RetrofptSi of Domejiic Literature. — Mediane. 



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The public has alfo been favoured with 

 a portion of thole Itotes of experience 

 t^hich Dr. Haygarth, a refpefted vete- 

 ran in the field tyf medicine, has colleiSed 

 during his long and aftive campaign. — 

 His " Clinical Hijiory of acute Rbeuma- 

 tifm, and of Nodojlty of the Joints,'''' may 

 be confidertd as a valuable accefnon lo 

 the library of the praftical phyfician. 

 It is not eafy, however, to add to the 

 reputation of the author of the tra^s on 

 *' Small-Pox" and " Contngious Fevtr," 

 a.'.d the original propofcr of thofe im- 

 portant idltuutions the ftver wards and 

 houles of recovery. Thefe iniiitutlons 

 are <f great national intereft, and will 

 tranfmit the name of Haygarth, when 

 fhofe of fuiriigators are loft. In rheuma- 

 tiCm Dr. Haygarth deprecates repeated 

 blood-le'ting, and, after one evacuation 

 by the lancet, recommends the fpetdy ad- 

 mir.ifiration of baik. The former part 

 of this practice is clearly fjood ; in Lon- 

 don, indeed, bleeding is generally detri- 

 mental ; of the latter we can only lay, 

 that if the patient is well treated in the 

 beginning, it is, peihans, unneceffary. 

 The nodofity of the joints isconfuiercJ by 

 Dr. Haygarth a$ unconnected with rlicu- 

 niatiim, and the fails which he has ad- 

 duced are valuable. 



Dr. Stock, in his <' Medical Collec- 

 tions en the Ufe of cold Water ^^ though 

 he does not pretend to advance any thing 

 riew or original on the fubjsdl, has con- 

 tiibuted to elucidate the utility of the 

 praftice in feveral difeafes, to which it 

 was not extended by the excellent and la- 

 rrenied Dr. Cmrie. lis has alfo offered 

 ibme ob'erva ions on -the different effefis 

 of the (udden and the prctrailed applica- 

 tion of col'.t, or of affufion and fp''nging, 

 in the different periods of febrile com- 

 plaints, wi'.ich merit the attention of its 

 advocates. The fa6fs which he has col- 

 iefted do credit to his reading and his 

 jirdgmtnt, and will, we trnft, contribute 

 ro extend the convitlion of the value of 

 this pracflce. 



Dr. BoURfJE has come forward with a 

 more original fu*ijecl of inve(lip,ation. In 

 his " Cafts oj Pubmnary Cmf.tmftinn, 

 &c. treated ivith U-va Urfi,"" he has 

 died ihe attention of the prottUion to a 

 new reiritdy for this unmanageable diC- 

 C^fe, of the efficacy of which heexprefl'es 

 himJcIf in fangnine terms. He wai led 

 to its ufe by the analogy of a finglc cale 

 of hecfir accompanying a dileafe of tlie 

 bladder, in which uva urfi, corr.hinod 

 with two very active remedies, baik and 

 Opium, efteCKd a curt. After the txpe- 



rjvince which is derived from the records 

 of new remedies, applied and recommend- 

 ed with confidence for the cure of organic 

 difeafes of the glands and viicera, and 

 from the fub/eqi;ent difappointment of the 

 profeffiin, a little fcepticifm in regard ta 

 any remedy for the cure of lungs in a 

 ftate of ulceration may be pardonable. 

 We v;ifh not, however, that a priori rea- 

 f ning (hould fuperfede a fair experimen- 

 tal appreciation of fbe powers of the me- 

 dicine in quelHon. On the contrary, we 

 fhoiild heartily rejoice to find thele enco- 

 miums on its virtues confirmed ; and that 

 this effay is not, what our spprehenfioa 

 fuggefts, premature. 



Mr. Parkinson, in his " Obfer'vationi^ 

 on the Nature and Cure tf Gout,''' a wori^ 

 apparently originating in his dil'approba- 

 tion of Dr. Kinglake's new method of 

 treatment, has brought forward a ccnfi- 

 dtrrable (lore of inforcr.ation, and difculTed 

 the difputed points with his accuftomed 

 ingenuity. He confiders the application 

 of cold to the gouty extremity as a danger- 

 ous expedient. In this general obferva- 

 tion we, conditionally and with confider* 

 able qualification, acquiefce. We are 

 fatisfied that there are numerous exam- 

 ples of gouty inflammation, in which 

 Dr. Kinglake's recommendation may be 

 followed, both with fafety and advantage i 

 but until Dr. Kinglake or fome of his ad- 

 vocates determine the criteria, by which 

 the fafety of the remedy may be previ- 

 oufly alcertained, we cannot butconfider 

 the do6lrine, like other vague and indif- 

 crimlnate rules, dangerous; efpecially in 

 the hands if carcltfsand indilcriminating 

 praftitiuntrs. 



The fubjtil of dyfentery has received 

 an ample difcuffion trom Br. Harty, in 

 his " Obfer'vations on the Simple Dyf en- 

 tery and its Combinations,'" and he has 

 laid the bell authors on the fubjefl under 

 contribution, in (iipport of his doftrines. 

 His principal objtft is t^ proVe, that every 

 form of the dileafe, when epidemic, is a 

 combination of the fimple dylijntery either 

 with an intermittent, remittent, or typhus 

 fever. 



We Hiall content ourfth'es wi(h a mere 

 reference to " Young on Cancer,'''' *' Tay- 

 lor on Water," " Clarke's Modern Prac- 

 tice of Phxfic,'''' &:c. Stc- which conrtitute 

 a very rtCpeftable addition to the medical 

 literature of the laft fix montiis. 



We cannot conclude our detail of me- 

 Hic.ll publications, however, without foine 

 notice of the various trcatile* which have 

 appeared, relative to a controvcrfy of no 

 ordinary extent, and conduiSled with no 

 4 G common 



