BLANCHARD & LEA'S MEDICAL 



under the control of the present editor for more than a quarter oi a century. Throughout this 

 long period, it has maintained its position in the highest rank of medical periodicals both at home 

 and abroad, and has received the cordial support of the entire profession in this country. Its list of 

 Collaborators will be found to contain a large number of the most distinguished names of the pro- 

 fession in every section of the United States, rendering the department devoted to 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS 



full of varied and important matter, of great interest to all practitioners. 



As the aim of the Journal, however, is to combine the advantages presented by all the different 

 varieties of periodicals, in its 



REVIEW DEPARTMENT 



will be found extended and impartial reviews of all important new works, presenting subjects oi 

 novelty and interest, together with very numerous 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES, 



including nearly all the medical publications of the day, both in this country and Great Britain, with 

 # choice selection of the more important continental works. This is followed by the 



QUARTERLY SUMMARY, 



being a very full and complete abstract, methodically arranged, of the 



IMPROVEMENTS AND DISCOVERIES IN THE MEDICAL SCIENCES, 



This department of Ihe Journal, so important to the practising physician, is the object of especial 

 care on the part of the editor. It is classified and arranged under different heads, thus facilitating 

 the researches of the reader in pursuit of particular subjects, and will be fownd to present a very 

 full and accurate digest of all observations, discoveries, and inventions recorded in every branch ei 

 medical science. The very extensive arrangements of the publishers are such as to afford to the 

 editor complete materials for this purpose, as he not only regularly receives 



ALL THE AMERICAN MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC PERIODICALS, 



but also twenty or thirty of the more important Journals issued in Great Britain and on the Conti- 

 nent, thus enabling him to present in a convenient compass a thorough and complete abstract of 

 everything interesting or important to the physician occurring in any part of the civilized world. 



To their old subscribers, many of whom have been on their list for twenty oi thirty years, the 

 publishers feel that no promises for the future are necessary; bwt those who may desire for the 

 first time to subscribe, can rest assured that no exertion will be spared to maintain {he Journal in 

 the high position which it has occupied for so long a period. 



By reference to the terms it will be seen that, in addition to tteis large anxmnt of valuable and 

 practical information on every branch of medical science, the subscriber, by paying in advance, 

 becomes entitled, without further charge, to 



THE MEDICAL NEWS AND LIBRARY, 



a monthly periodical of thirty-two large octavo pages. Its "News DEPARTMENT" presents the 

 current information of the day, while the " LIBRARY DEPARTMENT" is devoted to presenting stand- 

 ard works on various branches of medicine. Within a few years, subscribers have thus received, 

 without expense, many works of the highest character and practical value, su-ch as "Watson's 

 Practice," " Todd and Bowman's Physiology," " Malgaigne's Surgery," "West on Children/' 

 " West on Females, Part I.," &c. 



While in the number for January, 1858, was commenced a new and highly important work, 



HABERSHON ON DISEASES OF THE ALIMENTARY CANAL. 

 which will be completed during 1859. 



It will be seen that this treatise covers the whole ground of affections of the Digestive Organs, 

 which furnish so very large a portion of the daily practice of the physician. The author's position 

 in Guy's Hospital, and the fact that the work has only just appeared in London, are sufficient guar- 

 antee that it is up to the hour, and presents the most advanced condition of this department of medi- 

 cal science, while its thorough practical character is manifested by the great number of cases on 

 which it is founded. 



tt will thus be seen that for the small sum of FIVE DOLLARS, paid in advance, the subscriber 

 will obtain a Quarterly and a Monthly periodical, 



EMBRACING NEARLY SIXTEEN HUNDRED LARGE OCTAVO PAGES, 



mailed to any part of the United States, free of postage. 



Those subscribers who do not pay in advance will Dear in mind that their subscription of Five 

 Dollars will entitle them to the Journal only, without the News, and that they will be at the expense 

 of their own postage on the receipt of each number. The advantage of a remittance when order- 

 ing the Journal will thus be apparent. 



As the Medical News and Library is in no case sent without advance payment, its subscribers 

 will always receive it free of postage. 



Remittances of subscriptions can be mailed at our risk, when a certificate is taken from the Post- 

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