BLANCHARD & LEA'S MEDICAL 



DUNGLISON (ROBLEY), M. D., 



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



NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION. 

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



Explanation of the various Subjects and Terms of Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, Hygiene. 

 Therapeutics. Pharmacology, Pharmacy, Surgery, Obstetrics, Medical Jurisprudence", Dentistry, 

 dec. Notices of Climate and of Mineral Waters; Formulae for Officinal, Empirical, and Dietetic 

 Preparations, &c. With French and other Synonymes. Revised and very greatly enlarged. 

 In one very large and handsome octavo volume, of 992 double-columned pages, in small type ; 

 strongly bound in leather. Price $4 00. 



Especial care has been devoted in the preparation of this edition to render it in every respect 

 worthy a continuance of the very remarkable favor which it has hitherto enjoyed. The rapid 

 sale of FIFTEEN large editions, and the constantly increasing demand, show that it is regarded by 

 the profession as the standard authority. Stimulated by this fact, the author has endeavored in the 

 present revision to introduce whatever might be necessary " to make it a satisfactory and desira- 

 ble if not indispensable lexicon, in which the student may search without disappointment for 

 every term that has been legitimated in the nomenclature of the science." To accomplish this, 

 large additions have been found requisite, and the extent of the author's labors may be estimated 

 from the fact that about Six THOUSAND subjects and terms have been introduced throughout, ren- 

 dering the whole number of definitions about SIXTY THOUSAND, to accommodate which, the num- 

 ber of pages has been increased by nearly a hundred, notwithstanding an enlargement in the size 

 of the pag-e. The medical press, both in this country and in England, has pronounced the work in- 

 dispensable to all medical students and practitioners, and the present improved edition will not lose 

 that enviable reputation. 



The publishers have endeavored to render the mechanical execution worthy of a volume of such 

 universal use in daily reference. The greatest care has been exercised to obtain the typographical 

 accuracy so necessary in a work of the kind. By the small but exceedingly clear type employed, 

 an immense amount of matter is condensed in its thousand ample pages, while the binding will be 

 found strong and durable. With all these improvements and enlargements, the price has been kept 

 at the former very moderate rate, placing it within the reach of all. 



This work, the appearance of the fifteenth edition 

 of which, it has become our duty and pleasure to 

 announce, is perhaps the most stupendous monument 

 of labor and erudition in medical literature. One 

 would hardly suppose after constant use of the pre- 

 ceding editions, where we have never failed to find 

 a sufficiently full explanation of ever} medical term, 

 that in this edition "about six thousand subjects 

 and terms have been added," with a careful revision 

 and correction of the entire work. It is only neces- 

 sary to announce the advent of this edition to make 

 it occupy the place of the preceding one on the table 

 of every medical man, as it is without doubt the best 

 and most comprehensive work of the kind which has 

 ever appeared. Buffalo Med. Journ., Jan. 1858. 



The work is a monument of patient research, 

 skilful judgment, and vast physical labor, that will 

 perpetuate the name of the author more effectually 

 than any possible device of stone or metal. Dr. 

 Dunglison deserves the thanks not only of the Ame- 

 rican profession, but of the whole medical world. 

 North Am. Medico-Chir. Review, Jan. 1858. 



A Medical Dictionary better adapted for the wants 

 of the profession than any other with which we are 

 acquainted, and of a character which places it far 

 above comparison and competition. Am. Journ. 

 Med. Sciences, Jan. 1858. 



We need only say, that the addition of 6,000 new 

 terms, with their accompanying definitions, may be 

 said to constitute a new work, by itself. We have 

 examined the Dictionary attentively, and are most 

 happy to pronounce it unrivalled of its kind. The 

 erudition displayed, and the extraordinary industry 

 which must have been demanded, in its preparation 

 and perfection, redound to the lasting credit of its 

 author, and have furnished us with a volume indis- 

 pensable at the present day, to all who would find 

 themselves au niveau with the highest standards of 

 medical information. Boston Medical and Surgical 

 Journal, Dee. 31, 1857. 



Good lexicons and encyclopedic works generally 

 are the most labor-saving contrivances which lite- 

 rary men enjoy; and the labor which is required to 

 produce them in the perfect manner of this example 

 is something appalling to contemplate. The author 



tells us in his preface that he has added about six 

 thousand terms and subjects to this edition, which, 

 before, was considered universally as the best work 

 of the kind in any language. Silliman's Journal. 

 March, 1858. 



He has razed his gigantic structure to the founda- 

 tions, and remodelled^ and reconstructed the entire 

 pile. No less than six thousand additional subjects 

 and terms are illustrated and analyzed in this new 

 edition, swelling the grand aggregate to beyond 

 sixty thousand ! Thus is placed before the profes- 

 sion a complete and thorough exponent of medical 

 terminology, without rival or possibility of rivalry. 

 Nashville Journ. of Med. and Surg., Jan. 1858. 



It is universally acknowledged, we believe, that 

 this work is incomparably the best and most com- 

 plete Medical Lexicon in the English language. 

 The amount of labor which the distinguished author 

 has bestowed upon it is truly wonderful, and the 

 learning and research displayed in its preparation 

 are equally remarkable. Comment and commenda- 

 tion are unnecessary, as no one at the present day 

 thinks of purchasing any other Medical Dictionary 

 than this. St. Louis Med. and Surg. Journ., Jan. 

 1858. , 



It is the foundation stone of a good medical libra- 

 ry, and should always be included in the first list of 

 books purchased by the medical student. Am. Med. 

 Monthly, Jan. 1858. 



A very perfect work of the kind, undoubtedly the 

 most perfect in the English language. Med. and 

 Surg. Reporter, Jan. 1858. 



It is now emphatically the Medical Dictionary of 

 the English language, and for it there is no substi- 

 tute. N. H. Med. Journ., Jan. 1858. 



It is scarcely necessary to remark that any medi- 

 cal library wanting a copy of Dunglisou's Lexicon 

 must be imperfect. Cin. Lancet, Jan. 1858. 



We have ever considered it the best authority pub- 

 lished, and the present edition we may safely say hai 

 no equal in the world. Peninsular Med. Journal* 

 Jan. 1858. 



The most complete authority on the subject to b 

 foundin any language. Va. Med. Journal, Feb. '58. 



BY THE SAME AUTHOR. 



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

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