Obstetrics : the science and the art / by Charles D. Meigs.

  • Charles Delucena Meigs
Date:
1852, ©1849
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    DUNGLISON'S THERAPEUTICS. N'EW AlVD IMPROTED EDITIOIV.—(Irately Issued.) GENERAL THERAPEUTICrAND MATERIA MEDIGA; ADAPTED FOR A MEDICAL TEXT-BOOK, BY ROBLEY DUNGLISON, M. D., Professor of Institutes of Medicine, &c., in Jefferson Medical College; Late Professor of Materia Medica,&c. in the Universities of Mary land and Virginia, and in Jefferson Medical College. FOURTH EDITION, MUCH IMPROVED. With One Hundred and Eighty-two Illustrations. In two large and handsomely printed octavo volumes. The present edition of this standard work has been subjected to a thorough revision both as re- gards style and matter, and has thus been rendered a more complete exponent than heretofore of the existing state of knowledge on the important subjects of which it treats. The favor with which the former editions have everywhere been received seemed to demand that the present should be rendered still more worthy of the patronage of the profession, and of the medical student in particu- lar, for whose use more especially it is proposed; while the number of impressions through which it has passed has enabled the author so to improve it as to enable him to present it with some de- gree of confidence as well adapted to the purposes for which it is intended. In the present edition, the remedial agents of recent introduction have been inserted in their appropriate places; the number of illustrations has been greatly increased, and a copious index of diseases and remedies has been appended, improvements which can scarcely fail to add to the value of the work to the therapeutical inquirer. The publishers, therefore, confidently present the work as it now stands to the notice of the practitioner as a trustworthy book of reference, and to the student, for whom it was more especially prepared, as a full and reliable text-book on General Therapeutics and Materia Medica. Notwithstanding the increase in size and number of illustrations, and the improvements in th* mechanical execution of the work, its price has not been increased. In this work of Dr. Dunglison, we recognize the same untiring industry in the collection and embodying of facts on the several subjects of which he treats, thai has heretofore distinguished him, and we cheerfully point to these volumes, as two of the most interesting that we know of. In noticing the additions to this, the fourth edition, there is very little in the periodical or annual literature of the profession, pul)]ished in the in- terval which has elapsed since the issue of the first, that has escaped the careful search of the author. As a liook for reference, it is invaluable.— Charleston Med. Journal and Review. It may be said to be the work now upon the subjects upon which it treats.— Western Lancet. As a textbook for students, for whom it is particularly designed, we know of none superior to it.— Si. Louis Medical and Surgical Journal. It purports to be a new edition, but it is rather a new book, so greatly has it been improved both in the amount and quality of the matter which it contains.—N. O. Medical and Siirgical Journal. We bespeak for this edition from the profession an increase of patronage over any of its former ones, on account of its increased merit.—JV. Y. Journal of Mediciyie. We consider this work unequalled.—£osio/i Med. and Surg. Journal. NEW AND MUCH IMPROVED EDITION—Brought up to 1851.—(Just Issued.) NEW REMEDIES, WITH FORMUL/E FOR THEIR ADMINISTRATION. BY ROBLEY DUNGLISON, M. D., PROFESSOR OF THE INSTITUTES OF MEDICINE, ETC. IN THE JEFFERSON MEDICAL COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA. Si:sth Edition, -with extensive Additions. In one very large octavo volume, of over seven hundred and fifty pages. The fact that this work has rapidly passed to a SIXTH EDITION is sufficient proof that it has supplied a desideratum to the profession in presenting them with a clear and succinct account of all new and impor- tant additions to the materia medica, and novel applications of old remedial agents. In the preparation of the present edition, the author has shrunk from no lal)or to render the volume worthy of a continuance of the favor with which it has been received, as is sufficiently shown by the increase of about one hundred pages in the size of the work. The necessity of such large additions arises from the fact that the last tew years have been rich in valuable gil'ts to Therapeutics; and amongst these, ether, chloroform, and other so called anesthetics, are worthy of special attention. They have been introduced since the appearance of the last edition of the New Remedies. Other articles have been proposed for the first time, and the experience of observers has added numerous interesting facts to our knowledge of the virtues of remedial ageuis pre- viously employed. The therapeutical agents now first admitted into this work, some of which have been newly introduee<l into pharmacology, and the old agents brought prominently forward with novel applications, and which may consequently be regarded as Neiv Remedies, are the following :—Adansonia digiiata, Benzoaie of Ammonia, Valerianate of Bismuth, Sulphate of Cadmium, Chloroform, Collodion, Canthandal Collodion, Cotyledon Um- bilicus, Sulphuric Ether, Strong Chloric Ether, Compound Ether, Hura Braziliensis, Iberis Amara, lodit? Acid, Iodide of Chloride of Mercury, Powdered Iron, Citrate of IVIagnetic Oxide of Iron, Citrale of Iron and Magnesia, Sulphate of Iron and Alumina, Tannate of Iron, Valerianate of Iron, Nitrate of Ijead, Lemon Juice, Citrale of Magnesia, Salts of Manganese, Oleum Cadinum, Arsenile of Quinia, Hydriodate of Iron and Quinia, Sanicula Marilandica, and Sumbul.