Elements of phrenology / [George Combe].

  • George Combe
Date:
1845
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    IV. EXPERIMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE GASTRIC JUICE AND PHYSIOLOGY OF DIGESTION. By Witi1AmM Beaumont, M.D., Surgeon to the United States Army. Reprinted, with Notes byANDREW ComBE, M.D., &c. 1 vol. post 8vo. Price 7s. ' Alexis St Martin, the young man on whom Dr Beaumont’s expe- riments were made, presented an external opening into the stomach, the result of a gunshot wound, from which, in other respects, he entirely recovered. Through the hole thus left, the interior of the stomach could be seen, and the process of digestion investigated. The experiments extended over a period of three years, and embraced many points of practical interest in the management of diet. “We speak advisedly when we assert that we know no more valuable contribution to physiology within our memory.”— Dublin Medical Press. « This work is of extreme importance to the physiologist and the phy- sician; and Dr Combe has rendered a most important service to the pro- fession in this country by publishing the present edition, which is further enriched with many valuable and instructive notes.”’—Edinburgh Medicat and Surgical Journal. MACLACHLAN, STEWART, & Co., Edinburgh; Simpxin, MARSHALL, & Co., London. CHEAP REPRINTS OF AMERICAN WORKS. MENTAL HYGIENE : Or, AN EXAMINATION OF THE INTELLECT AND PASSIONS, designed to illustrate their INFLUENCE ON HEALTH AND THE DURATION OF LIFE. By Witt1am Sweerser, M.D., late Professor of the Theory and Practice of Physic, and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Royal 8vo, price Is. 6d. ‘© We shall close our notice of this excellent and truly intellectual per- formance, not without urgently recommending its attentive and careful perusal to all who desire the ‘ mens sana in corpore sano,’ ”— Medico-Chi- rurgical Review, July 1844. THOUGHTS ON PHYSICAL EDUCATION, AND THE TRUE MODE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF MAN. By Cuarues CALDWELL, M.D., Professor of the Institute of Medicine and Medical Jurisprudence, Louisville, Kentucky. Witha Recommendatory Preface by GEoRGE ComBE. Second British Edi- tion, royal 8vo. Price ls. “Dr Caldwell is well known as one of the most clear, forcible, and elo- quent writers in the United States; and he is as much distinguished for the - depth and soundness of his philosophical views, as for his great talent in expounding them. In the present work, he takes a comprehensive and just survey of human nature, embracing at once its physical, moral, and intellec- tual aspects, and shews the influence of physical training on them ail. The principle on which every precept is founded, and the conse- quences of.obeying or disobeying it, are presented in such close and striking connexion, that it is impossible to read the book without interest, or to lay it down without desiring to reduce it to practice. It forms a valuable addi- tion to a class of writings which has of late acquired great popularity both in this country and in America.”—Preface by Mr Combe. MACLACHLAN, STEWART, & Co., Edinburgh ; | SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & Co., London; and all other Booksellers. t