Volume 1

The modern practice of physic : exhibiting the symptoms, causes, prognostics, morbid appearances, and treatment of the diseases of all climates / by Robert Thomas.

  • Thomas, Robert, 1753-1835.
Date:
1853
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    VINCENT (J. P.)-OBSERVATIONS ON SOME OF TIT I] PARTS of SURGICAL PRACTICE; to which is prefixed, an Inquiry into the Claims that burgery may be supposed to have for being: classed as a Science, By John Painter Vincent, late Senior Surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Svo.with Plate, 12s. cloth. A book Which contains many valuable remarks, useful hints, and observations, which few engaged in the active duties of their profession can read and reflect on without profit The ' Whole tone of Mr. Vincent's treatise is characteristic of the gentleman and the scholar. Medico-Chiuubgical Review. Every page of this learned treatise bears the impress of the scientific surgeon and accom- 1 plished scholar. The introductory chapter upon the claims of surgery to be considered as a I science, evidences an intellect of a superior order, and a highly cultivated and reflecting mind. The work is not the ephemeral production of the voung aspirant who writes before he practises; on the contrary, it is the matured composition of the experienced snrgeon and the well-informed man, who has practised long and extensively, both in public and private before he has ventured to lay before the profession the results of his observations. We shali make but a few extracts from the work, for the entire treatise should be carefullv read both by the student and the practitioner. Dublin Medical Journal. WEST (DR. CHARLES).—LECTURES ON THE DISEASES OF INFANCY and CHILDHOOD. By Chables West, M.D. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Senior Physician to the Royal Infirmary for Children, Physician-Accoucheur to the Middlesex Hospital, and Lecturer on Midwifery at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. 8vo. 14s. cloth. We take leave of Dr. West with great respect for his attainments, a due appreciation of his acute powers of observation, and a deep sense of obligation for this valuable contribution to our professional literature. His book is undoubtedly in many respects the best we possess on diseases of children. The extracts we have given will, we hope, satisfy our readers of its value; and yet in all candour we must say that they are even inferior to some other parts, the length of which prohibited our entering upon them. That the book will shortly be in the hands of most of our readers we do not doubt, and it will give us much pleasure if our strong recommendation of it may contribute towards this result- Dublin Medical Joubnal. These lectures comprise a very able summary of the pathology and treatment of the leading diseases incident to the periods of infancy and childhood. While the author has availed himself of the labours of those who have cultivated the most successfully this parti- cular department of medical inquiry, the value of his lectures is greatly enhanced by the comparison of the opinions and practice advocated by the more authoritative writers on the diseases of which he treats, with the results of his own observations Ever}' portion of these lectures is marked by a general accuracy of description, and by the soundness of the views set forth in relation to the pathology and therapeutics of the several maladies treated of. Amebican Joubnal of the Medical Sciences. In taking leave of Dr. West, we can scarcely do more than reiterate our former praise of bini. We have given, we fear, but a very faint notion of the scope of his work, and of its excellent execution. It is one standing by itself upon its important subject, in our language —unapproachetl—unrivalled His knowledge of what others have done is equalled only by his own extensive experience; and the results of both are combined in his valuable prac- tical lectures now offered for the guidance of others The works of Maunsell and Evan- son, Rees, Underwood, and others, must now relinquish the field they have occupied for some time past. It will be long before that of Dr. West finds a rival in this country In con- clusion, we may be excused if we say to the student and junior practitioner, let the pathology of children's diseases, and a treatment based upon that pathology, be your earnest study for the future, and let your guide be the lectures of Dr. West. Medico-Chib. Review. WHITE—A COMPENDIUM OE THE VETERINARY ART; Containing plain and concise Observations on the Construction and Management of the Stable ; a brief and popular Outline of the Structure and Economy of the Horse; the Nature, Symptoms, and Treatment of the Diseases and Accidents to which the Horse is liable ; the Best Methods of performing various Important Operations; with Advice to the Purchasers of Horses; and a copious Materia Medica and Pharmacopoeia. By James White, late Vet. Surg. 1st Dragoons. New Edition, entirely reconstructed, with considerable Additions and Alterations, bringing the work up to the present State of Veterinary Science, by W. C. Spooneb, Veterinary Surgeon. 8vo. with coloured Plate, 16s. cloth. WHITE.-A COMPENDIUM OF CATTLE MEDICINE; Or, Practical Observations on the Disorders of Cattle and the other Domestic Animals, except the Horse. By the late J. White. Gth Edition, re-arranged, with copious Additions and Notes, by W. C. SrooNEB, Veterinary Surgeon. 8vo. 9s. cloth. WILSON-PRACTICAL AND SURGICAL ANATOMY. By W. J. Euasmus Wilson, F.R.S. Teacher of Practical and Surgical Anatomy and Phy- siology. 12mo. with 50 Engravings on Wood by Bagg, 10s. 6d. cloth. [March 30, 1850. Wilson and OgllYJ, 67, Skinner Strict, BnowllJI, London: