CONTENTS OF NO. XX. OF THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL REVIEW. OCTOBER, 1852. Analytical and Critical Reviews. PAGE ART. I-1. Second Report on Quarantine-Yellow Fever; with Appendices, by the General Board of Health; presented to both Houses of Parliament, by command of her Majesty 213 2. Observations on that portion of the Second Report on Quarantine by the General Board of Health, which relates to the Yellow Fever Epidemy on board H.M.S. Eclair, and at Boà Vista, in the Cape de Verde Islands. By J. O. M WILLIAM, M.D., F.R.S., Medical Inspector H.M. Customs ART. II.-1. On Syphilis, Constitutional and Hereditay; and on Syphilitic Eruptions. By ERASMUS WILSON, F.R.S. . ib. 226 241 2. Blennorrhagia and Syphilis; their Nature and Treatment; being an Analysis of the Letters of M. Ricord. By M. H. STAPLETON. (From the Dublin Quarterly Journal of Medical Science') ib. ART. III.-1. Uber den Generation's-wechsel der Cestoden; nebst einer Revision der Gattung Tetrarhynchus. Von CARL TH. VON SIEBOLD. SIEBOLD und KÖLLIKER'S Zeitschrift,' 1850). . On the Alternation of Generations of the Cestoid Worms. By CARL. TH. VON SIEBOLD Les Vers Cestoides ou Acotyles, considerés sous la Rapport de leur Classification, de leur Anatomie, et de leur Developpement. Par P. J. VAN BENEDEN The Cestoid Worms, considered with regard to their Classification, Anatomy, and Development. By P. J. VAN BENEDEN ART. IV.-Southern Medical Reports: consisting of General and Special Reports on the Medical Topography, Meteorology, and Prevalent Diseases of the following States,-Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Arkansas, Tennessee, Texas, California. Edited by E. D. FENNER, M.D., of New Orleans. Vol. II. 1850 ART. V.-Maladies le l'Algérie. Par le Docteur A. HASPEL On the Diseases of Algeria. Being an Account of the Causes, Nature, and Treatment of the Endemo-Epidemic Diseases of the Province of Oran. By AUGUSTUS HASPEL, M D. Vol. II. ib. ART. VI.-Om Sverges Endemiska Sjukdomar. Af Dr. MAGNUS HUSS ART. VIII.-Mémoires de la Société de Chirurgie de Paris. Tome Troisième. Fascicule I. ART. X.-1. Sketches of Brazil, including New Views on Tropical and European Fever. By ROBERT DUNDAS, M.D., Physician to the Northern Hospital, Liverpool, &c. 2. Report of the Cases of Fever treated in the Clinical Wards of the Royal Infirmary during the Winter Session of 1851-2. By Professor BENNETT. (Monthly Journal of Medical Science,' April and June, 1852) The Minor Works of ALEXANDER RIBERI: with Notes and additional Essays . ib. ART. XII-1. Leçons Orales sur les Phrenopathies; ou, Traité Théorique et Pratique des Maladies Mentales. Cours donné à la Clinique des Etablissements d'Aliénés à Gand. Par J. GUISLAIN, Professeur à l'Université de Gand Clinical Discourses on Phrenic Diseases; or, a Theoretical and Practical Treatise on Mental Affections. Being the Clinical Course delivered at the Institutions for the Insane at Ghent. By J. GUISLAIN, Professor in the University of Ghent 2. Articles on Reform in Private Asylums. By HENRY MONRO, M.B. Oxon, &c., Author of 'Remarks on Insanity; its Nature and Treatment' ART. XIII.-Traité des Fistules Vésico-Utérines, Vésico-Utéro-Vaginales, Entéro-Vaginales, et RectoVaginales. Par A. J. JOBERT (DE LAMBALLE), Docteur en Médecine, Chirurgien de l'Hotel Dieu, &c., &c. PAGE 343 ib ib. 365 . ib. A Treatise on Vesico-Uterine, Vesico-Utero-Vaginal, Intestino-Vaginal, and Recto-Vaginal Fistulæ. By A. J. JOBERT (DE LAMBALLE), D.M.P., Surgeon to the Hotel Dieu, &c., &c. ART. XIV.-On Diseases of the Liver. By GEORGE BUDD, M.D., F.R.S., Professor of Medicine in King's College, London, and Fellow of Caius College, Cambridge. Second Edition ART. XV.