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BLANCHARD & LEA'S MEDICAL 



DUNGLISON (ROBLEY), M.D., 



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



MEDICAL LEXICON; a Dictionary of Medical Science, containing a concise 



Explanation of the various Subjects and Terms of Physiology, Pathology, Hygiene, Therapeutics, 

 Pharmacology, Obstetrics, Medical Jurisprudence, Arc. With the French and other Synonymes ; 

 Notices of Climate and of celebrated Mineral Waters; Formulae for various Officinal, Empirical, 

 and Dietetic Preparations, etc. TWELFTH EDITION, revised. In one very thick octavo volume, ot 

 over nine hundred large double-columned pages, strongly bound in leather, with raised bands. 

 (Just Issued.) 



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

 determination to keep it fully on a level with the most advanced state of medical science. Thus 

 nearly FIFTEEN THOUSAND WORDS have been added to it within the last few years. 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 a twelfth edition. 



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

 nical execution and typographical accuracy worlhy of its extended reputation and universal use. 

 The very extensive additions have been accommodated, without materially increasing the bulk of 

 the volume by the employment 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 ne- 

 cessary to a work of this nature. The whole is printed on fine white paper ; and. while thus exhi- 

 biting in every respect so great an improvement over former issues, it is presented at the original 

 exceedingly low price. 



We welcome it cordially ; it is an admirable work, 

 and indispensable to all literary medical men. The 

 labor which has been bestowed upon it is something 

 prodigious. The work, however, has now been 

 done, and we are happy in the thought that no hu- 

 man being will have again to undertake the same 

 gigantic task. Revised and corrected from time to 

 time, Dr. Dunglison's " Medical Lexicon" will last ! 

 for centuries. British and Foreign Med. Chirurg. 

 Review. 



The fact that this excellent and learned work has 

 passed through eight editions, and that a ninth is 

 rendered necessary by the demands of the public, 

 affords a sufficient evidence of the general apprecia- 

 tion of Dr. Dunglison's labors by the medical pro- 

 fession in England and America. It is a book which 

 will be of great service to the student, in teaching 

 him the meaning of all the technical terms used in 

 medicine, and will be of no less use to the practi- 

 tioner who desires to .keep himself on a level with 

 the advance of medical science. London Medical 

 Times and Gazette. 



In taking leave of our author, we feel compelled 

 to confess that his work bears evidence of almost 

 incredible labor having been bestowed upon its com- 

 position. Edinburgh Journal of Med. Sciences. 



A miracle of labor and industry in one who has 

 written able and voluminous works on nearly every 

 branch of medical science. There could be no more 

 useful book to the student or practitioner, in the I 

 present advancing age, than one in which would be j 

 found, in addition to the ordinary meaning and deri- 

 vation of medical terms so many of which are of I 

 modern introduction concise descriptions of their I 

 explanation and employment; and all this /ind much I 

 more is contained in the volume before us. It is I 

 therefore almost as indispensable to the other learned 

 professions as to our own. In fact, to all who may ! 

 have occasion to ascertain the meaning of any word 

 belonging to the many branches of medicine. From 

 a careful examination of the present edition, we can 

 vouch for its accuracy, and for its being brought 

 quite up to thedate of publication ; the author states 

 in his preface that he has added to it about four thou- 

 sand terms, which are not to be found in the prece- 

 ding one. Dublin Quarterly Journal of Medical 

 Sciences. 



On the appearance of the last edition of this 

 valuable work, we directed the attention of out 



readers to its peculiar merits; and we need do 

 little more than state, in reference to the present 

 reissue, that, notwithstanding the large additions 

 previously made to it, no fewer than four thou- 

 sand terms, not to be found in the preceding edi- 

 tion, are contained in the volume before us. 

 Whilst it is a wonderful monument of its author's 

 erudition and industry, it is also a work of great 

 practical utility, as we can testify from our own 

 experience; for we keep it constantly within our 

 reach, and make very frequent reference to it, 

 nearly always finding in it the information we seek. 

 British and Foreign Med.-Chirurg. Review. 



It has the rare merit that it certainly has no rival 

 in the English language for accuracy and extent 

 of references. The terms generally include short 

 physiological and pathological descriptions, 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 etymo- 

 logy, furnishes him with a large amount of useful 

 information. 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 cisat- 

 lantic readers. No medical library will be complete 

 without it. 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 

 belter qualified than Dr. Dunglison for the produc- 

 tion of such a work. Learned, industrious, per- 

 severing, and accurate, he brings to the task all 

 the peculiar talents necessary for its successful 

 performance; while, at the same time, his fami- 

 liarity 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 term- 

 inology has undergone with the change of theo- 

 ries or the progress 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. 



The most comprehensive and best English Dic- 

 tionary of medical terms extant. Buffalo Medical 

 Journal. 



BY THE SAME AUTHOR. 



THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE. A Treatise on Special Pathology and The- 



rapeulics. Third Edition. In two large octavo volumes, of fifteen hundred pages. 



Upon every topic embraced in the work the latest 

 information will be found carefully posted up. 

 Medical Examiner. 



The student of medicine will find, in these two 

 elegant volumes, a mine of facts, a gathering of 

 precepts and advice from the world of experience, 

 that will neive him with courage, and faithfully 

 direct him in his efforts to relieve the physical suf- 



ferings of the race. Boston Medical and Surgical 

 Journal. 



It is certainly the moat complete treatise of which 

 we have any knowledge. Western Journal of Medi- 

 cine and Surgery. 



One of the most elaborate treatises of the kind 

 we have. Southern Med. and Surg. Journal. 



