30 HENRY C. LEA'S SON & Co.'s PUBLICATIONS Midwfy., Dis. Childii. 

 LEISHMAN, WILLIAM, M. D., 



Regius Professor of Midwifery in the University of Glasgow, etc. 



A System of Midwifery, Including the Diseases of Pregnancy and the 

 Puerperal State. Third American edition, revised by the Author, with additions by 

 JOHN S. PARRY, M. D., Obstetrician to the Philadelphia Hospital, etc. In one large and 

 very handsome octavo volume of 740 pages, with 205 illustrations. Cloth, $4.50 ; leather, 

 $5.50 ; very handsome half Russia, raised bands, $6.00. 



The author is broad in his teachings, and dis- preparation of the present edition the author has 

 cusses briefly the comparative anatomy of the pel- made such alterations as the progress of obstetri- 

 vis and the mobility of the pelvic articulations, cal science seems to require, and we cannot but 



The second chapter is devoted especially to "- -v-:i:. :il , ...*,:~L .u- *..... u_ i 



the study of the pelvis, while in the third the 

 female organs of generation are introduced. 

 The structure and development of the ovum are 

 admirably described. Then follow chapters upon 

 the various subjects embraced in the study of mid- 

 wifery. The descriptions throughout the work are 

 plain and pleasing. It is sufficient to state that in 

 this, the last edition of this well-known work, every 



recent advancement in this field has been brought 

 forward. Physician and Surgeon, Jan. 1880. 



We gladly welcome the new edition of this ex- 

 cellent" text-book of midwifery. The former edi- 

 tions have been most favorably received by the 

 profession on both sides of the Atlantic. In the 



admire the ability with which the task has been 



gerformed. We consider it an admirable text- 

 ook for students during their attendance upon 

 lectures, and have great pleasure in recommend- 

 ing it. As an exponent of the midwifery of the 

 present day it has no superior in the English lan- 

 guage. Canada Lancet, Jan. 1880. 



To the American student the work before ns 

 must prove admirably adapted. Complete in all its 

 parts, essentially modern in its teachings, and with 

 demonstrations noted for clearness and precision, 

 it will gain in favor and be recognized as a work 

 of standard merit. The work cannot fail to be 

 popular and is cordially recommended. N. O. 

 Med. and Sury. Journ., March, 1880. 



SMITH, J. LEWIS, M. I)., 



Clinical Professor of Diseases of Children in the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, If. 7. 



A Complete Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Children. Fifth 

 edition, thoroughly revised and rewritten. In one handsome octavo volume of 836 pages, 

 with illustrations. Cloth, $4.50 ; leather, $5.50 ; very handsome half Russia, raised bands, $6. 

 This is one of the best books on the subject with ' which we venture to say will be a favorable one. 

 which we have met and one that has given us Dublin Journal of Medical Scienre, March, 1883. 

 satisfaction on every occasion on which we have There is no book published on the subjects of 

 consulted it, either as to diagnosis or treatment. ! which this one treats that is its equal in value to 

 It is now in its fifth edition and in its present form j the physician. While he has said just enough to 

 is a very adequate representation of the subject it | impart the information desired by general practi- 

 treats of as at present understood. The important : tioners on such questions as etiology, pathology, 

 subject of infant hygiene is fully dealt with in the j prognosis, etc., he has devoted more attention to 

 early portion of the oook. The great bulk of the ! the diagnosis and treatment of the ailments which 

 work is appropriately devoted to the diseases of i he so accurately^ describes ; and such information 

 infancy and childhood. We would recommend ; is exactly what is wanted by the vast majority of 

 any one in need of information on the subject to " family physicians." Va. Med. Monthly, Feb. 1882. 

 procure the work and form his own opinion on it, 



KEATING, JOHNM., M. D., 



Lecturer on the Diseases of Children at the University of Pennsylvania, etc. 



The Mother's Guide in the Management and Feeding of Infants. In 



one handsome 12mo. volume of 118 pages. Cloth, $1.00. 



Works like this one will aid the physician im- | the employment of a wet-nurse, about the proper 

 mensely, for it saves the time he is constantly giv- | food for a nursing mother, about the tonic effects 

 ing his patients in instructing them on the sub- j of a bath, about the perambulator versus the nurses' 

 jects here dwelt upon so thoroughly and prac- | arms, and on many other subjects concerning 

 tically. Dr. Keating has written a practical book, which the critic might say, "surely this is obvi- 

 has carefully avoided unnecessary repetition, and i ous," but which experience teaches us are exactly 

 successfully instructed the mother in such details i the things needed to be insisted upon, with the rich 

 of the treatment of her child as devolve upon her. ' as well as the poor. London Lancet, January, 28 1882. 

 He has studiously omitted giving prescriptions, > A book small in size, written in pleasant style, in 

 and instructs the mother when to call upon the ' language which can be readily understood by any 

 doctor, as his duties are totally distinct from hers, j mother, and eminently practical and safe; in fact 

 American Journal of Obstetrics, October, 1881. j a book for which we have been waiting a long 



Dr. Keating has kept clear of the common fault I time, and which we can mot heartily recommend 

 of works of this sort, viz., mixing the duties of j to mothers as the book on this subject. New York 

 the mother with those proper to the doctor. There j Medical Journal and Obstetrical Review, Feb. 1882. 

 is the ring of common sense in the remarks about I 



OWEN, EDMUND, M. B., F. JK. C. S., 



Surgeon to the Children's Hospital, Great Ormond St , London. 



Surgical Diseases of Children. In one 12rno. volume. Preparing. See Series 

 of Clinical Manuals, page 5. 



WEST, CHARLES, M. D., 



Physician to the Hospital for Sick Children, London, etc. 



Lectures on the Diseases of Infancy and Childhood. Fifth American 

 from 6th English edition. In one octavo volume of 686 pages. Cloth, $4.50 ; leather, $5.50. 



By the Same Author. 



On Some Disorders of the Nervous System in Childhood. In one small 

 12mo. volume of 127 pages. Cloth, $1.00. 



CONDIE'S PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE 

 DISEASES OF CHILDREN. Sixth edition, re- 



vised and augmented. In one octavo volume of 

 779 pages. Cloth, 85.25 ; leather, $6.25. 



