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particularly fortunate in meeting the requirements of the student, and we regard it as an evidence of the higher position the student of the present day occupies, that he should be ready to appreciate a work so entirely removed from the class of books that have ordinarily found most favour in the student's eyes. The mine of wealth offered in the Clinical Lectures imparts to Dr. Bennett's work a value that will insure it a high place after the present generation has passed away, not only because it marks the times in which it has appeared, but also because its faithful delineations of nature in her morbid manifestations will render it permanently useful to the earnest student.

ART. VIII.-On Dislocations and Fractures. By JOSEPH MACLISE, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. - London, 1859. Fasciculi v. to ix.

A YEAR ago, we brought under the notice of our readers the first four numbers of the valuable illustrated work 'On Dislocations and Fractures,' by Mr. Maclise. The publication of the successive numbers has progressed steadily, and having appeared at the rate of one every three months, we are now able to record the issue of the ninth and concluding fasciculus. The following are the subjects treated of in the numbers before us: dislocations and fractures of the radius and ulna, dislocations and fractures of the hand, of the femur, of the tibia, the fibula and the patella, and dislocations and fractures of the foot. The concluding chapter or commentary discusses the law of articular development, with the causes, effects, and mechanical treatment of false joint and anchylosis.

We shall probably in our next analyse more fully the labours of Mr. Maclise, and must now content ourselves with the announcement of their termination.

ART. IX.-1. Tracts of the Ladies' National Association for the Diffusion of Sanitary Knowledge.-London.

2. On the Hygienic Management of Infants and Children. By T. HERBERT BARKER, M.D. Lond., Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Fellow and Fothergillian Gold Medallist of the Medical Society of London, &c.-London, 1859.

We cannot but again express our satisfaction at seeing the laws of physiology, so far as they apply to the preservation of health and the prolongation of life, popularized by such works as those at the head of this notice. The rational physician finds no better assistance in the treatment of disease than the rational patient, and a suitable knowledge of the laws that regulate the economy must necessarily lead the laity to understand and appreciate more fully the scope and value of scientific medicine. But a knowledge of physiology will confer yet greater benefits upon all members of the community, by enabling them

to avoid and prevent the debilitating influences which lay open the system to the incursions of disease. We hail with much satisfaction the formation of a Ladies' Association for the Diffusion of Sanitary Knowledge, for it rests more with the women of England that our race shall increase in vigour of body and mind, than with trainers, schoolmasters, or doctors; to them is entrusted the care and nurture of the infant and the child, and what is neglected in early life in the mother's or nurse's training, can never be perfectly redeemed by after management. The society have begun their work well by issuing a series of penny tracts under such titles as the following: The Health of Mothers,' 'Why do not Women Swim ?'* 'How to Feed a Baby with the Bottle,' 'The cheap Doctor: a word about fresh air,' 'How to Manage a Baby,' 'The evils of Perambulators,' and the like. With the exception of one or two exaggerations, and the unnecessary introduction of the movement-cure, as an illustration, in the pamphlet on swimming, we cordially approve of the manner, matter, and method of these tracts.

Dr. Barker's treatise, equally with the tracts just spoken of, is addressed to the general reader, and contains profitable and available information on the subject of the physical and moral treatment of children, which it would be well for all young mothers and ladies otherwise interested in education to study. Nor do we think it inappropriate to advise the junior practitioner who is just emancipated from the discipline of the schools, to read such books, for they present him with physiological aspects which are not commonly offered to him in the systematic lectures and works to which his attention has been called. Dr. Barker treats successively of the causes of the frightful mortality still prevailing in early life, of the diet and regimen of the child, including such topics as clothing, temperature, air, sleep, bathing, light, exercise, and amusements. He then dwells upon the importance of vaccination, and after adverting to the physiology of dentition, concludes his little volume with some remarks on education in its more limited sense, with which we are disposed to concur as much as with the general tenor of the work.

ART. X.-A Guide to the Practical Study of Diseases of the Eye. With an Outline of their Medical and Operative Treatment. By JAMES DIXON, F.R.C.S., Surgeon to the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital, Moorfields, formerly Assistant-Surgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital. London, 1859. pp. 435.

