24 LEA & BLANCHARD'S PUBLICATIONS.— (Disease* of Women and Children.) 



NEW AND IMPROVED EDITION.-Now Ready. (1850.) 

 CHURCHILL, OW FEMALES. 



THE DISEASES OF FEMALES, 

 INCLUDING THOSE OF PREGNANCY AND CHILDBED. 



BY FLEETWOOD CHURCHILL, M. D., M. R. I. A., 



Author of " Theory and Practice of Midwifery," " Diseases of Females," &c. 



A New American Edition (The Fifth), Revised by the Author. 

 With the Notes of ROBERT M. HUSTON, M. D. 

 In one large and handsome octavo volume of 632 pages, with wood-cuts. 



PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION. 



The object of the following work was to combine the valuable information scattered through 

 the various periodicals, or published as monographs, with that contained in the larger volumes, 

 and to present the whole in a form equally suitable for the student and practitioner. With this 

 view, as I mentioned in the preface to the first edition, I had arranged "that the text should con- 

 tain an ample outline of the history, pathology, symptoms, and treatment of the diseases, without 

 any detail of controversies or conflicting opinions, which are given in full in the notes appended 

 to each page; so that the student, by confining his attention to the text, may acquire elementary 

 information, which may be subsequently extended by consulting the notes and references. In the 

 notes, likewise, will be found extracts from various authors, wherein the support of their opinions 

 seemed desirable. I have preferred giving their views in their own words, as being less liable to 

 be mistaken. Where extracts were not deemed advisable, references are given, and considerable 

 care has been taken to have them correct." 



That others felt the want of such, a work as I had myself, and that, to a certain extent, my 

 object was attained, I think I may assume from the number of editions which have been called for. 



For reasons which are now unimportant, the second part, on the Diseases of Pregnancy and 

 Childbed, was published separately in England; but the two have been very properly combined 

 in one volume by my American publishers, as they are both constructed on the same plan, and, 

 together, complete the subject of the Diseases of Women. 



In the present edition, the valuable notes of my friend, Dr. Huston, have been carefully re- 

 tained, and I have added considerably both to the text and notes, so that I trust it will be found 

 an improvement upon its predecessors. 



Let me, in conclusion, express the gratitude I must ever feel to my American brethren for the 

 kindness with which they have received this, and my other works, and my thankfulness that I have 

 been spared to contribute something, however little, to the cultivation of our noble profession. — 

 Dublin, December, 1849. 



By reference to the Author's Preface, it will be seen, that his thorough revision of the present 

 edition has rendered unnecessary any material additions by the editor. The notes contained in 

 former editions are retained in this, at the request of Dr. Churchill ; and these, rather than any- 

 thing omitted in the text, have suggested occasional, but brief remarks. 



Churchill's Monographs on Females.-Just Ready. 



ESSAYS DN THE PUERPERAL TeVER, AND OTHER DISEASES 



PECULIAR TO WOMEN. 



SELECTED FROM THE WRITFNGS OF BRITISH AUTHORS PREVIOUS TO THE CLOSE OF 

 THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. 



Edited by FLEETWOOD CHURCHILL, M. D., M. R. I. A., 



Author of "Treatise on the Diseases of Females,"&c. 



In one neat octavo volume, of about four hundred and fifty pages. 



I have thought it might be useful to prefix to these tracts a short historical sketch of the princi- 

 pal epidemics. I have collected, with some labor, all the information within my reach, and I trust 

 that the summary will be found tolerably complete. I should feel some apology necessary for my 

 own share in this volume, which has been prepared under the pressure of many engagements, were 

 it not for the great intrinsic value that such a collection of original writings, by men of great expe- 

 rience, must possess. — Editor's Preface. 



A TREATISE 

 ON THE PHYSICAL AND MEDICAL TREATMENT OF CHILDREN. 



BY W. P. DEWEES, M. D. 



NINTH EDITION. 



In one volume, octavo. 548 pages. 



MEIGS ON CERTAIN DISEASES OF INFANTS. 



In one octavo volume. Nearly ready. 



