AND SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS. 



CARPENTER (WILLIAM B.), M. D., F. R. S., 



Examiner in Physiology and Comparative Anatomy in the University of London. 



PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY; with their chief applications to 



Psychology, Pathology, Therapeutics, Hygiene, and Forensic Medicine. A new American, from 

 the last and revised London edition. With nearly three hundred illustrations. Edited, with addi- 

 tions, by FRANCIS GURNEY SMITH, M. D., Professor of the Institutes of Medicine in the Pennsyl- 

 vania Medical College, &c. In one very large and beautiful octavo volume, of about nine hundred 

 large pages, handsomely printed, extra cloth, $4 50 ; strongly bound in leather, with raised bands, 



For upwards of thirteen years Dr. Carpenter's! To eulogize this great work would be superfluous, 

 work has been considered by the profession gene- I We should observe, however, that in this edition 

 rally, both in this countryand England, as the most ' the author has remodelled a large portion of the 

 valuable compendium on the subject of physiology former, and the editor has added much matter of in- 

 m our language. This distinctionit owes to the high terest, especially in the form of illustrations. Wo 

 attainments and unwearied industry of its accom- may confidently recommend it as the most complete 

 piished author. The present edition (which, like the work on Human Physiology in our language 

 last American one, was prepared by the author him- Southern Med. and Surg. Journal. 

 elf), is the result of such extensive revision, that it : The most complete work on the aci j 



may almost be considered a new work. We need i.,^,, Am ,,/ r/>r/,z 



hardly say, in concluding this brief notice, that while * Q * ua e Am - Med - Journal. 

 the work is indispensable to every student of medi- The most complete work now extant in our Ian- 

 cine in this country, it will amply repay the practi- guage. JV. O. Med. Register. 



tioner for its perusal by the interest and value of its i The best text-book in the language on this ex- 

 eontents. Boston Med. and Surg. Journal. tensive subject. L ondon Med. Times. 



This is a standard work the text-book used by all 

 medical students who read the English language. 

 It has passed through several editions in order to 



A complete cyclopaedia of this branch of science. 

 N. Y. Med. Times. 

 The profession of this country, and 



keep pace with the rapidly growing science of Phy- ' of Europe, have anxiously and fo'r 'some time awaited 

 siology. Nothing need be said in its praise, for its the announcement of this new edition of Carpenter'* 

 merits are universally known ; we have nothing to ! Human Physiology. His former editions have for 

 say of its defects, for they only appear where the | many years been almost the only text-book on Phy- 

 ecienee of which it treats is incomplete. Western , siology in all our medical schools, and its circnla- 

 Lancet. tion among the profession has been unsurpassed by 



The most complete exposition of physiology which ! an >" work in any department of medical science . 

 any language can at present give. Brit, and For. [t ls Q uite unnecessary for us to speak of thi 

 Med -Chirurg Review work as its merits would justify. The mere an- 



nouncement of its appearance will afford the highest 



The greatest, the most reliable, and the best book ' pleasure to every student of Physiology, while iti 

 on the subject which we know of in the English perusal will be of infinite service in advancing 

 [*aguage. Stetkoscopt. , physiological science. Ohio Med.andSicrg. Jottrn 



BY THE SAME AUTHOR. 



ELEMENTS (OR MANUAL) OF PHYSIOLOGY, INCLUDING PHYSIO- 

 LOGICAL ANATOMY. Second American, from a new and revised London edition. With 

 one hundred and ninety illustrations. In one very handsome octavo volume, leather, pp. 566. 

 $3 00. 



In publishing the first edition of this work, its title was altered from that of the London volume > 

 by the substitution of the word "Elements" for that of " Manual," and with the author's sanction 

 the title of "Elements" is still retained as being more expressive of the scope of the treatise. 



BY THE SAME AUTHOR. 



PRINCIPLES OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY. New American, from 



the Fourth and Revised London edition. In one large and handsome octavo volume, with over 

 three hundred beautiful illustrations, pp. 752. Extra cloth, $5 25. 



This book should not only be read but thoroughly i no man, we believe, could have brought to so suc- 

 tudied by every member of the profession. None | cessful an issue as Dr. Carpenter. It required for 

 are too wise or old, to be benefited thereby. But i its production a physiologist at once deeply read ia 

 especially to the younger class would we cordially ; the labors of others, capable of taking a general, 

 commend it as best fitted of any work in the English critical, and unprejudiced view of those labors, ana 

 language to qualify them for the reception and com- : of combining the varied, heterogeneous materials at 

 prehension of those truths which are daily being de- his disposal, so as to form an harmonious whole. 

 veloped in phy siology .Medical Counsellor. We feel that this abstract can give the reader a very 



Without pretending to it, it is an encyclopedia of ! imperfect idea of the fulness of this work, and no 

 the subject, accurate and complete in all respects ; ldea f its unity, of the admirable macner in which 

 a truthful reflection of the advanced state at which ' material has been brought, from the most various 

 the science has now arrived. Dublin Quarterly sources, to conduce to its completeness, of the lucid- 

 Journal of Medical Science ltv of tne reasoning it contains, or of the clearness 



! of language in which the whole is clothed. Not the 



A truly magnificent work-in itself a perfect phy- 1 profession only, but the scientific world at large, 

 Biological study. Ranktng't Abstract. ' must feel deepl indebted to Dr. Carpenter for thii 



This work stands without its fellow. It is one great work. It must, indeed, add largely even to 

 few men in Europe could have undertaken ; it is one j his high reputation. Medical Timtt. 



BY THE SAME AUTHOR, (preparing.) 



PRINCIPLES OF GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY, INCLUDING ORGANIC 



CHEMISTRY AND HISTOLOGY. With a General Sketch of the Vegetable and Animal 

 Kingdom. In one large and very handsome octavo volume, with several hundred illustrations. 



BY THE SAME AUTHOR. 



A PRIZE ESSAY ON THE USE OF ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS IN HEALTH 



AND DISEASE. New edition, with a Preface by D. F. CONDIE, M. D., and explanations of 

 cientific words. In one neat 12mo. volume, extra cloth, pp. 178. 50 cents. 



