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there is afforded a large amount of valuable 

 agricultural information. 



In MEDICAL SCIENCE AND HYGIENE, the num- 

 ber of books published was about the same as 

 the previous year, but a large proportion were 

 works of original research and experience, and 

 of a high character. In surgery the following 

 were the most important works : " A Treatise 

 on Military Surgery and Hygiene," by Frank 

 Hastings Hamilton, M. D. ; " Contributions to 

 Practical Surgery," by W. H. Van Buren, M. D. ; 

 "Lectures on Inflammation, being the First 

 Course delivered before the College of Physi- 

 cians of Philadelphia, under the bequest of 

 Dr. Muller," by John H. Packard, M. D. ; " The 

 Principles of Surgery," by James Syme, 

 F. R. S. E., Surgeon in Ordinary to the Queen 

 in Scotland," etc. To which are appended his 

 Treatises on " Diseasea of the Rectum," "Stric- 

 ture of the Urethra and Fistula in Perineo," 

 "The Excision of Diseased Joints," and numer- 

 ous additional contributions to the "Pathology 

 and Practice of Surgery," edited by his former 

 pupil, Donald McLean, M. D. ; " Lectures on 

 Surgical Pathology, delivered at the Royal Col- 

 lege of Surgeons of England," by James Paget, 

 F. R. S., etc., revised and edited by William 

 Turner, M. D., London. Third American edi- 

 tion. On the Theory and Practice of Medicine, 

 the following were the principal works : " Lec- 

 tures on Fever, delivered in the Memphis Medi- 

 cal College, 1853-'56," by A. P. Merrill, M. D., 

 Professor, etc.; "The Practice of Medicine," 

 by Thomas Hawkes Tannei^ M. D., F. L. S. 

 From the fifth London edition, enlarged and 

 improved ; Obscure " Diseases of the Brain and 

 Mind," by Forbes Winslow, M. D. Second 

 American, from the third and revised English edi- 

 tion ; " Lectures on the Diseases of the Stomach, 

 with an Introduction on its Anatomy and Physi- 

 ology," by William Brinton, M.D., F. R. S. ; 

 "Health and Disease," by Dr. W. W. Hall. 

 Fifth edition, revised, with additions ; " Hand- 

 book of Hygienic Practice, intended as a Prac- 

 tical Guide for the Sick-Room," by R. T. Trail, 

 M. D. ; " The Homoeopathic Theory and Practice 

 of Medicine," by E. E. Marcy, M.D., and F. W. 

 Hunt, M. D. 2 vols. 



In the special department of Diseases of ths 

 Throat and Lungs, there were several valua- 

 ble treatises published. Among them were 

 " Rhinoscopy and Laryngoscopy : their Value in 

 Practical Medicine," by Dr.Frederick Semeleder. 

 Translated from the German by Edward T. Cas- 

 well, M. D. Cuts and colored plates ; " The use 

 of the Laryngoscope in Diseases of the Throat, 

 with an Appendix on Rhinoscopy," by Morell 

 Mackenzie, M.D. ; " Nephotherapathy : the New 

 System for the Treatment of Diseases of the 

 Throat, and all Diseases of the Respiratory 

 Organs," by Dr. Edward Bunford Ligh thill ; 

 " A Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Throat 

 and Lungs, their Pathology, Symptoms, and 

 most successful mode of Treatment ; " " The 

 Laryngoscope," by H. J. Phillips, M.D. ; " Con- 

 sumption : its Early and Remedial Stages," by 



Edward Smith, M.D.; "A Treatise on Diph- 

 theria: its Nature, Pathology, and Homceo 

 pathic Treatment," by William Todd Helmuth, 

 M.D. Second edition, revised and corrected. 

 In Obstetrics but a single work was issued : 

 "The Practice of Medicine and Surgery ap- 

 plied to the Diseasea and Accidents incident to 

 Women," by William H. Byford, A.M., M.D. 

 In Materia Medica the principal books issued 

 were " The Dispensatory of the United States 

 of America," by George B. Wood, M. D., and 

 Franklin Bache, M.D. Twelfth edition, care- 

 fully revised ; " The Essentials of Materia Med- 

 ica and Therapeutics?," by Alfred Baring Gar- 

 rod, M. D. ; " Materia Medica for the Use of 

 Students," by John B. Biddle, M.D., Professor 

 of Materia Medica ; " Stimulants and Narcotics, 

 their Mutual Relations : with Special Researches 

 on the Action of Alcohol, Ether, and Chloro- 

 form, on the Vital Organism," by Francis E. 

 Anstie, M. D. ; " Researches into the Medical 

 Properties and Application of Nitrous Oxide, 

 Protoxide of Nitrogen or Laughing Gas," by 

 George J. Zeigler, M. D. ; " A Monograph on 

 Glycerin and its Uses," by Henry Hartshorne, 

 A. M., M. D. ; " The Pharmaceutist's and Drug- 

 gist's Practical Receipt-Book, with a Glossary 

 of Medical Terms, and a copious Index," by 

 Thomas F. Brandin. 



Of monographs on special diseases, infirmities, 

 or modes of treatment, the following were the 

 most important : " Defective and Impaired Vis- 

 ion, with the Clinical Use of the Ophthalmo- 

 scope in their Diagnosis and Treatment," by 

 Lawrence Trumbull, M. D. ; " Defective Sight 

 and Hearing ; also, the Use and Abuse of Specta- 

 cles, the Nature of Catarrh," etc., by William W. 

 Gardner, M. D. " Hand-book of Skin Diseases, 

 for Students and Practitioners," by Thomas 

 Hillier, M. D., London ; " The Human Hair and 

 the Cutaneous Diseases which affect it, together 

 with Essays on Acne, Lycosis, and Chloasma," 

 by B. C. Perry, Dermatologist; "Hypodermic 

 Injections in the Treatment of Neuralgia, Rheu- 

 matism, Gout, and other Diseases," by Antoine 

 Ruppaner, M. D. ; " The Renewal of Life ; Lec- 

 tures chiefly Clinical," by Thomas King Cham- 

 bers, M. D. 



In Anatomy and Physiology, two works of a 

 popular rather than a scientific character, were 

 published; "Systematic Human Physiology, 

 Anatomy, and Hygiene, being ftn Analysis and 

 Synthesis of the Human System, with Practical 

 Conclusions," by T. S. Lambert, M. D., and 

 " Laws of Health, for the Use of Schools, Acade- 

 mies and Colleges," by Edward Jarvis, M. D. On 

 Hygienic and Sanitary topics, the most important 

 works were " Report of the Council of Hygi- 

 ene and Public Health of the Citizens' Associa- 

 tion of New York, upon the Sanitary Condition 

 of the City; published, with an Introductory 

 Statement, by Order of the Council of the Citi- 

 zens' Association." Plates. " Our Social Health : 

 a Discourse," by Garth Wilkinson, M. D. ; " On 

 Wakefulness, with an introductory Chapter on 

 the Physiology of Sleep," by William A. Ham- 