FOUR years ago, we had the pleasure of presenting to our readers a very ample account of Mr. Dixon's valuable work on the Diseases of

* In reference to this important matter-important in reference to the hygienic aspect as well as to the question of the preservation of life from drowning-we would venture to suggest the propriety of making the numerous swimming baths now existing throughout the metropolis available for the purposes advocated in the pamphlet. If certain hours in the day were set apart for female bathers, and a swimming-mistress attached to each bath, opportunities would be afforded which now do not exist in or near the metropolis, and the female part of the community might readily learn an art which would assist in prolonging and saving many a life that now languishes or is lost for the want of this acquirement.

the Eye. In the second edition, which is now before us, the author has made numerous additions, while the whole has been carefully revised, in parts re-arranged, in others re-written.. Thus the seventh chapter, which treats of the choroid and retina, is in reality a new production, both in substance and in form. The author's larger experience in the use of the ophthalmoscope has enabled him to go much more into detail in regard to the appearances presented in morbid conditions of these parts when subjected to the illumining and magnifying power of that instrument. Numerous cases are also given in the present edition which were not included in the former one. We can therefore have no hesitation in reiterating the strong expressions of commendation which accompanied our former analysis of Mr. Dixon's work, and urging its study upon those of our readers who are desirous of obtaining sound information in the important branch of medical science to which it relates.

ART. XI.-Engravings of the Ganglia and Nerves of the Uterus and Heart. For the use of Students in Anatomy and Physiology. By ROBERT LEE, M.D., F.R.S.-London, 1858.

DR. LEE presents us with a republication of the plates which have accompanied his several memoirs on the nerves of the uterus and the heart, "in the hope that a department of anatomy and physiology of such importance in medical practice may no longer remain in that obscurity and error in which it has been left involved in the most recent works on anatomy published in Great Britain and on the Continent of Europe." The plates are unaccompanied by any letterpress beyond what is necessary to a bare explanation of the parts delineated. The plates themselves are thirteen in number, and have the merit of being clear and intelligible. Nine are devoted to the uterus and four to the heart. We cannot but thank Dr. Lee for having made the results of his researches so readily accessible to a larger class of inquirers, and trust that they may prove conducive to extending the knowledge of the intricacies of the nervous distribution in the heart and uterus.

ART.-XII-1. Illustrations of Typhus Fever in Great Britain, the result of Personal Observations made in the Summer of 1853; with some Remarks as to its Origin, Habits, Symptoms, and Pathology; to which is appended a Brief Account of the Reappearance of Typhus in Boston in the Winter of 1857-58. By J. UPHAM, M.D., &c.Boston, 1858. 8vo. pp. 46.

2. An Essay upon the Relation of Bilious and Yellow Fever, prepared at the request of, and read before, the Medical Society of the State of Georgia, at its Session held at Macon, April 9th, 1856. By RICHARD D. ARNOLD, M.D., Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine in the Savannah Medical College.-Augusta, Ga., 1856. 8vo. pp. 30.

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In the first of these pamphlets, which is a republication of a paper in the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal,' the writer gives an account of his observations on typhus fever in this country. Some ten years before, he had published, in the same journal, a description of the maculated or ship fever, which prevailed at the South Boston and Deer Island Hospitals.

Dr. Upham had been convinced of the distinct nature of typhus and typhoid fever by his own observations in 1847-48, and he seems inclined to subscribe entirely to the views of Dr. W. Jenner, as to the existence of four distinct diseases, long confounded under the head of "continued fever." Dr. Upham arrives at the conclusion, that the typhus of Great Britain and Ireland is the same with that which raged on the shores of America in 1847-48; the disease in both instances presenting a like adynamic character, and requiring a similar plan of treatment. His observations will, of course, be read with greater interest in America than here, on account of the comparative novelty of the disease in that country.

