REFERENCE BOOK. BY RICHARD J. DUNGLISON, A.M., M.D., SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED. PHILADELPHIA. Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1880, by RICHARD J. DUNGLISON, M.D., in the Office of the Librarian of Congress. All rights reserved. COLLINS, PRINTER. RC55 اور 1870 PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. THE very avorab.e reception accorded to the first edition of this work by those whom it was specially intended to aid-professional men in active practice-has induced the author to endeavor to render it still more worthy of their attention by the addition of numerous important practical chapters. So voluminous have these additions been, that the second edition of the PRACTI TIONER'S REFERENCE BOOK is now nearly one-half larger than its predecessor. Among the most useful chapters 'introduced in this edition may be mentioned the following: How to Write Metric Prescriptions. Directions as to the Use of the Hypodermic Syringe in Diseases in which it is applicable. How to Use a Galvanic Battery in Medicine and Surgery. How to Apply Trusses to Herniæ. How to Use the Clinical Thermometer. How to Prepare Stained Sections of Animal Tissues. Reference Tables of Size, Weight, and Specific Gravity of all the organs, etc., in the body. Celebrated Prescriptions or Remedies. Therapeutics of the Bowel Affections of Children. Diagnostic Tables of the Principal Fevers. Diagnostic Tables of Acute Pulmonary Diseases. Diagnostic Tables of Diseases of the Larynx and Naso-pharynx. Diagnostic Syllabus of Tumors of the Groin. Ready Reference Table of Antidotes, on a new plan. Rules of Medical Etiquette, etc. etc. PHILADELPHIA, June 1, 1880. RICHARD J. DUNGLISON. 60597 |