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The great feature in the recent history of this Journal, and one 

 which will cause it to be always held in remembrance, is the fact, 

 that the early history of the introduction of the use of ether into 

 surgery is to be found in its volumes for 1846 and 1847. Without 

 any remarks upon the general subject, the following papers may be 

 mentioned in the order of their appearance. Dr. Henry J. Bige- 

 low's of Nov. 18, 1846; Dr. Peirson's of Dec. 2; those of Dr. J. C. 

 Warren, Dec. 9; Dr. S. Parkman, Dec. 16 ; Dr. Stedman, Feb. 17, 

 1847; Dr. J. M. Warren, March 24; Dr. Keep, April 14; Dr. Hay- 

 ward, April 21 ; Dr. Channing, May 19 ; Dr. Brown, June 9 ; Dr. 

 Hosack, Aug. 11 ; Dr. Putnam, Jan. 26 and Feb. 2, 1848. 



In addition to these, among the recent papers of importance, are 

 Dr. Drake's Letter on the Irish Emigrants' Fever (Sept. 22, 1847); 

 Dr. Sutton's cases of Retained Placenta (Nov. 17); Dr. J. Mason 

 Warren's cases of Foreign Bodies in the Air Passages (Dec. 15) ; 

 Dr. Charles E. Ware's case of Application of Nitrate of Silver to the 

 Larynx in Croup, resembling the one described by Dr. Blakeman, 

 and credited to the "New York Medical and Surgical Reporter ;" 

 Dr. J. B. Upham's Clinical Notes and Post-mortem Illustrations of 

 Typhus or Ship Fever, as it occurred at the House of Industry and 

 Deer Island Hospitals in 1847, (Jan. and Feb., 1848;) an account 

 drawn up in great detail, and highly creditable to the talents and 

 industry of the young physician who gave it to the public. 



In proceeding to the second division of their task, the committee 

 have thought it expedient, as in the portion just finished, to take a 

 retrospective glance at the more prominent works which have been 

 published in this country in the several departments of Medical 

 Science. They cannot pretend to give a complete catalogue, nor to 

 criticise or characterize all the works they mention. For the sake 

 of convenience, these works have been arranged under general heads, 

 the first place being usually given to original productions and com- 

 pilations by American authors, the second to translations from other 

 languages, and the third to reprints of books written or translated 

 elsewhere. 



ANATOMY. 



Dr. Wistar's Treatise, a concise and convenient manual, long po- 

 pular in the schools, has been modernized by Dr. Pancoast. Dr. 

 Horner's works on Special Anatomy and Histology, and on Practi- 



