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strictly witliiii the limits of the question, but extended his labor until 

 it took the form of tlie Manual above mentioned, au octavo volume 

 of more than two hundred pages. This was a systematic and lucid 

 treatise, far beyond the ordinary standard of the annual dissertations 

 in scope and completeness. 



For more than thirty years — from 1849 to 1882 — he was Pro- 

 fessor of Surgery in the Medical School of Hai'vard University. In 

 1847 he was appointed one of the surgeons to the Massachusetts Gen- 

 eral Hospital. During all this active period of his life, he published 

 many important papers, bearing more especially upon, but not con- 

 fined to, surgical practice. The following list is furnished by Dr. 

 R. H. Fitz, at the close of his tribute to Dr. Bigelow at the me- 

 morial meeting of the Society for Medical Improvement. 



A List of some of the more importatit of Dr. Bif/elow's Contributions 



to Medical Literature. 



Manual of Orthopedic Surgery. Boylston Prize Dissertation. 1845. 

 Fragments of Medical Science and Art. An Address delivered before the 



BoyLston Medical Society. 1818. 

 Insensibility during Surgical Operations produced by Inhalation. Boston 



Medical and Surgical Journal. 1816. 

 On a New Physical Sign, a Clicking in the Throat. Boston Medical and 



Surgical Journal. 1817. 

 Anaesthetic Agents, their Mode of Exhibition and Physiological Effects. 



Transactions of American Medical Association. 1818. 

 Ether and Chloroform: a Compendium of their History, Surgical Use, 



Dangers, and Discovery. 1848. 

 On the Employment of a New Agent in the Treatment of Stricture of the 



Urethra. Boston Medical and Surgical Journal. 1849. 

 An Introductory Lecture. 1849. 

 Dr. Hallow's Case of Crowbar Injury to the Head. Philadelphia Medical 



Journal. 1850. 

 Notes from Clinical Lectures on Surgery. 1851. 

 Science and Success. A Valedictory Address. 1859. 

 Surgical Cases and Comments. Boston Medical and Surgical Journal. 



1804. 

 Rhigolene, a Petroleum Naphtha for producing Anaesthesia by Freezing. 



Boston Medical and Snrgical Journal. 1866. 

 New and Successful Operation for Ununited Fractures, with Cases. Bos- 

 ton Medical and Surgical Journal. 1867. 

 Nitrous Oxide Gas for Snrgical Purposes in 1848. Boston Medical and 



Surgical Journal. 1868. 

 The Mechanism of Dislocation and Fracture of the Hip. Boston. 1869. 



