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and, lastly, its treatment. General Pathology comprehends articles on the origin, characters, and 

 nature of disease. 



General Therapeutics includes articles on the several classes of remedies, their modes of ac- 

 tion, and on the methods of their use. The articles devoted to the subject of Hygiene treat of the 

 causes and prevention of disease, of the agencies and laws affecting public health, of the means of 

 preserving the health of the individual, of the construction and management of hospitals, and of 

 the nursing of the sick. 



Lastly, the diseases peculiar to women and children are discussed under their respective head- 

 ings, both in aggregate and in detail. 



Among the leading contributors, whose names at once strike the reader as affording a guaran- 

 tee of the value of their contributions, are the following : 



ALLBUTT, T. CLIFFORD, M. A., M. D. 



BARNES, ROBERT, M. D. 



BASTIAN, H. CHARLTON, M. A., M. D. 



BINZ, CARL, M. D. 



BRISTOWE, J. SYER, M. D. 



BROWN-SEQUARD, C. E., M. D., LL. D. 



BRUNTON, T. LAUDER, M. D., D. Sc. 



FAYRER, Sir JOSEPH, K. C. S. I., M. D., LL. D. 



Fox, TILBURY, M. D. 



GALTON, Captain DOUGLAS, R. E. (retired). 



GOWERS, W. R., M. D. 



WELLS, T. SPENCER. 



GREENFIELD, W. S., M. D. 



JENNER, Sir WILLIAM, Bart., K. C. B., M. D. 



LEGG, J. WICKHAM, M. D. 



NIGHTINGALE, FLORENCE. 



PAGET, Sir JAMES, Bart. 



PARKES, EDMUND A., M. D. 



PAVY, F. W., M.D. 



PLAYFAIR, W. S., M.D. 



SIMON, JOHN, C. B., D. C. L. 



THOMPSON, Sir HENRY. 



WATERS, A. T. H., M. D. 



" Not only is the work a Dictionary of Medicine 

 in its fullest sense ; but it is so encyclopedic in its 

 scope that it may be considered a condensed review 

 of the entire field of practical medicine. Each sub- 

 ject is marked up to date and contains in a nutshell 

 the accumulated experience of the leading medical 

 men of the day. As a volume for ready reference 

 and careful study, it will be found of immense value 

 to the general practitioner and student." Medical 

 Record. 



"The 'Medical Dictionary' of Dr. Quain is 

 something more than its title would at first indicate. 

 It might with equal propriety be called an encyclo- 

 psedla. The different diseases are fully discussed in 

 alphabetical order. The description of each in- 

 cludes an account of its various attributes, often 

 covering- several pages. Although we have pos- 

 sessed the book only the short time since its publica- 

 tion, its loss would leave a void we would not know 

 how to fill." Boston Medical and Surg. Journal. 



" Although a volume of over 1,800 pages, it is 

 truly a multum in parvo, and will be found of 

 much more practical utility than other works which 

 might be named extending over many volumes. 

 The profession of this country are under obligations 

 to you for the republication of the work, and I de- 

 sire to congratulate you on the excellence of the 

 illustrations, together with the excellent typograph- 

 ical execution in all respects." AUSTIN FLINT, 

 M.D. 



"It is with great pleasure, indeed, that we an- 

 nounce the publication in this country, by the Ap- 

 pletons, of this most superb work. Of all the 

 medical works which have been, and which will be, 

 published this year, the most conspicuous one as 

 embodying learning and research the compilation 

 into one great volume, as it were, of the whole sci- 

 ence and art of medicine is the ' Dictionary of 

 Medicine ' of Dr. Quain. Ziemen's ' Practice of 

 Medicine ' and Reynolds's ' System of Medicine ' 

 are distinguished works, forming compilations, in 

 the single department of practice, of the labors of 

 many very eminent physicians, each one in his con- 

 tributions presenting the results of his own observa- 

 tions and experiences, as well as those of the inves- 

 tigations of others. But in the dictionaty of Dr. 

 Quain there are embraced not merely the principles 

 and practice of medicine in the contributions by the 

 various writers of eminence, but general pathology, 

 general therapeutics, hygiene, diseases of women 

 and children, etc." Cincinnati Medical News. 



" Criticism in detail we have not attempted, and 

 this is in the main because there is not much room 



for it. Those who are most competent to pass an 

 opinion will, we believe, admit that Dr. Quain has 

 carried out a most arduous enterprise with great 

 success. His 'Dictionary of Medicine' embodies 

 an enormous amount of information in a most ac- 

 cessible form, and it deserves to take its place in the 

 library of every medical man as a ready guide and 

 safe counselor. Others, too, will find within its 

 pages so much information of various kinds that it 

 can not fail to establish itself as a standard work of 

 reference." St. James's Budget. 



" Therefore we believe that as a whole the work 

 will admirably fulfill its purpose of being a standard 

 book of reference until, like other dictionaries of 

 progressive science, it will require to be remodeled 

 or supplemented to keep pace with advancing 

 knowledge." The Lancet {London). 



"I think ' Quain's Dictionary of Medicine' an 

 excellent work, and of great practical use for every- 

 day reference by the physician." ALEXANDER J. C. 

 SKENE, M. D., Professor of the Medical and Surgi- 

 cal Diseases of Women, Long Island College Hos- 

 pital, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



" I regard ' Quain's Dictionary of Medicine' the 

 most important, because most useful, publication of 

 its kind issued from the medical press for many a 

 year. In fact, I know of no similar work that can 

 fitly be compared with it. The extraordinary facili- 

 ties Dr. Quain possesses, in the choice of distin- 

 guished collaborators, have been applied to the con- 

 struction of a volume whose contents are ' so clear 

 and compact, yet so full, that the hungriest seeker 

 after the latest results of strictly medical research 

 can be satisfied at one sitting." ALEXANDER 

 HUTCHINS, M. D. 



" In this important work the editor has endeav- 

 ored to combine two features or purposes : in the 

 first place, to offer a dictionary of the technical 

 words used in medicine and the collateral sciences, 

 and also to present a treatise on systematic medi- 

 cine, in which the separate articles on diseases 

 should be short monographs by eminent specialists 

 in the several branches of medical and surgical sci- 

 ence. Especially for the latter purpose, he secured 

 the aid of such well-known gentlemen as Charles 

 Murchison, John Rose Cormack, Tilbury Fox, 

 Thomas Hayden, William Aitken, Charlton Bas- 

 tian, Brown-Sequard, Sir William Jenner, Eras- 

 mus Wilson, and a host of others. By their aid he 

 may fairly be said to have attained his object of 

 ' bringing together the latest and most complete in- 

 formation, in a form which would allow of ready 

 and easy reference.' " Med. and Surg. Reporter. 



