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



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



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



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



volume, leather, of seven hundred and fifty-two large pages. $3 75. 



The rapid demand for another edition of this work is a sufficient expression of the favorable 

 verdict of the profession. In thus preparing it a third time for the press, the author has endeavored 

 to render it in every respect worthy of the favor which it has received. To accomplish this he 

 has thoroughly revised it in every part. Some portions have been rewritten, others added, new 

 illustrations have been in many instances substituted for such a* were not deemed satisfactory, 

 while, by an alteration in the typographical arrangement, the size of the work has not been increased, 

 and the price remains unaltered. In its present improved form, it is, therefore, hoped that the work 

 will continue to meet the wants of the American profession as a sound, practical, and extended 

 SYSTEM OF MIDWIFERY. 



Though the work has received only five pages of 

 enlargement, its chapters throughout wear the im- 

 press of careful revision. Expunging and rewriting, 

 remodelling its sentences, with occasional new ma- 

 terial, all evince a lively desire that it shall deserve 

 to be regarded as improved in manner as well as 

 matter. In the matter, every stroke of the pen has 

 increased the value of the book, both in expungings 



and additions Western Lancet, Jan. 1857. 



BY THE SAME AUTHOR. 



The best American work on Midwifery that is 

 accessible to the student and practitioner N. W. 

 Med. and Surg. Journal, Jan. 1857. 



This is a standard work by a great American Ob- 

 stetrician. It is the third and last edition, and, in 

 the lar.guage of the preface, the author has "brought 

 the subject up to the latest dates of real improve- 

 ment in our art and Science." Nashville Jour*, of 



Med. and Surg., May, 1857. 

 (Now Ready, June, 1859.) 



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



tures to his Class. Fourth and Improved edition. In one large and beautifully printed octavo 



volume, leather, of over 700 pages. $3 60. 



The gratify ing appreciation of his labors, as evinced by the exhaustion of three large impressions 

 of this work has not been lost upon the author, who has endeavored in every way to render it 

 worthy of the favor with which it has been received. The opportunity thus afforded for another 

 revision has been improved, and the work is now presented as in every way superior to its pre- 

 decessors, additions and alterations having been made whenever the advance ot science has ren- 

 dered them desirable. The typographical execution of the work will also be found to have under- 

 gone a similar improvement, and the volume, it is hoped, will be found in all respects worthy to 

 maintain its position as the standard American text-book on the Diseases of Females. 



A few notices of the previous editions are appended. 



In other respects, in our estimation, too much can- 

 not be said in praise of this work. It abounds with 

 beautiful passages, and for conciseness, for origin- 

 ality, and for all that is commendable in a work on 

 the diseases of females, it is not excelled, and pro- 

 bibly not equalled in the English language. On the 

 whole, we know of no worK on the diseases of wo- 

 men which we can so cordially commend to the 

 student tnd practitioner as the one before us. Ohio 

 Med. and Surg. Journal. 



The body of the book is worthy of attentive con- 

 sideration, and is evidently the production of a 

 clever, thoughtful, and sagacious physician. Dr. 

 Meigs's letters on the diseases of the external or- 

 gans, contain many interesting and rare cases, and 

 many instructive observations. We take our leaVe 

 of Dr. Meigs, with a high opinion of his talents and 

 originality. The British and Foreign Medico-Chi- 

 rurgical Review, 



Every chapter is replete with practical instruc- 

 tion, and bears the impress of being the composition 

 of an acute and experienced mind. There is a terse- 

 ness, and at the same tune an accuracy in his de- 

 scription of symptoms, and in the rules for diagnosis, 

 which cannot fail to recommend the volame to the 

 attention of the reader. Ranking's Abstract. 



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. 

 lin Quarterly Journal. 



Dub- 



Full of important matter, conveyed in a ready and 

 agreeaole manner. St. Louis Med. and Surg. Jour. 



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

 aeartedness infecting the effjrt 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. Tkt 

 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. N. Y. Med. Gazettt. 



BY THE SAME AUTHOR. 



ON THE NATURE, SIGNS, AND TREATMENT OF CHILDBED 



FEVER. In a Series of Letters addressed to the Students of his Class. In one handsome 



octavo volume, extra cloth, of 365 pages. $2 50. 



The instructive and interesting author of this us. It is a delectable book. * * # This treatise 



work, whose previous labors in the department of 

 medicine which he so sedulously cultivates, have 

 placed his countrymen under deep and abiding obli- 

 gations, again challenges their admiration in the 

 fresh and vigorous, attractive and racy pages before 



upon child-bed fevers will have an extensive sale, 

 being destined, as it deserves, to find a place in the 

 library of every practitioner who scorns to lag in the 

 rear. Nashville Journal of Medicine and Surgery. 



BY THE SAME AUTHOR ; WITH COLORED PLATES. 



A TREATISE ON ACUTE AND CHRONIC DISEASES 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, extra cloth. $4 50. 



