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Contents of the 3^cdical Journal Continued. 



QUARTERLY RETROSPECT, 



A SUMMARY OP THE IMPROVEMENTS AND DISCOVERIES IN THE MEDICAL SCIENCES 



Foreign Intelligence— Anatomy and Physiology— 1. Queleett onlnlimine Striicture of Bone. 2. Meckel 

 on Process of Secretion. 3. BloiuUot on llie PropertiL-sof ihe Bile. 4. iJaf/tir/g-g-e on Supplementary Spleen, 

 death from the patient being placed in ihc supine position. 5. Robinson on the Naiurc and Source of the 

 contents of the FcEtal Stomach. 6. Prof. Bischoffon ilie Alisorptioii of Narcotic Poisons by the Lymphatics. 



MateWa Medica and Pharmacy.- — 7. Battley on Syrup of Iodide and Chloride of Iron. fi. Ricord on Bro- 

 mide of Potassium as a substitute for the Iodide, y. Voillemier on Santonine. 10. Gu('6oJ/r« on the changes 

 of composition which the Tincture of Iodine undergoes in keeping. 11. Mellon on the Action of the Acetate 

 of Morphia on Children. 



Medical Pathology and Theeapeiitics and Practical Medicine. — 12. Bennett on Anorrnal Nutrition 

 and Diseases of the Blood. 13. iJo.«(a/i on Acute Spinal Myelitis. 14. -Ros^an on Curability of Hypertrophy 

 of the Heart. 15. Crisp on Rupture of the left Ventricle of the Heart. 1(5. i'Vancis on Aneurism of the Basi- 

 lar Artery. 17. Lombard''s Observations on Sudden deaths, probably dependent on Diseases of the Heart 

 and large Blood-vessels. IS. Carson on Obliteration of the Vena Cava Descendens. 19. Thompson on 

 Treatment of Chronic Bronchitis and Bronchial Asthma. 20. Miihlbaiier^s IMicroscopic Researches on the 

 Absorption of Pus. 21. ^rt'^wef on Mercurial Ointment in Variola. 22. i>eH on Rupture of Laieral Sinus of 

 Dura Mater. 23. Watts on Tubercles in Bones. '2i.,Gendrin on Hysterical Alfeclions. 25. Cottereau's 

 Remedy for Toothache. 26. Prof jyousseau on Anatomy of Pneumonia in Infants. 27. Fo/= on Hooping 

 Cough an Exanthemata. 2rf. CWsp on Iiil'antile Pleurisy. 29. loi<i on Abscess of the Brain in a Child. 30. 

 Trousseau on the Employment of Nux Vomica in the Treatment of St. Vitus' Dance. 



Surgical P.athology and Therapeutics and Operative Surgery. — 31. Prof. Sijme on Amputation at 

 the Shoulder Joint for Axillary Aneurism. 32. Whipple on Amputation at the Hip Joint. 33. Prof. Ehr- 

 mann on Successful Extirpation of a Polypous Tumour of the Larynx. 34. BeUingham on Compression in 

 Aneurism. 35. Orr's Case of Tracheotomy. 36. Holmes Cooie on Cancer of the Breast in the Male. 37. 

 Mooreon Gunshot wound of the Lung, where the ball lodged fit'ty years. 33. On the Employment of Iodide 

 of Potassium in the Treatment of Syphilis. 39. Application of ice in the treatment of injuries. 40. Lenoir on 

 Ununited Fracture successfully treated by Acupuncturation. 41. Prof. Stjme on Amputation of the Thigh. 

 42. Curling^s Case of Fatal Internal Strangulation caused by a cord prolonged from a Diverticulum of the 

 Ileum. 43. Golding Bird and John Hilton on Case of Internal Strangulation of Intestine relieved by Opera- 

 tion. 44. Fergussonon Strangulated Congenital Hernia in an infant seventeen days old, requiring opera- 

 tion. 45. Guersaiit, Jr., on Surgical Treatment of Croup. 46. Geoghegan on Partial Amputation of the Foot. 

