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MEDICAL LEXICON; A DICTIONARY OP MEDICAL SCIENCE: Cor- 



tnining 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 royaloctavo volume of over 1100 pages. Cloth, $6 50 j 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 forthe work has enabled him, in repeated 

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

 of a recognised 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 Un years which have elapsed since the last revision, the additions 

 to the nomen jlature of the medical scienceshave been greater than perhaps in any similarperiod 

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

 thing requiring the attention of the student or practitioner. 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 

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

 reference much more easy, and evary 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 whirh 

 every American ought to he proud. When the learned 

 author of the work paused away, probably all of us 

 feared lest the book should not maintain its place 

 in tin; advancing science whose terms it defines. For- 

 tunately, Dr. Richard J. Dunglison. having assisted his 

 father in 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 

 H-lit 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. 1'hila. Med. Times, Jan. 3, 1874. 



About the first book purchased by the medical stu- 

 dent is the Medloa] f'ictionnry. The lexicon explana- 

 tory of technical term* is simply a sine qua non. In a i 



science so extensive, and with such collaterals as rnedi- 

 ;ine, it is as much a neeessity also to the practising 

 yhysieian. To meet the wants of students and most 

 physic-inns, the dictionary must be condensed while 

 comprehensive, and practical while perspicacious. Jt 

 vas because Dunglison's met these indications that it 

 berime at one'.- the dictionary of general use wherever 

 oiedicine WHS studied in the Knglish language. In no 

 former revision have the alterations and additions been 

 10 trreat. More than six thousand new subjects and terms 

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

 letter, while the derivatives follow in small caps; an 

 arrangement which greatly facilitates reference. We 

 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 

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

 It has the rare merit that it certainly has norival 

 In the English language for accuracy and extent of 

 references. London Medical Gazette. 



