32 BLANCHARD & LEA'S PUBLICATIONS. 



THE GREAT AMERICAN MEDICAL DICTIONARY. 



New aiid Enlarged Edition, brought up to October, 1851. 



NOW READY. 



MEDICAL "LEXICON ; 



A DICTIONARY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, 



Containing a Concise Explanation of the various Subjects and Terms of 



PHYSIOLOGY, PATHOLOGY, HYGIENE, THERAPEUTICS, PHARMACOLOGY, OB- 

 STETRICS, MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE, &c. 



WITSI THE FRENCH AtfD OTHER SYWOJVYMES. 



NOTICES OF CLIMATE AND OP CELEBRATED MINERAL WATERS; 

 Formulae for various Officinal, Empirical, and Dietetic Preparations, &c. 



BY ROBLEY DUNGLISON, M. D., 



Professor of Institutes of Medicine, &c., in Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, &c. 



EIGHTH EDITION, 



REVISED AND GREATLY ENLARGED. 



In one very thick 8vo. vol., of 927 large double-columned pages, strongly bound, with raised bands. 



Every successive edition of this work bears the marks of the industry of the author, and of his determina-^ 

 lion to keep it fully on a level with the most advanced state of medical science. Thus the last two editions 

 contained about NINE THOUSAND SUBJECS AND TERMS not comprised in the one immediately preceding, and the 

 present has not less than roua THOUSAND not in any former edition. As a complete Medical Dictionary; 

 therefore, embracing over FIFTY THOUSAND definitions^ in all the branches of the science, it is presented as 

 meriting a continuance of the great favor and popularity which have carried it, within no very long space of 

 time, to an eighth edition. 



Every precaution has been taken in the preparation of the present volume, to render its mechanical exe- 

 cution and typographical accuracy worthy of its extended reputation and universal use. The very exten- 

 sive additions have been accommodated, without materially increasing the bulk of the volume, by the employ- 

 ment of a small but exceedingly clear type, cast for this purpose. The press has been watched with great 

 care, and every effort used to insure the verbal accuracy so necessary to a work of this nature. The whole 

 is printed on fine white paper; and while thus exhibiting in every respect so great an improvement over 

 former issues, it is presented at the original exceedingly low price. 



A few notices of former editions are subjoined. 



Dr. Dunglison's Lexicon has the rare merit that it certainly has no rival in the English language for ac- 

 curacy and extent of references. The terms generally include short physiological and pathological des- 

 criptions, so that, as the author justly observes, the reader does not possess in this work a mere dictionary, 

 but a book, which, while it instructs him in medical etymology, furnishes him with a large amount of useful 

 information. That we are not over-estimating the merits of this publication, is proved by the fact that we 

 have now before us the seventh edition. This, at any rate, shows that the author's labors have been pro- 

 perly appreciated by his own countrymen ; and we can only confirm their judgment, by recommending this 

 most useful volume to the notice of our cisatlantic readers. No medical library will be complete without it. 

 The London Med. Gazette. 



It is certainly more complete and comprehensive than any with which we are acquainted in the English 

 language. Few, in fact, could be found better qualified than Dr. Dunglison for the production of such a work. 

 Learned, industrious, persevering, and accurate, he brings to the task all the peculiar talents necessary for 

 its successful performance : while, at the same time, his familiarity with the writings of the ancient and 

 modern " masters of our art," renders him skilful to note the exact usage of the several terms of science, and 

 the various modifications which medical terminology has undergone with the change of theories or the pro- 

 gress of improvement. American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 



One of the most complete and copious known to the cultivators of medical science. Boston Med. Journal. 



This most complete Medical Lexiconcertainly one of the best works of the kind in the language. 

 Charleston Medical Journal. 



The most complete Medical Dictionary in the English language. Western Lancet. 



Dr. Dunglison's Dictionary has not its superior, if indeed its equal, in the English language. St. Louis 

 Med. and Siirg. Journal. 



Familiar with nearly all the medical dictionaries now in print, we consider the one before us the most 

 complete, and an indispensable adjunct to every medical library. British American Medical Journal. 



Admitted by all good judges, both in this country and in Europe, to be equal, and in many respects superior 

 to any other work of the kind yet published. Northwestern Medical and Surgical Journal. 



We repeat our former declaration that this is the best Medical Dictionary in the English language. 

 Western Lancet. 



We have no hesitation to pronounce it the very best Medical Dictionary now extant. Southern Medical 

 and Surgical Journal. 



The most comprehensive and best English Dictionary of medical terms extant. Buffalo Med. Journal. 



Whence the terms have all been derived we find it rather difficult to imagine. We can only say that, 

 after looking for every new and strange word we could think of, we have not been disappointed in regard to 

 more than a few of most recent introduction, such as the designations given by Professor Owen to the com- 

 ponent, part? of a Vertebra. British and Foreign Medico- Chirurgical Review. 



Dr. Dunglisou's masterpiece of literary labor. N. Y. Journal of Medicine. 



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HOBLYN'S MEDICAL DICTIONARY. 



A DICTIONARY OF THE TERMS USED IN MEDICINE 



AND THE COLLATERAL SCIENCES. 

 BY RICHARD D. HOBLYN, A. M., OXON. 



REVISED, WITH NUMEROUS ADDITIONS, FROM THE SECOND LONDON EDITION, 

 BY ISAAC HAYS, M. D., &c. In one large royal 12mo. volume of 402 pages, double columns. 

 We cannot too strongly recommend this small and cheap volume to the library of every student and prac- 

 titioner. Medico- Chirurgical Review. 



