AND SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS. 



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



Examiner in Physiology and Comparative Anatomy in the University of London. 



THE MICROSCOPE AND ITS REVELATIONS. With an Appendix con- 



taining the Applications of the Microscope to Clinical Medicine, &c. By F. G. SMITH, M. D. 

 Illustrated by four hundred and thirty-four beautiful engravings on wood. In one large and very 

 handsome octavo volume, of 724 pages, extra cloth, $4 00 ; leather, $4 50. 



Dr. Carpenter's position as a microscopist and physiologist, and his great experience as a teacher, 

 eminently qualify him to produce what has long been wanted a good text-book on the practical 

 use of the microscope. In the present volume his object has been, as stated in his Preface, " to 

 combine, within a moderate compass, that information with regard to the use of his 'tools,' which 

 is most essential to the working microscopist, with such an account of the objects best fitted for 

 his study, as might qualify him to comprehend what he observes, and might thus prepare him to 

 benefit science, whilst expanding and refreshing his own mind " That he has succeeded in accom- 

 plishing this, no one acquainted with his previous labors can doubt. 



The great importance of the microscope as a means of diagnosis, and the number of microsco- 

 pies who are also physicians, have induced the American publishers, with the author's approval, to 

 add an Appendix, carefully prepared by Professor Smith, on the applications of the instrument to 

 clinical medicine, together with an account of American Microscopes, their modifications and 

 accessories. This portion of the work is illustrated with nearly one hundred wood-cuts, and, it is 

 hoped, will adapt the volume more particularly to the use of the American student. 



Every care has been taken in the mechanical execution of the work, which is confidently pre- 

 sented as in no respect inferior to the choicest productions of the London press. 



The mode in which the author has executed his intentions may be gathered from the following 

 condensed synopsis of the 



CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION History of the Microscope. CHAP. I. Optical Principles of the Microscope, 

 CHAP. II. Construction of the Microscope. CHAP. III. Accessory Apparatus. CHAP. IV. 

 Management of the Microscope CHAP. V. Preparation, Mounting, and Collection of Objects. 

 CHAP. VI. Microscopic Forms of Vegetable Life Protophytes. CHAP. VII. Higher Cryptoga- 

 mia. CHAP. VIII. Phanerogamic Plants. CHAP. IX. Microscopic Forms of Animal Life Pro- 

 tozoa Animalcules. CHAP. X. Foraminifera, Polycystina, and Sponges. CHAP. XI. Zoophytes. 

 CHAP. XII. Echinodermata. CHAP. XIII. Polyzoa and Compound Tunicata. CHAP. XIV. 

 Molluscous Animals Generally. CHAP. XV. Annulosa. CHAP. XVI. Crustacea. CHAP. XVII. 

 Insects and Arachnida. CHAP. XVIII. Vertebrated Animals. CHAP. XIX. Applications of the 

 Microscope to Geology. CHAP. XX. Inorganic or Mineral Kingdom Polarization. APPENDIX. 

 Microscope as a means of Diagnosis Injections Microscopes of American Manufacture. 



Those who are acquainted with Dr. Carpenter's 

 previous writings on Animal and Vegetable Physio- 

 logy, will fully understand how vast a store of know- 

 ledge he is able to bring to bear upon so comprehen- 

 sive a subject as the revelations of the microscope ; 

 and even those who have no previous acquaintance 

 with the construction or uses of this instrument, 

 will find abundance of information conveyed in clear 

 and simple language. Med. Times and Gazette. 



Although originally not intended as a strictly 



medical work, the additions by Prof. Smith give it 

 a positive claim upon the profession, for which we 

 doubt not he will receive their sincere thanks. In- 

 deed, we know not where the student of medicine 

 will find such a complete and satisfactory collection 

 of microscopic facts bearing upon physiology and 

 practical medicine as is contained in Prof. Smith's 

 appendix; and this of itself, it seems to us, is fully 

 worth the cost of the volume. Louisville Medical 

 Review, Nov. 1856. 



BY THE SAME AUTHOR. 



ELEMENTS (OR MANUAL) OF PHYSIOLOGY, INCLUDING PHYSIO- 

 LOGICAL ANATOMY. Second American, from a new and revised London edition. With 

 one hundred and ninety illustrations. In one very handsome octavo volume, leather, pn. 566 

 $300. 



In publishing the first edition of this work, its title was altered from that of the London volume, 

 by the substitution of the word " Elements" for that of " Manual," and with the author's sanction 

 the title of " Elements" is still retained as being more expressive of the scope of the treatise. 



To say that it is the best manual of Physiology 

 now before the public, would not do sufficient justice 

 to the author. Buffalo Medical Journal. 



In his former works it would seem that he had 

 exhausted the subject of Physiology. In the present 



lology. ] 



he gives the essence, as it were, of the whole. 

 Journal of Medicine. 



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-N. Y. 



Those who have occasion for an elementary trea- 

 tise on Physiology, cannot do better than to possess 

 themselves of the manual of Dr. Carpenter .Medical 

 Examiner. 



The best and most complete expose" of modern 

 Physiology, in one volume, extant in the English 

 language. St. Louis Medical Journal. 



BY THE SAME AUTHOR. (Preparing.) 



PRINCIPLES OF GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY, INCLUDING ORGANIC 



CHEMISTRY AND HISTOLOGY. With a General Sketch of the Vegetable and Animal 

 Kingdom. In one large and very handsome octavo volume, with several hundred illustrations. 

 The subject of general physiology having been omitted in the last editions of the author's " Com- 

 parative Physiology" and "Human Physiology," he has undertaken to prepare a volume which 

 shall present it more thoroughly and fully than has yet been attempted, and which may be regarded 

 as an introduction to his other works. 



BY THE SAME AUTHOR. 



A PRIZE ESSAY ON THE USE OF ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS IN HEALTH 



AND DISEASE. New edition, with a Preface by D. F. CONDIE, M. D., and explanations ot 

 scientific words. In one neat I2mo. volume, extra cloth, pp. 178. 50 cents. 



