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AN AMERICAN SYSTEM OF GYNAECOLOGY. 



A System of Gynaecology, in Treatises by Various Authors. In active 

 preparation. 



THOMAS, T. GAILLARD, M. D., 



Professor of Obstetrics, etc., in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, N. Y. 



A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Women. Fifth edition, thoroughly 

 revised and rewritten. In one large and handsome octavo volume of 810 pages, with 266 

 illustrations. Cloth, $5.00 ; leather, $6.00 ; very handsome half Russia, raised bands, $6.50. 



The words which follow " fifth edition" are in It has been enlarged and carefully revised. The 

 this case no mere formal announcement. The author has brought it fully abreast with the times, 

 .alterations and additions which have been made are and as the wave of gyneecolpgical progression has 

 both numerous and important. The attraction been widespread and rapid during the twelve 

 ;and the permanent character of this book lie in , years that have elapsed since the issue of the first 

 the clearness and truth of the clinical descriptions ; edition, one can conceive of the great improve- 

 of diseases; the fertility of the author in thera- mentthis edition must be upon the earlier. It is 

 rpeutic resources and the fulness with which the a condensed encyclopaedia of gynaecological medi- 

 details of treatment are described; the definite , cine. The style of arrangement, the masterly 

 character of the teaching; and last, but not least, ! manner in which each subject is treated, and the 

 the evident candor which pervades it. We would honest convictions derived from probably the 

 also particularize the fulness with which the his- largest clinical experience in that specialty of any 

 tory of the subject is gone into, which makes the in this country, all serve to commend it in the 

 book additionally interesting and gives it value as highest terms to the practitioner. Nashville Jour. 

 a work of reference. London Medical Times and of Med. and Surg., Jan. 1881. 

 Gazette, July 30, 1881. That the previous editions of the treatise of Dr. 



The determination of the author to keep his Thomas were thought worthy of translation into 

 'book foremost in the rank of works on gyneecology ' German, French, Italian and Spanish, is enough 

 is most gratifying. Recognizing the fact that this to give it the stamp of genuine merit. At home it 

 can only be accomplished by frequent and thor- [ has made its way into the library of every obstet- 

 -ough revision, he has spared no pains to make the ! rician and gynaecologist as a safe guide to practice, 

 present edition more desirable even than the pre- I No small number of additions have been made to 

 vious one. As a book of reference for the busy j the present edition to make it correspond to re- 

 practitioner it is unequalled. Boston Medical and \ cent improvements in treatment. Pacific Medical 

 Surgical Journal, April 7, 1880. I and Surgical Journal, Jan. 1881. 



EDIS, ARTHUR W., M. &., Lond., F.R. C. P., M. It. C. 8., 



Assist. Obstetric Physician to Middlesex Hospital, late Physician to British Lying-in Hospital. 



The Diseases of Women. Including their Pathology, Causation, Symptoms, 

 Diagnosis and Treatment. A Manual for Students and Practitioners. In one handsome 

 octavo volume of 576 pages, with 148 illustrations. Cloth, $3.00 ; leather, $4.00. 



It is a pleasure to read a book so thoroughly being fully explained. The descriptions of gynse- 

 good as this one. The special qualities which are j cological manipulations and operations are full, 

 conspicuous are thoroughness in covering the ' clear and practical. Much care has also been be- 

 whole ground, clearness of description and con- j stowed on the parts of the book which deal with 

 ciseness of statement. Another marked feature of diagnosis we note especially the pages dealing 

 the book is the attention paid to the details of with the differentiation, one from another, of the 

 many minor surgical operations and procedures, ! different kinds of abdominal tumors. The prac- 

 as, for instance, the use of tents, application of titioner will therefore find in this book the kind 

 leeches, and use of hot water injections. These i of knowledge he most needs in his daily work, and 

 are among the more common methods of treat- he will be pleased with the clearness and fulness 

 ment, and yet very little is said about them in of the information there given. The Practitioner, 

 many of the text-books. The book is one to be Feb. 1882. 



warmly recommended especially to students and it is an excellent manual clear, decided, sum- 

 general practitioners, who need a concise but com- | eiently comprehensive for a beginner, extremely 

 plete resume of the whole subject. Specialists, too, handy for any practitioner, safe, cautious and pre- 

 will find many useful _hints in its pages. Boston c i se . The book reminds us constantly of Thomas' 



Med. and Surg. Journ., March 2, 1882. 



The greatest pains have been taken with the 

 sections relating to treatment. A liberal selection 



treatise, on which it seems to have been somewhat 

 modelled. As a summary of existing knowledge, 

 empirical and other, it is really to be commended. 



of remedies is given for each morbid condition, Archives of Medicine, June, 1882. 

 the strength, mode of application and other details 



BARNES, ROBERT, M. D., F. R. C. P., 



Obstetric Physician to St. Thomas' Hospital, London, etc. 



A Clinical Exposition of the Medical and Surgical Diseases of Women. 

 In one handsome octavo volume, with numerous illustrations. New edition. Preparing. 



GUSSEROW, A., 



Professor of Midwifery and the Diseases of Children at the University of Berlin. 



A Practical Treatise on Uterine Tumors. Specially revised by the Author, 



: and translated with notes and additions by EDMUND C. WENDT, M. D., Pathologist to the 



St. Francis Hospital, N. Y., etc., and revised by NATHAN BOZEMAN, M. D., Surgeon to the 



Woman's Hospital of the State of New York. In one handsome octavo volume, with about 



40 illustrations. Preparing. 



CHADWICK, JAMES R., A. M., M. D. 



A Manual of the Diseases Peculiar to Women. In one handsome royal 

 12mo. volume, with illustrations. Preparing. 



WEST, CHARLES, M. D. 



Lectures on the Diseases of Women. Third American from the third Lon- 

 don edition. In one octavo volume of 543 pages. Cloth, $3.75 ; leather, $4.75. 



