Medico-chirurgical Review and Journal of Medical Science

THE

MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL

REVIEW,

AND

JOURNAL

OF

PRACTICAL MEDICINE.

(NEW SERIES.)

VOLUME THIRTY-TWO,

[1st of OCTOBER, 1839, to 31st of MARCH,]

1840.

VOL. XII. of DECENNIAL SERIES.

EDITED

BY JAMES JOHNSON, M. D.

PHYSICIAN EXTRAORDINARY TO THE LATE KING,

AND

HENRY JAMES JOHNSON, Esq.

LECTURER ON ANATOMY AT THE SCHOOL OF ST. GEORGE'S HOSPITAL IN
KINNERTON STREET.

LONDON:

PUBLISHED BY S. HIGHLEY, 32, FLEET STREET,

Re-printed in New York, by Mr. Wood.

OF THE

MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL REVIEW,

No. LXIII. JANUARY 1, 1840,

[BEING No. XXIII. OF A DECENNIAL SERIES.]

REVIEWS.

I.

Medico-Chirurgical Transactions. Second Series, Volume the Fourth..

1. Case of Spasmodic Disease, accompanying Affections of the Pericardium.

By RICHARD BRIGHT, M.D. F.R.S...

2. On a peculiar form of Congenital Tumor of the Neck. By CESAR HAWKINS,

Esq.

..

3. Notices of the Effects of Lead upon the System. By JAMES ALDERSON,

M.D...

4. Case of Malignant Disease occupying one half of the Tongue, in which a

Ligature was applied from beneath the Jaw..

5. Notices of the Occurrences at the Small Pox Hospital, London, during the

Year 1838. By GEORGE GREGORY, M.D. ..

17

6. Remarks on the Acute form of Anasarcous Tumour of the Scrotum. By

R. LISTON, Esq.

19

7. A Case of Aneurismal Tumor in the Orbit, cured by Tying the Common

Carotid Artery. By GEORGE BUSH, Esq.

22

8. Statistical Notices of One Hundred and Twenty Cases of Carcinoma Uteri,
with Remarks. By T. C. W. LEVER, Esq.

9. Cases of Measles occurring oftener than once in the same Individuals. By

10. Remarkable Case of Dry Gangrene occurring in a Child three years and

seven months old. By SAMUEL SOLLY, F.R.S.

11. Case of Congenital Absence of the Pericardium, with Observations. By

T. B. CURLING, Assistant Surgeon to the London Hospital

12. Contributions to the Pathology of the Spinal Cord. By Wм. BUDD, M.D..

13. Memoirs on some Principles of l'athology in the Nervous System. By MAR-

SHALL HALL, M.D. F.R.S.

14. Case of Fracture of the Coracoid Process of the Scapula, with partial Dislo-

cation of the Humerus forwards, and Fracture of the Acromion Process of

the Clavicle. By JOHN F. SOUTH, Assistant Surgeon to St. Thomas's Hos-

pital ..

15. Memoir on Tuphlo-Enteritis; or, Inflammation and Perforative Ulceration of

the Cæcum, and of the Appendix Vermiformis Cæci. By JOHN BURNE,

M.D...

16. On the Softening of Coagulated Fibrine. By GEORGE GULLIVER, F.R.S...

17. Case of Carditis. By THOMAS SALTER, Esq. of Poole..

18. On the Structure of the Corpus Luteum. By ROBERT LEE, M.D. F.R.S.
II.

Gatherings from Grave Yards, &c. &c. By G. A. WALKER, Surgeon

1. History of Burial Places among the Ancients..

2. Burial Places of the Metropolis

58

III.

Medical Etiquette: or an Essay on the Laws and Regulations, which ought to govern

the conduct of Members of the Medical Profession towards each other. By

ABRAHAM BANKS, Esq. M.R.C.S. L.A.C.L. S.H.E.I.C.S. &c.

62

1. When one Practitioner attends a Case of Midwifery, or an Accident, for
another

..

2. When two Practitioners meet in Consultation..

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64

05

3. Affectation of Mystery

4. Mode of Payment

5. Are Medical Men to pay one another?

6. Remuneration for Prescriptions and Medical Certificates..

7. When a Practitioner is accidentally sent for to the Patient of another..

8. When a second party is called in to decide upon the treatment of another

IV.

A Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart and Great Vessels, and on the Affections which

may be mistaken for them. By F. HOPE, M.D. F.R.S..

1. General Symptoms of Disease of the Valves

2. Particular Symptoms of Disease of the Valves

V.

ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY.

The Cyclopædia of Anatomy and Physiology. Edited by ROBERT TODD, M.D. F.RS.

Parts XV. XVI. XVII. and XVIII.

