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furnished them. Many of the reviews which it contains are con- 

 ceived and executed in a higher spirit than the mere mechanical 

 analyses and Taliacotian abstracts which so frequently usurp this 



department of scientific as well as literary journals. This periodical 

 is so well known through the country, and a complete Beries of it so 

 generally contained in public libraries, that a general index to it 

 from the commencement would be one of the most acceptable offer- 

 ings which could be made to the medical reader. 



The committee had prepared an account of the most prominent 

 articles under their several heads, but it proves to be too voluminous 

 for a report like the present. The names of some of its contributors 

 •will he enough to show how extensively it has been supported by the 

 ablest writers and practitioners of the country. In A riatomy and Phy- 

 siology, original papers have been furnished by lbs. Horner, Moultrie, 

 Ooxe, Mussey, Warren, Earle, Smith, Allison, Harrison, Gardner, 

 Leidy and others. In Surgery, Drs. Godman, Mussey, Randolph, 

 J. & J. M. Warren, Ooates; Mott, Norris, Kirkbride, Geddings, 

 Nott, Shipman, Markoe, Parrish, Mettauer, Mutter, Horner, Tan- 

 coast, Watson, Atlee, Hayward, are among those who have lent 

 their assistance, some of the best known among them in many ela- 

 borate articles. In the department of Practical Medicine, a great 

 number of original Reports and Essays have been supplied by Drs. 

 Chapman, S. Jackson, Emerson, dole, Horner, Hayward, Ware, 

 Wright, Jackson (of Northumberland), Parrish, Tcnnock, Gerhard, 

 Fisher, Nichols, E. Warren, Paine, Bigelow, Webber, Lindsay, 

 Eorrey, Beck, Flint, Coale, Earle, Stewardson, Kirkbride, Shanks, 

 Parry, Mettauer, Whitney, Pepper, Hall, Dexter. Jarvis, Beck, 

 Wharton, Lovett, Nott, Moreton Stille, Doling, Tal.b, Taylor, Por- 

 ter, Tuck, J. B. S. Jackson, Peebles, Kneeland, Gardner, Buckler, 

 Mendenhall, Lane and R. S. Holmes. On Midwifery, and the 

 Disease* of Women and Children, among the principal contributors 

 of original papers have been Drs. Dewees, Horner, Bigelow, Hodge, 

 Gerhard, Geddings, Lindsly, E. Warren, Roberts, Lee. Kane, 

 Shanks, Taylor, Bowen, Buel, Burwell, Bond, Sargent. Sims, and 



Baldwins Many other names might be added to these lists, which, 

 however, are sufficient evidence that the journal has been willingly 

 and heartily upheld by the profession. 



The following li.-t comprises all the journals with which the com- 

 mittee are acquainted, now published in this country. The only 

 quarterly publication devoted to medical subjects generally is the 



