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LITERATURE AND LITERARY PROGRESS IN 1864. 



Pathological, Diagnostic, Therapeutic, and Op- 

 erative ; " Dr. Frank H. Hamilton's admirable 

 "Treatise on Military Surgery;" "Military, 

 Medical, and Surgical Essays, prepared for the 

 Sanitary Commission, and edited by William 

 A. Hammond, late Surgeon General United 

 States Army;" Dr. J. M. Scudder's "Eclectic 

 Practice of Medicine ; " " The Homoeopathic 

 Theory and Practice of Medicine," by Drs. E. 

 E. Marcy and F. W. Hunt ; " Manual for Medi- 

 cal Officers of the United States Army," by 0. 

 R. Greenleaf, M. D. ; a new edition of Dr. Al- 

 fred Stilles's " Therapeutics and Materia Medi- 

 ca;" T. H. Tanner, M. D., "Manual of the 

 Theory and Practice of Medicine " (a reprint) ; 

 Dr. W. W. Hall's Essays on "Health and Dis- 

 ease," and on "Sleep;" Dr. John B. Beck's 

 " Essays on Infant Therapeutics and other sub- 

 jects; " Dr. William Grace's " Army Surgeon's 

 Manual;" Dr. John King's "American Dis- 

 pensatory," sixth revised edition; Dr. Hugh 

 S. Hodge's "Principles and Practice of Obstet- 

 Hcs," a new and enlarged edition; Dr. R. S. 

 Trail's " Hand-book of Hygienic Practice, in- 

 ..ended as a Practical Guide for the Sick Room." 

 The principal monographs were : Dr. Austin 

 Flint's " Compendium of Percussion and Aus- 

 cultation;" Dr. H. H. Salter's "Asthma: its 

 Pathology and Treatment ; " Dr. Louis Els- 

 burg's "Laryngoscopal Medication;" Dr. A. 

 Troltsch's "Diseases of the Ear; their Diag- 

 nosis and Treatment;" D. F. A. Von Mosch- 

 zisker's "The Ear: its Diseases and their Treat- 

 ment; " Dr. C. Both's -'Sketch of the Theory 

 and Cure of Phthisis ; " Dr. W. H. Byford's 

 "Treatise on the Chronic Inflammation and 

 Displacement of the Unimpregnated Uterus ; " 

 Dr. F. J t Bumstead's " Pathology and Treat- 

 ment of Venereal Diseases ; " Dr. C. Fayette 

 Taylor's "Mechanical Treatment of Angular 

 Curvature ; or, Pott's Disease of the Spine," and 

 his " Spinal Irritation ; or, the Causes of Back- 

 ache among American Women ; " Dr. W. H. 

 Fuller " On Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout, and 

 Sciatica ; their Pathology, Symptoms, and 

 Treatment;" Dr. J. O'Reilly's "The Nervous 

 and Vascular Connection between the Mother 

 and the Foetus in Utero ; " Dr. H. F. Damon's 

 " Leucocythemia ; " a Boylston medical prize 

 essay; Dr. Silas Durkee's "Treatise on Gon- 

 orrhea and Syphilis," a second revised edition ; 

 Dr. S. R. Percy's " Inquiry into the Physiologi- 

 cal and Medicinal Properties of the Veratrum 

 Viride," a prize essay; Dr. E. J. Tilt's " Hand- 

 book of Uterine Therapeutics ; " W. A. Ham- 

 mond, M. D., " Lectures on Venereal Dis- 

 eases ; " Dr. T. H. Tanner's Memoranda on Poi- 

 sons " (a reprint) ; William Acton, M. R. C. S., 

 " Functions and Disorders of the Reproductive 

 Organs in Childhood, Youth, Adult Age, and 

 Advanced Life ; " Dr. J. C. Dalton's " Observa- 

 tions on Trichina Spiralis," and Dr. Peter D. 

 Keyser's " Glaucoma : its Symptoms, Diagno- 

 sis, and Treatment." The Homceopathists, be- 

 sides their work on the theory and practice 

 of medicine already named, have published a 



"Monograph on Diphtheria: its Nature, Prv 

 thology, and Homoeopathic Treatment," by W. 

 T. Helmuth, M. D. ; John Ellis's " Family Ho- 

 moeopathy;" a work on "New Remedies in 

 Homoeopathic Practice," by Dr. E. W. Hall, 

 and a " Homoeopathician's Medical Diary," by 

 Dr. E. P. Mosman. The only other medical 

 works of importance are the reprint of " Braith- 

 waite's Retrospect," still maintained; a third 

 edition of Dr. Edward Parish's "Treatise on 

 Pharmacy;" Dr. E. Small's "Anatomy and 

 Physiology rendered Attractive ; " Mrs. C. II. 

 Dall's " Sunshine : a New Name foi a Popular 

 Lecture on Health ; " Dr. J. Thomas' " Com- 

 prehensive Medical Dictionary; " a new edition 

 of Dr. Henry Beasley's "Book of Prescrip 

 tions;" Dr. J. II. Wythe's "Physician's Dose 

 and Symptom Book;" several "Medical Dia- 

 ries, Visiting Lists and Hand-books," and Mr. 

 Edward Mayhew's "Illustrated Horse Manage- 

 ment." 



In Legal Literature there were the usual 

 number of State reports of the cases in the 

 higher courts; reports of cases in the United 

 States Courts, and in the English exchequer 

 and common law courts, amounting in all to 

 about thirty volumes ; but aside from these the 

 year was remarkably prolific in treatises on 

 great law questions, as well as in the produc- 

 tions of those standard authorities and text- 

 books which are so constantly required both 

 in the courts and in the law schools. Of the 

 former class were Mr. Richard H. Dana, Jr.'s 

 "Enemy's Territory and Alien Enemies; " Mr. 

 Theodore W. Dwight's "Argument in the Rose 

 Will Case," and his collection of " Cases in 

 England of Disposition of Property for Chari- 

 table and Public Uses ; " Mr. George Bemis'* 

 "Precedents of American Neutrality, in reply 

 to Sir Roundell Palmer ; " Mr. R. S. Black- 

 well's "Practical Treatise on the Power to Sell 

 Land for the Nonpayment of Taxes, embracing 

 decisions of the Supreme Court of the United 

 States, and the Supreme Judicial Tribunals of 

 the several States ; " ex-Governor Washburn's 

 "Treatise on the American Law of Property; " 

 Chief Justice Rediield's Law of Wills, embrac- 

 ing not only the Jurisprudence of Insanity in 

 that connection, but all other points affecting 

 their validity; Mr. Francis Hilliard's revised 

 edition of his " Law of Mortgages and Per- 

 sonal Property ; " Mr. Charles C. Bonney's 

 "Rules of Law for the Carriage and Delivery 

 of Persons and Property by Railway," with 

 statutes and decisions ; a new edition by Mr. 

 G. S. Hutchinson of Cleveland's " Banking 

 System of New York, with notes and refer- 

 ences to adjudged cases;" Mr. William Whi- 

 ting (Solicitor General United States) "War 

 Powers under the Constitution of the United 

 States." 



Among the text and reference books may be 

 mentioned : Mr. C. H. Scribner's " Treatise on 

 the Law of Dower ;" Mr. Pomeroy's "Intro 

 duction to Municipal Law ; " President Wool- 

 sey's " Introduction to the Study of Inter no- 



