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APPLETONS' 

 MEDICAL DICTIONARY. 



A NEW ILLUSTRATED MEDICAL DICTIONARY. 



An Illustrated Dictionary of Medicine and Allied Subjects in 

 which are given the derivation, accentuation, and definition of terms 

 used throughout the entire field of medical science. 



Edited by Frank P. Foster, M.D. 



Numerous Illustrations. One volume, half leather, $10.00; 

 thumb indexed, $11.00. 



" This volume is large, very large, nearly two thousand pages, but it is a single volume, 

 and so its size can be forgiven. As a dictionary the work has many excellencies. The pro- 

 nunciation is, as a rule, indicated only by accenting the title words, the derivations are given 

 briefly, and the French and German equivalents, and often the Greek, are inserted when they 

 differ materially from the English. In regard to orthography, we are glad to see that Dr. 

 Foster does not favor what he calls the fad of substituting the termination 'ic' for 'ical,' dis- 

 pensing with the final 'e' in such terminations as 'ine' and 'ide,' and suppressing diphthongs. 

 The deiinitions are clear and concise and, so far as we have been able to discover, accurate. 

 In fine, the only serious criticism of the work is its size, which might have been reduced by a 

 careful pruning and rejection of obsolete words ; but this counts for little in view of the con- 

 venience of arrangement, the accuracy of definition, the completeness, and the beauty of 

 typography and binding." — New York Medical Record, September 24, 1904. 



" We see few dictionaries without errors or omissions ; in this book we have found none." 

 — The Medical World, Philadelphia, Fa., November, 1904. 



*' Probably the most complete and most exhaustive medical dictionary in existence. We 

 have tried in vain to think of a word which might be absent in this ponderous volume of 

 2,000 pages. Everything relating to medicine, pharmacy, chemistry, botany, etc., is there 

 and is explained clearly, concisely, and reliably." 



— New York Critic and Guide, October, 1504. 



" It is accurate and up to date in most respects. . . . The work shows the result of careful 

 revision, as the most recent words are to be found in it." 



— The Journal of the American Medical Association, Chicago, Til., December 17, 1904. 



" This volume before us, of nearly 2,000 pages, seems more of a dictionary and less of an 

 illustrated cyclopedia than almost any other upon the market. It represents conservatism 

 in lexicography, and is prepared on strict lexicological lines. . . . The definitions are excel- 

 lent and can be heartily praised." 



— yohns Hopkins Hospital Bulletin, Baltimore, Md., January, 1905. 



''We have looked over the volume carefully, and have sought for definitions of newer 

 subjects with interest, and in each instance we have not been disappointed. A number of 

 colored plates, as well as ordinary black-and-white illustrations, are employed to illustrate 

 the text. The plate upon malarial fever is an excellent one, and is far better executed than 

 most plates of this character ; indeed, it is the best that we have seen since the publication 

 of Thayer and Hewetson's plates some years ago. 



"Although the number of medical dictionaries on the market to-day is very great, there 

 is always room for an A No. i book, and those that are already in existence will have to . 

 look to their laurels if they do not wish to be pushed aside by this very notable addition to 

 medical lexicography."— Z^^ Therapeutic Gazette. 



" I find it a handy, comprehensive, and scholarly work. I have tested it by looking for 

 useful terms recently introduced and thus far have not looked in vain, finding in each instance 

 a succinct, clear, and accurate definition."— .So/omoM Solis-Cohen, M.D. 



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