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BLANCHARD & LEA'S MEDICAL 



MEIGS (CHARLES D.), M. D., 



Professor of Obstetrics, &c., in the Jefferson Medical College. Philadelphia. 



OBSTETRICS: THE SCIENCE AND THE ART. Second edition, revised 



and improved. With one hundred and thirty-one illustrations. In one beautifully printed octavo 

 volume, of seven hundred and fifty-two large pages. (Lately Published.) 



The rapid demand for a second edition of this work is a sufficient evidence that it has supplied 

 a desideratum of the profession, notwithstanding the numerous treatises on the same subject which 

 have appeared within the last few years. Adopting a system of his own, the author has combined 

 the leading principles of his interesting and difficult subject, with a thorough exposition of its rules 

 of practice, presenting the results of long and extensive experience and of familiar acquaintance 

 with all the modern writers on this department of medicine. As an American Treatise on Mid- 

 wifery, which has at once assumed the position of a classic, it possesses peculiar claims to the at- 

 tention and study of the practitioner and student, while the numerous alterations and revisions 

 which it has undergone in the present edition are shown by the great enlargement of the work, 

 which is not only increased as to the size of the page, but also in the number. Among other addi- 

 tions may be mentioned 



A NEW AND IMPORTANT CHAPTER ON "CHILD-BED FEVER." 



As an elementary treatise concise, but, withal, 

 clear and comprehensive we know of no one better 

 adapted for the use of the student; while the young 

 practitioner will find in it a body of sound doctrine, 

 and a series of excellent practical directions, adapted 

 to all the conditions of the various forms of labor 

 and their results, which he will be induced, we are 

 persuaded, again and again to consult, and always 



with profit. It has seldom been our lot to peruse a 

 work upon the subject, from which we have re- 

 ceived greater satisfaction, and which we believe to 

 be better calculated to communicate to the student 

 correct and definite views upon the several topics 

 embraced within the scope of its teachings. Am. 

 Journal of the Medical Sciences. 



BY THE SAME AUTHOR. 



WOMAN: HER DISEASES AND THEIR REMEDIES. A Series of Lec- 

 tures to his Class. Second edition, revised. In one large and beautifully printed octavo volume, 

 of nearly seven hundred large pages. 



It contains a vast amount of practical knowledge, 

 by one who has accurately observed and retained 

 the experience of many years, and who tells the re- 

 sult in a free, familiar, and pleasant manner. Dub- 

 lin Quarterly Journal. 



There is an off-hand fervor, a glow, and a warm- 

 heartedness infecting the effort of Dr. Meigs, which 

 is entirely captivating, and which absolutely hur- 

 ries the reader through from beginning to end. Be- 

 sides, the book teems with solid instruction, and 

 it shows the very highest evidence of ability, viz., 

 the clearness with which the information is pre- 

 sented. We know of no better test of one's under- 

 standing a subject than the evidence of the power 

 of lucidly explaining it. The most elementary, as 

 well as the obscurest subjects, under the pencil of 

 Prof. Meigs. are isolated and made to stand out in 

 such bold relief, as to produce distinct impressions 

 upon the mind and memory of the reader. Tke 

 Charleston Med. Journal. 



Professor Meigs has enlarged and amended this 

 great work, for such it unquestionably is, having 

 passed the ordeal of criticism at home and abroad, 

 but been improved thereby ; for in this new edition 

 the author has introduced real improvements, and 

 increased the value and utility of the book im- 

 measurably. It presents so many novel, bright, 

 and sparkling thoughts; such an exuberance of new 

 ideas on almost every page, that we confess our- 

 selves to have become enamored with the book 

 and its author ; and cannot withhold our congratu- 

 lations from our Philadelphia confreres, that such a 

 teacher is in their service. We regret that our 

 limits will not allow of a more extended notice of 

 this work, but must content ourselves with thus 

 commending it as worthy of diligent perusal by 

 physicians as well as students, who are seeking to 

 be thoroughly instructed in the important practical 

 subjects of which it treats. A r . Y. Med. Gazette. 



BY THE SAME AUTHOR. 



OBSERVATIONS ON CERTAIN OF THE DISEASES OF YOUNG 



CHILDREN. In one handsome octavo volume, of 214 pages. 



It puts forth no claims as a systematic work, ! j carbuncle, and its fascinating pages often beguiled 

 but contains an amount of valuable and useful mat- | us into forgetfulness of agonizing pain. May it 

 ter, scarcely to be found in the same space in our ! teach others to relieve the afflictions of the young. 



home literature. It cannot but prove an acceptable i Western Journal of Medicine and Surgery.' 

 offering to the profession at large. N. Y. Journal of 

 Medicine. The work before us is undoubtedly a valuable 



addition to the fund of information which has al- 

 ee much pleasure in recommending this ready been treasured up on the subjects in question. 



client little work to the attention of medical ] It is practical, and therefore eminently adapted to 

 practitioner!. It deserves their attention, and nf- i the general practitioner. Dr. Meigs's works have 



they commence its perusal, they will not wil- the same fascination which belongs to himself. 

 Imgly abandon it, until they have mastered its Medical Examiner 

 contents. We read the work while suffering from a I 



BY THE SAME AUTHOR. 



ON THE NATURE, SIGNS, AND 



FEVER. In one handsome octavo volume. 



(Preparing.) 



TREATMENT 



OF PUERPERAL 



BY THE SAME AUTHOR. (Preparing.) 



A TREATISE ON ACUTE AND CHRONIC DISEASE OF THE NECK 



OF THE UTERUS. With numerous plates, drawn and colored from nature in the highest 

 style of art. In one handsome octavo volume. 



