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J^UNGLISON (ROBLEY), M.D., 



Late Professor of Institutes of Medicine in Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. 



MEDICAL LEXICON; A DICTIONARY OP MEDICAL SCIENCE: Con- 

 taining a concise explanation of the various Subjects and Terms of Anatomy, Physiology, 

 Pathology, Hygiene, Therapeutics, Pharmacology, Pharmacy, Surgery, Obstetrics, Medical 

 Jurisprudence, and Dentistry. Notices of Climate and of Mineral Waters; Formulae for 

 Officinal, Empirical, and Dietetic Preparations; with the Accentuation and Etymology of 

 the Terms, and the French and other Synonymes ; so as to constitute a French as well as 

 English Medical Lexicon. A New Edition. Thoroughly Revised, and very greatly Mod- 

 ified and Augmented. By RICHARD J. DUNGLISON, M.D. In one very large and hand- 

 some royal octavo volume of over 1100 pages. Cloth, $6 50; leather, raised bands, $7 50. 

 (Just Issued.) 



The object of the author from the outset has not been to make the work a mere lexicon or 

 dictionary of terms, but to afford, under each, a condensed view of its various medical relations, 

 and thus to render the work an epitome of the existing condition of medical science. Starting 

 with this view, the immense demand which has existed for the work has enabled him, in repeated- 

 revisions, to augment its completeness and usefulness, until at length it has attained the position 

 of a recognized and standard authority wherever the language is spoken. 



Special pains have been taken in the preparation of the present edition to maintain this en- 

 viable reputation. During the ten years which have elapsed since the last revision, the additions 

 to the nomenclature of the medical sciences have been greater than perhaps in any similar period 

 of the past, and up to the time of his death the author labored assiduously to incorporate every- 

 thing requiring the attention of the student or practi'ioner. Since then, the editor has been 

 equally industrious, so that the additions to the vocabulary are more numerous than in any pre- 

 vious revision. Especial attention has been bestowed on the accentuation, which will be found 

 marked on every word. The typographical arrangement has been much improved, rendering 

 reference much more easy, and every care has been taken with the mechanical execution. The 

 work has been printed on new type, small but exceedingly clear, with an enlarged page, so that 

 the additions have been incorporated with an increase of but little over a hundred pages, and 

 the volume now contains the matter of at least four ordinary octavos. 



A book well known to our readers, and of which 

 every American ought to be proud. When the learned 

 author of the work passed away, probably all of us 

 fen ml lest the book should net maintain its place 

 iu the advancing science whose terms it defines. For- 

 tnna-tely, Dr. Kichard J. Dunglison, having assisted his 

 father iu the revision of several editions of the work, 

 and having been, therefore, trained in the methods and 

 imbued with the spirit of the book, has been able to 

 edit it, not in the patchwork manner so dear to the 

 heart of book editors, so repulsive to the taste of intel- 

 ligent book readers, but to edit it as a work of the kind 

 should be edited to carry it on steadily, without jar 

 or interruption, along the grooves of thought it has 

 travelled during its lifetime. To show the magnitude 

 of the task which Dr. Dunglison has assumed and car- 

 ried through, it is only necessary to state that more 

 than six thousand new subjects have been added in the 

 present edition. Without occupying more space with the 

 theme, we congratulate the editor on the successful 

 completion of his labors, and hope he may reap the well- 

 earned reward of profit and honor. Ph-da. Med. Times. 

 Jan. 3, 1874. 



About the first book purchased by the medical stu- 

 dent is the Medical Dictionary. The lexicon explana- 

 tory of technical terms is simply a sine qua non. In a 

 science so extensive, and with such collaterals as medi- 

 cine, it is as much a necessity also to the practising 

 physician. To meet the wants of students and most 

 physicians, the dictionary must be condensed while 

 comprehensive, and practical while perspicacious. Jt 

 was because Dunglison's met these indications that it 

 became at once the dictionary of general use wherever 

 medicine was studied in the English language. In no 

 i';L-iiier revision have tlie alterations and additions been 

 s< > great. More than six thousand new subjects and terms 

 have been added. The chief terms have been set in black 

 letter, while the derivatives follow in small caps; an 

 arrangement which greatly facilitates reference. W T e 

 may safely confirm the hope ventured by the editor 

 ' that the work, which possesses for him a filial as well 

 as an individual interest, will be found worthy a con- 

 tinuance of the position so long accorded to it as a I references. London Medical Gazette. 

 standard authority." Cincinnati Clinic, Jan. 10, 1874. | 



We are glad to see a new edition of this invaluable 

 work, and to find that it has been so thoroughly revised, 

 and so greatly improved. The dictionary, iu its pre- 

 sent form, is a mtdical library in itself, and one of 

 which every physician should be possessed. A". 1". Med. 

 Journal, Feb. 1874. 



With a history of forty years of unexampled success 

 and universal indorsement by the medical profession of 

 the western continent, it would be presumption in any 

 living medical American to essay its review. No re- 

 viewer, however able, can add to its fame; no captious 

 critic, however caustic, can remove a single stone from 

 its firm and enduring foundatipn. It is destined, as a 

 colossal monument, to perpetuate the solid and richly 

 deserved fame of Kobley Dunglison to coming genera- 

 tions. The large additions made to the vocabulary, we 

 think, will be welcomed by the profession as supplying 

 the want of a lexicon fully up with the march of sci- 

 ence, which has been increasingly felt for some years 

 past. The accentuation of terms is very complete, and, 

 as far as we have been able to examine it, very excel- 

 lent. W T e hope it may be the means of securing greater 

 uniformity of pronunciation among medical men. At- 

 lanta Med. and Surg. Journ., Feb. 1874. 



It would be mere waste of words in us to express 

 our admiration of a work which is so universally 

 and deservedly appreciated. The most admirable 

 work of its kind in the English language. Glasgow 

 Medical Journal, January, 1866. 



A work to which there is no equal in the English 

 language. Edinburgh Medical Journal. 



Few works of the class exhibit a grander monument 

 i)f patient research and of scientific lore. The extent 

 of the sale of this lexicon is sufficient to testify to its 

 asefulness, and to the great service conferred by Dr. 

 Robley Dunglison on the profession, and indeed on 

 ithers, by its issue. London Lancet, May 13, 1865. 



It has the rare merit that it certainly has no rival 

 in the English language for accuracy and extent of 



fJOBLYN (RICHARD D.), M.D. 



A DICTIONARY OF THE TERMS USED IN MEDICINE AND 



THE COLLATERAL SCIENCES. Revised, with numerous additions, by ISAAC HATS, 

 M.D., Editor of the "American Journal of the Medical Sciences." In one large royal 

 12mo. volume of over 500 double-columned pages; cloth, $1 50 ; leather, $2 00. 

 It is the best book of definitions we have, and ought always to be aponthe Indent's table. Southern 

 .Med. and Surg. Journal. 



