 familiar, and is perfectly comprehensible to the 

 least cultivated, while the most highly cultured can 

 hardly fail to he pleased at the purity of its English. 

 P/iys'cinn and fiurgeon, Baltimore, Nov. 1S76. 



It is i m possible to look over its pages without being 

 impressed with the amount of iu formation which 

 they have been made to contain, with no appearance 



of conciseness at the expense of completeness. A 

 superficial survey even shows that, as a text-book, 

 it is far in advance of those published only a few 

 years ago ; and a more careful examination of some 

 of its sections such, for example, as the one devoted 

 to diseases of the nervous system, demonstrates that 

 in provinces which have accomplished the greatest 

 advances of late years, the author has kept his work 

 quite abreast with the labors of the most reliable 

 cl nical observers Features quite unusual in a pure- 

 ly medical treatise are included in the shape of ex- 

 cellent chapters on diseases of the skin, the affections 

 of the geuito-urinary organs in females, which can 

 but result in lesseniug the tendency on the part oft he 

 gecer .1 practitiouer to neglect the i npjnant classes 

 of complaints with the feeling that, like derauge- 

 meuts of the chief organs ofthesptcial senses, they 

 i an better be managed by specialists. New Reme- 

 dies, Nov. 1876. 



We recommend highly this book, and feel justi- 

 fied in doing so by the thought that, of its class it ia 

 the best we have jet seen. The judicious remarks 

 of the American editor add very much to the value 

 of the work ; hi.s jealous guard over American medi- 

 cine is most praiseworthy , in fact, our only com- 

 plaint is thai sii little of his own well-known style 

 appears Obstet. Journ. of Gre.nt Britain ana Ire- 

 liiii/i, American Supplement, Nov. 1876 



It may, therefore, be assumed with some show of 

 probability, that the author has kept in mind the spe- 

 cial needs of medical students. Nor is the ex;. relation, 

 disappointed when we open the book. But it must not 

 lie assumed that this volume is for students only, who 

 arc reading for examinations. It well deserves a place 

 in the library of every physician, aud of every practi- 

 tioner of the medical art. The work is one winch will 

 uveally enhance the author's reputation. We prophesy 

 that it will be the favorite fur the London and other 

 universities, and the College of Physicians, whilst ninny 

 who never pass these examinations, but content them- 

 selves with hull mid college, will be glad to purchase n 

 liudk H Inch, once ac((iiirc'l they will not wish to part 

 with, but will carry with them to their residence in the 

 country, or to the" distant colony, on board ship, and 

 even in the knapsack on the march with troops. Land. 

 Mnl. i:,i'i,ril. Dec. 15, lf>7ti. 



fTARTtHORNE (HENRY), M.D., 



*-* Professor of Hygiene in the University of Pennsylvania. 



ESSENTIALS OF THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF MEDI- 



CiNE. A handy-book for Students and Practitioners. Fourth edition, revised and im- 

 proved. With about one hundred illustrations. In one handsome royal 12mo volume, 

 of about 550 pages, cloth, $2 63; half bound, $2 SS. (Just Issued.) 



The thorough manner in which the author lias labored to fully represent in this favorite hand- 

 book the most advanced condition of practical medicine is shown by the fact that the present 

 edition contains more than 250 additions, representing the investigations of 172 authors not re- 

 ferred toin previous editions. Notwithstanding an enlargement of the pnge, the size has been 

 increased by sixty pages. A number of illustrations have been introduced which it is hoped 

 will facilitate the comprehension of details by the reader, and no effort has been spared to make 

 the volume worthy a continuance of the very great favor with which it has hitherto been received. 



advances in medicine, is admirably condensed, and 

 yet Millicicntly explicit for all the pin poses in tended, 

 thus making it by far tho best work of its character 

 ever published. Cincinnati Clinic, Oct. 24, 1S74. 



Without doubt the best book of the kind published 

 in the Kngli>li language. St. Louis Med. an 

 Journ , Nov. 1S7-1. 



As a handbook, winch clearly set* forth the ESSKN- 

 TIAI.S of thePKINOIPI.KS AND I'KAi'l li'U <)! .MKDICINE, W6 



do not know of its equal. - Vn.. Mi-d. Monthly. 



As K brief, condensed, but comprehensive hand- 

 book, it cannot be improved upon. (Ihicago 3lni 

 Ex'nitiitif. Nov l.'i, 1874 



The work is brought fully up with all the recent 



