AND SXilENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS. 



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



Examiner in Phyeiology and Comparative Anatomy in tlie University of London. 



THE MICROSCOPE AND ITS REVELATIONS. With an Appendix con- 



taming the Applications of the Microscope to Clinical Medicine, &e. 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 hiis 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 hisownmind " 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- 

 pists 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. 



Those who are acquainted with Dr. Carpenter's 



firevious writings on Animal and Vegetable Physio- 

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

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

 Bive a subject as the revelations of the microscope ; 

 and even those who have no previoua acquaintance 

 with the constractinn 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 g^ive 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, bmith's 

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

 worth the cost of the volume. — Louisville Medical 

 Review. 



BY THE SAME AUTHOR. 



ELEMENTS (OR MANUAL) OF PHYSIOLOGY, INCLUDING PHYSIO- 



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



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



$3 00. 



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 w^orks it would seem that he had 

 exhausted the subjectof Physiology. In tTle present, 

 hegive8theessence,asit were, of the whole. — N. Y. 

 Journal o/ Medicine. 



Those who have occasion for an elementary trea- 

 tise on Physiology, cannot do better than to possesa 

 themselves of the manual of Dr. Carpenter. — Medical 

 Examiner. 



The best and most complete expos^ of modern 

 Physiology, in one volume, extant in the English 

 language. — St. Louis Medical Journal. 



BY THE SAME AUTHOR. 



PRINCIPLES OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY. New American, from 



the Fourth and Revised London edition. In one large and handsome octavo volume, with over 

 three hundred beautiful illustrations, pp. 752. Extra cloth, $4 80 ; leather, raised bands, $5 25. 



This book should not only be read but thoroughly 

 studied by every member of the profession. None 

 are too wise or old, to be benefited thereby. But 

 especially to the younger class would we cordially 

 commend it as best fitted of any work in the English 

 language to qualify them for the reception and coin- 

 prehensitm of those truths which are daily being de- 

 veloped in physiology. — Medical Counsellor. 



Without pretending to it, it is an encyclopedia of 

 the subject, accurate and complete in all respects — 

 a truthful reflection of the advanced state at which 

 the science has now arrived. — Dublin Quarterly 

 Journal of Medical Science. 



A traly magnificent work — in itself a perfect phy- 

 ■iological study, — Ranking^s Abstract. 



This work stands without its fellow. It is one 

 few men in Europe could have undertaken; it is one 



no man, we believe, could have brought to so suc- 

 cessful an issue as Dr. Carpenter, ft required for 

 its production a physiologist at once deeply read in 

 the labors of others, capable of taking a general, 

 critical, and unprejudiced view of those labors, ano 

 of combining the varied, heterogeneous materials at 

 his disposal, so as to form an harmonious whole. 

 We feel that this abstract can give the reader a very 

 imperfect idea of the fulness of this work^ and no 

 idea of its unity, of the admirable manner m which 

 material has been brought, from the most various 

 sources, to conduce to its completeness, of the lucid- 

 ity of the reasoning it contains, or of the cleamesB 

 of language in which the whole is clo thed. Not the 

 profession only, but the scientific world at large, 

 must feel deeply indebted to Dr. Carpenter for thia 

 great work. It must, indeed, add largely even to 

 his high reputation. — Medical Times. 



BY THE SAME AUTHOR. {Preparing.) 



PRINCIPLES OF GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY, INCLUDING ORGANIC 



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

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



BY THE SAME ATITHOE. 



A PRIZE ESSAY ON THE USE OP ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS IN HEALTH 



AND DISEASE. New edition, with a Preface by D. F. Condie, M. D., and explanations of 

 scientific words. In one neat 12mo. volume, extra cloth, pp. 178. 50 cents. 



