BLANCHARD Sc LEA'S MEDICAL 



BARWELL (RICHARD,) F- R. C. S., 



Assistant Surgeon Charing Cross Hospital, &c. 



A TREATISE ON DISEASES OF THE JQINTS, Illustrated with engrav- 



ingrs on wood. la one veiy handsome octavo volume, of about 500 pages, extra cloth; $3 00. 



(JVow Ready.) 



"A treatise on Diseases of the Joints equal to, or rather beyond the current knowledge of the 

 day, has long been required— my professional brethren must judge whether the ensuing pages may 

 supply the deficiency No author is fit lo estimate his own work at the moment o( ili; completion, 

 but it mavbe permitted me to say that the study of joint diseases has very much occupied my atten- 

 tion, even from my studentship, and that for the last six or eight years my devotion to that subject 



has been almost unremitting The real weight of my work has been at the bedside, 



and the greatest labor devoted to interpreting symptoms and remedying their cause."— Atjthor s 

 Preface. 



At the outset we may state that the work is 

 worthy of much praise, and bears evidence of much 

 thoughtful and careful inquiry, and here and there 

 i»i' no slight originality. We have already earned 

 this notice further than we intended to do, but nut 

 to the extent the work deserves. "We can only add, 

 that the perusal of ithas afforded us great pleasure. 

 The author has evidently worked very hard at his 

 subject, and his investigations into the Physiology 

 and Pathology of Joints have been carried on in a 

 manner whicli entitles him to be listened to with 

 attention and respect. We must not omit to men- 

 tion tlie very admirable plates with which the vo- 

 lume is enriehetl. We seldom meet with such strik- 

 ing and faithful delineations of disease. — London 

 Med. Times and Gazette^ Feb. 9, 1861. 



We cannot take leave, however, of Mr. Barwell, 

 without congratulating him on the interesting 

 amount of information which he has compresBed 

 into his book. The work appears to us catuulated 



to be of much use to the practising surgeon who 

 may be in want uf a treatise on diseases of the joints, 

 and at the same time i»oe which contains the latest 

 information on artisular afTeetions and the opera- 

 tions for cheir cure.— Dublin Med. Press, Feb. 27, 

 J 861. 



This volume will be %veIcomed, both by the pa- 

 thologist and the surgeou, as being the record of 

 mucii lionesc research and careful in yestigation into 

 the nature and treatment of a most important class 

 of disorders. We cannot conclude this notjce of a 

 valuable and U3tful book without calling attention 

 to tlie amount of bontifi'ie work it contame. la the 

 presentday of uniirersul Dook-making.it is no slight 

 matter for a volume to show laborious investiga- 

 tion, and at the same time original thought, on the 

 part of its aui-hor, whom v e niav congratulate on 

 tne successlul completion of his arduous task. — 

 Londoji Lancet, March 9, lfc61. 



CARPENTER (WILLIAM B J, M. D., F. R. S., Stc, 



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



PRINCIPLES OP 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 oi 

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

 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 

 the 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 supj^y 

 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. 



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 

 m 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 theautlior him- 

 self), is theresult of such extensive revision, that it 

 may almost be considered a new work. We need 

 hardly say, in concluding thisbrief notice, thatwhile 

 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. 

 Ithas 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 

 Lancet. 



The most complete exposition of physiology which 

 any language can at present give. — Bfit. and For. 

 Med.-Chirurg. Review. 



The greatest, the most reliably, and the best book 

 on the subject which we know of in the English 

 language. — Stethoscop4. 



To eulogize this great work would be superfiuoae. 

 We should observe, however, that in this edition 

 the author has remodelled a large portion of the 

 former, and the editor has added mucn 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 S-urg. Journal. 



The most complete work on the science in oar 

 language. — Am. Med. Journal. 



The most complete work now extant in our lan- 

 guage. — ;V. O. ATrirf. Register. 



The best text-book in the language on this ex- 

 tensive subject. — London Med. Times. 



A complete cyclopaedia of this branch of science. 

 — iV. y. Med. Times. 



The profefsion of this country, and perhaps also 

 of Europe, have a ixiously and for some time awaited 

 the unnouncemeuL uf tins 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 hiis been unsurpassed by 

 any work in any department of medical science. 



It is quite unneeesBiiry for us to speak of this 

 work as its merits would justify. The mere an- 

 nouncement of itsappeurance will afford the highest 

 pleasure to every student of PliysioUtgy, while its 

 perusal will be 4)f infinite service in advancing 

 physiological science. — Ohio Med . and Surg. Jonru . 



