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MANUALS FOR EXAMINATION. Just Issued. 



AN ANALYTICAL COMPENDIUM 



OF THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, 



FOR THE USE AND EXAMINATION OF STUDENTS. 

 BY JOHN NEILL, M. D., 



Demonstrator of Anatomy in the University of Pennsylvania, Lecturer on Anatomy in the Medical Institute 



of Philadelphia, &c, 



AND 



FRANCIS GURNEY SMITH, M.D., 



Lecturer on Physiology in the Philadelphia Association for Medical Instruction, &c. &c. 

 Forming one very large and handsomely printed volume in royal duodecimo, of over 900 large pages, 

 with about 350 wood engravings, strongly bound in leather, with raised bands. 

 While this work is not offered as a substitute for the regular text-books, for the purpose of study, 

 its convenient form, and the amount of information condensed in its pages, together with the full- 

 ness of its illustrations, render it eminently suited as a work of reference for the office table 

 of the practitioner. To render it more convenient for the student, it is divided into seven por- 

 tions, corresponding to the leading divisions of medical and surgical science. These are paged 

 separately, and may be had done up in stout covers, each being perfect in itself, and forming con- 

 venient volumes to carry in the pocket to the lecture room, or fitting them to be sent by mail. It 

 will thus be seen that this work affords, at a price unprecedentedly low, a series of digests of the 

 medical and surgical sciences, clearly and conveniently arranged, and forming a complete set of 



HANDBOOKS FOR STUDENTS, 



as follows: — 

 ANATOMY; 180 large pages, with 157 Illustrations. Price 75 cents. 

 PHYSIOLOGY; 134 pages, with 40 Illustrations. Price 60 cents. 

 SURGERY; 122 pages, with 51 Illustrations. Price 60 cents. 

 OBSTETRICS; 114 pages, with 37 Illustrations. Price 50 cents. 

 MATERIA MEDICA AND THERAPEUTICS; 116 pages, with 29 Illustrations 



Price 50 cents. 

 CHEMISTRY ; 94 pages, with 1 9 Illustrations. Price 40 cents. 

 THE PRACTICE OP MEDICINE; 152 pages, with 3 Illustrations. 50 cents. 

 Any one of which may be had separate ; or, the whole will be done up and mailed, with the postage 

 prepaid, on the remittance of $4; or, if $5 is remitted, The Medical News will be sent in addition. 



It should be noticed that the amount of matter on a page is unusually large, thus making these 

 Handbooks not only low priced, but extraordinarily cheap. 



We do not share in the opinion entertained by some, that compendiums of science are not desirable, or 

 with the still smaller number, who esteem them useless. On the contrary, when well executed, they are of 

 essential service to the student ; and, so far as we have seen, most of them have contained an amount of in- 

 formation which older individuals— even they who disparage them— may be presumed to be far from pos- 

 sessing. Taking the work before us, we can certainly say that no one who has not occupied himself with 

 the different scientific treatises and essays that have appeared recently, and has withal a rare memory, could 

 pretend to possess the knowledge contained in it; and hence we can recommend it to such— as well as to 

 students especially— for its general accuracy and adequacy for their purposes; and to the well-informed 

 practitioner to aid him in recalling what may easily have passed from his remembrance. We repeat our 

 favorable impression as to the value of this book, or series of books; and recommend it as decidedly useful 

 to those especially who are commencing the study of their profession. — The Medical Examiner. 



We have no hesitation in recommending it to students.— Southern Medical and Surgical Journal. 



Books of this description are most erroneously denounced, from the supposition that they are intended to 

 take the place of elaborate treatises ; but their object is rather to assist the student in mastering the elements 

 of medicine, and to aid the practitioner by refreshing his recollection of former studies. In short, a manual 

 or compendium is to the standard text-books in medicine and surgery what " the finder" is to the telescope of 

 the astronomer. It gives to the inquirer a key to the object of his pursuit, and enables him to trace out those 

 parts which require to be especially studied. We have looked through this compendium, and we find that the 

 authors have really succeeded in compressing a large amount of valuable information into a very small com- 

 pass. We recommend this work especially to the notice of our junior readers. To those who are about to 

 commence their studies in a medical school it will be found a serviceable guide. — London Medical Gazette. 



It aims to give a condensed account of every question touching the several branches of medicine, and on 

 this account will arrest the attention of every candidate for his doctorate. It is not simply a work for the in- 

 struction of the novices, it may be consulted by the general practitioner with infinite advantage. The different 

 departments of which it treais are illustrated by handsome plates, and will serve to impress the mind of the 

 student with clear and definite ideas on the various subjects comprehended in the work. It is. we think, 

 an excellent book of the kind, and will no doubt become highly popular with the students throughout the 

 United States. To the medical student it may be confidently recommended as well as to the general prac- 

 titioner, whose constant occupation will not allow him the necessary leisure to read more elaborate and 

 comprehensive works.— The New Orleans Medical and. Surgical Journal. 



It will materially assist the student and practitioner in refreshing his knowledge on points previously ac- 

 quired, but upon which he may have become in a measure. rusty— for this purpose it is admirably adapted, 

 and we believe will not only prove acceptable to the student of medicine, but also to the profession at large. 

 — /V*. Y. Journal of Medicine. 



The arrangement adopted will be found at once concise and clear; while its mechanical execution, its co- 

 pious pictorial illustrations in the branches of anatomy, physiology, surgery, obstetrics, materia medtca and 

 chemistry, together with its neat, cheap, and convenient form, will recommend it to ail such student* ;;nd 

 practitioners who may desire to avail themselves of what cannot fail to prove, if kept within its proper sphere. 

 a convenient and usefu remembrancer. — American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 



