780 
the context, the new ‘names alone are 
employed ; but at the end of each chap- 
ter, tables of the bones, muscles, nerves, 
and-blood-vessels are given, and both the 
old and new names are mentioned. 
The account of diseases is chiefly con- 
fitied to a detail of the principal symp- 
toms; the causes, diagnosis, prognosis, 
and method of cure is seldom noticed, 
and only in a superficial manner. This 
diminishes the value of the work to me- 
dical students; for no information is 
iven on those points on which they are 
most desirous of acquiring some instruc- 
tion. It does not appear well judged to 
consider the functions of parts separate 
from a description of their anatomical 
structure; the third volume should have 
been the continuation of the first. 
Dr. Burdin would certainly have ap- 
peared to greater advantage, if he had 
written in a more simple and unaffected 
style, and if he had fallen into the hands 
ofa bettertranslator. The French idiom 
is so closely adhered to in the translation 
that some passages are almost unintelli- 
gible, and) many absurd and bombast 
expressions have been servilely copied. 
_ uterine conduit,” &c. &c. 
MEDICINE, SURGERY, ANATOMY; "Ke. 
For instance: “ the lungs become hard 
as if carnified,”’ p. 89. vol. 2. “ the urine 
becomes carga? and in another place 
“ sanguinolent.”” We are told of the osteo- 
cope pains” in syphilis, and the vulvo- 
It is to be ree 
gretted that persons who undertake 
to translate from one language into 
another, appear so often ignorant of 
both, especially of their own mother 
tongue. Notwithstanding these defects, 
the work upon the whole is entitled to 
commendation. It labours, however, 
under the general fault of all French 
publications, the want of reference to any 
author, or to the sources for farther in- 
formation. 
There is one assertion made by our au- 
thor, which, as itis quite erroneous, ought 
not to be passed unnoticed. He states the 
temperature of arterial blood to be40° of 
the centigrade thermometer, which is 
équal to 104° Fahrenheit’s scale. Now 
itis well known, that the average tem- 
perature of the blood in health is 96° or 
98°, and that the animal heat seldom ex- 
ceeds 102°, even in violent and acute fe- 
brile disorders. 
Arr. XXXII. <The Natural History of the Human Teeth; including a particular Eluci- 
dation of the Changes which take place during the second Dentition, and describing a proper 
«Mode of Treatinentt to prevent Irregularities of the Teeth: To which is added, an Account 
of the Diseases which affect Children during the first Dentition. 
Illustrated by Copper- 
plates. By Jos.Fox, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, and of the 
« Society of Medicine, Paris. Ato. 
~ IN our last volume, we had occasion 
to notice a:very valuable work on the 
subject of the teeth, by Dr. Blake. The 
present, which is like that, the produc- 
tion of a man of observation, and prac- 
tical experience, affords an. interesting 
view of the various phenomena of den- 
tition, which in most particulars agree 
with those which we had occasion to no- 
tice in the article to which we have re- 
ferred. Mr, Fox does not seem to admit 
the. adhesion of the membrane to the 
neck of the tooth, after the ossification 
is completed, and therefore describes the 
membrane and gum as being equally 
subject to pressure by the rising of the 
tooth; a circumstance which, according 
to Dr. Blake, only applies to the gum, 
The descriptions of the author are per- 
spicuous, and the plates by which they are 
illustrated are-numerous, well executed, 
and accurate.» Ulceration and absorp- 
tion he frequently’ uses as synonimous 
erin} and chetelite in describing the 
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removal of the fangs of the temporary 
teeth, and the rise of the teeth through 
the gums, refers to the agency of the one 
process, what he should have attributed 
to the other, An analysis of human 
teeth is annexed to this work, by Mr. W. 
H. Pepys, jun. By this it appears that 
the enamel consists in 100 parts, of 
Phosphate of lime - - « « 
Carbonate oflime - - «© §G° 
84 
Water of composition and loss 16 - 
‘CE Le + | 
100 
«* Bone, or roots of teeth, yielded by ana- 
lysis in 100 grains, 
Phosphate oflime -- - = - 58 
Carbonate oflime - - - - 4 
Gelatin - - - - - = - £8 
90 
Water of composition and loss - 10 
ee - | 
10Q 
