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GROSS (SAMUEL D.), M. D., 



Professor of Surgery in the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, &o. 



A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE DISEASES, INJURIES, AND 



MALFORMATIONS OF THE URINARY BLADDER, THE PROSTATE GLAND, AND 

 THE URETHRA. Second Edition, revised and much enlarged, wilk one hundred and eighty- 

 four illustrations. In one large and very handsome octavo volume, of over nine hundred pages. 

 In leather, raised b&nds, S5 25; extra cloth, $4 75. 



PhiloBnphical in its deaign, methodical in its ar- 

 rangement, ample and sound in its practical details, 

 it may in trutli be said to leave scarcely anything to 

 be desired on so important a Bubject. — Boston Med. 

 and Surg Journal. 



Whoever will peruse the vast amount of valuable 

 practical information it contains, will, we think, 



agree w^ith wa, that there is no work in the English 

 language which can make any just pretensions to 

 be its equal. — N. Y.. Journal o_f Medicine. 



A volume replete with truths and principles of the 

 atmost value in the investigation of these diseases.— 

 A.merican MedicalJoumal , 



GRAY (HENRY), F, R. S,, 



Lecturer on Anatomy at St. Ueorge's Hospital, London, &n. 



ANATOMY, DESCRIPTIVE AND SURGICAL. The Drawings by H. V. 



Carter, M. b.,late Demonstrator on Anatomy at St. George's Hospital ; the Dissections jointly 

 by the Atjthor and Dr. Carter. Second American, from the second revised and improved 

 London edition. In one magnificent imperial octavo volume, of over 8O0 pages, wiih 388 large 

 and elaborate engravings on wood. Price in extra cloth, $6 25; leather, raised bands, $7 00. 

 [Now Readtj^ 1862.) 



The speedy exhaustion of a large edition of thi^ work fs sufficient evidence that its plan and exe- 

 cution have been found to present superior praoiieal advantages in facili^aIilla: the study of Anato- 

 my. In presenting it to the profession a senond lime, the author has availed himself of the oppor- 

 tunity to supply any deficiencies which experience in its use had shown to exist, and to correct 

 any errors of da'aii, 1o which the first edi'ion of a scientific work on so extensive and complicated 

 a science is liable. These improvements have resulted in some increase in the size of the volume, 

 while iwenty-six new wood-cut^ have been added to the beautiful series of illn-tralions which 

 form so distinctive a feature of the work. The American edition has been passed through the press 

 under the supervision of a competent professional man, who has taken every care to render it in 

 all re-pects accurate, and it is now presented, without any increase of price, as fitted to maiutaia 

 and extend the popularity which it has everywhere acquired 



With little trouble, the busy practitioner whose 

 knowledge of anatomy may have become obscured by 



want of practice, may now resuscitate his former 

 anatomical lore, and be ready for any emergency. 

 It is to this class of individuals, and not to the stu- 

 dent alone, that this work will ultimately tend to 

 beof most incalisulable advantage, and we feel sat- 

 isfied that the library of the medical man will soon 

 be considered incomplete in which a copy of this 

 work does mtt exist.— Madras Quarterly Journal 

 of Med. Science, July, 1861. 



This edition is much improved and enlarged, and 

 contains several new illustrations by Dr. VVestma- 

 cott. The volume is a complete companion to the 

 dissecting-room, and saves the necessity of the stu 

 dent possessing a variety of " Manuals." — The Lon- 

 don Lancet, Feb. 9, 1861. 



The work before us is one entitled to the highest 

 praise, nnd we accordingly w^elcome it as a valu- 

 able addition to medical literature. Intermediate 

 in fulness of detail between the treatises of Siar 

 pey and of Wilson, its characteristic merit lies in 

 the number and excellence of the engravings it 

 contains. Most of these are original, of much 

 larger than ordinary size, and admirably executed. 

 The various parts are also lettered after the plan 

 adopted in Holden's Osteology. It would be diffi- 

 cult to over-estimate the advantages offered by this 

 mode of pictorial illusiration. Bones, ligaments, 

 muscles, bloodvessels, and nerves are each in turn 

 figured, and marked with their appropriate namesj 

 thus enabling the student to comprehend, at a glance, 

 what would otherwise often be ignored, or at any 

 rate, acquired only by prolonged and irksome ap- 

 plication. In conclusion, we heartily commend the 

 work of Mr. Gray to the attention of the medical 

 profession, feeling certain that it should be regarded 

 as one of the most valuable contributions ever made 

 to educational literature — N, Y. Monthly Review. 

 Dec. 1859. 



In this view, we regard the work of Mr. Gray as 

 far better adapted to the wants of the profession, 

 and especially of the student, than any treatise on 

 anatomy yet published in this country. It is destined, 

 we believe, to supersede ill others, both as a manual 

 of dissections, and a standard of reference to the 

 student of general or relative anatomy. — N. Y. 

 Journal of Medicine, Nov. 1859. 



FortKis truly admirable work the profession is 

 indebted to the distinguished author of "Gray on 

 the Spleen." The vacancy it fills has been long felt 



to exiRt in this country. Mr. Gray writes through- 

 out with both branches of his subject in view. His 

 description of each particular part is followed by a 

 notice of its relations to the parts with which it is 

 connected, and this, too, sufficiently ample for all 

 the purposes of the operative surgeon. After de- 

 scribing the bones and muscles, he gives a concise 

 statement of the fractures to which the bones of 

 the extremities are most liable, together with the 

 amount and direction of the displacement to which 

 the frjigments are subjected by muscular action. 

 The section on arteries is remarkably full and ac- 

 curate. Not only is the surgical anatomy given to 

 every important vessel, w^ith directions for its liga- 

 tion, but at the end of the description of each arte- 

 rial trunk we have a useful summary of the irregu- 

 larities which may occur in its origin, course, and 

 termination — N. A. Med. Ckir. Review, Mar. 1859, 



Mr. Gray's book, in excellency of arrangement 

 and completeness of execution, exceeds any work 

 on anatomy hitherto published in the English lan- 

 guage, affording a complete view of the structure of 

 the human body, with especial reference to practical 

 surgery. Thus the volume constitutes a perfect book 

 of reference for the practitioner, demanding a place 

 in even the most limited library of the physician or 

 surgeon, and a work of necf ssity for the student to 

 fix in his mind what he has learned by the dissecting 

 knife from the book of nature. — The Dublin Quar- 

 terly Journal of Med. Sciences, Nov. 1858. 



In our judgment, the mode of illustration adopted 

 in the present volume cannot but present many ad- 

 vantages to the studentof anatomy. To the zealous 

 disciple of Vesalius, earnestly desirous of real im- 

 provement, the book will certainly be of immense 

 value; but, at the same time, we must also confess 

 that to those simply desirous of "cramming" it 

 will be an undoubted godsend. The peculiar value 

 of Mr. Gray's mode of illustration is nowhere more 

 markedly evident than in the chapter on osteology, 

 and especially in those portions which treat of the 

 bones of the head and of thsir development. The 

 study of these parts is thus made one of comparative 

 en 80, if not of positive pleasure; and those bugbeara 

 of the student, the temporal and sphenoid bones, are 

 shorn of half their terrors. It is, in our estimation, 

 an admirable and complete text-book for the student, 

 and a useful work of reference for the practitioner; 

 its pictorial character forming a novel element, to 

 which we have already sufficiently alluded. — Am. 

 Journ. Med. Sci.y July, 1359. 