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POVERTY. ITS EVILS AND THEIR REMEDIES. PAROCHIAL MEDICAL

1. Forty-fourth, Forty-fifth, and Forty-sixth Reports from Select Committee on

the Poor-Law Amendment Act

II. Extracts from the Information received by His Majesty's Commissioners as to

the Administration of the Poor-Law..

III. Report from His Majesty's Commissioners for inquiring into the Administra-

tion and Practical Operation of the Poor-Laws

IV. Four Annual Reports of the Poor-Law Commissioners for England and Wales,

V. Plan for regulating Medico-parochial Attendance: also, Observations on "self-

supporting" Dispensaries and Union Infirmaries. By JOHN C. YEATMAN

VI. Medical Relief for the Labouring Classes, on the Principle of Mutual Insurance.

By H. W. RUMSEY

VII. Mr. Serjeant TALFOURD'S "Letter" to W. H. RUMSEY, Esq.

1. Out-door Relief of the Impotent

2. Evidence of Medical Witnesses

VII.

Tea: its Effects, Medicinal and Moral. By G. G. SIGMOND, M.D.

VIII.

Elements of the Practice of Medicine. By RICHARD BRIGHT, M.D., and THOMAS

ADDISON, M.D.

THE VENEREAL.

The Modern Treatment of Syphilitic Diseases, both primary and secondary: comprising

an Account of the New Remedies, &c. By LANGSTON PARKER, M.R.C.S..

1. Particular Preparations of Mercury

2. Inoculation of Syphilitic Diseases..

3. Barbarous Operation for Phymosis

4. Bubo

PERISCOPE.

Bibliographical Notices.

1. Observations on the Disorder of the general Health of Females called Chlorosis;

shewing the true Cause to be entirely independent of Peculiarities of Sex. By

Samuel Fox, Surgeon

2. The Surgical Anatomy of the Groin, the Femoral and Popliteal Regions. By

3. The Anatomist's Manual; or a Treatise on the Manner of preparing all the Parts

of Anatomy, followed by a complete Description of these Parts. By J. P.

Maygrier, D.M.P.

4. The Surgical Anatomy of the Arteries, and descriptive Anatomy of the Heart, &c.

By Valentine Flood, M.D.

..

167

5. Text-book of Anatomy for Junior Students. By A. T. Lizars, M D.

6. A Lecture on Civilization. By Archibald Robertson, M.D...

7. Medical Report of the House of Recovery and Fever Hospital, Cork Street, Dublin,

for two years, from 1st January, 1837, to 31st December, 1838. By E. A. Ken-

nedy, M.D.

3. Division of the Lateral Ligament for Dislocation of a Phalanx

4. The Gum-splint for Diseased Joints..

6. Ligature of the Carotid, prior to Operations on the Jaws, &c. unnecessary

7. New Noses..

8. Mode of removing Encysted Tumors

9. Encysted and solid Tumors of the Eyelid.

10. Excision of the Tonsils

11. Foreign Bodies in the Esophagus

9. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye. By William Mackenzie, M.D. .. 188

10. Elements of the Theory and Practice of Medicine: designed for the Use of Students

and Junior Practitioners. By George Gregory, M.D.

11. Elements of Natural Philosophy; being an experimental Introduction to the Study

of the Physical Sciences. By Golding Bird, M.D.

NATURAL HISTORY, &c.

12. A History of British Reptiles. By Thomas Bell, F.R.S...

13. A History of British Birds. By William Yarrell, F.L.S...

14. A General Outline of the Animal Kingdom and Manual of Comparative Anatomy.

15. Supplement to the History of British Birds. By William Yarrell..

192

Spirit of the Foreign Periodicals, &c.

1. On the Duration of Human Life

A. Influence of Sex on the Duration of Life

2. On Drunkenness among the Manufacturing Classes in France

193

3. Use of the Microscope in Legal Medicine-Detection of the Spermatic Animalculæ 201

4. M. Orfila on the Signs of Death from Hanging..

7. On Diuresis as a revulsive action in Diseases of Infants..

8. On the Internal Use of Acetate of Lead in Aneurism of the Aorta

10. Hints on the Treatment of Wounds after Operations

11. On the Advantages of Delay in the Treatment of Comminuted Fractures

12. Lumbrici discharged from an Umbilical Abscess

13. Rupture of the Tendons of the Triceps and Rectus Femoris Muscles

14. Treatment of Poisoning by Arsenic with Stimulants

15. Experimental Researches on the Oxydes of Iron as Antidotes of Arsenic

16. On the Detection of Arsenic in the Blood, Flesh, and Viscera, after Death from

Poisoning .. ..

225

226

17. M. Magendie on the Alterations of Blood in Disease

18. On the Diagnosis and Treatment of Stomach Disorders

19. M. Ricord on the Treatment of the various Stages of Syphilis

20. Rheumatism of the Uterus.

21. Utility of Chloruretted Injections into large Abscesses

22. Poisoning from the Extract of Aconite

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