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TAYLOR (ALFRED S.), M. D., F. R. S., 



Lecturer on Medical Jurisprudence and Chemistry in Guy's Hospital. 



MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE. Fourth American Edition. With Notes and 



References to A merican Decisions, by EDWARD HARTSHORNE, M. D. In one large octavo volume, 



leather, of over seven hundred pages. &3 00. 



This standard work has lately received a very thorough revision at the hands of the author, who 

 has introduced whatever was necessary to render it complete and satisfactory in carrying out the 

 objects iu view. Tne editor has likewise used every exertion to make it equally thorough with 

 regard to all matters relating to the practice of this country. In doing this, he has carefully ex- 

 amined all that has appeared on the subject since the publication of the last edition, and has incorpo- 

 rated all the new information thus presented. The work has thus been considerably increased in 

 size, notwithstanding which, it has been kept at its former very moderate price, and in every respect 

 it will be found worthy of a continuance of the remarkable favor which has carried it through so 

 many editions on both sides of the Atlantic. A few notices of the former editions are appended. 



We know of no work on Medical Jurisprudence we do not hesitate to affirm that after having once 

 which contains in the same space anything like the commenced its perusal, few could be prevailed upon 



same amount of valuable matter. N. Y. Journal of 

 Medicine. 



No work upon the subject can be put into the 

 hands of students either of law or medicine which 

 will engage them more closely or profitably; and 

 none could be offered to the busy practitioner of 

 either calling, for the purpose of casual or hasty 

 reference, that would be more likely to afford the aid 

 desired. We therefore recommend it as the best and 

 safest manual for daily use. American Journal of 

 Medical Sciences. 



This work of Dr. Taylor's is generally acknow- 



perusal, few could be prevailed up< 

 to desist before completing it. In the last London 

 edition, all the newly observed and accurately re- 

 corded facts have been inserted, including much that 

 is recent of Chemical, Microscopical, and Patholo- 

 gical research, besides papers on numerous subjects 

 never before published.-CAarJesion Medical Journal 

 and Review. 



It is not excess of praise to say that the volume 

 before us is the very best treatise extant on Medical 

 Jurisprudence. In saying this, we do not wish to 

 be understood as detracting from the merits of the 

 excellent works of Beck, Ryan, Trail!, Guy, and 

 others; but in interest and value we think it must 

 be conceded that Taylor Is superior to anything that 

 has preceded it. N. W. Medical and Surg. Journal. 



is generally a< 



ledged to be one of the ablest extant on the subject 

 of medical jurisprudence. It is certainly one of the 

 most attractive books that we have met with; sup- 

 plying so much both to interest and instruct, that 



BY THE SAME AUTHOR. (New Edition, now ready. ,) 



ON POISONS, IN RELATION TO MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE AND 



MEDICLNE. Second American, from a second and revised London edition. In one large 



octavo volume, of 755 pages, leather. $3 50. 



The length of time which has elapsed since the first appearance of this work, has wrought so 

 great a change in the subject, as to require a very thorougti revision to adapt the volume to the 

 present wants of the profession. The rapid advance of Chemistry has introduced into u-e many 

 new substances which may become fatal through accident, carelessness, or design while at the 

 same time it has likewise designated new and more exact modes of counteracting or detecting those 

 previously treated of. Mr. Taylor's position as the leading medical jurist of England, has during 

 this period conferred on him extraordinary advantages in acquiring experience in all that relates to 

 this department, nearly all cases of moment being referred to him for examination, as an expert 

 whose testimony is generally accepted as final. The results of his labors, therefore, as gathered 

 together in this volume, carefully weighed and sifted, and presented in the clear and intelligible 

 style for which he is noted, may be received as an acknowledged authority, and as a guide to be 

 followed with implicit confidence. 



In his Preface the author says: 



"My space has been limited, and I have endeavored to fill it with materials which maybe of 

 profit to the practitioners of law and medicine, for whose especial use this volume is intended. 

 Under this view the plan of the former edition has been entirely changed. Many chapters have 

 been struck out, and an equal number of new chapters introduced. The requirements of a period 

 dating no longer ago than ten years are different from those of the present day, and it is the duty 

 of an author, so far as it may be in his power and consistent with the scope of his labors, to fulfil 

 these requirements by an entire remodelling of his subject." 



WILLIAMS (C. J. B.), M.D., F. R. S., 



Professor of Clinical Medicine in University College, London, &c. 



PRINCIPLES OF MEDICINE. An Eleraentaiy View of the Causes, Nature, 

 Treatment, Diagnosis, and Prognosis of Disease ; with brief remarks on Hygienics, or the pre- 

 servation of health. A new American, from the third and revised London edition. In one octavo 

 volume, leather, of about 500 pages. $2 50. (Just Issued.) 



The very recent and thorough revision which this work has enjoyed at the hands of the author 

 has brought it so completely up to the present state of the subject that in reproducing it no addiiions 

 have been found necessary. The success which the work has heretofore met shows that its im- 

 portance has been appreciated, and in its present form it will be found eminently worthy a continu- 

 ance of the same favor, possessing as it does the strongest claims to the attention of the medical 

 student and practitioner, from the admirable manner in which the various inquiries in the different 

 branches of pathology are investigated, combined and generalized by an experienced practical phy- 

 sician, and directly applied to the investigation and treatment of disease. 



We find that the deeply- interesting matter and 

 style of this book have so far fascinated us, that we 

 have unconsciously hung upon its pages, not too 

 long, indeed, for our own profit, but longer than re- 

 viewers can be permitted to indulge. We leave the 

 further analysis to the student and practitioner. Our 

 judgment of the work has already been sufficiently 

 expressed. It is a judgment of almost unqualified 

 praise. The work is not of a controversial, but of 

 a didactic character; and as such we hail it, and 



recommend it for a text-book, guide, and constant 

 companion to every practitioner and every student 

 who wishes to extricate himself from the well-worn 

 ruts of empiricism, and to base his practice of medi- 

 cine upon principles. London Lancet. 



A text-book to which no other in our language is 

 comparable. Charleston Medical Journal. 



No work has ever achieved or maintained a more 

 deserved reputation. Va. Med. and Surg. Journal. 



