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BLANCHARl) & LEA'S MEDICAL 



DUNGLISON (ROBLEY), M.D., 



ProfesBOT of Institutes of Medicine in the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. 



NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION. 



MEDICAL LEXICON; a Dictionary of Medical Science, containing a concise 



Explanation of the various Subjects and Terms of Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, Hygiene, 

 Therapeutics, Pharmacology, Pharmacy, Surgery, Obstetrics, Medica! Jurisprudence, Dentistry, 

 &:c. Notices of Climate and of Mineral Waters; Formulae for Officinal, Empirical, and Dietetic 

 Preparations, &c. With French and other Synonymes. Prevised and very greatly enlarged. 

 In one very large and handsome octavo volume, of 992 doubte-columned pages, in small type ; 

 strongly bound in leather, with raised bands. Price $4 00. 



Especial care has been devoted in the preparation of this edition to render it in every respect 

 worthy a continuance of the very remarkable favor which it has hitherto enjoyed. The rapid 

 sale of Fifteen larg-e editions, and the constantly incrfa-ing demand, show that it is regarded by 

 the profession as the standard authority. Stimulated by this fact, the aulhor has endeavored in the 

 present revision to introduce whatever might be neee>sary " to make it a satisfactory and desira- 

 ble — if not indispensable — lexicon, in whit^-h the student may search without disappointment for 

 every term that has been legitimated in the nomenclature of the science." To accomplish this, 

 large additions have been found requisite, and the extent of the author's labors may be et^timated 

 from the fact that about Six Thousand subjects and terms have been introduced throughout, ren- 

 dering the whole number of definitions about Sixty Thousand, to accommodate which, the num- 

 ber of pages has been increased by nearly a hundred, notwiihstandmg an enlargement in the size 

 of the paffe. The medical press, both in this country and in England, has pronounced the work in- 

 dispensable to all medical students and practitioners, and the present improved edition will not lose 

 that enviable reputation. 



The publishers have endeavored to render the mechanical execution worthy of a volume of such 

 universal use in daily reference. The greatest care has been exercised to obtain the lyposraphical 

 accuracy so necessary in a work of the kind. By the small but exceedingly clear type employed, 

 an immense amount of matter is condensed in its thousand ample pages, while the binding will be 

 found strong and durable. With all these improvements and enlargements, the price has been, kept 

 at the former very moderate rate, placmg it within the reach of all. 



This work, the appearance of the fifteenth edition 

 of which, it has become our duty and pleasure to 

 announce, is perhaps the most stupendous m<inumerit 

 of labor and erudition in medical literature. One 

 would hariiiy suppose after constant use of the pre- 

 ceSin^ edihons, where we have never failed to find 

 a sufficiently full explanation of everj medical term, 

 that in this edition '■^ about six thousand subjects 

 and terms have been adrJed^^^ with a careful revision 

 and correction of the entire work. It is only neces- 

 sary to announce the advent of this edition to make 

 it occupy the place of the preceding one on the table 

 of cverv mcdiciil man, as it is wiih out doubt the best 

 and iiio.st comprehensive work of the kind which has 

 ever appeared. — Buffalo Med.Journ., Jan. l&5y. 



The work is a monument of patient research, 

 skilful judp;ment, and vast physical labor, that will 

 perpetuate the name of the author mi>re effectually 

 than any possible device of sione or metal. Dr. 

 X)ung^lisiin deserves the thanks not only of the Ame- 

 rican profession, but of the whole medical world. — 

 North Am. Medico-Chir. Revitw^ Jan. IS.^S. 



A Medical Dictionary better adapted for the wants 

 of the profession than any other with which we are 

 acquainted, and of a character which places it far 

 above comparison and competition. — Am. Journ. 

 Med. SritnceSf Jan. 1858. 



We need only say, that the addition of 6,000 new 

 terms, with their accompanying definitions, may be 

 Buid to constitute a new work, by itself. We have 

 exammed the Dictionary attentively, and are most 

 happy to pronounce it unrivalled of its kind. The 

 erudition displayeil, and the extraordiniiry industry 

 whi'-h must have !)'■(■« demanded, in its preparaimn 

 and perfection, redound to the histing credit of its 

 author, and have furnished ua with a volume indis- 

 pp.nsable at tlic present day, to all who would find 

 themselves au nivtau with the hig;hest standards of 

 medical information. — Bost07i Medical and Surgical 

 Journal, Dtc. Si ^ IJ^.OV. 



Good lexicons and encyclopedic works generally, 

 are the most labor-saving contrivances which lite- 

 rary men enjoy ; and the labor which is required to 

 produce them in the perfect manner of this example 

 18 something appalling to contemplate. The author 



tells us in his preface that he has added about six 

 thousand terms and subjects to this edition, which, 

 before, was considered universally as the best work 

 of the kind in any language. — Silliman's Journal, 

 March, J:r5.9. 



He has razed his gigantic structure to the founda- 

 tions, and remodelled and reconstructed the entire 

 pile. No less than six thousand additional subjects 

 and terms are illustrated and analyzed in this new 

 edition, stvelling the grand aggregate to beyond 

 sixty thousand ! Thus is placed" before the profes- 

 Bi(m a complete and thorough exponent of medical 

 terminolugy, without rival or possibility of rivalry. 

 — Nashville Journ. of Med. and Surg., Jan. 1858. 



It is universally acknowledged, w^e believe, that 

 this work is incomparably the best and most com- 

 plete Medical Lexicon in the English language. 

 TJie amount of labor which the distinguished author 

 has bestowed upon it ia truly wonderful, and the 

 le.iining and research displayed in its preparation 

 are equally remarkable Comment and commenda- 

 tion are unnecessary, as no one at the present day 

 thinks of purchasing any other Medical Dictionary 

 than this. — St. Louis Med. and Sure. Journ., Jan. 

 1858. ' 



It is the foundation stone of a good medical libra- 

 ry, and should always be included in the first list of 

 books purchased by the medical student.— -4ot. Med. 

 Monthly, Jan. 1858. 



A very perfect work of the kind, undoubtedly the 

 most perfect in the English language.— iV/cd. and 

 Surg, h^porter, Jan lyjS. 



It is now emphatically the Medical Dictionary of 

 the English language, and for it there is no substi- 

 tute.— iV. H Med. Journ. J Jan. 1858. 



It is scarcely necessary to remark that any medi- 

 cal library wanting a copy of Dunsrlison's Lexicon 

 must be i'nperfect — Cui Lancet, Jan. 1858. 



We h:ive ever considered it the best authority pub- 

 lished, and the present edition we may safely say has 

 no equul in the world. — Peninsular Med. Journal. 

 Jan. 1858. 



The most complete authority on the subject to b« 

 found in any language — Fa. itfed. Journal., Feb. '58. 



BY THE SAME AUTHOR. 



THE PKACTICE OF MEDICINE. A Treatise on Special Pathology and The- 

 rapeutics. Third Edition. In two largo octavo volumes, leather, of 1,500 pages. $6 35. 



