EDITORIAL. 
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and  raised  the  status  of  a  large  number,  who  might  have  yet  been  Thomp- 
sonians  or  even  quacks,  and  for  this  they  are  to  be  commended. 
As  regards  the  book  itself,  it  is  gotten  up  in  a  highly  creditable  manner, 
is  well  printed  on  good  paper,  and,  so  far  as  we  have  examined,  contains 
but  few  typographical  errors. 
Tully's  Materia  Medica.  Nos.  10  and  11. — We  have  received  the  tenth 
and  eleventh  numbers  of  Dr.  Tully's  work,  which  are  occupied  mainly  in 
the  Proem  to  the  extensive  class  «  Leanticn,"  which  includes  general  re- 
marks on  the  gummy,  amylaceous,  oleaginous,  saccharine,  gelatinous  and 
albuminous  demulcents.  This  class  has  been  extended  to  include  a  large  num. 
ber  of  substances  (species)  not  officinal,  and  it  would  appear  that  the  author 
intends  it  as  an  encyclopaedial  reference.  The  work  lias  already  reached 
the  700th  page  and  has  not  progressed  beyond  generalities.  At  the  end  of 
the  11th  number  it  is  hinted  that  the  size  of  the  work  will  reach  several 
octavo  volumes,  perhaps  four  or  five,  consequently  it  will  be  impossible  to  give 
a  fair  notice  until  it  has  progressed  farther.  The  style  is  frequently  dog- 
matical, and  we  think  too  much  rests  on  the  ipse  dixit  of  the  author.  It  is 
however  right  to  bear  in  mind  that  the  part  issued  does  not  reach  the  regu- 
lar descriptive  chapters.  The  following  quotation  will  exhibit  the  author's 
style,  viz. 
11  (  Morrhua  Callarias  (J.  G.  Wood.) 
\  Gadus  Morrhua  {Linn.) 
In  one  edition  of  the  Systema  Natura  of  Linnaeus  in  my  possession,  the 
common  Cod  is  called  Gadus  Morhua,  and  Gadus  Callarias  is  given  as  the 
name  of  the  Torsk.  In  another  edition  Gadus  Morhua  is  still  given  as  the 
name  of  the  Cod.  while  it  is  denied  that  Gadus  Callarias  is  the  Torsk,  which 
is  said  to  be  Gadus  Brosme.  In  a  comparatively  late  work,  in  which  the 
Linnean  genus  is  divided,  that  genus  which  contains  the  Cod  is  called 
Morrhua,  and  this  species  is  called  Morrhua  Callarias,  which  seems  to  make 
Gadus  Morrhua  and  Gadus  Callarias  {Linn.)  the  same. 
Oleum  Jecinoris.  Morrhuje  Callarij:. 
By  the  article  which  immediately  precedes,  I  intend  what  is  commonly 
prescribed  under  the  name  of  Cod- Liver  Oil,  but,  as  I  doubt  not,  I  have  re- 
ferred it  to  the  wrong  animal.    At  least  nine  hundred  and  ninety-nine  thou- 
sandths of  all  that  has  been  recently  employed  in  medicine,  has  been  de- 
rived not  from  a  Fish,  but  from  one  or  two  Sea-Mammals,  viz.  the  fol- 
lowing. • 
j  Physeter  Macrocephalus,  (Linn.) 
\  Catodon  macrocephalus  (Griff.  Cuv.) 
Bal.ena  Mysticetus  {Linn.) 
Oleum  pin  que  Uquidum,  Pfiyseteris  macrocephali. 
Oleum  pinque  Balance  Mysticeti. 
These  last  two  Greasy  Oils  I  believe  are  never  used  as  Leantics,  except 
as  substitutes  for  Cod-Liver-Oil,  though  they  are  undoubtedly  as  good  for 
this  purpose  as  any  other  Greasy  Oil.    People  of  the  Hyperborean  Race,  [ 
imagine,  would  make  no  objection  to  taking  these  Oils  whenever  a  Leantic 