 47. Report of a Committee of the Surgical Society of Ireland, relative to the use and effects of Sulphuric 

 Ether. 



Ophthalmology. — 48. Prof. Jacob on Foreign Bodies in the Eye. 49. Dixon^s Remarkable Case of Injury 

 of the Eye. 50. Szokalskion Obscurations of the Cornea in their Histological relations with reference to the 

 Practice of Ophthalmic Surgery. 51. Berncastle on Amauro sis from Hydatid Cyst in the Brain. 



MiDVi'iFERY.— 52. Robiqutton Remarkable case of spontaneous rupture of the Uterus during labour — Re- 

 covery. 53. Le Chaptois^ Case of Vaginal Entero-hysterocele reduced by taxis, and maintained in place 

 by the introduction of sponges in the Vagina. 54. Kuhne on Rupture of the Uterus— abdominal section — 

 recovery. 55. Czajeivski on Wound of the Gravid Uterus — premature delivery — peritonitis — recovery. 56. 

 Bennett on Inflammatory Ulceration of the Cervix Uteri during Pregnancy, and on its Influence as a Cause 

 of Abortion. 57. Caesarian Operation performed by Mr. Skey, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, the patient 

 being rendered insensible by ether. 58. Pochhanimer on Congenital protrusion of the Liver through the 

 umbilical ring. 59. Csesarian Section. 60. iioM.T on Lacerated Perineum. 61. J5fj?auZ on Asphyxia neona- 

 torum. 62. Klencke on Diet in Infancy. 



Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology. — 03. Taylor on Contested identity determined by the teeth. 

 64. Blake on Poisons. 65. Delirium Tremens in an Infant. 66. Hamilton on the Echites Suberecta. 67. 

 J)Mpas?t(ier on Vapours of Phosphorus, Lucifer Matches. 68. T/io»!pso'i on the mode of testing the presence 

 of minute quantities of Alcohol. 69. Invalidity of a Contract made by a Lunatic. 70. Procuring of Abortion. 

 71. Lepage's Case of Poisoning by Arsenic relieved by the use of Magnesia. 72. Sale of Poisonous Sub- 

 stances. 



Medical Education.— 73, The Edinburgh Statutes regarding the Degree. 74. Medical Organization in 

 Spain. 



Foreign Correspondence.— Letters to the Editor from London. Sulphuric Ether in Surgical Operations 

 at Vienna. 



American Intelligence— Original Communications. — Parkman''s Anatomical Anomaly. Tyler'^s Ante- 

 version of the Womb with adhesion of Os Uteri to body of 4th Lumbar Vertebra, &c. 



Domestic Summary — Ufcfc on Effects of Mercury on the Young Subject. Brainard on Amputation for 

 Scrofulous Diseases of the Joints. Baker on Case of Vicarious Menstruation from an Ulcer on the right 

 Mamma. jlHera on Singular case of laceration of the Broad Ligaments. M^Leation Blindness caused by 

 the use of Sulphate of Quinine. Harrison''s Speculations on the Cause of Yellow Fever. Herrickon Foreign 

 Bodies in the Organs and Tissues of the Body. Sivett on Case of Empyema in which the operation for Para- 

 centesis Thoracis tailed from a cause not generally noticed. M'' Pheeters on Rheumatism, with Hypertrophy 

 of both eyes. Draper on the Cause of the Circulation of the Blood. Little on Ischuria Renalis. Hogan on 

 Strychnine in Chorea. Deaderick on Excision of the Inferior Maxillary Bone for Osteo-Sarconia. Cain on 

 Imperforate Prepuce. Couper on Medical Schools of the United States. Warren on Inhalation of Ether. 

 Burtvellon Absence of one Kidney. Brainard on Dislocation of the Elbow. Gihnan on Presentation of 

 the shoulder,— prolapsed Cord,— cord not pulsating, yet child born alive. National Medical Corivenlion. 

 Delegates to National Medical Convention. Arrangements for the Meeting of the National Medical Con- 

 vention. Resignation of Professor Warren. New Medical Books. 



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