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Sciences was established, undeT the care of Dr. Chapman as editor. 

 It was dedicated to the elegant scholar and accomplished physician, 

 Dr. James Maclurg, of Richmond, Virginia, who contributed one of 

 his last literary efforts to its first volume. Many valuable papers 



are contained in this journal. Among the most prominent arc the 

 following: — In Physiology, the experiments of Laurence and Coates, 

 and those of Milaeron Absorption; Dr. Geddings on the Function of 

 the Lymphatics; Dr. Godman on the Propriety of attempting to 

 explain the actions of the Animal Economy by the Assistance of the 

 Physical Sciences; Dr. Mitchell on Corpora Lutea; in Chemistry, Dr. 

 Hare's account of the Deflagrator and Calorimotor; in Surgery, Dr. 

 Gibson's papers on Bony Tumours and on Fractures of the Thigh, 

 and Dr. Mott's successful case of Amputation at the Hip-joint ; in 

 Obstetrics, Dr. De-wees on Rupture and on Retroversion of the 

 Uterus and on Uterine Hemorrhage (after abortion); in Practical 

 Medicine, Dr. Chapman on Croup; Drs. S. Jackson and Dickson on 

 Yellow Fever; Drs. Lea, M'Call, Coleman and Haines on Milk Sick- 

 ness — the first notice, as far as we know, of this singular affection; 

 Dr. Mease on Sick Headache, a remarkable and often cited paper: 

 Dr. Staughton on Mania a potu; Dr. Caldwell on Climate; Dr. 

 Somcrville on the Medical Topography of Virginia; Dr. Condie on 

 Cholera Infantum; Dr. Jones on Influenza; Dr. Perrine on large 

 doses of Quinine; and Dr. Stevenson on the use of Charcoal. 



The American Medical Recorder was established in ISIS, and 

 continued until 1829, when it passed into the American Journal of 

 the Medical Sciences. It contains, among many other respectable 

 contributions, Dr. Klapp's Essay on "Temulent Diseases," in which 

 the practice of giving emetics iii delirium tremens was brought be- 

 fore the profession. It has ;ilso articles by Drs. Dewees, Atlee, 

 Horner, Mease, Coates, Spalding, Eberle, Harris, Barton-, Smith, 

 Harlan and M'Clellan. Here was reported the famous operation of 

 Deadends for removal of the lower jaw. In the later volumes arc 

 contained a number of Prize Essays, among them one by Dr. Cart- 

 wright on Cholera Infantum, and one by Dr. Jackson, of Northum- 

 berland, on Gangrenopsis. 



The N<>rth American Medical and Surgical Journal^ established 

 in 1826, and continued for a number of years, contains many articles 

 of value. Among them are the following: — (Vol. I.) A Case of 

 Extirpation of the Ovarium, by Dr. Alban G. Smith, of Danville, 



