MEDICAL BRIEFS. 



A series of short, concise compends for the medical student and practitionei 



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No. I. POST-MORTEM EXAMINATIONS. Second Edition 

 With Especial Reference to Medico-Legal Practice. By Prof. RUDOLPJ 

 VlRCHOW, of Berlin Charite Hospital, author of Cellular Pathology ; Trans 

 lated by T. P. SMITH, M.D., Member of the Royal College of Surgeons c 

 England. Second American, from the Fourth German Edition. Wit 

 Four Lithographic Plates. 



" We are informed in precise and exact terms how a post-mortem examination should t 

 made, both with regard to the plan to be pursued, and the manner of making the several cu 

 into the various organs and tissues. The method of recording the results of the investigation . 

 clearly indicated by the addition of the detailed account of the examination of four cases 

 and the value of the objective evidence is accurately stated in the form of the inference 

 drawn concerning the manner and cause of death." -American Journal of Medical Science 

 " For thorough and systematic method in the performance of post-mortem examination 

 there is no guide like it." London Lancet. 



No. II. MANUAL OF VENEREAL DISEASES. Fourth Editior 

 A Concise Description of those Affections and of their Treatment, includin 

 a list of SIXTY- SEVEN PRESCRIPTIONS for Vapor Bath, Gargles, Injection 

 Lotions, Mixtures, Ointments, Paste, Pills, Powders, Solutions and Suj 

 positories. By BERKELEY HILL, M.D., Professor of Clinical Surgery, i 

 University College; Surgeon to University College and Lock Hospitals 

 and ARTHUR COOPER, M.D., formerly House Surgeon, Lock Hospita 

 Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 



" I have examined it with care, and find it to be a practical and useful compendium < 



knowledge on the subjects discussed, well adapted to the use of medical students and tho; 



' physicians in general practice who have occasional need to consult a work of this kind."- 



James Neven Hyde, M.D., Professor of Skin and Venereal Diseases, Rush Medical Colleg 



Chicago. 



" It seems to contain much information in a condensed form. The names of the autho 

 ensure its doctrinal accuracy." Ed. L. Keyes, M.D., Professor of Genito- Urinary Surger^ 

 Syphilology and Dermatology, Bellevue Hospital Medical College, N. Y. 



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 found such favor." Gaillard's Medical Journal. 



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 cal Brief. 



No. III. MEDICAL ELECTRICITY. A Compend of Electricil 

 and its Medical and Surgical Uses. By CHAS. F. MASON, M.D., Assistai 

 Surgeon, United States Army, with an Introduction by CHAS. H. MAY, M.r 

 Instructor in Ophthalmology, New York Polyclinic. With Illustration 

 Just Ready. 



From, the large amount of literature upon the subject of Medical Electricity, Dr. Mas( 

 has selected and classified the facts and principles that are of practical use to the student ai 

 physician. It is a short, comprehensive statement of this important branch of therapeuti 

 in clear, plain language, with illustrations, where needed, to render the text distinct. 



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