-1. On the Reciprocal Agencies of Mind and Matter, and on Insanity; being the Lumleian Lectures delivered at the Royal College of Physicians, 1851. By J. C. BRADELEY, M.D. Cantab., F.R.C.P., Inspecting Physician to the Lunatic Asylums of Essex, &c., &c. 2. The Philosophy of Spirits in Relation to Matter: showing the real existence of two very dis tinct kinds of Entity, which unite to form the different Bodies that compose the Universe, Organic and Inorganic, by which the Phenomena of Light, Heat, Electricity, Motion, Life, Mind, &c., are reconciled and explained. By C. M. BURNETT, M.D. 3. Enquiry into the Nature and Effects of the Nervous Influence, and its Connexion with the Vital, Moral, and Intellectual Operations: A Physiological, Metaphysical, and Moral Essay, in Three Parts 377 385 ib. ib. Bibliographical Notices. ART. L-Insanity; its Causes, Prevention, and Cure; including Apoplexy, Epilepsy, and Congestion of the Brain. By JOSEPH WILLIAMS, M.D. ART. II.-1. The Natural History of the Varieties of Man. By ROBERT GORDON LATHAM, M.D., F.R.S., &c., &c. 2. Man and his Migrations. By R. G. LATHAM, M.D., F.R.S, &c. PAGE 394 395 ib. . ib. ib. 3. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies. By R. G. LATHAM, M.D., F.R.S., &c. ib. 4. The Ethnology of Europe. By R. G. LATHAM, M.D., F.R.S., &c. 5. The Ethnology of the British Islands. By R. G. LATHAM, M.D., F.R.S., &c. ART. III.-Medical Jurisprudence. By ALFRED S. TAYLOR, M.D., F.R.S., Lecturer on Medical Jurisprudence and Chemistry in Guy's Hospital, &c., &c. ART. IV.-The Prescriber's Complete Handbook. By M. TROUSSEAU, Professor of the Faculty of ART. VI.-An Outline of Human Physiology, for the Use of the Chinese. By BENJAMIN HOBSON, M.D., Lond., M.R.C.S., Agent of the London Missionary Society ART. VII.-The Spirometer, the Stethoscope, and Scale-Balance; their Use in Discriminating Diseases of the Chest, and their Value in Life-Offices; with Remarks on the Selection of Lives for Life Assurance Companies. By JOHN HUTCHINSON, M.D., Assistant-Physician to the Hospital for Consumption, &c. A&T. VIII.-Disease in Childhood, its Common Causes, and Directions for its Practical Management. By ROBERT ELLIS, F.L.S. ART. IX.-The Physician's Holiday; or, a Month in Switzerland in the Summer of 1848. By JOHN FORBES, M.D., F.R.S., Physician to Her Majesty's Household. With a Map and Illustrations. Third Edition 396 397 ib. 98 399 ib. ib. ART. X-The Symptoms and Treatment of the Diseases of Pregnancy. By WILLIAM JOHN ANDERSON, F.R.C.S., District Accoucheur to St. Mary's Hospital ib. ART. XI. Report of the Commissioners of Health, Ireland, on the Epidemics of 1846 to 1850. . 400 Periscope. On the Secondary Degeneration of Particular Fasciculi of the Spinal Cord, and of their Continuation to the Brain. By Dr. LUDWIG TURCK Contributions to the Physiology of Vision. Part II.—On some remarkable (and hitherto unobserved Phenomena of Binocular Vision. By CHARLES WHEATSTONE, F.R.S. On the Valves of the Heart. By W. SAVORY On the Condition of Albumen in the Economy. By M. MIALHE On the Habitual Presence of Sugar in the Urine of the Aged. By M. DECHAMBRE On the Hereditariness of Phthisis. By Dr. HERVIEUX On the Influence of the Puerperal State on the Duration of Diseases. By M. GENDRIN On Growth in Relation to the Diseases of Children. By M. BOUCHUT. On the Proportion of the Subjects bitten by Mad Animals who become affected with Hydrophobia. By Professor RENAULT On Cancroid, or Epithelial Cancer. By M. MAISONNEUVE On the Signs indicative of Hereditary Predisposition to Insanity. By M. MOREAU Case of Large Laceration of the Colon without External Marks of Injury. By M. MORINEAU On the Employment of Alumnized Bougies. By M. JOBERT On Discharge of Fluid from the Nipple in Innocent Tumours of the Breast. By M. RICHARD On a New Mode of Operating in Varicose Aneurism. By M. MALGAIGNE Ligature of the Vertebral Artery in a case of Gun-shot Wound. By M. MAISONNEUVE On the Treatment of Epistaxis. By M. REVEILLE-PARISE On the Prognosis and Treatment of Deafness. By M. MARC D'ERPINE On the Application of Nitrate of Silver in Acute Tonsillitis. By