ELANCHARD & LEA'S MEDICAL 



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



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. Fifth American, from 

 the fourth and enlarged London edition. 'With three hundred and fourteen illustrations. Edited, 

 with additions, by FRANCIS GURNEY SMITH, M.D.. Professor of the Institutes of Medicine in the 

 Pennsylvania Medical College, &c. In one very large and beautiful octavo volume, of about 1100 

 large pages, handsomely printed and strongly bound in leather, with raised bands. New edition. 

 (Just Issued.) 



From the Author's Preface to the present Edition. 



" When the author, on the completion of his ' Principles of General and Comparative Physiology,' 

 applied himself to the preparation of his ' Principles of Human Physiology,' for the press, he found 

 that nothing short of an entire remodelling of the preceding edition would in any degree satisfy his 

 notions of what such a treatise ought to be. For although no fundamental change had taken place 

 during the interval in the fabric of Physiological Science, yet a large number of less important 

 modifications had been effected, which "had combined to produce a very considerable alteration in 

 its aspect. Moreover, the progressive maturation of his own views, and his increased experience 

 as a teacher, had not only rendered him more keenly alive to the imperfections which were inherent 

 in its original plan, but had caused him to look upon many topics in a light very different from that 

 under which he had previously regarded them ; and, in particular, he felt a strong desire to give to 

 his work as practical a character as possible, without foregoing the position which (he trusts he 

 may say without presumption) he had succeeded in gaining for it, as a philosophical exposition of 

 one" important department of Physiological Science. He was led, therefore, to the determination 

 of, in reality, producing a new treatise, in which only those parts of the old should be retained, 

 which miglit express the existing state of knowledge, and of his own opinions on the points to which 

 they relate." 



The American edition has been printed from sheets prepared for the purpose by the author, who 

 has introduced nearly one hundred illustrations not in the London edition ; while it has also enjoyed 

 the advantage of a careful superintendence on the part of the editor, who has added notices of such 

 more recent investigations as had escaped the author's attention. Neither care nor expense has 

 been spared in the mechanical execution of the work to render it superior to former editions, and it 

 is confidently presented as in every way one of the handsomest volumes as yet placed before the 

 medical profession in this country. 



The most complete work on the science in our 

 language. Am. Med. Journal. 



The most complete exposition of physiology which 

 any language can at present give. Brit, and For. 

 Med.-Cnirurg. Review. 



We have thus adverted to some of the leading 

 ''additions and alterations," which have been in- 

 troduced by the author into this edition of his phy- 

 siology. These will be found, however, very far to 

 exceed the ordinary limits of a new edition, "the 

 old materials having been incorporated with the 

 new, rather than the new with the old." It now 

 certainly presents the most complete treatise on the 

 subject within the reach of the American reader ; 

 and while, for availability as a text-book, we may 

 perhaps regret its growth in bulk, we are sure that 

 the student of physiology will feel the impossibility 

 of presenting a thorough digest of the facts of the 

 science within a more limited compass. Medical 

 Examiner. 



The greatest, the most reliable, and the best book 

 ou the subject which we know of in the English 

 language. Stethoscope. 



The most complete work now extant in our lan- 

 guage. N. O. Med. Register. 



We do not hesitate a moment in pronouncing it 

 the best text book in the English language. In this 

 new edkion, the author has again displayed his great 

 zeal. The work is almost a new one, having been 

 entirely remodelled ; a vast amount of valuable ma- 

 terial has been added, and with great propriety, as- 

 signed its appropriate place. St. Louis Med. and 

 Sitrg. Journal. 



The best text-book in the language on this ex- 

 tensive subject. London Med. Times. 



A complete cyclopaedia of this branch of science 

 N. Y. Med. Times. 



The standard of authority on physiological sub- 

 jects. * * * In the present edition, to particularize 

 the alterations and additions which have been made, 

 would require a review of the whole work, since 

 scarcely a subject has not been revised and altered, 

 added to, or entirely remodelled to adapt it to the 

 present state of the science. Charleston Med. Journ . 



The changes are too numerous to admit of an ex- 

 tended notice in this place. At every point where 

 the recent diligent labors of organic chemists and 

 micrographers have furnished interesting and valu- 

 able facts, they have been appropriated, and no pains 

 have been spared, in so incorporating and arranging 

 them that the work may constitute one harmonious 

 system. Southern Med. and Surg. Journal. 



Any reader who desires a treatise on physiology 

 may feel himself entirely safe in ordering this. 

 Western Med. and Surg. Journal. 



From this hasty and imperfect allusion it will be 

 seen by our readers that the alterations and addi- 

 tions to this edition render it almost a new work 

 and we can assure our readers that it is one of the 

 best summaries of the existing facts of physiological 

 science within the reach of the English student and 

 physician. JV. Y. Journal of Medicine. 



The profession of this country, and perhaps also 

 of Europe, have anxiously and for some time awaited 

 the announcement of this new edition of Carpenter's 

 Human Physiology. His former editions have for 

 many years been almost the only text-book on Phy- 

 siology in all our medical schools, and its circula- 

 tion among the profession has been unsurpassed by 

 any work in any department of medical science. 



It is quite unnecessary for us to speak of this 

 work as its merits would justify. The mere an 

 nouncement of its appearance will afford the highest 

 pleasure to every student of Physiology, while its 

 perusal will be of infinite service in advancing 

 physiological science. Ohio Med. and Surg. Journ. 



BY THE SAME AUTHOR. 



PRINCIPLES OF GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY. 



Intended as an Introduction to the Study of Human Physiology; and as a Guide to the Philo- 



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sophical pursuit of Natural History. New and improved edition,' (preparing.) 