Dr. Arnold's essay on the relation of bilious and yellow fever is a practical contribution to a subject on which, notwithstanding the great accumulation of facts, the state of opinion is still unsettled. The highest authorities, however, and those whose opportunities of personal observation have been greatest, seem to be fast ranging themselves on that side of the question which regards yellow fever as a peculiar pestilential disease, by no means to be confounded with the common bilious remittent of warm climates. Dr. Arnold is a supporter of this opinion, and his remarks are valuable, as being those of a practical man who has had extensive opportunities of comparing the two diseases, and who has been led, by the observation of facts, to a view of the subject different from that which he originally entertained. The observations of Dr. Arnold are directed to two principal points of inquiry First, Is yellow fever a distinct disease, or only a more malignant form of bilious remittent? Secondly, Is yellow fever contagious or not? On the first of these questions, he holds that yellow fever is, without doubt, a disease sui generis; and he founds this belief as well on the symptoms during life as on the appearances after death. We regret that we have not room to particularize points of contrast between the symptoms of yellow fever and of bilious remittent. Among the necroscopic appearances, a pale and anæmic condition of the liver is considered by Dr. Arnold as the most peculiar and invariable. The second question-as to whether yellow fever be contagious-is answered by Dr. Arnold decidedly in the negative.

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In an "addendum," Dr. Arnold gives the details of three cases, which prove" that sporadic cases of yellow fever do occur, having all the symptoms of those during an epidemic, and the same pathological appearances after death."

We have read Dr. Arnold's pamphlet with pleasure; it is the production of a man who takes a sincere interest in his subject, and who records, without fear or prejudice, the results of personal observation.

ART. XIII.-Summary of New Publications.

AMONG the numerous works which the past quarter has brought, there is one which in regard to intrinsic value and physical size claims the first position in this summary. It is the 'Cyclopædia of Anatomy and Physiology,' edited by Dr. Todd, which was commenced in 1835, and has now reached its termination. There are few of our readers who have not profited by the instruction which this great work conveys, and who will not be ready with us to congratulate the editor upon the successful conclusion of his labours. We hope in our next to devote a full consideration to the aspects of physiology presented by the Cyclopædia. The subject that has specially engaged medical attention during the past months, Diphtheria, forms the subject of numerous contributions, which we also intend to analyze in our October issue; one of the volumes of the new Sydenham Society consists of the Memoirs of Bretonneau and other French authors on this subject, edited by Dr. Semple; Drs. Copeman and Ranking, and Mr. Ernest Hart also present us with papers on Diphtheria as observed in different parts of England. The first part of a work by Dr. Hirsch on the Geographical Distribution of Disease, promises to become an important contribution to medical literature. 'The Influence of the Variation of Electric Tension on Epidemic and other Disease,' is considered by Mr. Craig, and will receive further notice. Dr. Headland's valuable essay on the Action of Medicines on the System has already reached its third edition. A work entitled 'Art versus Nature in Disease,' by Mr. Henriques, is devoted to an elaborate attack upon the work of Sir John Forbes-'Nature and Art in Disease'-upon the ground of the latter being," however cunningly devised and carefully concealed, an attack upon the assumed delusion of the homœopathic system of medication." In a pamphlet of fifty-six pages Dr. Roods discusses Sciatica and Spinal Irritation; from Dr. Handfield Jones we receive a further exposé of his views regarding the influence of the malarious poison in producing many prevalent disorders that are commonly classed among neuroses, under the title of A Tract on Neurolytic and Aguish Disorders,' which we recommend to the careful attention of our readers. From Vienna the Report of the great Hospital of that town for 1858, drawn up by Professor Haller; and from Philadelphia the essays of Dr. John Kearsley Mitchell on various medical subjects, have reached us.

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Among the surgical works before us we would first mention Mr. Tomes's System of Dental Surgery,' a work that will doubtless create an era in that department, and which we hope to analyze in our next number; the subject of Hæmorrhoids and Prolapsus of the Rectum finds an exponent in Mr. Henry Smith; Mr. Butcher favours us with a third series of his 'Reports on Operative Surgery;' the January number of the 'Ophthalmic Hospital Reports,' with articles by Dr. Taylor, Mr. Hulke, Mr. Dixon, is before us. Dr. Fraser presents us with Crimean reminiscences in the form of A Treatise upon Penetrating Wounds of the Chest;' a third edition of Mr. Chapman's work

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