BLANCHARD & 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. A new American, from 

 the last and revised London edition. With nearly three hundred illustrations. Edited, with addi- 

 tions, by FRANCIS GURNEY SMITH, M. D., Professor of the Institutes of Medicine in the Pennsyl- 

 vania Medical College, &c. In one very large and beautiful octavo volume, of about nine hundred 

 large pages, handsomely printed and strongly bound in leather, with raised bands. $4 25. 



In the preparation of this new edition, the author has spared no labor to render it, as heretofore, 

 a complete and lucid exposition of the most advanced condition of its important subject. The 

 amount of the additions required to effect this object thoroughly, joined to the former large size of 

 the volume, presenting objections arising from the unwieldy bulk of the work, he has omitted ail 

 those portions not bearing directly upon HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY, designing to incorporate them in 

 his forthcoming Treatise on GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY. As a full and accurate text-book on the Phy- 

 siology of Man, the work in its present condition therefore presents even greater claims upon 

 rhe student and physician than those which have heretofore won for it the very wide and distin- 

 guished favor which it has so long enjoyed. The additions of Prof. Smith will be found to supply 

 whatever may have been wanting to the American student, while the introduction of many new 

 illustrations, and the most careful mechanical execution, render the volume one of the most at- 

 tractive as yet issued. 



To eulogize this great work would be superfluous 

 We should observe, however, that in this edition 

 the author has remodelled a large portion of the 

 former, and the editor has added much matter of in- 

 terest, especially in the form of illustrations. We 

 may confidently recommend it as the most complete 

 work on Human Physiology in our language. 

 Southern Med. and Surg. Journal. 



The most complete work on the science in our 

 language. Am. Med. Journal. 



The most complete work now extant in our lan- 

 guage. N. O. Med. Register. 



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 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. 



Jt 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. 



For upwards of thirteen years Dr. Carpenter's 

 work has been considered by the profession gene- 

 rally, both in this country and England, as the most 

 valuable compendium on the subject of physiology 

 in our language. This distinction it owes to the high 

 attainments and unwearied industry of its accom- 

 plished author. The present edition (which, like the 

 last American one, was prepared by the author him- 

 self), is the result of such extensive revision, that it 

 may almost be considered a new work. We need 

 hardly say, in concluding this brief notice, that while 

 the work is indispensable to every student of medi- 

 cine in this country, it will amply repay the practi- 

 tioner for its perusal by the interest and value of its 

 contents. Boston Med. and Surg. Journal. 



This is a standard work the text-book used by all 

 medical students who read the English language. 

 It has passed through several editions in order to 

 keep pace with the rapidly growing science of Phy- 

 siology. Nothing need be said in its praise, for its 

 merits are universally known; we have nothing to 

 say of its defects, for they only appear where the 

 science of which it treats is incomplete. Western 

 Laneet. 



The most complete exposition of physiology which 

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

 Med.-Cnirurg. Review. 



The greatest, the most reliable, and the best book 

 on the subject which we know of in the English 

 language. Stethoscope. 



BY THE SAME AUTHOE. 



PRINCIPLES OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY. New American, from 



the Fourth and Revised London edition. In one large and handsome octavo volume, with over 

 three hundred beautiful illustrations, pp. 752. Extra cloth, $4 80 ; leather, raised bands, $5 25. 



The delay which has existed in the appearance of this work has been caused by the very thorough 

 revision and remodelling which it has undergone at the hands of the author, and the large number 

 of new illustrations which have been prepared for it. It will, therefore, be found almost a new 

 work, nnd fully up to the day in every department of the subject, rendering it a reliable text-book 

 for all students engaged in this branch of science. Every effort has been made to render its typo- 

 graphical finish and mechanical execution worthy of its exalted reputation, and creditable to the 

 mechanical arts of this country. 



This book should not only be read but thoroughly 

 studied by every member of the profession. None 

 are too wise or old, to be benefited thereby. But 

 especially to the younger class would we cordially 

 commend it as best fitted of any work in the English 

 language to qualify them for the reception and com- 

 prehension of those truths which are daily being de- 

 veloped in physiology .Medical Counsellor. 



Without pretending to it, it is an encyclopedia of 

 the subject, accurate and complete in all respects 

 a truthful reflection of the advanced state at which 

 the science has now arrived. Dublin Quarterly 

 Journal of Medical Science. 



A truly magnificent work in itself a perfect phy- 

 siological study. Ranking' s Abstract. 



This work stands without its fellow. It is one 

 few men in Europe could have undertaken ; it is one 



no man, we believe, could have brought to so suc- 

 cessful an issue as Dr. Carpenter. It required for 

 its production a physiologist at once deeply read in 

 the labors of others, capable of taking a general, 

 critical, and unprejudiced view of those labors, and 

 of combining the varied, heterogeneous materials at 

 his disposal, so as to form an harmonious whole. 

 We feel that this abstract can give the reader a very 

 imperfect idea of the fulness of this work, and no 

 idea of its unity, of the admirable manner in which 

 material has been brought, from the most various 

 sources, to conduce to its completeness, of the lucid- 

 ity of the reasoning it contains, or of the clearness 

 of language in which the whole is clothed. Not the 

 profession only, but the scientific world at large, 

 must feel deeply indebted to Dr. Carpenter for this 

 great work. It must, indeed, add largely even to 

 his high reputation. Medical Times. 



