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NEILL & SMITH'S COMPENDIUM. 

 NEW EDITION, Nearly Ready. 



AN ANALYTICAL COMPENDIUM 



OF THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, 



FOR THE USE AND EXAMINATION OF STUDENTS. 

 BY JOHN NEILL, M. D., 



Demonstrator of Anatomy in the University of Pennsylvania, Lecturer on Anatomy in the Medical Institute 



of Philadelphia, &c., 

 AND 



FRANCIS GURNEY SMITH, M.D., 



Lecturer on Physiology in the Philadelphia Association for Medical Instruction, &c.&c. 

 Second Edition, Revised and Improved. 



In one very large and handsomely printed volume, royal 12mo., of over 900 large pages, with about 

 350 illustrations, strongly bound in leather, with raised bands. 



The rapid exhaustion of a large edition of this work is sufficient evidence that it has fulfilled the 

 object for which it was designed by the authors, not only as a manual for the use and examination 

 of students, enabling them to recall the facts presented in the lecture room or in the larger text- 

 books, but also as an aid to the practitioner who may be desirous of refreshing his knowledge by 

 a volume furnishing a rapid, but exact, outline of all the various branches of medical science. In 

 the preparation of the new edition every effort has been made to keep it on a level with the ad- 

 vance of investigation and discovery in all its different departments, and the experience which its 

 use has afforded, has been employed to adapt it still further to the wants of the student. To 

 accomplish this it has been thoroughly revised, and in many parts remodelled and rewritten, while 

 additional illustrations have been introduced, where necessary. An improvement will also be 

 found in its mechanical execution, while the very large size of the pages, and the abundance of 

 illustrative engravings render it one of the cheapest works offered to the notice of the profession. 



The arrangement adopted will be found at once concise and clear ; while its mechanical execution, its co- 

 pious pictorial illustrations in the branches of anatomy, physiology, surgery, obstetrics, materia medica and 

 chemistry, together with its neat, cheap, and convenient form, will recommend it to all such students and 

 practitioners who may desire to avail themselves of what cannot fail to prove, if kept within its proper sphere, 

 a convenient and useful remembrancer. American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 



We do not share in the opinion entertained by some, that compendiums of science are not desirable, or 

 with the still smaller number, who esteem them useless. On the contrary, when well executed, they are of 

 essential service to the student. Taking the work before us, we can certainly say that no one who has not 

 occupied himself with the different scientific treatises and essays that have appeared recently, and has 

 withal a rare memory, could pretend to possess the knowledge contained in it; and hence we can recom- 

 mend it to such as well as to students especially for its general accuracy and adequacy for their pur- 

 poses; and to the well-informed practitioner to aid him in recalling what may easily have passed from his 

 remembrance. We repeat our favorable impression as to the value of this book, or series of books; and 

 recommend it as decidedly useful to those especially who are commencing the study of their profession. 

 The Medical Examiner. 



We have no hesitation in recommending it to students. Southern Medical and Surgical Journal. 



Books of this description are most erroneously denounced, from the supposition that they are intended to 

 take the place of elaborate treatises ; but their object is rather to assist the student in mastering the elements 

 of medicine, and to aid the practitioner by refreshing his recollection of former studies. We have looked 

 through this compendium, and we find that the authors have really succeeded in compressing a large amount 

 of valuable information into a very small compass. We recommend this work especially to the notice of 

 our junior readers. To those who are about to commence their studies in a medical school it will be found 

 a serviceable guide. London Medical Gazette. 



PROFESSOR DICKSON'S ESSAYS-Nearly Ready, 



ESSAYS ON LIFE, SLEEP, PAIN, INTELLECTION, HYGIENE, AND DEATH, 

 BY SAMUEL HENRY DICKSON, M.D., 



Professor of the Institutes and Practice of Medicine in the Charleston Medical College. 

 In one very handsome volume, royal 12mo. 



MALGAIGNE'S SURGERY. Now Ready. 



OPERATIVE SURGERY, 



BASED ON NORMAL AND PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY. 



BY J. F. MALGAIGNE. 



TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH, 



BY FREDERICK BRITTAN, A. B., M.D., M.R.C.S.L. 



WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS ON WOOD. 

 In one handsome octavo volume of nearly 600 pages. 



This work has, during its passage through the columns of the "Medical News and Library" 

 in 1850 and 1851, received the unanimous approbation of the profession, and in presenting it in 

 a complete form the publishers confidently anticipate for it an extended circulation. 



Certainly one of the best books published on operative surgery. Edinburgh Med. Journal. 



We can strongly recommend it both to practitioners and students, not only as a safe guide in the dissect- 

 ing-room or operating-theatre, but also as a concise work of reference for all that relates to operative sur- 

 gery. Forbes' 1 Review. 



Dr. Brutan has performed his task of translator and editor with much judgment. The descriptions are 

 perfectly clear and explicit; and the author's occasional omissions of important operations proposed by 

 British surgeons are judiciously supplied in brief notes. Medical Gazette. 



