The cyclopaedia of practical medicine : comprising treatises on the nature and treatment of diseases, materia medica and therapeutics, medical jurisprudence, etc., etc. / Edited by John Forbes, Alexander Tweedie, John Conolly.

Date:: 1848

Credit: The cyclopaedia of practical medicine : comprising treatises on the nature and treatment of diseases, materia medica and therapeutics, medical jurisprudence, etc., etc. / Edited by John Forbes, Alexander Tweedie, John Conolly. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$I' A AZAGmrzcsprr A2^n> cheap w^oils. SMITH & HORNER'S ANATOMICAL ATLAS. Just Published, Price F'ive Dollars in Paats. AN ANATOMICAL ATLAS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE HUMAN BODY. T BY HENRY H. SxMITH, M.D., Fellow of the College 0/Physicians, ^c. XJUVEK THE SUFEEVISION OF WILLIAM E. HORNER, M. D., Professor of Anatomy in the University of Fetinsylvania, In One la'rge Volume, Imperial Octavo. This work is but just completed, having been delayed over the time intended by the preat difficulty in griving to the illustrations the desired finish and perl'eclion. It consists of five parts, whose contents are as follow*: Part I. The Bom-s and I.igamentfi, with one hundred and Oiirty engravings. I'akt II. The .Muscular and Dermoid Systems, with ninety-One engravinirs. 1'akt III. The Organs of Dipeslioii and (.leni-ratiou, with one hundred and ninety-one engravings. I'akt IV. The Orijans of Re.-ipiration and Circulation, with ninety-eight engravings. Part V. The Nervous Syslein and the tSciises. with one hundred and twenty-six engravings. Forming altogether a complete System of Anatomical I'lates. of nearly SIX lirXDRKD A\D FIFTY FIGURES, executed in the best style of art, and iiinkiiig one large imperial octavo volume. Tliose who do not want it in parts can have the work bound in extra cloth or sheep at an extra cost. This work possesses novelty both in the design and the >xecution. It is the first attempt to apply engraving on wood, on a large scale, to the illustration of hum.'ui anatomy, and the beauty of the parts issued induces the publiKhers to flatter themselves with the liope of the perfect success of their undertaking. 'J'he plan of the work is at once novel and convenient. Each page is perfect in itself, the references being immediately under the figures, so that the eye takes in llie whole at a glance, and obviates the necessity of continual reference backwards and forwards. The cuts are selected from the best and most accurate sources; and, where neces- sary, original drawings have been made from the admirable Anatomical Collection of the University of I'enn sylvania. It embraces all the late beautiful discoveries arising from llie use of the microscope in tJie investi- gation of tlie minute structure of the tissues. In the getting up of tliis very complete work, the publishers have spared neither pains nor expense, and they now present it to the prolession, with the full confidence that it will be deemed all that is wanted in a scientific and artistical point 01 view, while, at the same time, its very low price jilaces it within the reacli of all. It is parlicitiarly adapted to supply the place of skektoiis or subjects, as t/U profession will see by exatninitig the litt of plates These figures are well selected, and present a complete and accurate representationof that wonderful fabric, the human body. The plan of this Atlas, which renders it so peculiarly convenient for the student, and it« euperb artistical executioiij have been already pointed out. We must congratulate the student upon the completion of this atlas, as it is the most convenient work of the kinil that has yet ajipeared; and, we must add. llie very beautiful manner in which it is 'got up' is so creditable to the country as to be flattering to our national pride.—Aincrican Medical Journal. 'This IS an exquisite volume, and a beautiful specimen of art. We have numerous Anatomical Atlases, but we will venture to say that none equal it in cheapness, and none surpass it in faithfulness and spirit. ^V'e strongly recommend to our friends, both urban and sulmrban. the purchase of this excellent work, for which both editor and publisher deserve the thanks of the profession.—Medical Examiner. We would strongly recomnitnd it, not only to the student, but also to the working practitioner, who, although grown rusty in the toils of his Imrncss, still has the desire, and often the necessity, of refreshing his knowledge in this lundamental pan of the science of medicine.—New York Journal of JMtiiicine and Surg. 'Hie plan of this Atlas is admirable, and its execution superior to any thing of the kind before published m this country. It is a real labour-saving afluir, and we regard its publication as the greatest boon tliat could be conferred on the student of anatomy. It will be eijually valuable to tlie practitioner, by affording him an easy means of recalling llic details learned in llie dissecting room, and wluch are soon ibrgolten.—American Med\- tal Jntirnal. It is a beautiful as well as particularly useful design, which should be extensively patronized by physicians, surgeons and medical studems.—lioston Med. and Surg. Journal. '' It has been the aim of the author of the Atlas to comi>rise in it the valuable points of all previous works, to embrace the latest microscopical observations on the anatomy of the tissues, and by placing it at a moderate pr'ce to enable all to acijuire it who may need its assistance in the dissecting or operating room, or other fieM of practice.—IVftiern Journal uf Med. and Surgery. •'These numbers complete the series of this beautiful work, which fully merits the praise bestowed upon the earlier numliers. We regard all the enifraviiigs as possessing an nccnracy only equalled by their beauty, and cordially recommend the work to all engaged in ilie study of anatomy.—New York Journal of Medicifie atui Surgery. '■A more elegant work than Uie one before us could not easily be placed by a physician upon the table of bis student.—1Vm<-tu Journal of Mrdiciiie and Surgtry. '' We were much ]dcBsed witili i'art I. but the Second Part gratifies us still more, both as regards the attract- ive nature of the subject, (The Dermoid and .Muscular Sysiems.) and the beautiful artistical execution of the .lluMrulions. We liave here deiiaealed llie most aecurute niieroscr>pic view* of some of the tissues, as, for UiSiance. the cellular and adijiosi- ussui-s. the epidermis, rete niucosum and cutis vera, ilu; sebaceous and p-rsp.iaiory or;.Miis of tjic sk h. ih* perspiratory glands and hairs of the skin, iliid the hair and nails. Theft follow ill.- gi.-ner;il aiinioni) of ih-' niii-cli's. and. lastiy. llnir s([i;ir:ili' (lel,iii-!ili(ms \\c wuiilil reconiiiH'iid ihiK Aiiaionusul Alias \oour readers in lUe vrery sirtutgest terms.—New York Journal vf Medicine and Sut' gery. ... . . . ,» ^ ,., ^ . . J,- , . - v, - ~ ->$