A practical treatise on impotence, sterility and allied disorders of the male sexual organs / by Samuel W. Gross.
- Samuel Weissell Gross
- Date:
- 1883
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A practical treatise on impotence, sterility and allied disorders of the male sexual organs / by Samuel W. Gross. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![niTNGLISON, BOBLEY, 31.1}., Late I'ro/i'sKo)- of IniililiitrK of Mnlicinc in the jKijci-mm Maliml CUe.qc of J'l,ilridi l/)liUt MEDICAL LEXICON; A Dictionary of Medical Science: Containinif !i o.iinse oxplaiiatioii ol the various ,Siil)jects and Tonii.s uf Anatomy, I'llvsioloL'V l'atl)ol- ogy llygiene, i licnipoutics, PliarniacoloKy, Plianiiacy, Siii'gery, Olwtetrick Medl.-al J.iris- prudcMU'e ancl Ik-ntistry, Notices of Climate and of Mineral Waters, Formulte lor <J(lidnal KmpirK-al and Dietetic Pre])aratioiis, with the Aeceiitiiatioii and KtymoloKy of the Terms' ami the l<rench and other Synonymes, so as to constitute a French as well as an KnL'lisii' Medical Lexicon. A new edition, tliorou«hlv revised, and very greatly modilied and augmented. By Kicii.MtD J. Di NCij.isox, M. J). 1„ one very large and liandsonie royal octavo volume of 113!) pages. Cloth, S(5.oU; leather, raised hands, ^i7.o0; very handsome halt Ivussia, raised bands, §8. The object of the author, from the outset, has not been to make the work a mere lexi- con or dictionary of terms, but to afi;)rd under each word a conden.sed view of its various medical relations, and thus to rentier the work an epitome of the existing condition of medical science. Starting with this view, the immense demand which has existed for the work has enabled him, in rejjeated revisions, to iuigment its completeness and usefulness until at length it has attained the position ol'a recognized and standard authority wherever the language is spoken. Special pains liave lieen taken in the preparation of the present edition to maintain this enviable reputation. The additions to the vocabulary are more numerous than in any [irevious revision, and particular attention has been bfcstowe<l on the accentuation, which will be found marked on every word. The typographical arrangement has been greatly improved, rendering reference niucli more easv, and every care has been taken with the mechanical execution. Tiie volume now contains the matter of at least four ordinary octavos. A hook of which every Amerinan ought to be proud. When the learned author of the work |)a.ssed away, probably all of us feared lest the book should not maintain its place in the advancing work has been well known for about forty years, and needs no words of praise on our part to recom- mend it to the members of the medical, and like- wise of the pharmaceutical, profession. The latter science whose terms it defines. Fortunately, Dr. i especially are in need of a work which gives ready Ri.hn..^ T n„r,„i;.„„ i„-„f„.u„...„ , and reliable information on thousands of subjects and terms which they are liable to encounter in pursuing their daily vocations, but with which thev cannot be expected to be familiar. The work before us fully supplies this want.—American Jour- nal of Pharmacy, Feb. 1874. Particular care has been devoted to derivation and accentuation of terras. With regard to the latter, indeed, the present edition may be consid- ered a complete Pronouncing Dictionary of Medical Science. It is perhaps the most reliable work published for the busy practitioner, as it con- tains information upon every medical subject, in Richard J. Dunglison, having assisted his father in the revision of several editions of the work, and having been, therefore, trained in the methods and imbued with the spirit of the book, has been able to edit it as a work of the kind should be edited—to carry it on steadily, without jar or inter-' ruption, along the grooves of thought it has trav- elled during its lifetime. To show the magnitude of the task which Dr. Dunglison has assumed and carried through, it is only necessary to state that more than six thousand new subjects have been added in the present edition.—Philadelphia Medical Times, Jan. 3,1874. About the first book purchased by the medical student is the Medical Dictionary. The lexicon explanatory of technical terms is simply a sine qua von. In a science so extensive and with such col- laterals as medicine, it is as much a necessity also to the practising physician. To meet the wants of students and most physicians the dictionary must be condensed while comprehensive, and practical while perspicacious. It was because Dunglison's met these indications that it became at once the dictionary of general use wherever medicine was studied in the English language. In no former revision have the alterations and additions been so great. The chief terms have been set in black letter, while the derivatives follow in small caps; an arrangement which greatly facilitates reference. —Cincinnati Clinic, .Ian. 10, 1874. As a standard work of reference Dunglison's a form for ready access, and with a brevity as ad- mirable as it is practical.—Southern Medical Record, Feb. 1874. A valuable dictionary of the terms eniploj'ed in medicine and the allied sciences, and of the rela- tions of the subjects treated under each head. It well deserves the authority and popularity it has obtained.—British Meii. Jour., Oct. 1874. Few works of this class exhibit a grander monu- ment of patient research and of scientific lore.— Lmdon Lancet, May 13,1875. Dunglison's Dictionary is incalculably valuable, and indispensable to every practitioner of medi- cine, pharmacist and dentist.— Western Lancet, March, 1874. It has the rare merit thatitcertainly has no rival in the English language for accuracy and extent of references.—London Medical Gazette. JTOBLTW, BICHABD D., 31. JD. A Dictionary of the Terms Used in Medicine and the Collateral Sciences. Kevised, with numerous additions, by Lsaac Hays, M. D., late editor of Tlie American Journal of the Medical Sciences. In one large royal 12mo. volume of 520 double-columned pages. Cloth, §1.50; leather, §2.00. It is the best book of definitions we have, and ought always to be upon the student's table.—SouWiern Medical and Surr/ical Journal. BODWELL, G. F., F. B. A. 8., F. C. S., Lecturer on Natural, Science at Clifton College, England. A Dictionary of Science: Comprising Astronomy, Chemistry, Dynainic-s, Elec- tricity, Jleat, Hydrodynamics, Hydrostatics, Light, Magnetism, Mechanics, Meteorologj', Pneumatics, Sound and Statics. Contributed by J. T. Bottoniley, M. A., F. C.S., William Crookes, F.R.S., F.C.S., Frederick Guthrie, B.A., Ph. D., R. A. Proctor, B.A., F.K.A.S., G. F. Rodwell, Editor, Charles Tomlinson, F.R.S., F.C.S., and Richard Wonicll, M.A., B.Sc. Preceded by an Essay on the History of the Physical Sciences. In one handsome octavo volume of 702 pages, with 143 illustrations. Cloth, §5.00.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20406952_0176.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
