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 New and Improved Edition— Just Issued, 1850. 



A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE 



DISEASES OF CHILDREN. 



BY D. FRANCIS CONDIE, M. D. ; 



Fellow of Ihe College of Physicians, &c. &c. 

 Third edition, revised and augmented. In one large volume, 8vo., of over 700 pages. 



In the preparation of a third edition of the present treatise, every portion of it has been subjected 

 to a careful revision. A new chapter has been added on Epidemic Meningitis, a disease which, 

 although not confined to children, occurs far more frequently in them, than in adults. In the other 

 chapters of the work, all the more important facts that have been developed since the appearance 

 of the last edition, in reference to the nature, diagnosis, and treatment of the several diseases of 

 which they treat, have been incorporated. The great object of the author has been to present, in 

 each succeeding edition, as full and connected a view as possible of the actual state of the pa- 

 thology and therapeutics of those affections which most usually occur between birth and puberty. 



To the present edition there is appended a list of the several works and essays quoted or referred 

 to in the body of the work, or which have been consulted in its preparation or revision. 



We feel persuaded that the American Medical profession will soon regard it, not only as a very good, but 

 as the very bust " Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Children."— American Medical Journal. 



We pronounced the first editio* to be the best work on the Diseases of Children in the English language 

 and. notwithstanding all that has been published, we still regard it in that light.— Medical Examiner. 

 From Professor Wm. P. Johnston, Washington, D. C. 



I make use of it as a text-book, and place it invariably in the hands of my private pupils. 

 From Professor D. Humphreys Storer, of Boston. 



I consider it to be the best work on the Diseases of Children we have access to, and as such recommend it 

 to all who ever refer to the subject. 



From Professor M. M. Fallen, of St. Louis. 



I consider it the best treatise on the Diseases of Children that we possess, and as such have been in the 

 habit of recommending it to my classes. 



Dr. Condie's scholarship, acumen, industry, and practical sense are manifested in this, as in all his nu- 

 merous contributions to science. — Dr. Holmes^s Report to the American Medical Association. 



Taken as a whole, in our judgment, Dr. Condie's Treatise is the one from the perusal of which the practi- 

 tioner in this country will rise with the greatest satisfaction.— Western Journal of Medicine and Surgery. 



One of the best works upon the Diseases of Children in the English language.— Western Lancet. 



WEST OJV DISEASES OF CHILDREN. 



NOW COMPLETE, AMD SOLD SEPARATE, 



lectures" on the 



DISEASES OF INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD. 



BY CHARLES WEST, M. D., 



Senior Physician to the Royal Infirmary for Children, &c. &c. 

 In one volume, octavo. 

 This work was commenced in the " Medical News" for April, 1848, and completed in the 

 number for December, 1849. It forms an octavo volume of nearly five hundred pages, and 

 contains thirty-nine Lectures, embodying the results of the author's experience in the Children's 

 Infirmary, where upwards of 14,000 children have been brought under his notice, during the last 

 nine years. 



Every portion of these lectures is marked by a general accuracy of description, and by the soundness of 

 the views set forth in relation to the pathology and therapeutics of the several maladies treated of. The lec- 

 tures on the diseases of the respiratory apparatus, about one-third of the whole number, are particularly 

 excellent, forming one of the fullest and most able accounts of these affections, as they present themselves 

 daring infancy and childhood, in the English language. The history of the several forms of phthisis during 

 these periods of existence, with their management, will be read by all with deep interest. — The American 

 Journal of the Medical Sciences. 



The Lectures of Dr. West, originally published in the London Medical Gazette, form a most valuable 

 addition to this branch of practical medicine. For many years physician to the Children 1 s Infirmary, his 

 opportunities for observing their diseases have been most extensive, no less than 14,000 children having been 

 brought under his notice during the past nine years. These have evidently been studied with great care, 

 and the result has been the production of the very best work in our language, so far as it goes, on the dis- 

 eases of this class of our patients. The symptomatology and pathology of their diseases are especially 

 exhibited most clearly; and we are convinced that no one can read with care these lectures without deriv- 

 ing from them instruction of the most important kind. 



On the whole, we regard Dr. West ; s work as one of great value, as the most scientific treatise on the dis- 

 eases of children in the language— not so full, however, on some points as we could have desired, but always 

 instructive, and where so much is good we will not be too earnest in searching for faults. — The Charleston 

 Medical Journal and Review. 



In conclusion, we shall state that, after a careful perusal of Dr. West's work, we are convinced that it is 

 one of the best publications ever issued, upon diseases of children. Parts of it, and especially the lectures 

 upon diseases of the respiratory organs, and some of those upon the affections of the nervous system, are 

 deserving of the highest praise for patient research, happy descriptions of symptoms, accuracy, and plain 

 and sensible directions for treatment. The style of the author is agreeable and pleasing, and at the same 

 time simple and perspicuous in a very high degree. We recommend the work to our American brethren, as 

 on& which they cannot read without both pleasure and profit.— The Medical Examiner. 



