Remarks on Dr Wilson Philip's theory of the circulation / by David Badham.

Date:
1832
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Remarks on Dr Wilson Philip's theory of the circulation / by David Badham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

    24/24 (page 656)
    near objects, this law docs not bear on the present question. I have the honour to be, sir, Yours very truly, Robert J. Graves. [In a more recent letter, I)r. Graves suggests that Sir David Brewster in- tended to have said, in the second sen- tence of the extract given above, “ that the relation between the visible direction and the direction of the axis of a pencil of rays incident on the cornea, is that of parallelism,” and that the remainder of the extract warrants such a suggestion. We have the greatest respect for the opinions of both gentlemen, opposed though they seem to be to our own: but touching the precise point at issue between us, perhaps it will be better to reserve what we have to say until Dr. Graves publishes the paper which be says is forthcoming—on the visible direc- tion of objects seen obliquely.—E. G.] LONDON HOSPITAL. Tn our last number but one, we should bare said Dr. A. Frampton was elected Assistant Physician, not Physician. VETERINARIAN STATISTICS. To the Editor of the London Medical Gatette. Sin, Wm you permit me to ask your readers if they can afford me any information on all or either of the following points; iit. the average quantity of grass or hay consumed, in a given time, by any given number o't sheep, or oxen, or horses ; and the average age at which the two former are slaughtered for human food, by which the quantity they have previously consumed may be calculated. I have the honour to remain, Yours obediently, G. T. B. August 13, 1832. MORBID ANATOMY. (From a Correspondent.) We are happy to find that Dr. Carswell is at length about to publish Elements of .Mor- bid Anatomy, illustrated by a selection from his almost numberless drawings. Such a work is still wanted in English medical lite- rature, and we have reason to think Dr. Carswell’s mode of treating the subject will be at once original, practically useful, and not too expensive. WEEKLY ACCOUNT OF BURIALS, From the “ Billsof Mortality,'’ Aug. 14,18J2. Age and Debility . 38 Apoplexy . . 6 Asthma . . 8 Cancer . . 2 Childbirth . . 7 Cholera . .103 Consumption . 65 Convulsions . 41 Dentition orTeetHfog 5 Dropsy . . 1(1 Dropsy on the Brain 14 Erysipelas . . 1 Fever . . .10 Fever, Scarlet . 4 Fever, Typhus . 8 Fistula . . 1 Haemorrhage . I Hooping Cough . 7 Inflammation . 29 Inflammation of the Bowels A Stomach 24 Inflammation of the Brain . . 2 Lungs and Pleura 3 Livcr.Diseases of the 7 Measles . . 12 Miscarriage . 2 Mortification . 4 Paralysis . . 4 Rheumatism . 2 Scrofula . . 1 Small-Pox . . 22 Sure Throat and Quinsey Spasms . . 4 Stricture . . 1 Thrush . . 3 Tumor . . . 1 Worms ... 1 Unknown Causes. 3 Stillborn Decrease of Burials, as compared with the ) preceding Week } 12 179 METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL, August 1832. Thursday . 9 Friday. . . 10 Saturday . 11 Sunday . . 12 Monday. . 13 Tuesday . 14 Wednesday 15 Thermometer. from 49 to 79 63 81 54 77 50 72 45 76 47 76 63 73 Barometer. 30 03 Stat. 30 05 to 80*13 30*15 30*19 30 17 30*02 29*95 29 89 29.84 29*85 29*86 29*84 Wind, S.E. and 9.W. the latter prevailing. Except the 13th, generally ei**ar> a few drops of rain in the morning of the 13th. Charles Henry Adams. BOOKS RECEIVED FOR REVIEW. The Effects of Arts, Trudes, and Profes- sions, and of Civic States and Habits of Living, on Health and Longevity. By C. Turner fbackrab, Esq. Second Edition. Clinical Reports of the Surgical Practice of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. By John Macfurlane, M.D. Ac. The Anatomy and Physiology of the Organ of Hearing, &c. &c. By David Tod, Mem- ber of the Royal College of Surgeons. An Essay on the Epidemic Cholera; be- ing an Inquiry into its New or Contagious Character; including Remarks on the Treat- ment, &c. By John Webster, M.D. A Plain and Brief Sketch of Cholera, with a Simple and Economical Mode for its Tieatiuent, submitted with confidence, from repeated Success in its Application. By Wm. H. Williams, M.D. President of tho Ipswich Board of Health. Second Edition. Observations on Spasmodic Cholera, its Origin, Nature, and Treatment; with Re- marks on Epidemic Diseases generally. By Henry M'Cormac, M.D. &c. Belfast. A Short Treatise on Cholera Morbus, or Indian Spasmodic Cholera; with Sugges- tions for an improved Mode of 'treatment, and for obviating Contagion. W. Wilson, Printer, 57, Skinner-Street, London.