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of description. Several other cases are reported in this number, 

 which contains two reviews of some interest, and the usual variety 

 in its minor departments. 



The first article in the number for April 1847, is one of great prac- 

 tical interest. It is the "History of seven cases of Pseudo-membranous 

 Laryngitis or True Croup" by Dr. J. F. Meigs. The fact that 

 recovery took place in four cases where there was fibrinous exuda- 

 tion on the fauces, entitles the history of these cases to the most 

 careful examination, and affords a strong presumption in favour of 

 the general plan of treatment adopted. It is well known that long 

 series of similar cases have been observed, every one of which has 

 proved fatal, and that the whole question of treatment is considered 

 as involved in perplexity by many able observers. The paper which 

 follows, by Dr. Baldwin, Observations on the Poisonous Properties 

 of the Sulphate of Quinine, has been most extensively quoted, and 

 has called out various other communications confirming the results 

 at which he has arrived. In the malarious regions of our country, 

 where the "monster doses" of this heroic remedy are so commonly 

 given, it is of vital importance that all the risks they involve should 

 be generally known. Then follow various reports of medical and 

 surgical diseases, among which Dr. Earle's eleven cases of general 

 paralysis of the insane cannot fail to be noticed for their psycho- 

 logical and pathological bearings, as well as the happy way in which 

 they are related. A practical essay by Dr. Hildreth, on letting blood 

 from the jugular in diseases of children, concludes the list of original 

 communications. 



The July number opens with another statistical article from Dr. 

 Norris, on the operation of tying the carotids, of the same high cha- 

 racter with those which he has furnished in previous numbers. The 

 next paper is one by Dr. Hallowell, on cholera infantum, which 

 he calls by the singular name of gastro-follicular enteritis; which 

 would seem to imply inflammation of the intestines seated in the 

 follicles of the stomach. The essay is an instructive one, based on 

 considerable experience and supported by two reported cases with 

 a tabular analysis of twelve post-mortem examinations. A "Note 

 on the frequency of the pulse and respiration of the aged" by Dr. 

 Pennock, adds authority to the curious results obtained by Leuret 

 and Mitivie, who found the average frequency of the pulse in young 

 men to be 65 per minute, while that of the aged was 73 ; a statement 

 in direct opposition to the prevailing belief on this point. " Hydro- 

 pathy, or the use of Cold Water for the Prevention and Cure of Bis- 