M. HERPIN On the Dangerous Region of the Scalp. By M. CHASSAIGNAC On the Continuance of Lactation during the Progress of Diseases. By Dr. RÖSER On an Epidemic of Puerperal Gangrenous Vulvitis. By M. CHAVANNE On the Induction of Abortion in the Vomiting of Pregnant Women. By MM. DUBOIS and STOLTZ PAGE 400 402 403 404 405 ib. ib. ib. On the Removal of the Obstructing Mucus in the Suffocative Bronchitis of Infants. By M. VALLEIX 414 On the Treatment of Syphilis in Infants. By M. CULLERIER On the General Action of Tartar-Emetic as produced by its Local Application. By M. DUPARCQUE On the Action of Iodine. By M. BONNET, On the Administration of Sal Ammoniac in Enlarged Prostate. By M. VANOYE On Pagliari's Hæmostatic. By M. SEDILLOT On the Characteristics which distinguish Impulsive Insanity from Moral Perversity. By M. MICHEA On a Case of Poisoning from Swallowing Chloroform, and on its Administration in Lead Colic. By Case of Poisoning by the Vapour of Hydrocyanic Acid. By M. REGNAULD Case of Poisoning from the External Application of Cocculus Indicus. By Dr. THOMPSON POSTSCRIPT. THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL REVIEW. OCTOBER, 1852. PART FIRST. Analytical ond Critical Reviews. ART. I. 1. Second Report on Quarantine-Yellow Fever; with Appendices, by the General Board of Health; presented to both Houses of Parliament, by command of Her Majesty. -London, 1852. pp. 414. 2. Observations on that portion of the Second Report on Quarantine by the General Board of Health, which relates to the Yellow Fever Epidemy on board H.M.S. Eclair, and at Boa Vista, in the Cape de Verde Islands. By J. O. M'WILLIAM, M.D., F.R.S., Medical Inspector H. M. Customs. THE First Report on Quarantine by the Board of Health was a general treatise on Epidemic Diseases; the Second deals specifically with Yellow Fever; and the Third, which looms dimly in the darkness of 1853, is to be occupied with the subject of Oriental Plague. Our readers will recollect that we were compelled to record our dissent from the principles of the First Report; we now find ourselves necessitated to pursue the same course with regard to the Second; and without consulting a clairvoyante, we have little doubt that a similar manner of dealing with the Third will be required at our hands. We may state with perfect truth, that it gives us pain to criticise and to condemn the productions of a Board, by whose exertions we at one time hoped the entire nation would have profited. The Board of Health is the impersonation of the principle, that the health of the people is worthy of the attention of its government. It was the result of an extensive agitation on the part of those who knew what the sanitary condition of our great towns is, and what it might become. Great results were expected from this first systematic attempt to put into practice wise principles, and thereby to arrest great and increasing evils. That the Board of Health have not done all that was expected, and not unfairly expected, from them, must be admitted. They can plead in excuse that they have been hampered by absurd legislation, and cramped by the distrust and ignorance of those with whom they had to deal. Whether this plea can justify all their short-comings, we shall not stop now to ask. At the present moment it concerns us more to inquire what they have written, than what they have done; what they wish the legislature to do, than what positive results can be traced back to their own official existence of four years. Our pages can testify that we have been anxious to support the Board of Health, whenever we felt it possible to do so. In spite of the anomaly of what should be a medical body, having only one medical member, and being directed by lawyers and engineers, the principle involved in its existence was so important that we were at first anxious only to discover good, and not to probe too severely what there might be of |